All About Technique: How to get Speed and Accuracy

Juampy Juarez teaches a practical clinic on building speed and accuracy on the guitar, drawing on techniques he's learned across jazz, rock, fusion, blues, and heavy metal — from jazz lines to Malmsteen, Holdsworth, and Jimmy Page licks. In his experience, playing in a variety of styles and keeping an open mind is good for any musician's career.

What's covered

• Economy picking — Juampy's favorite technique for playing fast and fluid, with scale exercises in A natural minor, back-and-forth patterns, and three-notes-per-string fingerings
• Alternate picking exercises for speed, moved across string sets, positions, and stretches
• Legato, sweep picking, and hybrid picking, with many examples
• How to adapt each exercise to any scale, key, or fingering
• Warm-up routines and practice habits — including keeping a guitar in your hands while you watch TV so no time goes to waste
• Listening pointers, like Frank Gambale as a model for economy picking

Downloadable PDFs accompany the examples. As Juampy says, technique is only a door into a new musical world — never a goal in itself. With a little practice, you will become a better musician, no doubt about it.