Advanced
Rock: Advanced (8 weeks)
Speed picking, legato, tapping and double-stops, then the phrasing of Page, Slash, May and Gilmour in solos at full tempo. For players who finished the intermediate rock plan.
Week 1: Sixteenths and pentatonic runs
4 sessions
Week 1: Sixteenths and pentatonic runs
4 sessionsSession 138 min
- Four per noteAlternate picking60 bpm · 5 min
- Read: Sixteenths on one string6 min
- Four picks per noteSixteenths on one string75 bpm · 7 min
- Three-note pattern on the high eSixteenths on one string70 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Read: Scale runs6 min
- 🔒 A minor pentatonic up and downScale runs70 bpm · 7 min
Session 232 min
- 🔒 Down the box in eighthsPentatonic runs90 bpm · 5 min
- Four picks per noteSixteenths on one string85 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 A minor pentatonic up and downScale runs75 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Groups of four, ascendingScale runs65 bpm · 7 min
- Three-note pattern on the high eSixteenths on one string85 bpm · 6 min
Session 332 min
- Four per noteAlternate picking90 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Groups of four, ascendingScale runs70 bpm · 7 min
- Three-note pattern on the high eSixteenths on one string100 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 A minor pentatonic up and downScale runs80 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Sixteenth-note drivePalm-muted drive70 bpm · 6 min
Session 432 min
- 🔒 Down the box in eighthsPentatonic runs130 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 A minor pentatonic up and downScale runs85 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Groups of four, ascendingScale runs80 bpm · 7 min
- Four picks per noteSixteenths on one string90 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Sixteenth-note drivePalm-muted drive100 bpm · 6 min
Week 2: Speed bursts and sequences
4 sessions
Week 2: Speed bursts and sequences
4 sessionsSession 131 min
- Four picks per noteSixteenths on one string100 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Read: Speed bursts6 min
- 🔒 Four-note burstsSpeed bursts95 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Read: Sequences6 min
- 🔒 Box 1 in groups of three, ascendingSequences60 bpm · 7 min
Session 232 min
- 🔒 A minor pentatonic up and downScale runs90 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Four-note burstsSpeed bursts105 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Six-note bursts down and upSpeed bursts85 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Box 1 in groups of three, descendingSequences75 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Box 1 in groups of three, ascendingSequences90 bpm · 6 min
Session 332 min
- Four picks per noteSixteenths on one string110 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Six-note bursts down and upSpeed bursts95 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Box 1 in groups of fourSequences60 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 One full bar, then restSpeed bursts75 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Descending in threesPentatonic runs85 bpm · 6 min
Session 433 min
- 🔒 Groups of four, ascendingScale runs85 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 One full bar, then restSpeed bursts80 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Box 1 in groups of fourSequences65 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Four-note burstsSpeed bursts120 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Climb up, bend to the rootPentatonic runs75 bpm · 7 min
Week 3: Legato: trills and three notes per string
4 sessions
Week 3: Legato: trills and three notes per string
4 sessionsSession 131 min
- Descending pull-off tripletsPull-off triplets70 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Read: Trill bursts6 min
- 🔒 Trill on the G stringTrill bursts90 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Read: Three-notes-per-string legato6 min
- 🔒 Up four strings and backThree-notes-per-string legato60 bpm · 7 min
Session 231 min
- 🔒 Six-note bursts down and upSpeed bursts110 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Trill on the G stringTrill bursts100 bpm · 6 min
- 🔒 Trill, then land on the rootTrill bursts80 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Up four strings and backThree-notes-per-string legato65 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 One full bar, then restSpeed bursts90 bpm · 6 min
