How to use Guitar Pro Speed Trainer for deliberate practice
Speed Trainer is most effective when it rewards clean repetitions rather than merely making the music faster. A short loop and modest steps reveal exactly where timing or technique begins to fail.
The practical answer
Start at a speed you can play cleanly, increase in small steps, and stop or step back as soon as accuracy, relaxation, or time feel deteriorates.
A step-by-step approach
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Select the problem passage
Choose a loop that includes the difficult notes plus enough music before and after them to practise the transitions.
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Enable looping
Activate the loop for the selected bars and confirm playback restarts at the intended boundary.
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Open custom speed values
Use the controls beside Relative Speed and choose Custom values, then Progressive Speed.
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Set the progression
Choose starting and ending speeds, a practical number of steps, and more than one repetition per step.
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Apply a quality rule
Advance only while timing and technique remain clean; repeat or reduce the speed after a poor attempt.
Choose a loop that diagnoses the real problem
A loop of one or two bars is usually more informative than replaying an entire verse. Include the approach into the difficult phrase and its exit, because many errors occur at a position shift or change of picking pattern rather than inside the headline lick.
Make the loop long enough to preserve musical pulse but short enough that every repetition receives full attention. If errors vary each time, slow down or divide the passage again before adding speed.
Configure Progressive Speed
Guitar Pro’s official workflow uses the two arrows next to Relative Speed, Custom values, then Progressive Speed. Set a starting percentage, finishing percentage, number of steps, and repetitions at each step.
Choose values based on control rather than ambition. A starting speed should feel easy enough to observe fingering and timing; the final speed is a test target, not a speed you are obliged to reach in every session.
Use repetitions to confirm learning
One successful pass can be luck. Require two or more relaxed, rhythmically consistent repetitions before the next increase, listening for even subdivisions and unwanted string noise as well as correct pitches.
When a step fails, repeat it or move back one step instead of pushing onward. That creates a feedback loop in which clean movement is rehearsed more often than the error.
Separate speed, endurance, and performance practice
Use short loops for coordination and speed, longer sections for endurance, and complete uninterrupted takes for performance readiness. Combining all three goals into one endless loop hides which capacity actually failed.
Occasionally practise slightly above the target only after the target tempo is secure, then return to normal speed. The target should feel spacious and controlled, not merely survivable.
Track progress without training tension
Record the fastest clean percentage, the passage, and the specific failure point. Stop increasing when shoulders, fretting pressure, or picking motion tighten; tension practised repeatedly becomes part of the technique.
Finish with one comfortable, musical repetition below the limit. That reinforces the phrasing and sound you want, rather than ending every session on a breakdown.
Common questions
Sources and review notes
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