#191 - Best 5 MIN Alternate Picking WORKOUT! (+ Hand Synchronization Course!)

Hi! new here. I'm starting this course / challenge today and I love where this is going. I suppose I'm an intermediate self taught guitar player. I've been stuck for years on the same level and I'm sure I have a whole bunch of problems and bad habits. I want to make things right and start all over, learning everything the right way from now on. My first question regarding doing these excercises. I think I still don't know / not sure where and how to propertly rest my hand. Is my arm suppose to float over the strings or do I rest my wrist on the bridge. Depending on how I go about this my picking hand for example can't stay consistently at the same distance from the pickup - resulting in my pick bumping into the middle pickup for example. Where do I need to go and watch how this is supposed to be done correctly? Thanks!

LukeP

Hi I was just wondering how would I be able to change the bpm?

Jason

awesome workout im stunned

FRITTERZZ

Day 1: 80BPM

Basmat

Block 1 - Ex 1 : 100 BPM Block 1 - Ex 2 : 110 BPM Block 3 / 125 BMP Day 16 : Block 4 - Ex 1 : 112 BPM Block 4 - Ex 2 : 95 BPM Day 17 : Block 4 - Ex 1 : 119 BPM Block 4 - Ex 2 : 100 BPM

I could only find the sound- and video playalongs alongside the PDF with the variations... Is there something i'm missing or have i fundamentally misunderstood how the files work?

Leon Sunu

Hey there, you just have to click the link in the post for all the files. Have a great day!

Bernd Brodträger

great idea, thank you.

john carney

If it's still a problem, try maybe playing a tremolo on one string and getting continuously faster while doing it. That's what helped me get faster with my picking motion for things like Dyers Eve and such.

Leon Sunu

Day 1: 160 BPM Ex. 1, 100 BPM Ex. 2, 90 BPM Ex. 3 Day 2: 170 BPM Ex. 1, 130 BPM Ex. 2, 110 BPM Ex. 3 (Getting used to pattern :D) Day 3: 160 BPM Ex. 1, 150BPM Ex. 2, 110 BPM Ex. 3 ¦ Picking speed wasn't great... Day 4: Ex. 1 and 2 were the same, 120 BPM Ex. 3 ¦ Busy day, i'm tired but I had fun :) Day 5: 170 BPM Ex. 1, 150 BPM Ex. 2, 130 BPM Ex. 3 ¦ Had a great day overall Day 6: 90 BPM Ex. 1 & 2 ¦ I did not expect to struggle w/ pentatonic shape xD Day 7: 100 BPM Ex. 1 & 2¦ I'll continue with this when i move on to the next block Day 8: 120 BPM Ex. 1 & 2 Day 9: 120 BPM Ex. 1, 130 BPM Ex. 2 Day 10: 130 BPM Ex. 1 & 2 ¦ I cut my finger while carving and had to make a break Day 11: 3rd Block 130 BPM Day 12: 3rd Block 140 BPM Day 13: 3rd Block 150 BPM Day 14: 3rd Block 140 BPM ¦ Today was a weird day for me lol Day 15: 3rd Block 160 BPM Day 16: 4th Block 100 BPM Day 17: 4th Block 100 BPM ¦This syncopated pattern is so fun but so hard Day 18: 4th Block 100 BPM ¦ Anything above 100 and i lose track of where i am... Day 19: 4th Block 120 BPM Day 20: 4th Block 130 BPM Day 21: 5th Block 110 BPM Day 22: 5th Block 110 BPM Day 23: 5th Block 120 BPM Day 24: 5th Block 120 BPM Day 25: 5th Block 130 BPM ¦ I had to stop because my left hand cramped up On day 26 it was my first try at the challenge since 3 months and i beat it. multiple times back to back. I am unbelievably proud of myself and also amazed by this course. It's great, i have had so much fun and i got so much better. Thank you Bernth :)

