John Frusciante Style Funk Guitar Speed Bursts

I don't know what it is, but whenever I do a lesson on speed bursts it seems to get a bigger response than many of my other lessons.

I think that is because practicing speed bursts flat out works for pretty much every style of guitar. To prove that I thought doing a speed burst lesson that isn't applied to only scale or arpeggios exercises will help demonstrate how this practice method can be used for just about anything.

I thought that a great player to take a look would be John Frusciante in that regard. In this lesson I will be demonstrate how to practice some John Frusciante style funk speed bursts that will help loosen up and relax your picking hand.

After demonstrating the complete exercise at the beginning of the lesson I will then deconstruct it and show you bit by bit how you should approach to learning this specific technique.

At first it will just be about loosening up the picking hand by playing the speed burst on just muted strings. Not having to think about synchronizing the hands together will help you get the feel of the picking hand down a bit quicker.

From there we will slowly build on the exercise and add everything together so you can eventually play the speed bursts and freely create cool riffs around it.

After you have the initial speed burst securely within your picking technique, you many want to try increasing the length of the speed burst like I quickly demonstrate towards the end of the lesson.

And as always, remember to focus on keeping your picking hand as relaxed as possible when performing the speed burst. :)

Carl...

[jackarcher_]

Gotta love that Frusciante stuff. Player with a lot if pentatonic feel.

[IOxyrinchus]

Who else feels like John Frusciante when playing this?

[MrIvanHalen]

You should do a lesson on slapping, Carl.
Great work, man.

[TheOldSpirit]

really nice vid. im trying to play all this stuff on a 12 gauge acoustic right now its really tough. need to get my hands on an electric

[shawncamp]

I should know what kind of strat you have but what kind of strat do you have?

[anthonybymallia]

very awsome rythem there carl not easy to play but il get to it thankx carl im doin this one  thumbs up bro always

[rastadarrin]

Good stuff! Waiting for Another Brick In The Wall

[KingAwesome]

Hey man could you please do an in depth lesson on welcome to the jungle by guns n roses.

[kajetanzalupski]

Can you do Kenny Wayne Shepherd - True Lies?

[DiegoMartinez-ujsf]

Can you play "Sweet home Alabama"!!

[xdiecry]

Can you please do one on "November rain" by Guns n roses

[green_building]

Guys guys.. dont you think this brother is on weed and look at him he is so flying high to the sky

[rowan]

Ehh not supposed to play this on a les paul..