Three Ways To Play Guitar Faster And Cleaner Using Better 2-Hand Synchronization

It’s very difficult to play guitar with speed and accuracy without excellent 2-hand sync. Developing this skill is crucial for helping you play guitar fast in an effortless manner.

Learn how to improve your two-hand synchronization using these three tips:

1. Invest Time Into Practicing Guitar Unplugged

A lot of guitarists overlook huge mistakes they make in their guitar playing because they exclusively play through distortion settings on their amplifier.

Playing guitar without your amp prevents you from covering up mistakes with distortion and forces you to keep your hands in perfect sync to play accurately. This helps you develop your picking articulation and makes playing with distortion even easier.

Use unplugged practice to improve your legato guitar playing as well. Watch this video to get powerful legato advice:

2. Measure Your Progress

Select a specific exercise you want to work on and choose a metronome tempo where you can play it with both hands in tight sync (this tempo will be a lot slower than your top playing speed).

Measure this over time to develop your ability to spot mistakes that keep you from making more progress.

This helps you better understand what you need to do to get good results. When you get results from your practice, you feel more motivated to keep practicing and keep pursuing your goals. This helps you achieve your guitar playing goals faster.

3. Use A Heavier Pick

Thin guitar picks bend every time you pick a note. This creates a tiny delay before it returns to position for you to play the next note.

This delay messes up the synchronization between your picking and fretting hands and makes it very hard to play accurately at fast speeds.

When you use a heavy pick it helps keep your hands in perfect sync since it doesn’t bend after picking each note. Plus, a heavy pick gives you more volume without using a lot of force. This makes it easier for you to articulate every note you play.

About The Author:
Tom Hess is a professional guitarist, composer, and an online guitar teacher. He is a trainer and mentor to guitar players from around the world in his guitar lessons online. Follow Tom Hess on Twitter for free guitar playing tips, guitar playing resources and more guitar playing articles.