Wednesday 12 January 2011

Music Lessons In Minneapolis- Learn How To Play Guitar Fast

By Jeremiah Prewett


When you look at somebody play fast on the guitar, do you always ponder if you could learn to do that? Let us take a look at what resources we need to improve our own guitar playing speed on a regular basis.

The first thing you're gonna need is a metronome. You are able to buy one from your local music store, steal one from a maiden aunt or download one for free on the internet. If you select to steal one, then I am afraid you won't make a lot progress in your pursuit to play guitar fast because shortcuts simply do not work. Most of us look for the fastest and most painless approach to do things, and that's why most of us are not playing guitar at the speed of light.

Okay, you have your metronome and an attitude adjustment. You're ready to begin. The next thing you need is something to practice. It can be a solo passage from a song. It could be an exercise, such as a series of arpeggios or a picking exercise. You need to select your material carefully simply because you will have to know exactly how fast you want to play in terms of the settings on your metronome. You may or may not need to spend time learning your passage from scratch as some familiarity with the piece is necessary to begin increasing how fast you play it. By familiarity, I mean the muscles in your fingers, hands and arms need to be able to play your piece without hesitation.

So what's the next thing you need? In order to play guitar fast, you should be able to play slowly. The exercise you have chosen to play should not be too easy, but at the same time, it should not have too many tricky bits. That is why you are using an exercise or an isolated passage rather than a song or long solo.

Now you are starting to see the way ahead. If you have your practice passage ready, check it with your metronome. Make sure you know what your present speed is. The next thing is to take a metronome setting not too far above your present one and make that your goal.

Let us now discuss something you don't require. Muscular tension. You need to practice playing guitar fast without building a level of tension in the muscles which will work against your goal. In order to escape the possibility of a lot of tension, you need to forget about time frames. You have your goal in the metronome setting. Leave the time open ended. The idea isn't to actually PLAY guitar faster at some time in the future, but to WORK A bit ON PLAYING Fast every day.

So if you select a passage to practice to be able to play fast, and you devote some time every single day to practicing, your guitar playing speed will begin to increase. As soon as you have reached a level of skill on one exercise, choose another one with a few more challenges. But keep in mind to begin again from the beginning. Ascertain where you're now and choose a realistic goal for your next step.






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