Infinite Endurance
I always receive questions along the lines of "How did you develop your technique?", "What is your practice regimen?", "How did you get so fast?". For one, I never really had a practice regimen and more-or-less played for the love of playing, but there are a few exercises I've been doing for years and are still vital pieces of my warm-up (should one be required). So for this tutorial, we're keeping things to-the-point: developing stamina. Part 1 focuses on picking-hand stamina and Part 2 focuses on fret-hand stamina. Again, these exercises are what I've found to be THE most efficient as pre-show warm-ups, but including them into your practice routine (should you have one) is also greatly encouraged. Playing with a metronome is optional with this one - I'll be playing to a click so you can establish the turn-around's within the rhythm, but the constant physical motion is the primary goal.
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Lesson · 1m Infinite Endurance - Introduction
I always receive questions along the lines of "How did you develop your technique?", "What is your practice regimen?", "How did you get so fast?". For one, I never really had a practice regimen and...
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Lesson · 4m Infinite Endurance - Part 1: Pick Hand
Very ala Petrucci/Gilbert, let's get our pick hand fired up by blowing through each and every mode of G major. With each full ascend (occupying 5 bars) we see the same "up-down-up" pattern. After each of these...
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Lesson · 3m Infinite Endurance - Part 2: Fret Hand
So let's take the exact same "up and down" scalar motion, and put our fret hand to work. I've always found that the most efficient way of warming up the fret hand is by playing things that are slightly...
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