Session 332 min
- 🔒 Trill on the G stringTrill bursts105 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Read: Hammer-ons from nowhere6 min
- 🔒 Hammer onto a new stringHammer-ons from nowhere70 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Ascending run with no pickingHammer-ons from nowhere70 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Up four strings and backThree-notes-per-string legato75 bpm · 7 min
Session 432 min
- 🔒 Four-note burstsSpeed bursts130 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Trill, then land on the rootTrill bursts90 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Full A minor run, up and downThree-notes-per-string legato70 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Ascending run with no pickingHammer-ons from nowhere85 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Box 1 in groups of fourSequences75 bpm · 6 min
Week 4: Tapping
4 sessions
Week 4: Tapping
4 sessionsSession 131 min
- 🔒 Trill on the G stringTrill bursts115 bpm · 5 min
- Read: Single taps6 min
- Tap and pull offSingle taps75 bpm · 7 min
- Tap, pull, pullSingle taps65 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Full A minor run, up and downThree-notes-per-string legato85 bpm · 6 min
Session 232 min
- Descending pull-off tripletsPull-off triplets85 bpm · 5 min
- Tap, pull, pullSingle taps75 bpm · 7 min
- Em, G and D with one tapping fingerSingle taps65 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Read: Tap-pull-hammer triplets6 min
- 🔒 One triplet at a timeTap-pull-hammer triplets60 bpm · 7 min
Session 332 min
- 🔒 Trill, then land on the rootTrill bursts100 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 One triplet at a timeTap-pull-hammer triplets90 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Continuous tripletsTap-pull-hammer triplets75 bpm · 7 min
- Em, G and D with one tapping fingerSingle taps100 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Ascending run with no pickingHammer-ons from nowhere100 bpm · 6 min
Session 432 min
- 🔒 One full bar, then restSpeed bursts95 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Continuous tripletsTap-pull-hammer triplets90 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Em, C, D, EmTap-pull-hammer triplets75 bpm · 7 min
- Tap, pull, pullSingle taps90 bpm · 6 min
- 🔒 Full A minor run, up and downThree-notes-per-string legato100 bpm · 7 min
Week 5: Tapped arpeggios and Brian May
4 sessions
Week 5: Tapped arpeggios and Brian May
4 sessionsSession 137 min
- 🔒 Continuous tripletsTap-pull-hammer triplets110 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Read: Tapped arpeggios6 min
- 🔒 A minor on the high eTapped arpeggios75 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 A minor across two stringsTapped arpeggios60 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Read: Trills and legato6 min
- 🔒 Half-step trillTrills and legato60 bpm · 6 min
Session 232 min
- 🔒 Trill on the G stringTrill bursts120 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Three-note-per-string legatoTrills and legato70 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 A minor across two stringsTapped arpeggios90 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Am, F, G, ETapped arpeggios60 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Em, C, D, EmTap-pull-hammer triplets110 bpm · 6 min
Session 336 min
- Tap, pull, pullSingle taps100 bpm · 5 min
- Read: Melodic harmony lines6 min
- The melody on the B stringMelodic harmony lines85 bpm · 6 min
- The harmony a third aboveMelodic harmony lines85 bpm · 6 min
- 🔒 Am, F, G, ETapped arpeggios70 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Three-note-per-string legatoTrills and legato100 bpm · 6 min
Session 437 min
- 🔒 Up four strings and backThree-notes-per-string legato80 bpm · 5 min
- Both voices togetherMelodic harmony lines70 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Am, F, G, ETapped arpeggios75 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Half-step trillTrills and legato90 bpm · 6 min
- 🔒 Read: Vocal-like bends6 min
- 🔒 Whole and half-step bendsVocal-like bends70 bpm · 6 min
Week 6: Jimmy Page and double-stops
4 sessions
Week 6: Jimmy Page and double-stops
4 sessionsSession 131 min
- Descending pull-off tripletsPull-off triplets100 bpm · 5 min
- Read: Repeating pull-off runs6 min
- Pull-off cells on the top three stringsRepeating pull-off runs70 bpm · 7 min
