How to Play Electric Guitar Fast !

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This free guitar lesson is all about guitar speed! I'm going to teach you some great speed scales. We'll use the A-Major scale, and incorporate some sweep picking.

This scale makes a great warm-up exercise, and it sounds pretty slick when you can play it quickly. The most important part of playing this scale is the Sweep Picking pattern.

Play it very slowly, and focus on the picking pattern. You will pick Down, Up, Down, Down, Up, Down, Down, Up, Down... etc.. When Playing this scale forwards.

E----------------------------------------------------7--9--10--

B-----------------------------------------7--9--10-------------

G-------------------------------6--7--9------------------------

D----------------------6--7--9---------------------------------

A------------5--7--9-------------------------------------------

E---5--7--9----------------------------------------------------

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When playing your way through this scale backwards, you will pick Up, Down, Up, Up, Down, Up.

Focus on playing each note evenly, no note should be louder, or be played longer than any other note. Use a metrenome if it helps you to keep a consistent pace.

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