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# 1
Perhaps I should just e-mail you a tab of what i meant.
Take the A minor scale start at the 6th string and play the first 4 notes of the scale 4 times then move to the next note in the scale and starting from there play the next 4 notes in the scale 4 times. So on and so forth proceeding down the strings and up octaves in the scale. Start from any position. Start from any string the point is play controled, slowly, and repetatively to really get those fingers in shape.
Additionally you should force your right hand to alternate pick no matter how much strain you put yourself through.
Make sense now?
Take the A minor scale start at the 6th string and play the first 4 notes of the scale 4 times then move to the next note in the scale and starting from there play the next 4 notes in the scale 4 times. So on and so forth proceeding down the strings and up octaves in the scale. Start from any position. Start from any string the point is play controled, slowly, and repetatively to really get those fingers in shape.
Additionally you should force your right hand to alternate pick no matter how much strain you put yourself through.
Make sense now?
# 2
It's probably one of the simplest things you could do to build speed with both hands. Run Scales. But do it in a repetative muscle memory building manner. SImply described start from one note in the scale and play the next three after it a few times over and over again. With strict control on picking and fingering. Get each note just right. Make sure it sounds good. Then proceed to the next not in the scale and play from there.
on a charomatic scale it would be like doing this....
|-------------|--------0--|-------0-1--|
|-1-2-3-4--|-2-3-4----|-3-4--------|
Perform each measure 4x. Just do that with a scale. Start anywhere. End anywhere. Do it differnt ways. With triplet patterns. Or different numbers of notes from the scale. It's up to you. But I guarantee it will improve your speed, accuracy, and allow you greater creativity and flexibility on the guitar.
Hope that helps you out.
on a charomatic scale it would be like doing this....
|-------------|--------0--|-------0-1--|
|-1-2-3-4--|-2-3-4----|-3-4--------|
Perform each measure 4x. Just do that with a scale. Start anywhere. End anywhere. Do it differnt ways. With triplet patterns. Or different numbers of notes from the scale. It's up to you. But I guarantee it will improve your speed, accuracy, and allow you greater creativity and flexibility on the guitar.
Hope that helps you out.
# 3
For further reference as to what Seiko_Hejiro was speaking of to here is a basic example using the A minor scale in a similar pattern.
(sorry about the poor quality / spacing of this.. Just copy the above and paste it into Notepad and it'll be much easier to read)
etc all the way up through the A minor scale...
Most basic speed and control exercises are based around this typical structure, it works quite well too. You can mix it up as you get more advanced with string skipping or big stretching. The key is maintaining clarity and control at all times. Practice with a metronome!
x3 x3 x3 x3
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|o-----------o|o-----------o|o------------o|-------------o|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|o-----------o|o-----------o|o------------o|-------5-----o|
|-------5-----|-----5-7-5---|---5-7-8-7-5--|-5-7-8---8-7--|
|-5-7-8---8-7-|-7-8-------8-|-8------------|--------------|
(sorry about the poor quality / spacing of this.. Just copy the above and paste it into Notepad and it'll be much easier to read)
etc all the way up through the A minor scale...
Most basic speed and control exercises are based around this typical structure, it works quite well too. You can mix it up as you get more advanced with string skipping or big stretching. The key is maintaining clarity and control at all times. Practice with a metronome!
# 4