The document discusses the four "T's" of guitar technique: technique, tone, timing, and tempo. For technique, it recommends exploring different picking exercises and incorporating good form into scales. For tone, it discusses finding the sweet spot and using pick pressure and attack for different tones. For timing, it discusses practicing with a metronome and different rhythmic techniques. For tempo, it discusses building speed through exercises and coordinating hands, as well as concepts like playing on, behind, or with the beat.

1. The four “T’s” overview
by Frank Solivan
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1) Technique: Explore pick grip; alternate picking
exercises - inside picking/outside picking; wrist should
be loose; warmup stretches and relax stretches;
planting vs not planting; slow motion first; Learn a new
scale everyday incorporating good technique.
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2) Tone: Slow motion left hand three note scale
exercise; finding “the sweet spot”; pick grip pressure for
finesse, volume and speed; soft and slow attack using
tremolo.
3) Timing: Practicing in time; how do YOU feel the
timing; Use of metronome; the “chop” vs “rhythm
shuffle”; syncopated strum; open chords vs closed
chords. Subdivide the beat - chop, tremolo and triplets.
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4) Tempo: Build speed with use of scales, picking
exercises and techniques; Bringing the right and left
hands together at the right time; speeding up vs
slowing down; playing “on top” of the beat vs playing
“behind the beat” vs “playing” with time in meter. What
is “stretching time”?