Music Lessons, Little Rock
Picking Exercise 3
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As promised, here is exercise number 3. This one places more emphasis on your right hand this time, as we will be double picking every note of the previous exercise.
Start slowly and count this exercise the first several times as "1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and" etc. Use alternate picking, downstroke for "1" and upstroke for "and". Once you have the picking down, begin to ramp up speed by ~3-5 beats per minutes (bpm) until you hit your maximum speed.
Once you hit your max, congratulations are in order. You now have your new ceiling to break through. To do this, back the metronome down 10 beats and run the pattern a few times a day, each day going up 1-2 beats. Focus on clean tone and accuracy ... sloppiness will do you no good. Once you hit your previous maximum, push the metronome up 5 beats over that and see what you can do. I'll bet you can play that new tempo with breaking only a small sweat!
Be sure to keep strict alternate picking as the exercise next week will demand it!!!
Also, you should feel this one in your picking forearm after a few minutes. Don't practice until it hurts! With any practice, if you feel pain, something is wrong (unless you're trying to play Dave Matthews chords, but that's another lesson)
guitar guitar lessons little rock jams picking exercise technique
As promised, here is exercise number 3. This one places more emphasis on your right hand this time, as we will be double picking every note of the previous exercise.
Start slowly and count this exercise the first several times as "1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and" etc. Use alternate picking, downstroke for "1" and upstroke for "and". Once you have the picking down, begin to ramp up speed by ~3-5 beats per minutes (bpm) until you hit your maximum speed.
Once you hit your max, congratulations are in order. You now have your new ceiling to break through. To do this, back the metronome down 10 beats and run the pattern a few times a day, each day going up 1-2 beats. Focus on clean tone and accuracy ... sloppiness will do you no good. Once you hit your previous maximum, push the metronome up 5 beats over that and see what you can do. I'll bet you can play that new tempo with breaking only a small sweat!
Be sure to keep strict alternate picking as the exercise next week will demand it!!!
Also, you should feel this one in your picking forearm after a few minutes. Don't practice until it hurts! With any practice, if you feel pain, something is wrong (unless you're trying to play Dave Matthews chords, but that's another lesson)
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