by Tom Hess
Does it sometimes feel like a struggle to keep your guitar scales consistently clean and in rhythm while playing fast?
Don't worry. This is actually a very common problem.
The problem is that your fretting hand and picking hand are not in sync together 100% of the time. This is why you sometimes play notes perfectly, and other times not so much.
How do you solve it?
I’ll tell you.
First, don't focus on moving your hands faster as a means to play notes faster.
Do this instead:
Make your picking technique as efficient as possible.
Inconsistency in guitar scales frequently occurs due to inefficient picking motion.
This video demonstrates how to pick efficiently to make fast guitar scales feel incredibly easy:
To summarize:
Directional picking helps lock your hands together in sync due to the way it causes you to naturally articulate the string more clearly. Emphasize this effect by picking through every string change of a scale pattern using heavy picking power to articulate it.
Making your picking technique more efficient is the shortcut to effortless guitar speed that everyone is looking for but no one knows exists.
What’s even more cool is that there are other ways to efficiently pick for insane levels of speed across different areas of your guitar playing. Learn them right now by checking out this guitar picking article.