Guitar Speed Secret
This incredible book by Tennyson Williams, entitled “The Essential Guide to Guitar Virtuosity” isn’t just another book of guitar exersizes, its anything but. Instead, Guitar Virtuosity focuses on the mental prep work that is the baseline foundation to becoming and extraordinary guitar player.
As you go through the book you will learn techniques that other guides don’t even cover such as pick posture. You get these rudimentary guitar playing skills before we even discuss licks and chords. You need to master these skills so you can make your guitar sing like no other.
Here is just a sampling of what is covered in the book:
Chapter 1 – Mental Mastery
- How ego gets in the way
- The correct mindset
- The benefits of teaching one’s self
- Never give up
- Love what you are doing
Chapter 2 – The Seven Principles of Guitar Speed
- Posture
- Patience
- Proper Picking
- The Pick Itself
- The two angles of the pick
- The pinkie anchor
- Less arm, more wrist
Chapter 3 – How to Train for Speed and Maximize Your Playing
- Economy Fingers, Gaining Max Speed
- Alternate Picking Techniqes
- and more…..
Chapter 4 – Basic Speed Drills – 4 Finger Exercises
- Chromatics
- Finger Transition Drills
- and more…..
Chapter 5 – Basic Speed Drills – 3 Finger Exercises
- Three finger patterns
- Training excersizes using 3 fingers
Chapter 6 – Basic Speed Drills – 2 Finger Exercises
- Speed drills for two fingers
- Making the most with just 2 fingers
Chapter 7 – Basic Speed Drills – Tremolo Picking
- Tremelo Training Exersizes
Chapter 8 – Moderately Advanced Picking Exercises
- Grouping exercises
Chapter 9 – Advanced Picking Exercises
- Pick like a pro
- Advanced techniques
Chapter 10 – Better Bending
- Quarter step bends
- Half step bends
- Blues bending
- and more…..
Chapter 11 – Vibrato
- How to utilize Vibrato and more…..
Chapter 12 – Better Hammer Ons and Pull Offs
- Hammer Drills
Chapter 13 – Legato
- Ascending and Descending Legato
- Adding Shifts
Chapter 14 – Tapping
- Best Practices
- Tapping Chords
Chapter 15 – Sweep Picking
- The Picking Hand
- The Fretting Hand
- and more…..
Chapter 16 – Developing a Better Sliding Technique
- The beauty of Diversity
- Combining Techniques
- and more…..
Chapter 17 – Economy Picking
- Economy Picking with Legato
- and more…..
Chapter 18 – String Skipping
- Different techniques for string skipping
Chapter 19 – Harmonics
- The seven forms of harmonics
- Pinch Harmonics
- Getting the most out of your harmonics
- Harmonic Chords
Chapter 20 – How to Write Awesome Guitar Solos
- Write with confidence
- Listen and learn
- Jamming like a pro
Chapter 21 – Ear Training
- The myths about ear training
- How to train by ear
- Train your ear to recognize octaves
Chapter 22 – The Ultimate Practice Routine
- Tips to maximize your practice routine
Chapter 23 – The Power of Metacognition
- Harness your own strength
Chapter 24 – Recording
- Finding the best tools
- Mastering your recordings
- Creativity and the recording process
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