"If You Are New To Alternate Picking (And You’re Willing To Practice For Just 20 Minutes A Day), Then Here’s How You Can Quickly Start Unleashing Your Ultimate Picking Potential Today…"
Because of this, we need to get a few quick questions out of the way. (That way you’ll be able to find out as soon as possible whether or not this is for you).
We’ll be covering quite a lot of stuff. But I invite you to read every word carefully. That way you’ll be able to accurately judge how I can help you improve your alternate picking…
If you can relate to any of the above problems, then you are definitely not alone. I’ve met many guitarists who feel the same way. Heck…when I was first learning to alternate picking, I had the same problems! 
When I first started playing lead guitar I bought a whole bunch of books and videos on guitar technique. I’m not exactly sure how many…but I know it was a LOT!
And although many of them covered alternate picking technique, they didn’t tell me what I wanted to learn…
They usually gave a whole bunch of alternate picking exercises but gave very little instruction on how to practice those exercises. They gave very general advice like…
The truth is, I found most of the advice in the books and videos mostly useless. (And the players on the videos often seemed more interested in showing off than teaching!).
Many of the guitarists who start lessons with me have felt the same frustration with the books and DVDs that they’ve bought. They felt like the books and DVDs told them WHAT to practice, but gave no valuable advice on HOW to practice. And this is crazy because…
The truth is that NO alternate picking exercise will work if you don’t know how to practice it in an effective way.
The Alternate Picking Fast Start System is a intensive 12-month online course aimed at electric guitarists serious about getting good at alternate picking.
If you are new to alternate picking and would like to maximize your progress, then it may be for you.
What I’ve done with this course is to reveal some valuable information and practice strategies that will…
It’s not my intention to "hard-sell" you here. Frankly, it’s not my style. I know that The Alternate Picking Fast Start System will really help a lot of people. But I also know…it won’t be for everyone. Not everyone will want it or need it. Instead, I’ll just give you some detail about what you’ll get when you join. That way you can decide whether or not it’s for you. Fair enough?
Before you start doing intensive practice on alternate picking it is critical to test your current level.
But you probably already realize that all the alternate picking greats have awesome timing. And if you want to play like them, then you’ll need to develop awesome timing as well!
I should point out now that timing is probably one of the most critical parts of alternate picking. And the more you work on it, the better your alternate picking will get. Let me explain why. Please check out the diagram below…
Making left hand movements. (I’m assuming you are playing fretted notes rather than just open strings).
Well, unfortunately a third variable makes it much more challenging. And that third variable is timing. The real challenge with alternate picking is making sure that the left hand movements are perfectly in time with the right hand movements. Even if they are just a bit out of time with each other, the results will be pretty bad!
And on the flip side, the more you learn to synchronize the left and right hand movements the better. You’ll find that over time you’ll be able to develop a smooth, fluid and fast alternate picking technique.
In this module we take a look at some exercises to develop the co-ordination between your right and left hands. I call these synchronization exercises.
Synchronization is how well your left and right hands work together. When you pick a note, your left hand should press down at exactly the same time the pick hits the string. If your left hand presses down before or after you pick, then your hands are not synchronized. This can often result in a choppy sound or buzzing notes.
After working through the earlier modules, you are now VERY comfortable with alternate picking on a single string. You are now ready for the next step. And what is that next step? It’s simply this…
This sounds simple enough. But did you realize that the vast majority of guitarists never truly master this skill? They reach a certain level of competence, but never go beyond it.
I don’t want this to happen to you. I want you to develop the knowledge and skill to overcome almost any alternate picking challenge!
In the last module we looked at two note alternate picking mechanics. In this module we are going to take a look at some scale pattern exercises.
Scale pattern exercises are an essential component of developing excellent alternate picking technique. In fact, it’s rare to find a good alternate picker who hasn’t practiced at least some scale pattern exercises. For that reason, this module will help your alternate picking a LOT…
In this module we go more indepth into picking mechanics. This section will keep you busy for quite a while. But the results will definitely make the effort worthwhile!
At the time of writing this, my standard rate for one-on-one guitar lessons is $80 per 45-minute lesson. And to cover everything in this course it could take as many as seven one-on-one lessons with me. So you could quite easily have to pay up to $560 to learn the material covered in this course.
I realize that not everyone has the means to afford that. And… Read more…