4 Finger Speed Boosters For Guitar

I think Forrest Gump has a powerful guitar speed lesson “baked” into its plot.

I'm talking about where Forrest tries to outrun kids throwing rocks at him, while wearing leg braces.

At first, he can barely move.

But when the braces suddenly snap - voila! He instantly runs faster than he ever thought he could.

Here is what this has to do with your guitar speed:

If you aren’t playing guitar as fast as you want, it ain’t got a thing to do with “how fast your fingers move”.

Because your fingers can already move really fat.

Your problem is: you’ve got your set of leg… er… I mean: finger braces.

In Guitar-Genius-Speak:

These are “guitar speed impediments” that block you from unleashing…

Your “Forrest Gump levels” of guitar speed.

Spot and destroy these “speed braces” and you’ll have as much guitar speed as you damn well want.

In this week’s video I show you the top 4 impediments of guitar speed I’ve seen hundreds of times over almost 20 years of playing guitar & helping guitarists with practicing.

(As well as how to fix each one.)

[Harp_and_Guitar_Moving_Forward]

They key to speed is a fancy Ibanez played in the classical position!

[harpsdesire]

Glad to see you're experimenting with your video formats (pics and other video clips) great information as always, and looking forward to future content

[jst]

Mike is one of the best teachers out there and a great player! I ve been following and applying his advice for some time now and i can definitely tell you that what he preaches works! Cheers Mike thank you for your videos through out all these years!

[almyers]

Thanks for an alternative view on the finger speed improvement problem.

[MyAteSpiders]

Came for the lesson, stayed for the Ibanez.
Also, I call that pinky issue the "Blues Finger" 🤣🤣

[stimulantbeats]

PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ON what to learn in guitar to become a shredder FOR BEGINNERS BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO LEARN FIRST the scale shapes, picking technique, or songs where should we start and WHAT SHOULD BE THE PATH OR STRATEGY TO LEARN GUITAR ...I HOPE YOU WILL REPLY

[maxargue]

I really like your guitar… also thanks for the video too!

[leandrorsantos]

Great class! I have played the guitar for more than 20 years and much of the time training it wrong and never could pass a certain point of technique. Do you believe I can change my way of playing doing it wight and get rid of some, let's say, dirty technique vices? Thanks

[prabowonegoro]

Guy looks like a regular 8 to 5 office worker and a virtuoso at the same time

[OrlandoCaba]

Is that an Ibanez Rgt42? Love your Vids!

[johnogier]

Do u have beginner lessons as well & vids for stumpy fingers stretching 🤞🤔🇭🇲

[shadadalshad]

His guitar course is already cheaper than many other course or a private techer.The problem is I am even too broke to buy his course

[verganas]

Hello Mike thank you for all your great videos. Just one point about the thumb orientation that i've seen you emphasize at other videos too. I don't think it's just me but depending on the fret position it seems that it can be up as you mention or pointing the neck. Actually trying to make it point up for some positions it's painful. Some feedback on that? Thanks!

[paulosicne]

I'm going to try this. I'm been playing guitar from 30 years now and I've been convinced it's just a God-given talent (well in a way it still is) to play great. I mean there's 8 year olds that can play Jimi Hendrix songs (look it up). But I'll try this to see if it works. Again I've been playing for 30 years. I do know how to play some songs, but I have hardship with strumming, timing, finding strings with certain fingers sometimes; etc. But I've put in 1000s of hours of practice time, and I even played in a band in the late 90s. But I admit I have a lot of issues with the instrument. I wish I was born with the talent a lot of people seem to have been born with.

[BobMacPhee-ucyj]

Why was the guitar even in the video? He barely touched it!! Lol. Alot of good advice that I happen to agree with but where was the action to back up those words??

[nolanvarner]

Practice, practice, practice. You can NEVER, practice too much. And when I get bored with that, I practice more.

[errriss]

Great lesson! The past few days my speed slowed down because I didn’t sleep well. I know it will get better again, but what I don’t understand is how guitar superstars keep playing amazingly even when they have bad guitar days. Some people have better genetics I guess. Some days I play sloppy and some days I play nicely and fast. I have been practicing for hours everyday and see only small progress.

[AstraTheMelodicWeapon]

Plz post more content.
Could you make video lesson of melodic shred as well.

[HeadbangersLocal]

Dam man, you have no idea how right you are . Ok, well you have some idea since you made the video. However, one thing I always noticed is that my right hand is fine. I can play very fast palm muting or open string notes . My fretting hand I can play lighting fast when everything is just random. The second I try and play a scale or lick super fast everything falls apart. I always wondered why can I play super fast when the notes are random but not when they are specific? Obviously I do have the speed (like you said) . This video just answered it finally after all these years. Great video 🤘🏻 thank you

[JeremyP]

Thanks for the videos, you are an inspiration!