bernth : #173 - 4 MIN Shred Challenge to 200BPM (4 WEEK RESULTS)

I just joined so that's why I'm 5 months late. There are videos for every lesson. He is alt picking everything I've seen in this 30 day challenge. Hope that helps.

HorsinAround43

2024-08-30 10:38:09 +0000 UTC

i got a question is this one beter then this one??? https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BcrraeVlwEblQI8feWODYFY5yywkvksD or are they both good i don't really want to waste any time to get better ive been stuck way too long ;)

Shadowgear

2024-06-24 18:37:24 +0000 UTC

Hey there, my name is Oli and I'm in charge of customer support here :) Thanks for the great question! Bernth is still very active in the secret Facebook group for VIP/Platinum members and answers questions like this every day over there, as well as giving helpful feedback to student videos! :) Extending this to comments on all posts and hundreds of daily messages is sadly not possible anymore with around 9000 active members. So if you'd like to be in touch with Bernth directly, just chose either the VIP or Platinum membership and you will get access to the Facebook group right away! Hope this helps, have a great day! Team Bernth

Bernd Brodträger

2024-03-29 07:31:21 +0000 UTC

Search "picking" and watch his picking tutorials.

Stoney Jackson

2024-03-29 00:24:16 +0000 UTC

(Using terminology from Troy Grady's Cracking the Code.) Is it just me, or do these exercises require a double-escape pick-stroke? For example, consider Exercise 3 in Day 1-6. This is a 3-notes-per-string pattern, skipping strings. The skip and the notation tells me this is pure alternate picking (can't use sweeping, hammer-ons, or pull-offs). Neither upstroke escape or downstroke escape will work on their own. Maybe I'm supposed to be practicing fast changes between upstroke and downstroke escaping? If not, then I can only assume I'm supposed to practice a double-escape pick-stroke technique.

Stoney Jackson

2024-03-29 00:18:09 +0000 UTC

Hey there, welcome to our community! Bernth made a video about this, I just searched for 'pick grip' and it came up right away :) Here it is: https://www.patreon.com/posts/276-ultimate-83625203 Team Bernth

Bernd Brodträger

2024-03-20 07:18:58 +0000 UTC

Hi! New Patreon member form Argentina here! There is any specific video on how to hold the pick? I thing I'm holding it wrong, or at least doesn't feel natural to me.

Adrian Bacilio

2024-03-19 01:23:02 +0000 UTC

Hi, I just noticed in exercise #3 that your left hand fingering looks like index/middle/ring or index/middle/pinky, -and not index/ring/pinky across the first five strings of the neck, which is what feels natural to me. Do you have any recommendations on left hand fingering?

Terry O'Gara

2023-01-20 00:23:53 +0000 UTC

20/1/23: Starting at 80bpm. Been playing for over 20 years. No shame. Time to knuckle down and do this properly. 21/1/23:: 100bpm a couple of times through before my left hand gives in. 22/1/23: 110bpm once. 24/1/23: 130 up to 150. My forearm burns. 29/1/23: I can do 160 but its got some sloppy bits. Feels like its more about getting into the rhythm at the higher speeds. 04/2/23: 180. Could be a bit cleaner, especially getting clear notes every time on my ring finger. Will work on building the strength more there before I reckon I can move past this plateau. 15/2/26: My finger strength in the third and fourth finger is definitely improving. I've been noodling away like crazy but I slowed right down and focused on getting clear notes and proper contact. Im surprised at how weak that action was considering how long I've been playing. Now I can technically do this a few times at 200bpm but I'll use the last couple of days of the challenge to really try clean it up and get it consistent. It won't stop here and this has been a great journey. I've really pulled apart my technique in so many ways throughout and feel like I'm learning how to do a lot of things over again except properly this time. The forearm burn has even started to feel good, dare I say it.

Vexzed

2023-01-19 00:28:19 +0000 UTC

Hello guys, new member here Quick question, how do you guys evolve the metronome speed throughout the course? For example, on week 1, should I increase the metronome each day only, or every time I feel I can speed up the exercise? If you guys could share your thoughts on that, or point to some video that already explains it, it would be great. Thanks!

