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Boost Your Guitar Skills with This Three-in-One Compilation
Are you ready to take your guitar playing to the next level? Look no further! We’ve compiled the ultimate guide to three essential techniques that every guitarist aspires to master - Sweep Picking, Speed Picking, and Legato. Whether you’re a beginner looking to develop your skills or an experienced player wanting to add new tricks to your repertoire, this article is the perfect resource for you.
1. Mastering Sweep Picking
Imagine effortlessly gliding across the fretboard, producing beautiful arpeggios with precision and speed. That’s the magic of sweep picking! It’s a technique that allows guitarists to play complex arpeggios smoothly, using a single downwards (or upwards) motion with the pick.
While sweep picking may appear daunting at first, by breaking down the technique into smaller parts and practicing slowly, you can gradually build up speed and accuracy. In this section, we’ll provide step-by-step exercises, along with helpful tips and tricks to fast-track your progress.
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Language | : | English |
File size | : | 101584 KB |
Text-to-Speech | : | Enabled |
Screen Reader | : | Supported |
Enhanced typesetting | : | Enabled |
Word Wise | : | Enabled |
Print length | : | 441 pages |
2. Unleashing Lightning Fast Speed Picking
Do you dream of playing blistering fast solos that leave your audience in awe? Speed picking is the key! This technique involves alternate picking at lightning speed, enabling you to execute incredibly fast runs and solos across the fretboard.
Building up speed picking skills requires a combination of correct picking technique, synchronization with your fretting hand, and dedicated practice. In this section, we’ll share exercises to improve your accuracy, provide insights into efficient hand positioning, and share secrets to building up speed while maintaining control and clarity.
3. Enhancing Your Playing with Legato
Legato, meaning "tied together" in Italian, allows you to create smooth, flowing lines by connecting notes seamlessly. This technique involves using hammer-ons and pull-offs to produce a slurred effect, producing fluid and expressive melodies.
Legato playing presents a unique challenge as it requires deliberate finger positioning and control. However, with the right exercises, you can improve your finger strength, dexterity, and control, helping you achieve that effortless virtuosic sound. In this section, we’ll guide you through a series of exercises that will push your legato playing to new heights.
By dedicating time and effort to mastering these three essential techniques - Sweep Picking, Speed Picking, and Legato - you will unlock a whole new level of playing. Practice consistently, start at a comfortable pace, and challenge yourself incrementally. Remember, becoming a skilled guitarist takes time, but the rewards are worth it.
So what are you waiting for? Grab your guitar, dive into this three-in-one compilation, and watch your playing soar to new heights. Your audience will be blown away by your mastery of these techniques, and you'll feel a sense of pride and accomplishment like never before. Happy playing!
4.8 out of 5
Language | : | English |
File size | : | 101584 KB |
Text-to-Speech | : | Enabled |
Screen Reader | : | Supported |
Enhanced typesetting | : | Enabled |
Word Wise | : | Enabled |
Print length | : | 441 pages |
Three genre-defining guitar technique books combined to give you the smoothest playing mechanics on the planet.
This ground-breaking guitar technique collection brings together three bestselling books by rock guitar virtuoso Chris Brooks. This compilation will take you from player to slayer as you master the right- and left-hand techniques essential to shred guitar mastery.
- Over 360 exercise and musical examples that teach you to tackle the most devious of music
- Over 3 hours of audio you can download for free
- Develop perfect sweep picking, legato and picking mechanics on guitar
- Notation and Guitar Tab with every pick stroke
Book One: Neoclassical Speed Strategies for Guitar
Neoclassical Speed Strategies for Guitar focuses on speed picking in the tradition of Yngwie Malmsteen, where picking technique is approached via biomechanics, strategy, and progressive advancement to create blazing single- and multi-string licks, sequences and etudes.
- A complete guitar picking course that starts from the first principles of movement and works around your own unique body mechanics, illustrated in detail
- Inventive exercises that combine shifting scale lines, sequences, single-string phrases and string-changing mechanics
- Concise, developmental picking drills and studies forming a clear, incremental path to speed-picking mastery
Book Two: Sweep Picking Speed Strategies for Guitar
Sweep Picking Speed Strategies for Guitar takes a meticulous approach to breaking down the biomechanics of sweep picking and goes way beyond drills and guitar licks to get to the heart of great sweep picking technique. You'll master everything from pick grip and fundamental rudiments to the execution of perfect, large-scale arpeggio forms for the most common chord types as you learn sweep picking on guitar.
- A comprehensive breakdown of everything you need to sweep pick like a pro
- A systematic guide to mastering technique and dominating the fretboard
- Complete technical development through 100 drills and 17 Etudes
Book Three: Legato Guitar Technique Mastery
For the fretting hand, Legato Guitar Technique Mastery will help you to dazzle with smooth lines, comprehensive neck coverage and various mechanical combinations. Here is a complete system to play legato like the masters, in the style of Alan Holdsworth, Guthrie Govan, Greg Howe, Brett Garsed, Steve Vai and Joe Satriani.
- Learn the secrets of fretting and picking hand control
- Discover techniques for taming unwanted string noise
- Train yourself with diatonic and chromatic fretboard drills
This three book collection really is the final word in modern guitar technique.
Everything need to build the greatest guitar technique on the planet is right here.
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