finger speed

[Number One]

Hi, haven't been here in a while.

Anyways, could u guys tell me what YOU did to improve your finger speed. please don't tell me what u think I should do. i just wanna know how you guys did it.

Peace and Love

[Davey]

Re: finger speed

just wanked my ass off as fast as i could...

[Mike M.]

Re: finger speed

Get the John Pettrucci DVD. I'm serious. I bought it about a month ago and have gone thru maybe 1/4 of it. I don't have as much time to practice as I'd like to but after spending about 2 week's going over and over some of the exercises he show's I did notice a definate improvement in my playing. It's a great DVD. I was a bit leary because I thought it was going to be some hot-shot playing these impossible solo's for you to try and play. Nothing like that at all. Some of the exercise's are nut's but very practical in helping you to develop better fretting and picking strenght. Glad I bought it.

[y2stevo]

Re: finger speed

Get the John Pettrucci DVD. I'm serious. I bought it about a month ago and have gone thru maybe 1/4 of it. I don't have as much time to practice as I'd like to but after spending about 2 week's going over and over some of the exercises he show's I did notice a definate improvement in my playing. It's a great DVD. I was a bit leary because I thought it was going to be some hot-shot playing these impossible solo's for you to try and play. Nothing like that at all. Some of the exercise's are nut's but very practical in helping you to develop better fretting and picking strenght. Glad I bought it.

I second that..

[lateralus]

Re: finger speed

sounds good think i'll take that advice as well

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: finger speed

The thing that's great about Rock Discipline, is that it helps you realize that you need to focus your practice, and work on various aspects of your technique, not just speed. With any picking exercise, you need to develop accuracy first, and then speed.

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Re: finger speed

rock discipline and alot of time with a metronome, and even then im not as good as i'd like to be

[presa_tito]

Re: finger speed

I own Rock Discipline and it's pretty good, but I would definitely reccommend a book called Speed Mechanics by Troy Stetina. It comes with a play along cd as well. The guy is a complete virtuoso. I have been at the book for a while now and have just dented it. It is not for the complete beginner, but most people should handle it. It does take a lot of practive though. That's my reccommendation.

[fatigueofheart]

Re: finger speed

speed playing is not about the fretting hand but more of the picking hand which is insanely harder if not impossible to develop.

[danglybanger]

Re: finger speed

Get the John Pettrucci DVD. I'm serious. I bought it about a month ago and have gone thru maybe 1/4 of it. I don't have as much time to practice as I'd like to but after spending about 2 week's going over and over some of the exercises he show's I did notice a definate improvement in my playing. It's a great DVD. I was a bit leary because I thought it was going to be some hot-shot playing these impossible solo's for you to try and play. Nothing like that at all. Some of the exercise's are nut's but very practical in helping you to develop better fretting and picking strenght. Glad I bought it.

+1

[shroudofimpurity]

Re: finger speed

I practiced with a metronome a lot! And played along to a lot of death metal, and Al Dimeola!

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: finger speed

Played scales up and down, one string scales, one string arps, alternate picking en masse, but my picking hand is natural fast so I did not have to attend that one so much,
but I did practise alot with coordination between the two hands....so it became patterns, small lines forwards and backwards.
Or chromatic pickings ad libitum in front of the tv......above all relax while doing it.
I never play fast anymore...don't like the damm clutter of notes when I can say the same with alot less of them, but I keep it up, so I have build up a comfort zone that allows me to use some strange things sometimes.
And find some Freak Kitchen, plus dig up Mattias Eklundh's solorecord...that is way more fun than the combined shredders in the world

http://www.guitar9.com/freakguitartrlt.html

Try this place

[Zerberus]

Re: finger speed

speed playing is not about the fretting hand but more of the picking hand which is insanely harder if not impossible to develop.

Not necessarily, depends on the style. If you´re doing palm muted 32s at 260bpm, ot tremolo picking, I wholly agree. But if, stylistically, you´re more of a "legato player" (hammer-ons, pull offs, slides, trills......) like for example Dimebag, EVH, or Randy Rhoads, then the fretting hand is equally important

[nuntius]

Re: finger speed

With any picking exercise, you need to develop accuracy first, and then speed.

Yep, my teacher drilled that into me, also to practise on your acoustic - it'll strengthen your fretting hand

[Dooogz]

Re: finger speed

Im gonna follow this advice to!

**THIS DVD is £36 ($65-70) . Eeek!**