Marco Prado

2022-12-08 01:56:00 +0000 UTC

Day1 (1November 2022) at the start even cannot play warm up Today is the Day 2 and sometimes I reach 120 bpm with some mistakes but sometimes it is clear...also doing another picking challenge)....look forward next day.. Day 3.... finally can play 120 bpm after warm up,,,trying to beat 130bpm Day 4 .... I finally beat 130 bpm with no mistakes after warm up!! Day5 ... still on 130 bpm, but lower tempos are easier for me!! Btw harder for me is playing 578 578 578 than 875 875 875 Day6....keep practising, I hope at the end of this challenge, minimal 150 bpm will be totaly clear :D Day7....maximum is 140 bpm after warm up Day8 of practising....still stuck on 140 bpm but lower tempos are clearer and easier to play

Jiří Palica

2022-11-02 11:11:05 +0000 UTC

The new picking style is thumb pointing down and pressing lightly against the pick. It worked for me as i can feel each note articulated nicely and cleanly even at high-speed runs.

Hustler V

2022-09-13 11:27:28 +0000 UTC

First Day 13/09: 160BPM I have recently changed the way I hold the pick (and picking in general) because I felt I could not do much and I did not had the needed precision. It ifelt like I unlocked a new magic skill that turned my playing upside down.

Hustler V

2022-09-13 11:24:21 +0000 UTC

160 bpm 9/10/2022

C

2022-09-10 21:27:52 +0000 UTC

Moin :-) I'm on day 13 of my shredding journey and I thought I'd join the conversation here with some great news: I feel like I've achieved a minor milestone in my progress today. Woohoo!! :-D The Shred Challenge is way beyond my skills, so I'm working through the 30-day picking workout; usually practice (practise ?) about 1 hour per day, more on the weekend. For 5 days now, I just about managed to keep up with the play-along video for Day 11-15 / Lick 3 @ 70 bpm - but after a few runs, my fretting hand got tired and I felt some kind of fatigue in the palm, near the root of the pinkie and my playing got really slow and sloppy and unclean. Ever playing Day 11-15 / Lick 3 @ 90 bpm seemed completely hopeless. Don't really know what happened today and it's kind hard to explain, but I think I switched from picking individual notes to "scrubbing" - and by that I mean playing like you would pick a base string in some fast thrash metal rhythm piece, only you play not a base, but the b and e strings (for that lick). Compared to before, there's much much less movement in the picking hand. Makes a major difference (at least to me): I can now easily play @ 70 bpm, 90 bpm now seem really doable; for some reason, my fretting hand doesn't tire anymore and I can play the lick in a loop for much much longer than before; 95% clean. OK, maybe I'm preaching to the choir here and everyone already knows that - and _maybe_ this is what "economy picking" actually means, but to me, this really is some important learning and I'm happy about my progress :-) Happy practicing everyone! :-) Cheers from Hamburg / Germany, Stefan

Stefan Schablowski

2022-08-30 15:16:00 +0000 UTC

Day 2 - 8/16/22 - 120 (I modified your exercise to help with my coordination issues and it is more constant without any rests in between. Its slightly more difficult but also slightly more rewarding because once you nail it it really sounds smooth and almost hypnotic.) EXAMPLE: 1341341341341341-4314314314314314-1241241241241241-4214214214214214

John

2022-08-17 17:34:14 +0000 UTC

Day 1 - 8/15/22 - 110

John

2022-08-15 16:56:50 +0000 UTC

Hey Jankó - yes, you can set a BPM level according to your skills or simply take the play-alongs as a reference!

Bernd Brodträger

2022-07-20 05:39:33 +0000 UTC

Hello Bernth! On the 30 day course is there a goal BMP i should aim for on each exercise? Is there a speed at witch I should be able to play the exercises before I move on to the next block (Im on block 2 and I can play the exercises at about 100+ BPM)?

Jankó Ferenc

2022-07-19 18:31:56 +0000 UTC

Thank you for the reply and guidance. Ive decided to take a break from the shred challenge and pick up the 30 day legato course. I was having some pain in my fretting arm so I thought I should redirect my focus and build up to taking on the shred challenge!

