How To Play FASTER (The Right Way!) | Quick TikTok Lesson

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This is something I am frequently asked “How do I get faster on the guitar?”
Today I’m going to show you the fundamental practice method for developing your speed the CORRECT way on the guitar.
This can be used to practice exercises, scales, patterns/sequences, or lines from your favourite solos!
Give it a try and if practiced consistently, you WILL find you’re able to play faster! 🤘
#guitarlesson #learnguitar #kieselguitars

[@Jamesftd]

I'm gonna give you the keys to the lamborg... Metronome.

[@jamierobinson777]

😂😂

[@cycomiles4225]

Love this reference.

[@jimbomctimbo1610]

Good ole MAB hahah

[@cryptidconn]

Thanks for this, dude. Your videos always help me. I've been playing for 16 years now. I can play chords, know the names of the notes of each fret on each string, I can tap, shred (very basically but learning to get better), I can do scales and inprovise within a key pretty well, etc. But I'm entirely self-taught so whenever I see your videos I always watch what you do and try to take something from it. So thank you for this. I've been told my "style" is quite blues rock. "Richie Sambora like" a couple people have said. Which is a huge compliment

[@AnderX003]

Omg 16 years. Cool!

[@jamierobinson777]

I’m glad you like them! It sounds like you’ve accomplished a lot on your own! 👍🤘🎸

[@Soloist1983]

This is so tricky, as someone that spent at least 6 years religiously doing 3-4hrs solid, each day, of alternate picking practice with a metronome, and getting nowhere, there is more to playing quickly, or at least in picking fast. Legato is easy, took me a month or two to master Satriani's hardest licks, but there are mechanical problems to alternate picking that brute forcing this with a metronome will never fix, and it's an awful, awful feeling to waste your prime years working on these techniques. While I love your educational material, I suggest anyone having difficulty with alternate-picking specifically to check out Troy Grady's exhaustive study of alternate-picking, there is so much to glean from his work; I honestly feel like it's the only way to have a fighting chance at turning your practicing efforts into something demonstrable. I mean, unless you're one of those freaks that intuitively figured out how to master alternate-picking really early on, the mechanics are not very intuitive, and you can easily waste your life trying to obtain a modicum of improvement in the area of alternate-picking.

[@BOER1717]

Agreed - I wasted so much time going slow and speeding up, wish I discovered Troy Grady earlier. Just the act of flooring it (no matter how messy) allows your brain to go into the speed 'zone' and work out what works and what doesnt, really quickly. Then from there, take the motion and slow it up down to clean it up and build accuracy and speed. Shawn Lane and Martin Miller said this too. You can't practice running by walking slow :)

[@petemcr]

I've started doing this recently and definitely something I always overlooked was how important using a metronome actually is, wish I knew this a while back. Also learning to enjoy the process has been a big help, I actually enjoy practice sessions now instead of treating them like obligation, has helped massively

[@thefourthwritedjentleman3643]

Absolutely agree, I think everyone has the ability to play fast too, it’s all about timing You’re lessons are awesome and you’re an absolutely phenomenal player, top tier technique and frightening picking hand Down to earth and hilarious too, I wish I had had a teacher like you when I started 30 years ago

[@ascendedsleeper7666]

Great video and helpful advice. I'd like to add the "bursting" method to all the things you mentioned. What I mean by this is: you take a pattern you're working on, play it 2 notes per click and after that 4 notes per click for the same tempo. Alternate 2 notes per click and 4 notes per click until everything sounds clean.

[@vladimirlebedenko2226]

Metronome is very important Jamie, but what about the proper hand pick grip or correct motion of it? With the wrong right hand posture you will eventually hit the wall. Not talking about you but about regular guitar enthusiast.

[@jamierobinson777]

It is important but I also find everyone has different approaches when it comes to picking technique. So I’m careful not to put out a “one-size-fits-all” approach. Look at EVH, Marty Friedman, or Yngwie. They all pick differently but it clearly works for each of them.

