Jack Napalm
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To start off I am not a shredder or speed demon by any stretch of the imagination but I have been working on speed and technique recently just to be able to do more when an occasion arises.
I am trying to figure out why triplets are easier to do than 16ths when you are playing the same notes in the same amount of time. As an example if I play triplets at 100 bpm playing 16ths at 75 bpm is the same amount of notes. I can comfortably, without tension, play triplets at 170 bpm. Just right hand triplets not even using the left hand. I can go higher but tension creeps in fairly quickly. Its getting better but just haven't cleanly and consistently gotten above 170 yet for long periods of time.
Moving to 16ths I should at least be able to do 127 bpm for the same amount time. I can do them but not for as long as I can with triplets. Tension creeps in quicker and my right hand misses a note. If I stop for a just a second I can get back to it but tension creeps in. I can drop down to 120-125 comfortably. Its the same amount of notes in the same time period. Just counted differently. I can do short burts of higher bpm but can't maintain high speeds.
I have been working with a metronome and single click. There is something about 16ths that is tripping me up. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong when I move to 16ths. When I add my fret hand I have the same issue just at slower tempos.
Lately I have been working on doing triplets at first, then I move to 16ths, then back to triplets at higher speeds for a shorter time just to push it some.
Any ideas or exercises anyone would recommend?
I am trying to figure out why triplets are easier to do than 16ths when you are playing the same notes in the same amount of time. As an example if I play triplets at 100 bpm playing 16ths at 75 bpm is the same amount of notes. I can comfortably, without tension, play triplets at 170 bpm. Just right hand triplets not even using the left hand. I can go higher but tension creeps in fairly quickly. Its getting better but just haven't cleanly and consistently gotten above 170 yet for long periods of time.
Moving to 16ths I should at least be able to do 127 bpm for the same amount time. I can do them but not for as long as I can with triplets. Tension creeps in quicker and my right hand misses a note. If I stop for a just a second I can get back to it but tension creeps in. I can drop down to 120-125 comfortably. Its the same amount of notes in the same time period. Just counted differently. I can do short burts of higher bpm but can't maintain high speeds.
I have been working with a metronome and single click. There is something about 16ths that is tripping me up. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong when I move to 16ths. When I add my fret hand I have the same issue just at slower tempos.
Lately I have been working on doing triplets at first, then I move to 16ths, then back to triplets at higher speeds for a shorter time just to push it some.
Any ideas or exercises anyone would recommend?