Brandon Williams

2022-07-12 19:22:49 +0000 UTC

Welcome to our community Brandon! You can definitely take your time with each block - the 30 days are just meant as a general proposed structure/guideline :)

Bernd Brodträger

2022-07-09 08:44:57 +0000 UTC

Hey new patron here! I have a question about moving through the days... do you move on each day regardless of mastery? Or is it you need to nail the bpm before moving on?

Brandon Williams

2022-07-08 21:54:15 +0000 UTC

Day 3 - 110bpm

John Cleere

2022-07-07 14:25:20 +0000 UTC

Day 2 - 140bpm

John Cleere

2022-07-04 21:01:44 +0000 UTC

Day 1 - 130bpm

John Cleere

2022-07-04 03:49:51 +0000 UTC

30jun 140

Chris Burpee

2022-06-30 16:15:27 +0000 UTC

6/11/2022. I cannot even keep up with the warm up speed. Gonna do the 30 day course associated with the program and come back afterwards to see how much progress I make!

Alex Mason

2022-06-11 23:31:36 +0000 UTC

5/26 190bpm I can do 200bpm but it's a little messy so I'm not counting it.

jacob ruttinger

2022-05-27 04:06:43 +0000 UTC

Thanks a bunch!

Ivan V.

2022-05-12 10:46:45 +0000 UTC

Hey Ivan, I just checked - hope this is the right link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s5wacu1av4cm4zk/AADWKJvhnmsGUeYefqwJczF8a?dl=0

Bernd Brodträger

2022-05-12 08:44:08 +0000 UTC

Hey Bernth - is there a Dropbox version for these files by any chance? 😅 If not no worries I can sort that out myself.

Ivan V.

2022-05-11 16:31:16 +0000 UTC

4/26 @ 115 (trying to use to the fingers you do) the connection between my pinky and ring finger isn't there yet

Andres Macias

2022-04-26 20:17:25 +0000 UTC

I think so, thanks for the answer Bernth.

Merol

2022-04-04 04:48:20 +0000 UTC

I used the bridge pickup since it provides more clarity :) But I also love the neck pickup and other configurations for recording - with practicing, I think transparency is the way to go!

Bernd Brodträger

2022-04-04 04:42:01 +0000 UTC

Hi Bernth, what pickup position do you occupy for this exercise?

Merol

2022-04-01 17:13:57 +0000 UTC

This is a great exercise. Definitely keeps you honest. I'm adapting it to play across all strings and up and down the neck. Great stuff thank you Bernth!

Gary Feinstein

2022-03-24 14:42:19 +0000 UTC

could make available the backing track of 30 Day picking WOrkout without guitar, just Drums and Bass? Thak you so much!

Lucas Brum

2022-03-17 22:45:29 +0000 UTC

2022-01-02 160bpm. ish...

Edwin van Slingerlandt

2022-01-02 15:09:55 +0000 UTC

2021-12-29 150bpm

Edwin van Slingerlandt

2021-12-29 20:31:35 +0000 UTC

160

Seth

2021-11-16 02:51:12 +0000 UTC

Hey Edwin, if you got all exercises under your fingers already, you can definitely cycle through them :) I think it always helps to get familiar with each one first (maybe day 1, 2 and 3) and then working on all of them at the end of each block!

Bernd Brodträger

2021-11-13 11:00:40 +0000 UTC

If I were to spend 30 minutes on these, would you recommend splitting my time over all 5 exercises in a block each day, so playing each roughly 3 times, or would you recommend alternating between say 1-3 and 4-5? I'm mixing in this one with my ongoing journey on the legato course :)

Edwin van Slingerlandt

2021-11-12 15:50:43 +0000 UTC

Did this and reached 130. Had to stop playing for a week because of strain in my picking elbow. This challenge really made me aware of the fact I tense up an higher speeds

Eric

2021-11-10 05:16:33 +0000 UTC

thanks for coming back and sharing that Seth! I fell off these exercises in my daily practice to focus on my rhythm in general for a little while, but I feel like I'm about ready to return to this, so hearing your story is really encouraging!

