Advantages of using this practice technique:

– Emphasizing the 1st note on each string makes it no problem for your hands to stay in perfect sync.

– Accenting the first note resets your 2-hand synchronization and helps you to play clean and fast in order to decrease the frustration of making errors during the learning process.

– You develop your ability to play notes precisely and with excellent quality.

– You can focus on strengthening a single note, one note at a time, in order to play fast guitar licks that sound great with less effort.

 

Approach # 2: Accent Notes In A Certain Rhythm On An Open String

You cause yourself to focus more carefully by using a heavy pick attack to accentuate notes in a particular time or rhythm.

For instance:

Try persistently picking an open string by picking in a four note pattern (common time) where the first beat is always accentuated with a lot more power.

Attempt this idea at slow and fast speeds.

This pressures you to think more carefully about how you play each note.

Work on this with more challenging rhythms and faster tempos to increase the challenge.

For example, emphasize the first beat in 5/4 time, 7/16 time or 13/8 time.

Keep in mind: A fun element of playing in 7/8 is that the pick stroke of the accent rotates every single measure.

This causes you to play with stronger focus, producing much better technique.

This is likewise a terrific kind of exercise for establishing more articulate and solid speed picking technique.

 

Test it out by tremolo picking in brief bursts of 2-4 notes at once, with a quick rest in between each repetition. Then accentuate different notes and keep going to add more notes in the group.

 

Approach # 3: Emphasize Notes Within Scales, Arpeggios And Licks

The next rank up is to start using a potent picking attack to accent one or more notes in any guitar phrase.

This is a very good method to guarantee that this single note is played flawlessly– and if it’s not, to help you find the mistake that must be improved for you to do so.

Cut down the lick into small segments and shift the note that is accentuated to transfer your concentration from one note to another.

Also, this can apply to many other guitar practice methods, such as playing single string scale licks (great for developing synchronization between your hands).

This strategy can also be used with accents in a certain rhythm to truly increase your potential to focus to another dimension!

The more you practice with this degree of focus, the much easier it becomes to mentally process notes at rapid speeds and play guitar fast without any hassle.