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[@guitareputz]

I love it, a 7:24 minute - 5:00 minute hack!

[@kungfuaxe1]

But who's counting🤣

[@leadcatpress]

This is one of the best lessons on the internet. Thank you for sharing it here!

[@kungfuaxe1]

Spread the word! Thanks!

[@leadcatpress]

@@kungfuaxe1 I've instructed all my social media followers to subscribe. :) You are one of my guitar playing heroes and one of my guitar teaching heroes. Thank you.

[@kungfuaxe1]

@@leadcatpress awesome!

[@talesbernardi4860]

Thank you very much Sheryl. Love your playing and your lessons. Admiration and deep respect from Brazil

[@kungfuaxe1]

Maybe I can make it to Brazil soon!

[@tomburns3614]

Love this, goes for all instruments. Thank you!

[@TheAlexkru]

Giving this workout to all of my students today, thank you.

[@kungfuaxe1]

Great!!

[@JazzGuitarForum]

I would also suggest to work on a very, very slow practice. For example, just make sure you can play quarter notes with a metronome set at 40 and "lock in" with a very small movement/space between the pick and the string. This has to be done in all variations: one strings, two strings, only downstroke, only upstroke etc. and make it a every day routine, don't rush just learn to lock in with very slow movements. This will make you play more clean when trying to speed up. Benny Golson once said:"Smart is the guy who practice slow, smarter is the one who practice slower!"

[@kungfuaxe1]

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[@localpm]

Superb lesson and superb advice 👌

[@kungfuaxe1]

Thanks! Happy practice!

[@mikeystuneroom2]

Very well done and so true. It takes some of us years to learn this...

[@kungfuaxe1]

It definitely took me decades! Still a work in progress!

[@jroc2201]

Excellent lesson, this is exactly what I needed!

[@kungfuaxe1]

Thanks! My honor to he of service!

[@vicentesalvadorpitrelli2092]

Thank you very much Sheryl.

[@kungfuaxe1]

Thanks for stopping by!

[@VaccarinoGianluca]

Amazing teacher

[@kungfuaxe1]

Thanks for stopping by!

[@JohnHorneGuitar]

Thank so much for sharing! I have practiced speed bursts and similar exercises before, but never while actively scanning for the tension that might impede my performance. This is SO helpful!

[@kungfuaxe1]

You're welcome!

[@howardmarkman]

Brilliant! Thank you Sheryl. You are an amazing player with that rare gift of being able to teach and inspire. And yes, I still remember being blown away by your playing when I first first heard you in False Face Society. Thank you.

[@kungfuaxe1]

Dig!!

[@denverguitarhero]

Great lesson! I'm gonna try this

[@kungfuaxe1]

Awesome!

[@jeffreed8730]

Thanks for helping address this important subject. More than holding the pick, and technicality, your more cerebral approach is an easy to adopt pathway to achieving picking speed proficiency. Gonna use on other endeavors as well!! Thanks Sheryl

[@kungfuaxe1]

🙏

[@ronaldmaheu]

Thank you ! It is very inspiring and relaxing to watch your playing 😊

[@michaeloreilly5852]

A great communicator, a great player and a great teacher! Really enjoy your videos; Keep up the good work!

[@kungfuaxe1]

🙏

[@kleberveridianogoncalvesde6293]

Thank you for the lesson !

[@steveg219]

Excellent lesson- relaxation is one of the most important, and elusive, things to be able to play at a high level!

[@kungfuaxe1]

Yes, you can't be relaxed with poor posture, and you can't breathe fully with bad posture, it's all a chain reaction

[@steveg219]

@@kungfuaxe1 👍🏼 thanks!

[@robhead22]

Greatest guutar lesson I’ve seen on youtube! Thank you!

[@robhead22]

Sorry about the misspelling. Maybe Tension affects other things too!!!???😎

[@kungfuaxe1]

Awesome!

[@dannysomoza9977]

Excellent lesson. Sheryl,what is the guitar your playing? Is it a Custom Luthier piece? Thanks.

[@kungfuaxe1]

My Signature Series McCurdy Mercury There are videos about my gear on the channel here Thanks for stopping by!

[@jazziergf927]

Hey Sheryl ! your the best... I think I know that scale from book 1. haha very interesting lesson ❤🕊🙏

[@DanielBarberMusic]

Relaxing and breathing, yes! I've noticed recently that if I "THINK" in cut time, or 1/4 time, that helps with relaxing. Feels like less for my brain to wig out about, it can even feel easier to play "in cut time." This is on piano, and I've noticed that my fingers actually function better when I back it off like that, while actually speeding up. Cray... :-)

[@kungfuaxe1]

Yes, there are layers and circles of time that contain all the subdivisions. If you lock in with the longer phrase and "feel" the subdivisions, you can breathe through the phrasing.

[@zinktrumpet]

Well this is different.... Thanks this is well presented and useful.

[@kungfuaxe1]

You're welcome!

[@JohnPakalenka]

Great lesson Sheryl!

[@kungfuaxe1]

Thanks!!

[@kungfuaxe1]

Thanks!

[@victoranastacio]

Niiice! Been trying to play faster, thanks for this! 😃

[@kungfuaxe1]

Thanks for stopping by!

[@tony6261]

Great video thank you!

[@kungfuaxe1]

You're welcome! I want to break through the static and get to the sources

[@tony6261]

I definitely have performance anxiety! Help! Lol

[@kathydyson1364]

Ace lesson as ever, sister. Hope all is well with you x

[@kungfuaxe1]

Maestra!! Good to hear from you!

[@natejones9525]

420th like! Also great video!

[@kungfuaxe1]

Dig! Thanks for stopping by!

[@h.sinclair]

Sheryl you're a goddess thank you ❤❤

[@kungfuaxe1]

Glad you dig it! Happy shedding in 2024

[@h.sinclair]

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[@Andreorsel]

Very good points! But, if you would relax your picking hand more, play from the wrist making smaller movements, your speed will increase by a lot.

[@kungfuaxe1]

Yes and no- relav, YES, as that is the facilitator of Virtuosity, but not everyone has the exact same muscular and bone structure, so everyone needs to develop and find their own "fulcrum"- so mechanics are conditional: wrist vs. elbow

[@Andreorsel]

@@kungfuaxe1 , as a teacher myself I do not agree with this. Until now I could teach all my students who where used to pick from the elbow how to pick from the wrist. It takes time for sure, but they all can do it now and all made significant progress in as well speed as accuracy.

[@kungfuaxe1]

@André Orsel that's great, I play from my elbow as tge fulcrum as I have small wrist bone structure- but as you wish! Relaxation is the most important aspect here, so as long as techniques facilitate that, it's all good

[@Andreorsel]

@@kungfuaxe1 , i have and have had students with small hands/ bonestrucure, like for instance 6 year old kids, and they all learned how to play mostly from the wrist. Since you are talking about relaxation, a loose wrist is very important; everything has to be relaxed. There is this vid of Chris Thile (One of the greatest Mandoline players ever) on YT where he talks and shows how everything has to be relaxed and then mostly play from the wrist. And again, i totaly agree on your points about relaxation, but the way you angle your wrist and play from the elbow is a bit tensed to me. And speed isn’t just about relaxation, but also about minimizing your motions. Playing from the elbow is to big of a motion and you can’t control it as good opposed to playing from the wrist, especially at higher speeds. But, i like your playing and if you can play the things you want to play with your technique then all is good :-)