Introduction To Speed Picking: Guitar Lessons Course

Explore two notes per string ideas and pentatonic boxes to build a solid foundation for soloing and improvisation, and move these patterns across the neck in one position.

Master the two notes per string lick in e minor pentatonic. Practice at 90 bpm with 30-second notes, then slow to 60 bpm with eighth notes.

Expand the two notes per string lick in e minor pentatonic by linking pentatonic positions into a single mega pattern, stretching notes across patterns for speed picking.

Master speed picking by adding f sharp on 14th fret to e minor pentatonic boxes and modes, with two-note-per-string technique. Practice with a metronome, exploring neck to raise speed.

Master three notes per string on the two strings, B and E strings, from fret five to twelve, using triplets and sextuplets to refine alternate picking, synchronization, and metronome rhythm.

Master a three-notes-per-string lick at 120 bpm, slowed to 60 bpm, through position-by-position patterns up the neck with deliberate fingerings across strings.

Master the triplet and six-triplet rhythm across six strings. Move up and across the neck from 7th fret on low E to finish on E, then descend through E minor.

Explore three notes per string pentatonic licks across E minor and pentatonic positions, combining two boxes for bigger licks, with precise fingerings, stretches, and timing at 100 and 60 bpm.

Explore tremolo picking by extending note duration while maintaining speed picking with down and up strokes, using a metronome, and applying hand position, muting, and practice techniques.

Explore tremolo picking in four positions of an E minor chord on the B and E strings, practicing at 100 bpm and 60 bpm with finger rolling to prevent ringing.

Explore tremolo picking in E minor with chord extensions, adding an F# on the 11th fret to expand the melody, practice arpeggios, and slow-down breakdowns for expressive phrasing.

Master string skipping to create wide interval stretches and arpeggios with alternate picking, muting, and pentatonic positions. Practice slowly with a metronome to keep hits clean.

Master string skipping within an extended pentatonic framework using three-note ideas. The lick runs at 100 bpm with thirty-second notes, muting strings, then slows to 60 bpm with eighth notes.

Advance speed picking with three-note-per-string string skipping in the e minor mode, moving from fourth to second and third to first strings, using 12-14-16 and 13-15-17 patterns.

Study tremolo picking with string skipping and alternate picking to boost speed, using an E minor chord with an F sharp extension, plus pentatonic improvisation.

Build a complete guitar solo by adding one lesson per module, and use a metronome to gradually increase speed for a clean, precise performance.

Explore the first part of the solo in the E minor pentatonic box, using three notes per string and modal ideas, ending with a bend to the root.

Practice tremolo picking over an E minor arpeggio in solo part 2, with a mode-inspired flavor note, at 100 bpm and slowed to 60 bpm using eighth notes.

Master a final guitar solo by weaving string skipping into the icebox pentatonic, adding a three-notes-per-string walk, tremolo picking, and a seamless segway through the lick.

Apply speed picking concepts to a complete solo, hear it slowed down, and explore improvisation by turning the lead section into a jam-ready solo.

Keep a metronome beside you and log every practice session to steadily increase tempo, and use these exercises to build your scales, modes, and licks toward your own solos.