This speed builder will build on Exercise 2: Speed Builder #1. The figure from Exercise 2 is shown below in Figure 1. This exercise will work with your picking hand as well as your fret hand by using all the combinations of downstrokes and upstrokes. This will be shown in Figure 2 with the traditional symbols for downstroke () and upstroke (V). To do this exercise, you will play Figure 1 like you did in Exercise 2, but you will use the stroking patterns shown in Figure 2.
Example: In Figure 2, pattern 6 ( V V), you use a downstroke then an upstroke then another downstroke then another upstroke. So you would play Figure 1, pattern 1 (1-2-3-4), by playing fret 1 with a downstroke, fret 2 with an upstroke, fret 3 with a downstroke, then fret 4 with an upstroke. You would then repeat this for all the patterns in Figure 1.
If you have time, play Figure 1 using all the patterns in Figure 2, this will truly give you a good workout for speed and endurance.
Example: In Figure 2, pattern 6 ( V V), you use a downstroke then an upstroke then another downstroke then another upstroke. So you would play Figure 1, pattern 1 (1-2-3-4), by playing fret 1 with a downstroke, fret 2 with an upstroke, fret 3 with a downstroke, then fret 4 with an upstroke. You would then repeat this for all the patterns in Figure 1.
If you have time, play Figure 1 using all the patterns in Figure 2, this will truly give you a good workout for speed and endurance.