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Old 03-27-2013, 05:14 AM
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Improving fretting hand speed

Hi everyone,

My current issue is that my fretting hand is a lot slower than my picking hand. I guess that this has a lot to do with the fact that I've mostly played slow music and have been a bit lazy with any fretting exercises.

Anyhow, I need to get a particular Fields of the Nephilim/Psychonaut-esque riff running smoothly, steady 16th's at ~120bpm. The fretting action isn't that difficult (open string with a couple of alternating notes here and there on the same string), but the speed's the issue. While my picking hand keeps up just fine, the fretting hand falls behind.

I understand that mostly I just need to woodshed a lot with a metronome and slowly build up my fretting speed, but is there something I can do to speed up the process? Any particular exercises that have worked for you? Advices on setup (lower string height, duh...)?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Today I learned that "Search" is a wonderful feature, and using it before posting may come in handy. Oh well, feel free to reply anyway if you have any nice tips

Last edited by lostcontrol_ : 03-27-2013 at 05:46 AM. Reason: Has the dumb, searching reveals similar threads.
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Old 03-27-2013, 07:07 AM
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well, it is a given that low action will give u faster speed.

relax, and practise and practise.

If it doesnt take lots of practise to play fast, everyone would be playing like billy sheehan
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Old 03-27-2013, 07:31 AM
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I just need to woodshed a lot with a metronome and slowly build up my fretting speed
This is the only way that I know of to build up speed.
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