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Apr 20 2008, 09:40 AM |
Hey everybody
I have been working pretty hard on my alternate picking for a while but i feel when i go up in speed that my left hand is to slow so my playing dosent sound smoth.... Ay tips on how i can increase my left hand speed -------------------- My Gear
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Apr 20 2008, 10:04 AM |
I think every exercise that involves different fingerings is good.
Scales, fragments and so on. You can try all the different combinations for your left fingers while you're playing over the neck. If your goal is to synch your hands use your pick to play every note. Something like: 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-3, etc.. Then you can work with three fingers: 1-2-3, 1-2-4, 1-3-4, etc... end finally using all the four fingers of your left hand. You can create yourself a lot of exercises using this "philosophy". Remember to remain relaxed as much as you can and increase the tempo only while you're playing clean. -------------------- ::: Main Gear ::: Guitars: Washburn N4 Vintage | Washburn N2 | Washburn WI67Pro | Washburn WG-587 | Washburn EA20B Amps: Laney GH50L (head) | Laney GS410 & GS212IE (cabinets) | Rocktron PROGAP Ultra (rack preamp) | Rocktron Velocity 150 (power amp) | Marshall VS230 (combo) FXs: Rocktron Intellifex + custom pedalboard (check my video demo) Other: Shredneck | Intellitouch PT10 tuner Picks: Esseti Picks Software & Recording Gear: Cubase 4 | Overloud TH1 | Mackie Onyx 400F | EZdrummer | Korg Pandora PX4D ------------------------------------------------------- myspace.com/jerryarcidiacono Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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Apr 20 2008, 10:16 AM |
I think every exercise that involves different fingerings is good. Scales, fragments and so on. You can try all the different combinations for your left fingers while you're playing over the neck. If your goal is to synch your hands use your pick to play every note. Something like: 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-3, etc.. Then you can work with three fingers: 1-2-3, 1-2-4, 1-3-4, etc... end finally using all the four fingers of your left hand. You can create yourself a lot of exercises using this "philosophy". Remember to remain relaxed as much as you can and increase the tempo only while you're playing clean. Thanks for the tips Jerry -------------------- My Gear
Ibanez RG Jackson js30 warrior jackson rr24 Line 6 Spider III amp Line 6 pod xt live Washburn acoustic Youtube Account My bands Myspace |
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Apr 20 2008, 10:25 AM |
Follow Jerry's advice and you will for sure improve, things like this might take a bit of time, but if you keep on working on this you will see a result for sure. The important thing is to start at a slow tempo, a tempo in which you don't have problems yet, and only increase the speed slowly. Always make sure that you are able to properly play your exercise at a certain speed before you speed up.
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