Leon Sunu

Day 1 - Block 1 - 75 bpm Day 2 - Block 1 - 85 bpm Day 3 - Block 1 - 90 bpm Day 4 - Block 1 - 100 bpm Day 5 - Block 1 - 105 bpm Day 6 - Block 2 - 70 / 50 bpm Day 7 - Block 2 - 75 / 60 bpm Day 7 - Block 3 - 80 / 70 bpm

Mark Valkenier

When I try to push past 110bpm, i notice my fingers are trying to do the movement and my wrist stops. Any suggestions to correct that? Am I pushing too hard to try a higher BPM?

john carney

day 5 and stuck at 110bpm

john carney

day 1 70 bpm

luke333z

4/11/2023: Exercise 1 - 90 bpm Exercise 2 - 110 bpm Exercise 3 - 60 bpm I'm super picky about being as close to perfect as possible, which will explain the speeds posted.

The Zoo Media Network

This is great. 1/16th notes at 70 bpm used to be unachievable. After a few weeks 80 bpm is already solid. Thanks!

diags

I'm a bonehead! i'm trying to play all the way though, then realized they are different exercises. couldn't get the transitions down. :P

john carney

Day 3 block 1 85bpm. I isolated my sync problem, it’s the strength of my ring and small finger of my fretting hand. I’m adding lesson #99 to my daily practice routine. I hope it fixes it.

Ed

Day 2 block 1, 80bpm

Ed

Day 1, block 1, 70bpm

Ed

Day 5. Block 1 105 bpm.

Pablo ML

Day 4. Block 1 100 bpm. Fingers on fire

Pablo ML

Day 3. Block 1 95 bpm

Pablo ML

Day 2. Block 1 90 bpm

Pablo ML

Day 1. Block 1 80 bpm

Pablo ML

The link to the full course with tons of exercises is in this post :)

Bernd Brodträger

I seem to be messing up synchronization when changing strings. More so while ascending than descending. Is there another exercise for that?

Sohrab Singh Ishar

just asking is there a set of exercises where the speed automatically goes up or do I have to manually do it every time? - for the 30 day course

Harry Keane

day 1 6 sept. block 1 50bpm

Marjolein van Weers

Day 30 Sept. 3rd Block 6 70/80BPM

Alan

Day 29 Sept. 1 Block 6 70/80BPM

Alan

Day 28 Aug.30 Block 6 Nailed 70BPM

Alan

Day 27 Aug. 29 Block 6 Solid 60BPM

Alan

Day 26 Aug. 28 BLOCK 6 60BPM/70BPM

Alan

Day 25 Aug. 27 Block 5 70BPM

Alan

Day 24 Aug. 25 Block 5 65BPM

Alan

Day 23 Aug. 24 Block 5 52.5BPM

Alan

day 1 -8/23/22 - 40

Ashley

Day 22 Aug. 22 block 5 40BPM

Alan

Day 21 Aug. 21 BLOCK 5 40BPM

Alan

Day 20 Aug. 21 Block 4 80BPM

Alan

Day 19 Aug. 15 Block 4 78BPM

Alan

Day 1 - 8/15/22 - 100

John

Day 18 Aug. 14 Block - 4 75BPM

Alan

Day 17 Aug. 13 Block - 4 73BPM

Alan

Day 16 Aug. 12 BLOCK - 4 70BPM

Alan

Day 15 Aug. 11 Block - 3 75BPM

Alan

Day 14 Aug. 10 Block - 3 79BPM

Alan

Day 13 Aug, 9 Block 3 open strings - 70BPM

Alan

Day 12 Aug. 8 Block 3 - 75BPM

Alan

Day 11 Aug. 7 Block 3 - 75BPM

Alan

Day 10 Aug. 6 Block 2 - 92BPM!!