Ryan Arana

2021-10-29 22:19:54 +0000 UTC

140 bpm-160 bpm today. I am learning to control my pinky because if i let it fly away on that G - there is no way to recover and keep the rhythm. was in a zone but had to stop at 170 when my hand got tight! 10/27/21

LiquidWhisp3r

2021-10-28 01:23:12 +0000 UTC

OK, I got lick 3 at 70bpm -- a bit shabby but it's there. Starting from 50bpm, it took me about a week of practice, around 15-20 min/day just focusing on this lick. In the end what turned out to help me more than just building the speed up gradually was actually trying to play with the 90bpm video. After 2 minutes of trying (and totally failing) to keep up with Bernth at 90, when I dialed back to 70, I would suddenly sound way tighter at the speed than before. This was surprising to me -- I sound really bad at 90, so I wouldn't think it was helping me in any way at all. But it really was, a lot. I was already familiar with the concept of just going as fast as possible and trying to tighten things up later, but this for me has been the clearest example of that approach working. On to lick 4...

Seth

2021-10-27 18:18:25 +0000 UTC

i keep up with the warm up LOL start to fall apart in synchrony at 120 bpm. 10/23/21

LiquidWhisp3r

2021-10-23 18:26:56 +0000 UTC

Nice! I'm jealous, I got to about level 4 and seem to be maxed out even after doing the 30 day challenge. Might try another 30 day course and come back to this and month and do it again.

Aaron Shepanik

2021-10-23 16:39:13 +0000 UTC

I am in the same boat as Andrea (and Ryan, and Castulo...) -- Lick 3 is where I can't quite keep up -- so I'm glad to find this thread. Sounds like the advice is to wait until you can complete the licks at the speeds in videos until continuing on to the fourth block in the picking course. I was doing the 30 day hand sync course simultaneous with the 30 day picking course, so I think now I will refocus my energy on the hand sync course, and also add the picking working out from post #171. Other suggestions welcome. I will report back here when I can tackle Lick 3 and the rest of them :)

Seth

2021-10-17 23:25:18 +0000 UTC

I reached 180 ! its a bit messy but I did it ! i am really happy because i was aiming for level 5-6, and i'm level 8 ! YAY

Christophe

2021-10-16 07:58:16 +0000 UTC

Thanks for sharing this, Aaron! This is quite a specific lick/technique approach and if you feel like you don't want to use it in your music at all, you can also move on if you want to :) This course is mostly about alternate picking, I just wanted to add something different to the mix with this lick as well!

Bernd Brodträger

2021-10-06 05:48:24 +0000 UTC

Hard stuck on lick 5 (essentially day 15) in the 3rd week of the 30 day challenge, with a small sweep picking motion instead of alternate picking. Not sure if I should move on until I can at least play that at the slower speed in the video, anyone else dealing with something like this?

Aaron Shepanik

2021-10-05 21:36:03 +0000 UTC

Thank you for the quick reply and great lessons!

scott

2021-09-30 15:01:38 +0000 UTC

It really helps me to keep it in the area around the middle finger, especially at lower sections of the fretboard :) That gives me the best support for my other fingers! It will come naturally with time though and I don't think too much about it when I'm playing now - but I hope this helps!

Bernd Brodträger

2021-09-30 04:58:52 +0000 UTC

Bernth, when playing these fast lines, how should i think about the position of my fretting hand thumb? When I compare to your videos, I notice my thumb is closer to the guitar head on the lower strings and then slightly above the fretboard on the higher strings... should i focus on keeping the thumb in a particular position at all times or does it not matter as much as long as the fingers stay curled and close to the strings?

scott

2021-09-30 01:12:44 +0000 UTC

Hey Castulo, thanks for sharing this! You can definitely also move to the hand synchronization course, this one features great exercises and I'm sure that this course will be easier after completing it :) But you definitely don't have to stress yourself, the 30 days are just a guideline - if you feel like you need more time with certain exercises, that's perfectly fine :)

Bernd Brodträger

2021-09-29 05:13:14 +0000 UTC

I'm also in the same boat. I was doing just fine until I reached Lick 3, the only way I can do that cleanly is if I slow it down to 55 bpm :( I have the same question as Andrea, I don't know if I should keep going or just stick to Lick 3 until I'm able to do it at 70 bpm, doing it at 90 bpm just seems impossible. Also, I don't know if I should pause this 30-day course here and move to the hand synchronization course. Hand synchronization seems to be what is slowing me down here. In the meantime, I'll also check the same video.

