Intermediate to advanced development

These excercises are aimed at an intermediate level player. They are focusing on building a good all round technique not just speed. This lesson is aimed at taking you from being an intermediate
player to an advanced player, concentrate on just one excercise at a time and do not move on through prematurely as you will only cheat yourself. Good Luck!


with these lessons I reccomend using a hard pick and a metronome, also set your amp to
the clean channel


All these excecises are to be repeated as clean as possible 100 times a day with a metronome for good improvement


THE THREE RULES OF GUITAR-these are your commandments, learn them

     1.                 Speed Comes With Practice
     2.                 Speed is a By-Product of Accurracy
     3.                 Technique isn't Just Speed



Ex1. inside picking and string crossing acuracy

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        D     U   D    U

start this playing at between 60-80bpm (slower if needed) at four notes per click making sure you start with a downstroke. build your speed with this up to 100bpm before moving on


Ex2. co-ordination whilst string skipping

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Repeat like ex1 building to 100 bpm. Remember accuracy IS more important than speed



Ex3. The 124 and 134 finger patterns (also known as scale fragments)

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These patterns are very very common amongst pickers and this excercise is very good for developing speed Start at 75 bpm and build to 120bpm with your metronome


Ex4. fast picking with inside and outside picking

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Start at 90bpm and build to 140 making sure your picking hand is nice and relaxed



Ex5 a fast picking run with position shifting

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Take your time and learn this slowly--making sure you're economic with your picking and that your picking is accurate. Start the metronome speed at 60bpm (yes I said 60) and build it up to 180bpm over the next 4-8 months. If you've made it this far congratulations, you are now a technically advanced player