Learning a FAST Guitar Part …

125BPM Speed (I Almost FAILED)

Super challenging day for me guys as I am trying to revamp my technique. In today’s lesson I am going to show you the challenge of learning a fast guitar part at 125BPM speed.

Honestly guys, I almost failed!

In this video I want you to realize that the moment you stop playing the guitar is the moment that your technique will worsen, no matter how long you’ve been playing.

Not a big deal! Just start practicing again and you will get back in shape!

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Good luck!

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The Video

How to Practice Guitar

Practicing guitar is one of the most awesome thing guitar players do!

There is nothing more fulfilling than seat down and start working on your technique, chords, melodies, musicality and other aspects of your guitar player. Whether you are practicing chords or a fast guitar part the rule should always be the same: Set small daily goals.

Practice makes perfect. When you start practicing your guitar, you will inevitably build habits and skills that will stick with you throughout your journey as a guitar player. The most important thing is to start out with the correct habits so that you will be on your way to becoming a good guitar player.

Learning a Fast Guitar Part

Today we want to focus on how to play a fast guitar part on the acoustic guitar using the fingerpicking technique.

We are going to follow a bunch of important steps that are really important when it comes to practicing and learning fast guitar parts.

Step 1 – Guitar Postion

How your guitar correctly.

We are going to use a fingerpicking technique to pluck the strings so the right hand should be positioned close to the strings, thumb in front of the fingers and fingers at 45 degree angle.
The guitar should be tight to your body with the back of you guitar touching your body. The right hand arm will “hug” the guitar body. As you are plucking the strings you should feel that the guitar is locked between your body and right hand arm.
With the left hand you should hold the neck with the thumb positioned behind the neck and the index, middle, ring and little finger positioned on the strings. Don’t forget we want to play a fast guitar part so you have to make sure the left hand thumb is positioned right in the middle of the neck.
Don’t seat on the bed, instead find a comfortable chair that allows you to hold your guitar correctly.

Step 2 – Use a Metronome and Tab

Learning a fast guitar part can be frustrating if you don’t set a BPM Goal(Beats per minute).

For this exercise the speed goal in 125 Bpm. If you check the video lesson notice that I am not starting at that speed instead I will start from 85 Bpm.

Practicing with the metronome forces you to play the notes slowly and with accuracy. You will also develop a sense of rhythm, musicality, control, tone and dynamics.

You can learn how to play the guitar part from the video but if you are a beginner guitar player you should consider getting the printable tab which will definitely help you learning with more accuracy. With the tab you will also save time!

Don’t forget to refer to the tab.

Step 3 – Routine

Practice for at least 10-2o minutes. Nobody become a better guitar player with just 3 minutes a day.

Study show that if you want to retain the muscle memory you are working hard to build you should be practicing for at least 30 minutes a day.

If you are really buys, try to split the 30 minutes into three different sections of 1o minutes a day, however you will not get the same benefit of practicing for 30 minutes straight.

Don’t get Frustrated

Learning a fast guitar part takes time. For the first few sessions I recommend that you practice at the same speed for few days before increasing. If you practice five times a week you should be able to increase the Bpm speed on day four. Start slowly and only increase a max of 10 bpm.

Add few bpm every other day and only start at a higher speed once you really feel you are mastering this guitar part.

Good luck!