3 Creative Tips To Play Guitar Fast & Easy That Only Require Very Easy Adjustments

Tired of making sloppy playing mistakes and looking for quick tips to help you play guitar fast?

Fact: playing guitar fast doesn’t always requires tons of practice. Sometimes all you need are a few simple adjustments to make playing fast feel easier than ever. This helps you gain the confidence needed to keep practicing until you see a major breakthrough and reach a new level in your guitar playing.

Use these simple tips to play guitar fast without needing to make any major adjustments to your playing:

Make Playing Fast Guitar Arpeggios Easier Using A Different String Setup

One of the easiest ways to clean up your sweep picking arpeggios is to raise the action of your strings. This can be done by taking your guitar to the local guitar shop and asking them to do it for you.

It becomes much easier to mute notes with your fretting hand and keep them from bleeding together when you pull the strings higher from the fretboard.

The best way to see the difference it makes in your sweep picking is to play through some arpeggio patterns that use rolling technique.

For example, find a 4 string root position major arpeggio. This requires you to roll with your fretting hand index finger. As you roll with higher action, it’s easy to see that you do not need to be as precise while muting in order to deaden the string.

Need to improve your general string muting skills with arpeggios? Read this article about playing with sweep picking rolling technique.

Another way to experience this is to play on an acoustic guitar. These guitars usually have much higher action on the strings than an electric. Playing arpeggios on them can serve as a great warmup before practicing on your normal instrument.

Speed Up Your Picking Attack Instantly By Changing Your Pick

Using a thin pick is a terrible idea for playing guitar fast and clean. Although the pick is lighter, it bends with the string, keeping it in contact for longer. This makes your picking technique less efficient because it adds excess motion to your pick attack.

Go to your local guitar shop and buy 5-10 heavy picks. You get more variety in your guitar tone by using picks of different materials and sizes. Generally heavier picks will be labeled with “Heavy” or be around 1.14mm in size and up.

Experimenting with different ones helps you find interesting new tones that you might really like.

Once you have some new picks to try, practice a specific guitar lick over and over using each one. Note: The pick you use has a very significant effect on your “sound”. Listen closely to the tone and get a feel for which pick feels comfortable to determine which one you like most.

As you pick with heavier picks, it quickly becomes noticeable that playing guitar fast feels easier. Amplify this effect by working to pick with more power over time. Playing with a heavy pick and more picking force makes your playing articulate and cleaner.