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Speed/Tremolo Picking Course

​Stop Picking So Damn Slow!

Shred guitar, and extreme metal music require some seriously fast picking. For those of you who struggle to pick fast, or if you're just looking to maximize your speed picking potential, this course is for you!

What Can I Expect From This Course?

This course is fairly simple, and straight forward. The goal of this course is to teach you the principles needed in how to push yourself to get faster and faster. Starting with small bursts of notes, and gradually increasing the difficulty and length of time constantly picking, you'll be pushing both your speed AND endurance. 

The greater your speed, the better you can push your endurance. The greater your endurance, the more you can push your speed!

Get Faster Using Progressive Overload

Progressive overload is used in weight lifting to get bigger and stronger. The idea is to slowly add weight and/or reps to keep pushing yourself further and further.

This same principle is taught, and used in the course. You start slow, gradually push faster and faster, and continue to bust your butt to give your hands, arms, and brain a reason to adapt and grow.

The exercises used in this course have you start with small bursts of notes, and gradually increase how many notes you play to push yourself into being a better, faster guitar player.

What You Get In This Course

  • An explanation of the principles and techniques necessary for pushing your genetic potential in how fast and accurate you can pick
  • A section covering 16th notes, and a section covering 8th note triplets​
  • Each section comes with 22 exercises designed to start you off with something simple, and gradually increases the difficulty so you become better and better
  • A speed picking etude for both the 16th notes and 8th note triplets
  • Tabs for all of the exercises
  • ​Video demonstrations for all of the exercises at four different speeds
Slow
Fast
Medium
Turbo

How I Reached Playing Over 300 BPM

The methods taught in this course are how I reached picking speeds of over 300 BPM. Here's a cover I did of Slayer's Raining Blood for picking speed demonstration:

Here’s how some students have described my teaching methods, which you’ll enjoy in this course:

  • "...I'm beyond stoked with my progress. I've had to break down bad habits that were self-taught over the years and John's precision is the cure for sloppy guitar playing." ~ Chaz
  • "...I never imagined I would be able to play as fast as I can now. I used to think that I wasn't born with the ability to shred or solo, but John has helped me overcome this notion..." ~ Josh
  • "John is more than an instructor, he's an inspiration who is far from typical." ~ Dan

The Metal and Rock Guitar Rhythm Crash Course includes:

  • 22 exercises progressing in difficulty and length for building up 16th notes, and another 22 for 8th note triplets
  • Etudes for both 16th notes and 8th note triplets so you can test your picking speed and endurance with actual music
  • Step by step plan of attack so you can get the most out of this course
  • Tablature for every piece of music to help make things easy to learn
  • Video demonstrations for everything so you know exactly how everything is supposed to sound and look
And if you buy the course outright, you get Guitar Pro files (Ver. 6 & 7) for the entire course. As an introductory offer, you can get everything in this course for only $25. 

This course comes with a no risk, 60-day money back guarantee. If you feel this course hasn’t improved your speed picking, I’ll return your money, no questions asked.

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Can’t commit to a one-time flat fee? No problem! You can also get online access to this course, and the Metal and Rock Rhythm Course with a $5 monthly pledge on my Patreon page. This option also gives you access to +100 exclusive video guitar lessons.

Not convinced? Here’s a small sample of what’s in the Speed Picking Course.​
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It’s time to take your picking speed to your level.
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  • Metal and Rock Guitar Lessons
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    • Blog (LOTS of Free Lessons)
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    • About John Taylor
  • Get TWO FREE eBooks
  • Instruction Courses
    • Speed/Tremolo Picking Course
    • Metal and Rock Guitar Rhythm Crash Course - Overview
    • Rhythm Work Sets
    • 666 Real Lessons
    • Free Four Week Rhythm Course
  • 100+ Video Guitar Lessons
    • Categorized List of Lessons
  • Gear Reviews
  • Store
  • Music Theory
    • Chord Theory >
      • What is a Chord?
      • Chord Formulas
  • Games and Quizzes
  • Online Metronome - FREE
  • Backing Tracks
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