[@vladimirlebedenko2226]

@@jamierobinson777 well yeah, Friedman's hand is particularly weird :D

[@nbpeth]

I’ve never tried this subdivision breakdown before, I just work my way up the tempo. This looks way more productive

[@weeraphanprapapak6848]

Many thanks.

[@1minutecomicswalahollywood648]

Hello Jamie, I really liked the colorful graphics on your electric guitar. ❤

[@angkari7244]

numbers guitar! never seen one in the wild. Love it!

[@SeanFerree]

Fantastic video Jamie!!

[@jamierobinson777]

Thanks! 😊

[@Emrys345_Guitar]

Thank you for this! I don’t plan on being a “shredder” but I do like blues and need to learn to be a bit faster than I am

[@katoom-ju6vo]

Best instructor on KZbin...Period.

[@Aelearning]

thanks a LOT

[@mossheadwooly]

Baaaaaaby steps. Patroon page is kickin boss. Ps, when you play the Becker guitar, you must paint the arrow on your head of the last air bender. It’s prudent as a thousand points of light!

[@JEMBlades]

Great reminder! I definitely need to be using my metronome more consistently. Going up (low strings to high) is rock solid and in sync. Going down my ring finger and pinky are hard to coordinate. Any tips?

[@arashghafari16]

Metronome works wonders...

[@korat10]

So when I reach my first target tempo lets say 120bpm 16th notes and up my bpm to 125 do I start at quarter notes again or 16th straight away. Also thanks for all the lessons/exercises you put out. (sick guitar also Jason Becker rocks)

[@jamierobinson777]

Great question, you can do both! It’s definitely good to go back through the various rhythms to make sure they’re still solid. But you can also stick with 16th notes and increase the BPM to go purely for speed 👍

[@korat10]

@@jamierobinson777thank you for the quick response 👌

[@MartinMaat]

This is not the whole story. I used to play a lot (and it never amounted to much, that's not the point) but I do have some experience with playing fast. Whatever scale you choose to practice, there will be transitions that are awkward. That you can practice and get up to a particular speed with, but those transitions will be where you hit a brick wall. You need to skip a string or get back to the same string one more time to pick the note you need, do something that is out of the convenient flow in order to get to the next note, something that makes it impossible to maintain the speed. Those are the interesting bits to address. I never really got over them, no matter how much I played those awkward points remained weak and problematic.

[@ryanhass8716]

Yeah, good point. It's a totally different ball game going up and down a 3 note per string scale, and doing something weird like a 3 string descending sweep into a string skipping pattern with 3 notes on one string and 2 notes on the other, or whatever. But that being said, the chromatic exercise being demonstrated here would at least give a good foundation, and one could just practice those weird bits as they come. I know I don't even practice with a metronome, so I got a ways to go lol

[@Fire_McKing]

I love ur guitar lol

[@jamierobinson777]

Thanks! 😁

[@BOER1717]

Good video. I actually think the opposite is more effective initially- to play fast, you have to try playing fast. Just tremolo on one string - Troy Grady has an awesome video on this. I think Shawn Lane said similar things - start fast, then clean up. Because you could be nailing it slow, but a lot of people tap out around 120-130bpm and cant increase because they have inefficient motions. And the only way to know if a motion is efficient, is to floor it. Then, take that motion that you know can go fast, and practice is slow getting faster to build accuracy/stamina :)

[@jamierobinson777]

I do agree! Physically, it’s important to “go for it” sometimes and push the hands past their comfort zone to “awaken” them to a new level of speed. This video is more about how to properly track your speed while maintaining accuracy. I always suggest to my students a back-and-forth method between the two. Pushing yourself past your comfort zone/limit, and then bringing it back down a bit and making sure it’s clean and accurate 😊👍

[@darrelladams4886]

How to play better faster? It’s easy. 1)turn off the Xbox or PlayStation 2)put your phone in a different room 3)find a comfortable space 4)practice your Damn guitar with the same time commitment we normally spend on games or our phones or tv 5) repeat steps 1-4

[@ADUAquascaping]

I agree! It takes more mental power, though, so my brain hurts after I am done practicing. I need step 6: eating in between 😂

[@jfrog1979]

Boom💥

[@kagenotatsumaki]

But my phone is my metronome...

