Play Faster

Time to work on your picking technique. Try this little lick here.


Now try playing along with this. It's 100 BPM. BPM stands for Beats Per Minute, it's how you measure how fast or slow a piece of music is supposed to be played at.
BPM=100


Now a little bit faster.
BPM=120


That's right, it gets faster.
BPM=140


And faster....
BPM=160


And faster...
BPM=180


Are you still there?
BPM=200


Oops, my drum machine only goes up to 250BPM!
BPM=240


That's alright, I can play twice as fast with 140BPM! Here we go!
BPM=280


Man, that's pretty fast. I don't think I can go on much longer...
BPM=320


Anybody still there?
BPM=360


Fine, this is my limit. I give up!
BPM=400


Well, you get the idea. Get yourself a metronome and practice playing something at a speed that you can handle. Then pick up the pace little by little until you can't handle it. Now you know your limit! Keep rockin'!