#266 - My Favorite Alternate Picking Workout!
Added 2023-03-24 15:30:01 +0000 UTCMy friends, it's time for the next picking workout challenge! This is the exercise routine that I'm currently working on and I'm happy to show it to you in this lesson. Thanks to all Gold/VIP/Platinum members for voting for this topic, it's always a blast :)
Here are your files for this lesson (play-along video, tabs, guitar pro files, backing tracks): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yTw0_1X-nk2o7w9_WrJw8mM8R_Mh22R6?usp=share_link
Please make sure not to skip the intro of this video - this will show you how to practice this seemingly basic workout and why it's so important. It might look like a basic semi-chromatic drill at first, but you will see how challenging it is when you give it a try :)
As always, here's a Dropbox folder in case Google Drive doesn't work for you: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/oxp7sbdy8qn0fs2gbswxc/h?dl=0&rlkey=xnwx4tjkrcuckbmxpgq0280dt
Comments
Hey there, I think this will help a lot: https://www.patreon.com/posts/182-this-finger-53895697 Team Bernth
Bernd Brodträger
2024-05-10 06:42:11 +0000 UTCHow can I fix the problem with the pinky?
Roberto Marzio
2024-05-09 20:32:34 +0000 UTCKeeping both my ring finger and pinky finger close to the fretboard is very difficult
Michael Locke
2024-04-16 22:31:57 +0000 UTCBanger workout, thank you !
Unkwown One
2024-02-02 12:03:28 +0000 UTCI've just started great exercises, but I feel that this is the right direction. Thank you.
Dariusz Bartosiewicz
2023-12-26 11:46:26 +0000 UTCCould anyone point me toward a lesson where he talks about when to use which picking angle?
Jeff Fleming
2023-12-23 02:40:15 +0000 UTCI’m trying to hold the pick like bernth. Was playing using an open hand position for years. I just noticed that the tip of my index finger is hitting the string while picking. Gosh so difficult to change that habit now
Mainak Roy
2023-11-09 23:50:07 +0000 UTC@Brendin du Plessis, watch this video for your question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igJSTWbcEiM&t=286s&ab_channel=BERNTH I have a very similar grip
Ronnie
2023-05-21 01:16:29 +0000 UTCProbably a very common question, what's a good way to grip the pick? I've started gaining some good speeds but I start running into problems at around 120+.. I realised that it might be how I hold my pick. It's pinched between the tips of my thumb and index. I also realised that I have slight movement of fingers, slightly up/down motion along with the wrist so they work against one another. How do you guys grip it?
Brendin du Plessis
2023-05-12 12:43:36 +0000 UTCday one and i can get up to 80bpm clean, stay tuned
Brian
2023-04-21 02:50:49 +0000 UTCNice workout. You make 180 bpm look almost effortless.
Scott Walden
2023-04-14 16:36:17 +0000 UTCcheck exercise #182 there are some exercises for finger control, keeping them close to the fretboard
Alex
2023-04-14 04:39:13 +0000 UTCLove this exercise! really forcing me to keep the pinky down. I know i'm a bit late to the convo, but how much space should there be between my finger and the fretboard for my pinky(it keps flying away haha)
Zandy Owens
2023-04-13 20:41:17 +0000 UTCThis has been great for getting started with warm ups - enjoying putting this into the beginning of my practice
Jeff Zorn
2023-03-30 19:53:45 +0000 UTCAppeared to be harder than expected.
GEORGII
2023-03-30 13:27:30 +0000 UTCOh yess, i keep going to finish the lessons ... 160bpm it faster than i can ride for todays, better than yesterday. I progress really well and i like it.
Sylvain Huard
2023-03-29 15:23:50 +0000 UTCHa ha! I read the bpm on that thumbnail as "808."
Chris Nixon
2023-03-29 12:47:29 +0000 UTCIt's awesome - today is my third attempt to make it, and it's actually significantly better than two days before!
GEORGII
2023-03-27 16:02:24 +0000 UTCSo I’m up to 90-100… but I’m dragging my thumb. I’ve been working to stop this with scales and other exercises that go up the neck. Anyone have tips for me besides greasing the neck?
John Michael Plume
2023-03-27 06:02:08 +0000 UTCAwesome thank you this was what i was just thinking about Bernth, going from one string to another in one note. My question is could you cross pick just the string transition and then go back to single escape as an good approach, since crossing escapes all the time basically? Also i been thinking about situations were you have one single notes on each string, like transitioning from one string then another in a single note back and forward which would require constant change in picking escape with only one note to change it? One note per string stuff where want to not sweep it. Thank you Bernth in advance for advice 😃
Jonathan Garrison
2023-03-26 16:37:50 +0000 UTCUsually I stick several months on some exercises (e.g. 30day sweep & picking challenge, pretty hard to play without any side noise and nailing every note value on point). But it feels so good that the previous alternate picking exercises with angle switching are now paying out playing this exercise from the hip on 180bpm with ease. Thank u Bernth 🙏
Stefan Halbritter
2023-03-26 15:48:29 +0000 UTCLove this workout, definitely gonna use this for working my fretting hand and picking. Got stuck at 80 but I'll try and break that tomorrow
AlexM
2023-03-25 19:09:11 +0000 UTCThanks, Bernth. You are the best.
istillsuckatguitar
2023-03-25 15:46:47 +0000 UTCMy goal is to show you the exercises that have/had the biggest impact on my personal progress, with the goal of hopefully making all of you better - and this is a huge one due to its many benefits (make sure to rewatch the introduction if you missed it). If you don't want 5-10 minutes of chromaticism in your practice routine, just pick one of the recent Paganini workouts instead, they are also good :)
Bernd Brodträger
2023-03-25 07:54:18 +0000 UTCHaha. I crashed at 80. I has work to do! So fun!
John Michael Plume
2023-03-25 04:10:22 +0000 UTCThis was amazing!! I fell apart at 130.
Scott Ring
2023-03-24 21:30:48 +0000 UTCWould you advise also trying this starting with an upstroke? I'm finding a lot of my current instructor's lessons have me doing the same routines but starting with upstrokes the 2nd time through the routine makes it that much more impactful/challenging....
Paul Jenkins
2023-03-24 20:51:52 +0000 UTCyup
D & M S
2023-03-24 19:53:55 +0000 UTCYes lol
Casey Gray
2023-03-24 18:29:50 +0000 UTCNo offense, you are the best, but I hate chromatic exercises. They don't sound like anything. Should I suck it up.
istillsuckatguitar
2023-03-24 17:59:45 +0000 UTCI think this is an awesome exercise for the daily practice routine, 3 techniques in one exercise!, thanks Bernth.
Enrique Peña
2023-03-24 15:54:47 +0000 UTC
