How to know when to move onto the next lesson

[mmoylan]

I am currently working through the single string patterns. I am able to play most of the licks at 140-150 bpm (16th notes). Does anyone have a rule of thumb as to what bpm you should be able to play before moving to the next chapter?

[Brendan]

Hi, welcome and thanks for joining! Good question. Short answer, we don’t have specific BPM goals, more about attaining smoothness at what feels like a realistic speed.

Also no need to go strictly linearly, fine to jump around, come back to things etc. If it may be helpful to watch through all the lessons once to get the lay of the land, then again to practice specific things…whatever works!

I found a similar question from a while back, Troy had a good reply here—

BPM goals to progress through the Pickslanting Primer?

Hi Arnold! As @guitarenthusiast says the tempos weren’t intended to mean anything - they’re just intended to be in the general ballpark of whatever I played. Some may be more accurate than others. When it comes to learning motions, smoothness is what matters, and when you’re new and still learning the motion itself, you can usually only feel that when playing fast. Meaning, you start with the fastest you can play and make small adjustments to your form until you feel it “click” and become s…