Castulo

2021-09-28 19:47:21 +0000 UTC

Sep 21 2021, I can now do it @180 bpm clean but struggling with higher speeds. If I start the exercise with an upstroke I can d0 it at @170 bpm. Sep 22 190 bpm. Sep 23 190 bpm still. Sep 24 now can do 200 but still not clean enough. Sep 25 200 bpm cleaner. Sep 27 200 still need cleaning. Sep 29 200 bpm! Sep 30 200 bpm Oct 2 190 is clean 200 needs work still. Oct 22 200 (yes!)

F. Javier Arze

2021-09-21 09:42:32 +0000 UTC

Sept 18th 2021 only able to play the warm up but its sloppy

Cody Lajeunesse

2021-09-18 17:09:29 +0000 UTC

So when I started I had a 120 clean, 130 sometimes went good, 140 was a mess 3 weeks later, I can do it at 150 clean, 180 for the up pattern, but only 160 for the down pattern ... the combined isnt stable at 160 tough I can feel im more precise and confident with my left hand movement - which is cool !

Christophe

2021-09-18 09:14:05 +0000 UTC

Day 24, can do 200 bpm not completely sloppy. Started at very sloppy 160 / ok 120. (Had to take some breaks so took me closer to 30 days in real time). So can confirm this works, thanks =) Also tried to do the legato challenge at the same time, that was a disaster. Will try again now =)

J H

2021-09-14 17:12:59 +0000 UTC

September 09, fighting at 160 bpm!

Bill Kurtson

2021-09-09 14:53:06 +0000 UTC

I was just getting stuck at the same spot. Everything else up to this point has felt pretty comfortable, then Lick 3 came along and the slowest was about 10bpm too fast for me! Glad to see I'm not the only one, I'll go check the same video. Really loving it so far! I can feel a difference in my picking from practicing it every day like this!

Ryan Arana

2021-09-08 00:42:09 +0000 UTC

started 05.Sep 2021: 150bpm, great stuff Bernth

Fabian

2021-09-05 10:13:33 +0000 UTC

Thank you very much. Your link is exactly what I need (I have to find the time to watch all your material and I missed it ;) ) You are an awesome Master! Your videos made me re-start to try to improve my guitar skills (especially alternate picking) and your fast and effective answers to my doubts guide my path exactly as I need. Your videos and answers are so clear and effective that I decided to subscribe your patreon even if I'm italian and found some courses in my language. Thanks again for your awesome work. (sorry for the Off Topic, I'm new to Patreon and don't know well how to behave ;) )

Andrea

2021-08-30 19:17:18 +0000 UTC

Hey Andrea, I think looking more into picking technique would help at this point :) Here are my most important discoveries over the last years: https://www.patreon.com/posts/171-5-picking-to-51717777 You can also take your time with it to master these licks before you move on, I want you to really benefit from everything and rushing through things to meet this deadline is not necessary :)

Bernd Brodträger

2021-08-30 05:44:47 +0000 UTC

Hi Bernth, I'm trying to practise with licks of third block of picking course (11-15) and while I can execute licks 1 and 2 clean enough at both of proposed tempos with licks 3 and 4 I can execute only the slower tempo and especially on lick 3 I'm not so clean and consistent following your play-along video. Can you give me some advice on how to go on to improve my skills? Is It Better to go on following the 30 day course or to continue repeating these problematic licks before to go on?

Andrea

2021-08-29 19:33:35 +0000 UTC

started 26.07.21 - 160 ; 28.08.21 - 170 lol . I just can not lift off 170

Pavel

2021-08-28 13:49:59 +0000 UTC

Damn I struggle already at 140... lets go for that 30 day lessons ! xD

Christophe

2021-08-26 16:22:20 +0000 UTC

August 25, 120 bpm. Let's do this.

