Doing Legato To Shred Is NOT "Cheating"... But THIS Might Be

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I spent around ten years focusing entirely on framing my base speed off how fast I could tremolo pick and as a result I not only became ridiculously fast at picking one note but also playing complex and fast riffs which incorporate lots of pedaling. This also translated to mastering wrist motion for economy picking. I admit that it took longer to get consistent 16th note downstrokes at higher tempos like 200bpm but the fact is that being able to play super fast pedal tones really makes it easier to artificially increase the speed of the music and make everyone feel like they have to rush to keep up with you.

[@Matthew_Klepadlo]

To be honest, the fastest playing exists might be either some crazy fast sweep picking or some tapping with REALLY efficient hammer-ons and pull-offs.

[@daoyang223]

Yeah like the solo to Stevie T's ed sheeran parody song. The super fast tap legato thing he does.

[@powerswish]

I agree. Sweeping is way more efficient than constantly changing directions (ie. tremolo picking). If that's really what you want to sweep for... just the speed.

[@PenguinNoodleSoup]

Definitely, fast picking is fun and all but it’s really nice to utilize other techniques like legato and tapping to make playing more tasteful.

[@LarryHovis]

Top notch advice, all around. I really appreciate this.

[@Richard-cq4kv]

I got dropped on my head too many times, so I'm just into chugging sick af metal riffs.

[@SlothKing92]

I’ve been watching your and Tom Hess’ videos for awhile. Some of the best teachers hands down!

[@sebastiangiraldo7672]

Hi Mike, I just Wanna know what's your point of View about stamina, how to practice it, and the transference that have it on máximum speeds, many thanks and regards 👍🏼

[@stevemcqueen1968]

You are the Jeff Cavaliere of guitar

[@HowToPracticeGuitar]

No, Jeff Cavaliere is the "me" of fitness.

[@zebes2694]

More like Aaron from squat university, top quality information 👌

[@brianbergmusic5288]

Except Jeff cannot play guitar on the side. This guy powerlifts on the side.

[@zebes2694]

So true about the acoustic makes it way harder that it is, I actually quit guitar and picked it up years later with an electric and man.. wished i knew that from the begining and have the money to buy it 😅

[@bigdaddyfilmmaker]

Do you ever play in your videos because I have watched 3 so far and nothing.

[@HowToPracticeGuitar]

Talking > playing.

[@luissosa320]

Lol how can you "Cheat" on the guitar XDD either it works for you or it doesn't, that's it!!! Great video either way!

[@JDPelayoPetit]

lemon pepper is the best

[@brianbergmusic5288]

Tremolo picking is like being a racecar driver by only practicing on straight empty roads. If I was only interested in pure alternate picking (I know, I know)... I would practice for hours on the strings by repeating licks where you play two notes on a string and one note on another target string -- back and forth ad nauseum with Pebber Brown level regimens. That forces you to always play that target string with a different stroke than before (whether an up or down stroke). That seems a bit more realistic for actual music playing speeds than boneheaded tremolo picking.

[@wagyu2589]

There’s nothing wrong with thumb above the neck.