- Cascade down the boxRepeating pull-off runs70 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Pentatonic pairsDouble-stops85 bpm · 6 min
Session 232 min
- Pull-off cells on the top three stringsRepeating pull-off runs100 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Read: Bend and hold6 min
- 🔒 Bend, hold, releaseBend and hold70 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Repeated bend on the B stringBend and hold70 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Bend under a held noteDouble-stops70 bpm · 7 min
Session 332 min
- 🔒 Slide into the boxDouble-stops85 bpm · 5 min
- Cascade down the boxRepeating pull-off runs80 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Repeated bend on the B stringBend and hold90 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Pentatonic pairsDouble-stops120 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Six-note bursts down and upSpeed bursts120 bpm · 6 min
Session 432 min
- 🔒 A minor pentatonic up and downScale runs95 bpm · 5 min
- Cascade down the boxRepeating pull-off runs90 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Bend under a held noteDouble-stops80 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Bend, hold, releaseBend and hold90 bpm · 6 min
- 🔒 Slide into the boxDouble-stops120 bpm · 7 min
Week 7: Slash and Gilmour: phrasing
4 sessions
Week 7: Slash and Gilmour: phrasing
4 sessionsSession 136 min
- 🔒 Groups of four, ascendingScale runs90 bpm · 5 min
- Read: Pentatonic plus natural minor6 min
- E minor pentatonic lickPentatonic plus natural minor85 bpm · 7 min
- Adding F# and CPentatonic plus natural minor60 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Read: Wide vibrato5 min
- 🔒 Lick ending in wide vibratoWide vibrato70 bpm · 6 min
Session 232 min
- 🔒 Wide vibrato on held notesWide vibrato65 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Read: Harmonic-minor flavour6 min
- 🔒 E harmonic minor, descendingHarmonic-minor flavour70 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Climb through the D#, land on EHarmonic-minor flavour60 bpm · 7 min
- Adding F# and CPentatonic plus natural minor90 bpm · 7 min
Session 336 min
- 🔒 Wide vibrato on held notesWide vibrato80 bpm · 5 min
- Read: Slow bends to pitch6 min
- Reference note, then a slow bendSlow bends to pitch65 bpm · 6 min
- Bend, release, resolveSlow bends to pitch60 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Read: Space and long notes6 min
- 🔒 One long note, then silenceSpace and long notes70 bpm · 6 min
Session 432 min
- 🔒 E harmonic minor, descendingHarmonic-minor flavour100 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Climb through the D#, land on EHarmonic-minor flavour75 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Phrase, rest, answerSpace and long notes65 bpm · 7 min
- Bend, release, resolveSlow bends to pitch75 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Lick ending in wide vibratoWide vibrato90 bpm · 6 min
Week 8: Build a solo at full speed
4 sessions
Week 8: Build a solo at full speed
4 sessionsSession 131 min
- 🔒 A minor pentatonic up and downScale runs100 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Call and answerBuilding a solo80 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Four-bar soloBuilding a solo80 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 A singing phraseVocal-like bends70 bpm · 6 min
- 🔒 One full bar, then restSpeed bursts105 bpm · 6 min
Session 232 min
- 🔒 Box 1 in groups of fourSequences80 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Staircase bendsBuilding a solo80 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Four-bar soloBuilding a solo95 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Am, F, G, ETapped arpeggios85 bpm · 7 min
- Cascade down the boxRepeating pull-off runs100 bpm · 6 min
Session 337 min
- 🔒 Trill, then land on the rootTrill bursts110 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Call and answerBuilding a solo110 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Climb through the D#, land on EHarmonic-minor flavour90 bpm · 6 min
- 🔒 Staircase bendsBuilding a solo95 bpm · 7 min
- 🔒 Phrase, rest, answerSpace and long notes75 bpm · 6 min
- 🔒 Bend under a held noteDouble-stops90 bpm · 6 min
Session 435 min
- 🔒 One full bar, then restSpeed bursts110 bpm · 5 min
- 🔒 Four-bar soloBuilding a solo110 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Staircase bendsBuilding a solo110 bpm · 8 min
- 🔒 Am, F, G, ETapped arpeggios90 bpm · 7 min
- Both voices togetherMelodic harmony lines90 bpm · 7 min