Bill Kurtson

2021-08-25 17:41:02 +0000 UTC

Sitting at 230-240 bpm since quite some time now. Getting more comfortable with 240... maybe I am working 250 in the next time... but still: the exact results even arount 160-200 are varying each day... I can't say I get it the same clear and good way every time. Not even on the same day I am able to be very consistent in my playing... I don't know... used to deal with that problem in my playing ever since. And yea.. despite some saying you don't need any talent you can mostly compansate with training I think that being accurate/consistent is a thing I will never really be able to. I'm really working my ass off this since whole year now and don't see any significante change in this part. Yep, I guess... getting rid of long years bad habbits and mistakes isn't excactly done after just a year. But hardly seeing any improvements after dedicating so much time and effort into it? I more and more think that this is my kind of limit in terms of playing guitar.

Sephiroth

2021-08-19 06:47:29 +0000 UTC

Great job!! Hope you will keep going :)

Bernd Brodträger

2021-08-19 05:05:25 +0000 UTC

Yes I am still at it :) I can now touch 110 bpm but not very cleanly. The Warm up seems easier now. Thanks for asking <3

Invicta

2021-08-18 16:12:02 +0000 UTC

Still at it?

Niklas Töyrä

2021-08-18 15:33:31 +0000 UTC

14 Aug : Just able to play the warm up :)

Invicta

2021-08-14 14:28:00 +0000 UTC

Hey Andrea, great to hear you're working on this :) You can definitely push the tempo already if you feel 'too comfortable', but there will be also more challenging workouts later on! Since you mentioned you focus on your hand movements and executing everything correctly, I'm sure you will make great progress with all this :)

Bernd Brodträger

2021-08-09 05:48:27 +0000 UTC

I started today to practise with the five exercises of first block of the course and following the video playalong I can execute them easily enough to focus on my hand movements. For the further 4 days of this block should I reapeat the exercises at the same tempo of the videos to gain consistency in the movements or should I raise bpm to reach my bpm limit? Thanks in advance.

Andrea

2021-08-08 19:07:16 +0000 UTC

Welcome Aaron, great to have you here!! Hope you have tons of fun with this :)

Bernd Brodträger

2021-08-06 05:10:56 +0000 UTC

Just joined the Patreon and am really excited to go through the 30 day course! I'm stuck on 140 bpm for the challenge, hoping the 30 day course helps me get through my current barrier!

Aaron Shepanik

2021-08-05 17:49:32 +0000 UTC

I’m doing alternate and legato 30 day at the same time and see results after day one

Philip

2021-07-28 14:12:48 +0000 UTC

This is so Awesome

Geralt

2021-07-25 11:25:40 +0000 UTC

This shit works! Started July 6 at 120. Its July 23 and I'm at 170. Thanks Bernth!

Marcelino Vicente

2021-07-24 03:17:36 +0000 UTC

I was stuck there too. Try drilling 180 for a bit and then go back to 170. That has been the trick for me to push speeds

Sean C

2021-07-20 20:15:18 +0000 UTC

I'll sure do my best. Thanks for the challenge. I'll be back in a month.

Nic Salehiamin

2021-07-19 05:37:06 +0000 UTC

You can do it Nic!! :)

Bernd Brodträger

2021-07-19 05:12:18 +0000 UTC

July 18th and I'm effectively stuck at 120 LOL. It's going to be a long month. :)

Nic Salehiamin

2021-07-18 20:46:39 +0000 UTC

Fretting hand technique is equally important, that is correct! There are some exciting things coming very soon concerning that, hope this will help :)

Bernd Brodträger

2021-07-16 05:05:30 +0000 UTC

same here. Just do the 30 day work out. I'm on day 8 and my left hand is already getting stronger where it starts to burn less as you go up the bpm

Marcelino Vicente

2021-07-15 21:55:36 +0000 UTC

Anyone else have trouble with left hand only? I can comfortably do 200bpm with right hand no issue but my left hand will start to burn around 140bpm

Cory Duncan

2021-07-15 19:55:58 +0000 UTC

The links are in the post above :)

Bernd Brodträger

2021-07-14 05:31:41 +0000 UTC

Awesome José, thanks for sharing!! Great to read about the progress :)

Bernd Brodträger

2021-07-14 05:31:32 +0000 UTC

June 9 - 150 June 14 - 160 June 18 - 160 June 21 - 170 June 25 - 180 June 28 - 180/190 June 29 - 180 July 1 - 180/190 July 8 - 180/190 July 13 - 190/200, still need to polish further. Almost done with the 30 day picking workout

