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Speed Picking
by Atanas Shishkov
www.atanasshishkov.cjb.net
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Speed picking is a technique involves
picking every note.
This is a very important guitar technique for the modern playing.
In this lesson I have paid attention basically to alternate picking - it
means movements of the right hand are as follows : “down-up-down-up etc.”.
This requires perfect coordination on the right and left hands.
They must be absolutely synchronized to play cleanly all notes at high
speeds. |
Exercise 1
4/4
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|---------6-5-4-3-|-6-5-4-3---------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------6-5-4-3-|-6-5-4-3---------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------6-5-4-3-|-6-5-4-3----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------6-5-4-3--|
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-5-6-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-5-6-7-|-4-5-6-7---------|
|-6-5-4-3---------|---------4-5-6-7-|-4-5-6-7---------|-----------------|
|---------6-5-4-3-|-4-5-6-7---------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------4-5-6-7-|-8-7-6-5---------|-----------------|
|---------4-5-6-7-|-4-5-6-7---------|---------8-7-6-5-|-8-7-6-5---------|
|-4-5-6-7---------|-----------------|-----------------|---------8-7-6-5-|
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|-8-7-6-5---------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------8-7-6-5-|-8-7-6-5---------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------8-7-6-5-|-8-7-6-5---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------8-7-6-5-|
| Exercise 1 : This
exercise is an warm-up one involved 4 note-per-string and trains movement
from 1st to 6th strings. This example will help you to start develop your
speed picking experience. Start slowly and
carefully increase your speed. Play this
exercise every time all over the neck. |
slow
fast
Exercise 2
|-5-4-3---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------5-4-3-5-4-3---------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------5-4-3-5-4-3---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------5-4-3-5-4-3---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------5-4-3-5-4-3--------------4-5-6--|
|-------------------------------------------------------5-4-3-/4-5-6--------|
|-------------------------------------------4-5-6-/7-6-5--------------------|
|-------------------------------4-5-6-4-5-6--------------7-6-5-7-6-5--------|
|-------------------4-5-6-4-5-6--------------------------------------7-6-5--|
|-------4-5-6-4-5-6---------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-5-6---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7-6-5----------------------------------|
|-------7-6-5-7-6-5----------------------|
|-------------------7-6-5-7-6-5----------|
|-------------------------------7-6-5----|
| Exercise 2 :
It's again warming-up, but includes the most useful 3 note-per-string
setting. This setting corresponding with playing technique “Flying
Fingers”. It means easy way to play scales and passages using 3
note-per-string playing. Check out the scales section for more
information. |
slow
fast
Exercise 3
|-6-5-4-3---------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------7-6-5-4-|-7-6-5-4---------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------8-7-6-5-|-8-7-6-5---------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------9-8-7-6-|-9-8-7-6----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------10-9-8-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|-10-9-8-7-----------|------------10-11-12-13-|
|----------11-10-9-8-|-9-10-11-12-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------12-13-14-15-|
|-------------11-12-13-14-|-11-12-13-14-------------|
|-10-11-12-13-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------14-15-16-17-||
|-------------13-14-15-16-|-13-14-15-16-------------||
|-12-13-14-15-------------|-------------------------||
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| Exercise 3 :
Similar to example 1, but with difference large movement on the neck. |
slow
fast
Exercise 4
|-5-4-3-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------6-5-4-6-5-4-------|-------------------------|
|-------------------7-6-5-|-7-6-5-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------8-7-6-8-7-6-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------9-8-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-9-8-7-----------------10-11-12--|
|-------10-9-8-/9-10-11-----------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------14-15-16-|
|-------------------------------------|----------13-14-15-13-14-15----------|
|----------------------------12-13-14-|-12-13-14----------------------------|
|----------11-12-13-11-12-13----------|-------------------------------------|
|-10-11-12----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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|-16-15-14-----------------------------|
|----------17-16-15-17-16-15-----------|
|----------------------------18-17-16--|
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|-18-17-16----------------------------|-------------------||
|----------19-18-17-19-18-17----------|-------------------||
|----------------------------20-19-18-|-20-19-18----------||
|-------------------------------------|----------21-20-19-||
| Exercise 4 :
Similar to example 2, but with difference large movement on the neck. |
slow
fast
click here to see the powertab file for this lesson
© Atanas Shishkov 2005
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