Jimi75
April 23rd, 2009, 03:53 AM
Hey friends,
I have been working with my new practicing schedule for some time and there is one small excercise that gave me brilliant results in very a short time period. It improves your picking accuracy and speed. All you need is a metronome and your guitar of course.
Set the metronome to 25-35 BPM, this can vary from player to player, choose the tempo you feel most comfortable with and where you play absolutely correct and accurate, better to play very slow than to cheat on yourself.
Play the following lick as follows (4/4 beat):
1. 2 notes per 1/4
2. 3 notes per 1/4 (triplets)
Very important, keep the order/sequence as above mentioned and play each, Step 1. and Step 2. least for 3 minutes. Don't lose your focus while playing! It's good when you get into that "trance" mode, but don't forget to watch your fingers and to play with concentration. Watch ther alternate picking motion of your right hand. Start with a downstroke and then up and down, watch the transition from string to string, first transition is an Upstroke, take care do not play a downstroke here.
So here's the lick in c-minor/e-major (at the end of the lick when you go back play a second downstroke if you want...it's just ot make the lick go round, or either separate the down and up part and practice separately):
Down - starting with a downstroke:
e---------------------------------------9 11 12---------9 11 12--
h --------------9 10 12---------9 10 12---------9 10 12----------
g--------8 9 11--------- 8 9 11----------------------------------
d 7 9 11--------------------------------------------------------
Up:
e-12-11-9----------------------------------------------------------
h----------12-10-9---------12-10-9---------------------------------
g-------------------11-9-8----------11-9-8--------11-9-8----------
d-------------------------------------------11-9-7---------11-9-7-
Increase the BPM only if your are totally accurate in playig this lick. Once again, alternate pick this and controle yourself to pick alternately.
Have fun with this excercise, it's really bringing results!
:AOK:
Jimi75
I have been working with my new practicing schedule for some time and there is one small excercise that gave me brilliant results in very a short time period. It improves your picking accuracy and speed. All you need is a metronome and your guitar of course.
Set the metronome to 25-35 BPM, this can vary from player to player, choose the tempo you feel most comfortable with and where you play absolutely correct and accurate, better to play very slow than to cheat on yourself.
Play the following lick as follows (4/4 beat):
1. 2 notes per 1/4
2. 3 notes per 1/4 (triplets)
Very important, keep the order/sequence as above mentioned and play each, Step 1. and Step 2. least for 3 minutes. Don't lose your focus while playing! It's good when you get into that "trance" mode, but don't forget to watch your fingers and to play with concentration. Watch ther alternate picking motion of your right hand. Start with a downstroke and then up and down, watch the transition from string to string, first transition is an Upstroke, take care do not play a downstroke here.
So here's the lick in c-minor/e-major (at the end of the lick when you go back play a second downstroke if you want...it's just ot make the lick go round, or either separate the down and up part and practice separately):
Down - starting with a downstroke:
e---------------------------------------9 11 12---------9 11 12--
h --------------9 10 12---------9 10 12---------9 10 12----------
g--------8 9 11--------- 8 9 11----------------------------------
d 7 9 11--------------------------------------------------------
Up:
e-12-11-9----------------------------------------------------------
h----------12-10-9---------12-10-9---------------------------------
g-------------------11-9-8----------11-9-8--------11-9-8----------
d-------------------------------------------11-9-7---------11-9-7-
Increase the BPM only if your are totally accurate in playig this lick. Once again, alternate pick this and controle yourself to pick alternately.
Have fun with this excercise, it's really bringing results!
:AOK:
Jimi75