José Iván Aguilar

2021-07-14 01:20:26 +0000 UTC

How do I find 30 day challenges

Tim Tukapua

2021-07-12 07:49:25 +0000 UTC

June 9 - 150 June 14 - 160 June 18 - 160 June 21 - 170 June 25 - 180 June 28 - 180/190 June 29 - 180 July 1 - 180/190 July 8 - 180/190, now I reach the 200 bpm but very sloppy. Still working my way to the 190. Working on the endurance exercises from the program

José Iván Aguilar

2021-07-09 04:48:53 +0000 UTC

June 16 - 170 June 17 - 170 (quite relaxed at this tempo, can play at 180 but too tense at this point) June 20 - 180 (falls apart at about 186) June 22 - 180 still... (sloppy at both 190 & 200) July 1 - 190 for a couple of rounds then I'm not so relaxed anymore. July 6 - 200! Some tension still, but gonna keep this exercise as a warmup until 200 feels easy :) This was fun!

Niklas Töyrä

2021-07-07 09:10:07 +0000 UTC

New memeber- 7/5 110

olin reylek

2021-07-06 14:58:57 +0000 UTC

Idk what day🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️ i also have inconsistent practice time due to my work schedule,. But since june 8th when this vid came out, i have been qorking on it! Im stuck at 170 bpm. And the lack of consistency is very noticeable. So, dont do what i do lol🤘👽🤘

DarthWooPV

2021-07-06 14:31:22 +0000 UTC

Awesome!!! Just in time for the next challenge, congratulations 😊

Bernd Brodträger

2021-07-06 14:21:02 +0000 UTC

Day 1 - 100 bpm (almost) ... Day 27 - 200 bpm! :D But still a bit sloppy, so two/three days left to get a perfect 200! Wooohoo!

Robert Bjärmyr

2021-07-06 13:05:58 +0000 UTC

Thanks for the advice!, I'll be taking care from now on

José Iván Aguilar

2021-07-02 20:13:13 +0000 UTC

Not sure if you're exaggerating, but I'd suggest taking some time off and/or avoiding the super fast tempos for a few days, just to be sure. Your hands should feel exercised after a session but never in pain. I've had trouble with my wrists in the past due to overtraining and it took years until they recovered. :S

Robert Bjärmyr

2021-07-02 13:09:36 +0000 UTC

Of course, I also do a daily 1-1.5h of actual guitar practice on top of the challenge. I usually place the challenge in the middle of my sessions nowadays, but in the beginning I placed them last. I feel that I get better results when I'm not totally fatigued (go figure... :) )

Robert Bjärmyr

2021-07-02 13:07:11 +0000 UTC

Usually once, but I often dedicate at least 15-20 minutes to the actual challenge. My "stop signal" is when I fail to do three clean repetitions in a row. If I felt like that the one before was a little shaky even though I "passed", I usually go back/down a step and do another pass just to clean things up.

Robert Bjärmyr

2021-07-02 13:05:25 +0000 UTC

June 9 - 150 June 14 - 160 June 18 - 160 June 21 - 170 June 25 - 180 June 28 - 180/190 June 29 - 180 July 1 - 180/190, I feel my hand numb reaching this level =s

José Iván Aguilar

2021-07-02 02:02:49 +0000 UTC

How many times are all of you doing this a day??

HotSLOOTS

2021-07-02 00:34:16 +0000 UTC

June 10 - barely 100 bpm ... July 1 - ok at 160, somewhat sloppy 170. I like this progress! :D

Robert Bjärmyr

2021-07-01 15:01:42 +0000 UTC

June 9 - 150 June 14 - 160 June 18 - 160 June 21 - 170 June 25 - 180 June 28 - 180/190 June 29 - 180

José Iván Aguilar

2021-06-30 03:06:55 +0000 UTC

It's a great workout! I'm currently blazing along to 160, but started playing 100. So in just a few weeks there's 60% gain... :D You can do it too! \m/

Robert Bjärmyr

2021-06-29 08:53:24 +0000 UTC

June 9 - 150 June 14 - 160 June 15 - 160 June 16 - 160 June 17 - 160 June 18 - 160 June 21 - 170 ... June 25 - 180, ... June 28 - 180/190 (descending part is not working for me). I now feel more comfortable and endure a bit more through each exercise (I cannot feel the tip of my fretting hand fingers anymore :), been working on bends quite a lot in the last two weeks).

