Speed/Endurance Picking Drill 1

This drill is great for testing and pushing your picking speed and endurance.

Everything is played on the low E string.

The riff is 8 bars of nonstop 16th notes.

We start at 60 BPM, which is 4 pick strokes per second. With each successive speed, the amount of pick strokes per second is increased by one. This continues until 240 BPM is reached, which is 16 notes per second.

If you need to take breaks while working through this, take them!

If you struggle to reach one of the demonstrated speeds, and you wish to reach it, working this up in the 5 BPM increment method as described in the Metronome Method eBook can help you get there. If you need more steps, you may be interested in the Speed/Tremolo Picking Training Program which provides TONS of extra steps.

The Guitar Pro tab is attached so you can single out a specific speed, or change it to whatever tempo you'd like.