Practice Plan

1 One minute: Choose an example and practise any tricky shapes or position shifts 2 One minute: Play the exercise at a tempo slow enough that you don’t make mistakes 3 One minute: Increase your speed by about 5bpm 4 One minute: Increase your speed by about 5bpm 5 One minute: Increase your speed by about 5bpm If you struggle with the timing of the exercises try counting along. The 16th notes can be counted out loud (quite quickly: 1 e& a 2 e & a3 e & a 4 e & a. It’s just a matter of syncing your count with your picking movements. Slowing down until you get a feel for it will help.