speed

Even though I’ve been playing almost exclusively fingerstyle for the past 22 years and only use a pick occasionally, I keep reaching my limits when it comes to playing fast. I’m now going to use a pick more often. Nevertheless, I also want to work on improving my speed when playing without a...

Ok so now i am in a band, i love everything about it. The drummer play like Black Dahlia Murder or Dimmu Borgir double bass just insanely fast, a lot of blast beats. The guitar player has a pick so speed isn't an issue for me. Now, i have been trying to build my speed up for the past 3 or so...

So I'm learning Knights of Cydonia by Muse (my favorite band). During the first verse, Christopher Wolstenholme plays this (with a pick, but I think fingers sound better for me): I'm having trouble keeping up at 135 bpm. At this point I'm playing middle, index, middle (2,1,2), middle...

So I have tried to search for good exercises to increase my speed and endurance. I'm playing with pick because that makes better sound than fingers, but if you know good exercise to increase speed while playing with fingers, I would find that useful aswell. But mainly I'm looking for exercise...