Alan

Day 9 Aug. 5 Block 2 - 84BPM

Alan

Day 8 Aug. 4 Block 1 - Chromatic Variations 80BPM Block 2 - Rhythm Workout 75BPM

Alan

Day 7 Aug. 2 Block 2 Rhythm workout. 60BPM

Alan

Day 6 - Aug. 1 Block 2 - Rhythm Workout 50BPM

Alan

Day 5 - July 29, 2022 - 75BPM

Alan

Day 4 - July 28, 2022 - 65BPM

Alan

UPDATE July 28th played through to 160bpm - 140bpm was ok

Mike Whitla

Day 3 - July 26, 2022 - 70BPM

Alan

Day 1 (July 24, 2022) - Block 1 - 60BPM Day 2 (July 25, 2022) - Block 1 - 70BPM

Alan

Day 1 (July 17) - Start: 40BPM; Finish: 95BPM Day 2 (July 18) - Start: 90BPM; Finish: 100BPM Day 3 (July 19) - Start: 90BPM; Finish: 105BPM (not entirely fluent)

Timothy Katanik

Day 1 60 bpm

Grzegorz Szewczyk

Day 11 85 bpm

Christo

day 7 65 bpm

Christo

Day 2 - 110bpm

John Cleere

Day 3 75 bpm

Christo

Day 1 - 100bpm

John Cleere

day 2 50 bpm

Christo

Красава

Morebs

Picking up guitar again after not touching one for 12 years.. Day 1 55 bpm

Christo

May 30th - Day 18 - 110bpm

Lewis Martin

May 27th - Day 30 - 120 bpm was much better and I plugged through to the end 2x 130 was coming.

Mike Whitla

May 26th - Day 29 - 120 bpm

Mike Whitla

May 25th - Day 17 - 120 bpm

Lewis Martin

May 25th - Day 28 - 120 bpm and I went through to the end but it was trash!

Mike Whitla

May 23rd - Day 16 - 110 bpm

Lewis Martin

May 22 - Day 27 - 110 bpm

Mike Whitla

May 21st - Day 15 - 110 bpm

Lewis Martin

May 20th - Day 25 - 120 bpm

Mike Whitla

May 19th - Day 24 - 120 bpm - working with drum machine now and changed pick grip

Mike Whitla

May 18tb - Day 14 - 110 bpm

Lewis Martin

May 18th - Day 23 - 120 bpm

Mike Whitla

May 17th - Day 22 - 130

Mike Whitla

What helped me today was getting as far as I could, recording the results then going back to where i got stuck and playing the rest of the video with fretting only at the higher speeds (bit of a piano approach to focus on left hand then right hand only). I did this a couple of times then went back and did right hand only to get a feel for the strumming speed and not to overwhelm myself with everything at once at the higher tempos.

Lewis Martin

May 17th - Day 13 - 120 bpm

Lewis Martin

May 16th - Day 12 - 110 bpm

Lewis Martin

Thanks for the tip!!!

Lewis Martin

May 16ty - Day 21 - 120 bpm

Mike Whitla

Something that helped me today is practicing this with drum machine before trying the challenge

Mike Whitla

May 15th - Day 20 - 110 bpm

Mike Whitla

May 15TH - Day 11 - 110 bpm

Lewis Martin

Im the same 😂 Im doing the 30 day course and currently only on block two. I do this at the end as a challenge, that 140 bpm seems a long way off at the moment! I just completely fall apart somewhere between 100 - 120 every day

Lewis Martin

THis one makes my brain explode. I can do it then I can't!!

Mike Whitla

May 14th - Day 19 - 120 bpm

Mike Whitla

May 14th - Day 10 - 110 bpm

Lewis Martin

May 12th - Day 9 - 120 bpm

Lewis Martin

May 13th - Day 18 - 110 bpm

Mike Whitla

May 12th - Day 17 - 110 bpm having a rough day.

Mike Whitla

May 11th - Day 8 - 110 bpm

Lewis Martin

May 11th - Day 16 - 130 bpm tho 120 was bad I buckled down and got 130ish

Mike Whitla

May 10th - Day 7 - 100 bpm

Lewis Martin

May 10th - Day 15 - 110 bpm - brain not working so well today.

Mike Whitla

May 9th - Day 6 - 110 bpm

Lewis Martin

May 9th - Day 14 - 120 bpm and a bit rusty there too!