[@6345788]

​@@kagenotatsumakiBuy a Seth Thomas metronome.

[@analuciavieira5959]

Drums backing tracks with progressive metronome - youtube.com/@gigjoy9201?si=99frvfkim2P9Y6Fh 😅

[@minisurfbanana]

Over 40 years of playing and i still dont have the patience 😭😭😭😭 lets do this!!!!

[@everettmittan6719]

How much would be the most effective increase in BPM and at what interval, from your experience? Also, is this what you'd recommend for regaining speed? I used to play faster, but after shoulder surgery, my hand has lost a lot of dexterity and strength... Which is annoying, considering I know what I'm capable of.

[@jamierobinson777]

If you’re playing 16th notes, I think being able to push the needle on the metronome 5-10 bpm in a week is good progress. You add that up over a couple months and that’s a huge jump in speed! 👍

[@6345788]

This is gospel. Any instrumentalist, piano, guitar, oboe, you name it practices with a metronome. Scales, arpeggios, exercises from various method books, current pieces. Economy of motion + metronome yields master shredding.

[@Ugfromumantman]

I find sometimes olaying slower, especially with odd timing, its even harder to play a lick but when I practice slow slow slow and build on it I notice the very next day the lick is a little cleaner. Its slight incremental change over time that makes a musician.

[@karolg1087]

Hey Folks, does anybody know what is this guitar? Thanks!

[@allendean9807]

I think there are solo players, and rhythm players. I can solo- but writing solos is a painful exercise in repetition. I prefer to just write badass’ metal riffs, and hopefully get my friends to play me the shred i hear in my thick skull…

[@80slimshadys]

I started at 285bpm. Stoked. I've been doing this every day without a metronome for the past couple weeks, it's been paying off

[@Benjohns89]

Get guitar pro. Best learning tool I’ve ever used. Can take your favourite songs and slow them down to play along with and slowly increase the speed as you get better

[@Crowsinger]

Some people might have problems with technique. I myself struggled with speed for many years. I managed to achieve high speed in days with the proper movements. I don't think that what you showed would help people achieve high speed, but rather accuracy.

[@jamierobinson777]

This is what makes a huge difference for all my students. It’s the only way to track progress with speed while maintaining accuracy.

[@Crowsinger]

@@jamierobinson777 up to how much? 120 bpm?

[@jamierobinson777]

@@Crowsingeryou can push this as far as you can! When you’re at your threshold, increasing 5-10 bpm a week is great progress.

[@Crowsinger]

@@jamierobinson777 I don't think that you understand what has been stopping many people from playing fast. Practicing slowly can make the habit of isolating and engaging only several muscles. This habit could lead to reaching an impassable plateau if more muscles are not engaged. I advise you to keep that in mind so that you don't spread misinformation if you lead newcomers to believe that any movement or posture will allow them to play fast.

[@jamierobinson777]

@@Crowsingerif you heard some of my students play you would think otherwise 👍😊

[@slicksalmon6948]

Drop the quest for speed, and take a stab at expression.

[@michaelhiggins4551]

We do not live in a world where they’re mutually exclusive, follow the path to play better in every respect that interests you.

[@artemisthegunslinger3956]

I find it hard to play triplets but 16th notes are easier for me

[@Guitallica]

Meine Nachbarn hassen mein Metronom.....😮

[@Bardish]

And it takes years.

[@TimurIskhodzhanov]

Wouldn't it be cool to have a fun and melodic exercise to practice speed? wink wink

[@uutooyu]

if you cant feel time playing fast is futile