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Have you ever noticed how guitarists who can alternate pick fast often make it look really easy? For Example: I remember watching a video of Tiago Della Vega setting the Guinness World Record for World’s Fastest Guitarist. It was incredible to watch his picking hand as he played Flight Of The Bumblebee at a frightening […]
If you’re new to alternate picking and have been searching online, you probably realize there is a heck of a lot of information out there (both free and paid). And that’s a good thing to some extent. You’ll always be able to find things related to alternate picking to practice and learn.
But this vast amount […]
If you’ve been searching online for alternate picking exercises, then you probably have noticed something…there is a heck of a lot of them! In fact, there are so many it can be totally overwhelming! And this feeling of overwhelm can cause you to ask yourself questions such are…
What specific alternate picking exercises should I practice […]
If you’re new to alternate picking then you might be asking yourself what’s the best pick to use to alternate pick fast. Well, it’s definitely not an easy question to answer. It’s a bit like asking what car is best for driving fast. (There are plenty that would get the job done!).
With that said, let’s […]
Let’s face it. Most of us are busy. Really busy. And this lack of available practice time may cause you to worry about how long getting good at alternate picking will take. Maybe you feel that you don’t even have enough free time to gain a mastery of alternate picking. Or maybe you even feel […]
OK…I’m a little bit embarrassed to admit this. I’m definitely not proud of it. And I’m not sure if I should share this with you. But, here it goes anyway…
When I first started to learn to alternate I was after looking for a quick fix.
I was looking for some special, powerful and almost magical alternate […]
Over the years I’ve helped a lot of my students improve their alternate picking. And one of the most common frustrations that I help them with is related to picking speed. Some students complain that they have hit a brick wall with their speed. They feel that they’ve hit the limit of their alternate picking […]
If you’re new to alternate picking you may be feeling a little bit overwhelmed. There are countless picking exercises out there. But you also probably know that if your alternate picking practice is not effective, then you’ll get minimal benefit from those exercises.
So what does it mean to practice alternate picking effectively?
Well, the answer isn’t […]
One of the cool things about working on your guitar technique really hard is that you start to gain new insights. And these insights, although they may appear insignificant at times can actually make a huge difference to your playing. In fact, they often can make such a massive difference that you’ll kick yourself that […]
You just need to visit a few guitar forums and you’ll quickly see that there is an obscene number of guitarists wanting to increase their alternate picking speed. And hey…who am I to judge? After all, developing fast picking chops definitely allows you to play licks and solos that were previously impossible. Not to mention […]