Mike Whitla

May 8th - Day 13 - 130 bpm Only through once and then failed a few times.

Mike Whitla

May 8th - Day 5 - 100 bpm

Lewis Martin

May 7th - Day 12 - 120 bpm

Mike Whitla

May 7th - Day 4 - 100 bpm

Lewis Martin

May 6th - Day 11 - 120 bpm and got some of 130 bpm

Mike Whitla

May 5th - Day 2 - 90 bpm

Lewis Martin

May 4th - Day 1 - 80 bpm

Lewis Martin

April 27th Day 2 100 bpm but rough barely holding it together.

Mike Whitla

Look in the drop box there is a pdf of the exercise and yes there is a pattern.

Mike Whitla

This exercise it just what I needed!! April 26th Day 1 - 70 bpm

Mike Whitla

Thank you guys.

robert s stewart

also there are free alternatives, like tuxguitar! but guitar pro really rocks, and I use it everyday

Alejandro Seguí

Can someone find a pattern in the exercise of the video? because I can't find it and it's driving me mad! haha it sounds cool but random, I don't know if it's just random

Alejandro Seguí

Guitar Pro is a music notation/guitar tablature program. The best way of using it for these lessons is you can play along to the music and change it's tempo on the fly. Look up guitar 5.2 or the newer version of guitar pro 7. If not use the pdf files and a metronome.

Nicholas Woodhouse

New to all this. What is guitar pro and how are you utilizing the features? Thanks

Michael Wilsford

I just started the course and am clocking in at 90bpm to start. Had a little trouble with the 3rd exercise I so had to back that one to 80bpm for a while before I could start playing at 90 fluently. Going for 100 tomorrow.

Michael Oconnor

I don't think you can speed up the backing track, but you can speed up the exercises on Guitar Pro. Also nice because you can loop certain sections.

Michael Oconnor

How are you guys speeding up the backing track? Or are you just using a metronome? It seemed like the video mention speed capabilities but I am not seeing how. Thank you

robert s stewart

First day of exercise, even at warmup speed, had some trouble with finding the exact phrasing, and once that in order, could go up to 100bpm, finding even the faster bpms easier. Nevertheless another problem came up and that is when l tend to loose the pinky and play with only 3 fingers so l have to stay focussed on that too. But all by all a great exercise! I love it, tomorrow try to get that 110bpm under the fingers. See you all!

Pascal Verschaffel

Awesome Misha, congratulations!! :)

Bernd Brodträger

Well, at last I've been able to complete the challenge. Took me much longer than 30 days, still enormous progress for me :) Thanks!

Misha Lerman

Awesome, great job! Congratulations on the progress, hope you keep going!! :)

Bernd Brodträger

I wanna encourage everyone to keep practising, even when it feels like you're not making progress, just keep at it. I hadn't played through this one for a while - have been doing other exercises. Last time a tried I was maxing out at 100, but this time I didn't trip up until 140! I guess practice is (slowly) paying off :D

Kraiye

It’s crazy how it all changes at 120 haha

jaz

I played it ( very messy ) through to 140bpm 110 wasn’t bad but as soon as it hits 120 it’s a tighter picking motion like tremolo Very tricky trying to get everything to catch up with the open notes

jaz

12/18/21 100bpm perfect 110-120 almost with mental errors

Michael Mogab

I can do the warm up at 40bpm but I’m still struggling with 50bpm. I’m only on block 4 of the hand synchronisation package and a bit of a newb.

Mike Phillips

Thanks for sharing this Nathan, great to hear that you're working on it :) This should really help in case you didn't see it already: https://www.patreon.com/posts/202-10-life-59095578

Bernd Brodträger

Hello, just started your course! I'm working through day 1-5. I really struggle hitting the low E and A string with the tip of my pinky. I can hit it but not with the tip of the finger and I would also be muting the next string. I notice my hand posture is different than yours. The palm of my hand is usually touching the bottom of the fret board when I play this. Is this a bad habit? You have any videos on guitar posture? I've worked alot on my left hand to match yours. Still working on it.

Nathan Heinsohn

I can do this at 110 almost perfectly...when Bernth goes to 120 something magical happens that erases my mind and I forget how to play the damn exercise... :-D I will get this because this course improved my playing on so many levels!!! Bernth is the best online guitar teacher!!!

stg stg

12:23 PM

Nice one thank you for confirming :) And what an awesome page by the way, been lurking on YouTube for a few weeks and decided to sub here, definitely not disappointed! Keep up the awesome work :D

Tom

Absolutely, as soon as you have the workouts under your fingers, you can definitely challenge yourself with higher tempos :) The guitar pro files are great for that in case you'd like to have a backing track to see if you're getting all the details correctly!

Bernd Brodträger

Hi Bernth, just to clarify should we be trying to push up the tempo of the individual exercises in days 1-5, 6-10 and so on above 50? I moved up comfortably to 85 today before my hands started getting confused at 90 and above. Should I be trying to push or just keep the build up exercises at 50 / 70 in the later weeks until I reach the day 30 challenge?

Tom

130 today

Seth

Hey Michael, thanks for sharing that! This one is all about speed and playing faster in general, hopefully this approach will help you out: https://www.patreon.com/posts/167-extreme-in-5-50839230

Bernd Brodträger

It seems like the second I get to 130 I just forget how to play it

MICHAEL FELDSHER

I've been doing this for almost 2 weeks and cannot get past 120.

MICHAEL FELDSHER

I am stuck for the last few days at about 95-100. What have people tried to brake through plateaus? I know thinking in terms of chunks is important at higher tempos--does that apply here? If so, what's a good way to break this lick into chunks? Maybe 5-4-5-2? (I.e., first 5 notes is a chunk, then then next 4, etc..). That's sort of what I hear melodically. Or it better for the right hand to chunk into even-numbered groups? Or groups all the same size? Another idea would be to focus on upping the speed in each position individually, and then connecting them. I will give that a try. But if you did something that worked you to get to the next level, please share it! Thanks!

Seth

Day N, I'm still completely breaking down at 130BPM, but 120 is starting to sound fluent <3

Tamás Wagner

I like the sound of the lick at 120... but I'm chasing 140! >:D I was stuck on 90 but thanks to Bernth mentioning the Jazz III pick in another video I immediately improved! I'll never touch another cheap, crappy pick again! Now starting to fall apart at 110 so gonna sit on that till it's nice and smooth.

Kraiye

Great input, thanks for sharing! :)

Bernd Brodträger

I'm loving this course! it's working marvels for me! Only suggestion I have: there are some day blocks where my speed is not that good yet, so I end up having to use the guitar pro files instead of the play along videos... Is there a way we can have a midi file with the drums used on the backing tracks so we can use it to keep the tempo? I'm using a metronome sometimes but I've found that for triplets and sextets the amount of time between a beat and the next one is too long so I end up a little bit lost. Sorry for the wall of text, but I wanted to clarify why I'm asking that. Another option would be to include the drum track on the guitar pro files too. Thanks A LOT. Loving this courses, I'm making the progress I've always dreamed about!

Nazaret García

Went through through the 30 day and I'm at 90 now on the challenge (Nov 6). The 30 day was great and this is a really cool challenge exercise. It is noticeably easy to do each hand individually, even at 140, so I can really feel that the whole challenge is the synchronization aspect. It seems almost kind of a mind game at the higher tempos -- it's like my hands start to lose faith in each other or something. Moving forward I will force myself to spend at least 10 minutes each day at tempos where I am falling apart, and see if I can start to catch a wave.

Seth

sweet, thanks for the reply!

nobody

You can use a different fingering as well :)

Bernd Brodträger

so for block 5 ex 2 (and really any exercise), do we have to use the same fingers as you for each fret? for instance, it’s more natural for me to use the index and ring finger for going up 2 frets, whereas you usually use your index and middle. also for instance, when you are doing 8-0-5-7 you are using your first 3 fingers, but for me it’s more natural to use my index, ring, and pinky. thanks!

nobody

ok great thanks! you’re awesome!!

nobody

Hey there, yes - if you spent 5 days with the block called day 1-5, you can move on to the next block called day 6-10 :) In case you just spent one day and the first block is too easy, you can also work with the guitar pro files and increase the speed!

Bernd Brodträger

i just started this and am confused. i went through the entire block 1 (days 1-5). am i now supposed to redo those at higher bpm on my own, or will that happen later on in the video play-alongs? thanks!

nobody

second day, i can do 100bpm pretty cleanly, but not 100%. 110bpm may have been too ambitious for day 2 😂

Ryan Gamel

first day playing this, i'm already falling apart at 100bpm. goal for tomorrow is 110bpm cleanly

Ryan Gamel

Third day playing this.. everything falls apart at 110bpm... my target is at least 120bpm

stg stg

Level 9, day....XXX?

Fabian

made it to 110 10/23

Jonathan B

Pattern memorized, now finishing at 100bpm. 110 would maybe possible with many takes, but its not good anymore :-P

Fhynix

Your hard work is paying off José, thanks for sharing it with us! :)

Bernd Brodträger

Finally achieved 140bpm, still with a 90-95% acuracy . Been working hard on these exercises .

José Iván Aguilar

Finally memorized the pattern, what a twister. 80 BPM Oct. 22

Jonathan B

40 bpm, Oct 21. Just trying to get the fingering pattern memorized.

Jonathan B

I top out at 90. But, I’ve just started. I don’t play metal but see the Virtuoso level of playing in Bernth. He is a lot of fun to,follow.

Robert Eckert

I can play through 110 bpm now first i could only do 90 i do this challenge at least once a day.

FlyingIceNeedle :þ

How long does it take you to get to the upper level

Robert Eckert

Can you play it with other grooves etc

Robert Eckert

Do you listen to the drums or bass

Robert Eckert

Can you pull it off on Acoustic

Robert Eckert

do you think in phases

Robert Eckert

do you slant the pick down/up

Robert Eckert

I think it would be good for those who hit the higher levels to describe how. I.e.

Robert Eckert

20 days (missed few again), up to ok 140. Could be better though.

J H

Damn I cannot play through 110. But I am going to finish this all the way through!

FlyingIceNeedle :þ

Level 7

Fabian

Happy to hear this Martti, thanks for sharing 🤟

Bernd Brodträger

This has really been a ”level up” for me. Thank you for an excellent exercise!

Martti

Reached a milestone of 260 bpm today. Still trying to control the flying pinky though.

FELIX MENDOZA

17 days in (missed one), solid 120, ok 130 and sloppy 140. Improving!

J H

For some reason the pattern was very hard to memorize for me. Up to kind of ok 120 bmp now, 15 days in (and no longer have to think what note comes next =)

J H

Thanks a ton!

Dan Shipway

Oct 9, max 120; Oct 10, 130 Oct 22 140! (yes!)

F. Javier Arze

Absolutely doesn't sound stupid, it's a great question, Dan! :) I'd love to do a full episode dedicated to wrist mechanics and position, I will put it on the next lesson wishlist - thanks so much for sharing :)

Bernd Brodträger

I know this sounds pretty stupid but I'm having trouble with picking the E and A strings as I feel my hand positioning/ anchor point is not in the most optimum place. Do you possibly have any tips you could share on wrist placement and how to keep it in an ideal place while running across the strings in terms of how much it should move from the starting position?

Dan Shipway

Thank you :)

Anders Almgren

I'd suggest not always pressing down with your index finger, this is something we recently discussed here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/194-this-one-can-57031400 Hope it helps :)

Bernd Brodträger

Im haveing huge problems with my indexfinger being to tence. When I play 5-7-6-8 should I lift my index finger up after 5 or should it stay on 5 the whole time?

Anders Almgren

80

Kane Buckley

110

Oliver Ullmann

Started today, still trying to get the warmup tempo down lol

Austin Wells

day 10, 110 is tricky AF :)

Tamás Wagner

Starting it from today!

Alejo Betancur

for the hand synchronization course, something that i did was put the mp3s in some sort of online audio tool so you can speed them up to practice higher tempos

Alex

So with yesterday and today I guess I can say I nailed the 140. What troubles me is 120, funny enough. Well... I get 120 but it's hard to get from 110 to 120 cause that seems to be the range where I am slighty changing my picking hands motion to reach the tempo. After adapting to that motion 130 and 140 are running well, too. Not perfect yet, but well. By the way.. should be day7 for me... or 6 counting in yesterday.

Sephiroth

Day4, 120

Daniel Roberts

Day 2, 110 bpm.

Dustin Fitzpatrick

Day 1, 100bpm.

Dustin Fitzpatrick

Day 10, 100bpm, 110, still too sloppy

Fabian

day 6, 110BPM sounded pretty clean :D

Tamás Wagner

day2 110bpm

Daniel Roberts

3rd day, I think, level 6 starting to sound correct. I like this exercise :D

Tamás Wagner

Nice Workout to put togheter with the other sweep pickin on my new Ibanez

Vincenzo

9/23 - 90bpm

Pretzelcoatl

Nice exercise :) I spent some time yesterday memorizing and getting comfortable with the pattern, I'll try and work through it for the next 30 days :)

Tamás Wagner

thur 23rd. 100bpm

Daniel Roberts

Hey John, since the goal is to play this workout at the end of the 30-day routine, you will find all your files for it when you click on the last folder of the course package :)

Bernd Brodträger

Hi bernth, i want to have career in guitar. I need your guidence. How can i do this and what are the criteria to join as a music teacher in universities.

Sandeep kumar

Hey, so I realized you don't have the tabs and backing tracks to the initial lesson in this video, just the 30 synchronization course. Was that intentional or is this lesson part of the 30 say course?

John Nelson

Sep 21: Really nice exercise. I think more of a mental challenge. I can do it at 90bpm for now. Sep 22: @100 bpm. Sep 24 @110 bpms now. Sep 29 @ 120 bpms Sep 30 130 bpm (need cleaning)

F. Javier Arze

Uff... started yesterday... was pretty tough... got quite lost very early (around 50/60 bpm)... today I nearly kicked it off on 100 and 110. Biggest problem here for me is memorizing the movements. Naturally on the higher tempos it's harder to play the exact pattern. But it seems my hand synchronization is better than I thought. At least this workout isn't tooooo far away from the speed shredding challenge motionwise which wasn't too hard for me, so this should come with no big surprise. But stil the very uncommon finger movement (for me) is, what makes this feel like a different beast and I like that.

Sephiroth

Hey Seth, once you're familiar and comfortable with each pattern, you can definitely cycle through all of them as well (as you suggested with the second approach) - maybe that's great to change things up after 2-3 days :)

Bernd Brodträger

I really love these 30 day courses, they give you a great sense of progression! Quick question about structuring this routine for the first block of exercises (day 1-5). Suppose I have 15 minutes to spend on this in my routine. Do you recommend cycling through the 4-2-1 pattern (e.g., doing the GP file pattern from beginning to end over and over for 15 minutes, maybe upping the tempo once or twice as I go, and of course taking a rest every 5 min or so)? Or do you recommend drilling the 4 note block for 5 min solid, then 5 min on the 2 note block, then finally 5 min on the 1 note block? The GP file might suggest the first thing, whereas the videos might suggest the second thing, so I wanted to ask. Either way, I'm loving this!

Seth

september 20, 90bpm

Erwin Weyers

Thanks so much for sharing this NiXO, I'm really happy to hear about your progress!! There's much more on the way like this, can't wait to continue sharing these programs with all of you :)

Bernd Brodträger

I HAVE to throw my first comment here ever to say how great this challenge is... I've been following your trainings for about 5 month now and made astounding progress already. I started playing the guitar some 30 years ago and never really cared about shredding techniques before, but it appears practicing some globally expanded my vocabulary and improved my timing by a magnitude I could not fathom. Thanks again!

NiXO

I lost control at 120 bpm a couple days ago, I did it twice a day and now I can fully play through the whole thing and my picking feels more comfortable all around. You're amazing man I have a lot of respect for your teaching abilities.

Nate Gilbert

Nice workout. Let's see how things will develop. 17.9. to 19.9.: Memorized the sequence. After this reached 80 bpm. Main Problem: remembering the empty string on 5th note (my pinky somehow likes to take that one, and then things fall apart quickly) 20.9.: 80 bpm 21.9. - 23.9.: 90 bpm 24.9 - 26.9.: 100 bpm Note after one week: 110 and 120 seem manageable, but don't sound good enough to call them "done". On lower speeds I started to take care of that flayling pinky. Let's see, what the next week will bring. Thanks for the nice workout!!! 27.9./28.9.: 100bpm (but 110 and 120 are "near misses", waiting for a breakthrough) 29.9.-6.10.: 110bpm 7.10.-15.10.: 120bpm 16.10.-23.10.: 130bpm 24.10.-2.11.: 140bpm

MF

I guess I'm now following 3 of your courses at once in my practice routine: sweep picking, legato, and now hand sync :) Oh and I have adjusted my strap to have my guitar way higher than before, thanks for the feedback earlier Bernth!

Edwin van Slingerlandt

Thanks Bernth, my right hand always runs out my left hand and I get a disgusting wrong amount of notes. I'll do this for a month.

Rod Genardini

Thank you🙏

Daniel

thank you so much :)

Martin

I'm back! Been playing "Mr Home Mechanic" and fixing my car and life-stuff in general.... but now I'm ready to play! \m/ This looks like an awesome exercise and a great challenge on top of that! Can't wait to get started. :')

Robert Bjärmyr

Thank's Bernth. I am still very much learning, so exercise 3 in block 1 was a reasonable effort to keep it smooth, clean and consistent. I will try a faster tempo in the next day or so using the Guitar Pro files if I feel comfortable. Thanks for creating such great content with all the extra files. It should certainly help me develop.

iDuncan

Hey Duncan, thanks for sharing this! Yes, whenever you feel like the workouts are getting too easy, you can definitely make adjustments with the tempos :) Everybody is at a different level, so I thought it's probably a good idea to record slow video play-alongs - but you can always work with faster tempos (with the guitar pro files for example) to challenge yourself a bit more each day :)

Bernd Brodträger

This is the first one of these 30 day challenges I'm trying, is the intention to increase speed within each block? Eg in Day 1-5 the video play along is 50bpm. Should I be aiming to increase the bpm each day within this block?

iDuncan

Been playing off and on for 20 years, I always stop because im not making any progress. Ive made more progress in the last month from discovering you than in all those years, thanks man!

kenneth boyd

Holy.... didn't ask for it and is just what I needed thanks a lot! love you Bernth!

Alejandro

More incredible instructional content - you're killin' it! Keep it up!

Dennis Bradley

I need this...again lol...as usual.....good stuff!!!

bryscorpio

Awesome, I was waiting for this! Playing "Thunderstruck" is a very good hand synchronization workout too. Thanks a lot.

Andre Martinhago Aguiar

Looking forward to diving into these! My left and right hands communicate like journalists over a bad radio link 🤪

Aaron Garner

Ave Bernth! That course please metalGods!)

Eugen Emakov

Thanks Bernth!

Lauri Laurila

Just what I needed, right when I needed it. Thx

Barry Orlando

🥳🥳🥳

Eric Bailey

😱😱😱😱😱😱 thx bro

SrDesck

once again you did it great ! thanks mate, digging that one immediately

Damien Gautron

Thanks so much Andrew, I just added it - great input!! :)

Bernd Brodträger

Another stellar course man!!! I'm excited to dig in. I was going to ask you, can you tag this under the "Patreon Online Courses" tag too to find it more easily in the future?

Andrew Dahdouh