José Iván Aguilar

2021-06-29 02:46:13 +0000 UTC

June 28th, 140bpm

Ben Gilsdorf

2021-06-29 02:36:06 +0000 UTC

The 30 days workout is very cool and for me demanding. Even 100 BPM in the challenge is way out of reach at the moment but I am confident that after the workout I can tackle this.

Rene Mau

2021-06-28 15:07:30 +0000 UTC

June 28 - 160

Jose Daniel Gutierrez Mendoza

2021-06-28 15:04:41 +0000 UTC

Cheers Bernth, I'm having great fun practicing this, thank you. A comment on the pdf tabs: they don't include the picking direction! I've transcribed them form the videos to practice audio only, so it's not really much of an issue, but it would be great if they had it already. Thanks again.

Gianpaolo Merello

2021-06-27 17:00:58 +0000 UTC

Start June 20 - 150 June 21 - 150 June 22 - 160 June 23 - 160 June 24 - 150 :l June 25 - 160 June 26 - 170 June 27 - 175 ..... June 28 - LOADING...

Sawul

2021-06-27 00:22:03 +0000 UTC

June 9 - 150 June 14 - 160 June 15 - 160 June 16 - 160 June 17 - 160 still, its not that clean yet June 18 - 160 :( June 21 - 170 (Struggling with the picking hand, but it play almost every note) ... June 25 - 180, finally reached this tempo in a 85-90% accuracy, but most excited that lower tempos sound a bit clearer now :)

José Iván Aguilar

2021-06-26 01:13:25 +0000 UTC

Descending is easier for me as well.

Michael Buncher

2021-06-25 01:55:09 +0000 UTC

June 23rd, 140 today

Ben Gilsdorf

2021-06-24 02:36:37 +0000 UTC

I'm hearing you... I put on a fresh set of strings and a new pick and it took a few days until I got comfortable and up-to-speed again. The margins are pretty small so everything matters! I really found that the "6 bad habits" picking exercise helped a lot to stabilize my alternate picking. You could check it out as well? :)

Robert Bjärmyr

2021-06-23 05:31:47 +0000 UTC

Same, except for the bpm's! :D The descending is like a safe zone, or calibration point. I found that when trying a new tempo the first bars can be messy and then I hit the descending lick and from there on it's downhill. Problem is that everything restarts again after that, haha. Hitting the ground running is one of my problem areas, but the time needed to lock in a tempo is getting shorter every day. This 30 day course+challenge has really done wonders imho. :)

Robert Bjärmyr

2021-06-23 05:27:12 +0000 UTC

So I changed my strings, adjusted my truss rod and got my action even lower....and just like that am not playing @ 145. Getting there my dudes. Keep at it!

Ben Gilsdorf

2021-06-23 01:18:10 +0000 UTC

I will keep working at it! especially the ascending stuff now. Thank you for the feedback!

Joe Sullivan

2021-06-22 19:01:47 +0000 UTC

I also think this one is a bit harder :) I think it mainly depends on the vocabulary you built over the years - I'm sure it's the exact opposite with some players! But that's a great revelation, maybe you want to work more on fast ascending phrases/material?

Bernd Brodträger

2021-06-22 06:29:55 +0000 UTC

I can play along with Bernth for the descending lick at the full 200 bpm, but I can barely play the ascending lick semi-clean at 170 bpm. I don't know what is going on! Does anyone have the same problem? either the same as me or vice versa?

Joe Sullivan

2021-06-22 03:41:08 +0000 UTC

June 9 - 150 June 14 - 160 June 15 - 160 June 16 - 160 June 17 - 160 still, its not that clean yet June 18 - 160 :( June 21 - 170 (Struggling with the picking hand, but it play almost every note)

José Iván Aguilar

2021-06-22 02:25:22 +0000 UTC

180….sloppily

Manu Edwards

2021-06-22 01:13:00 +0000 UTC

Got 130 down and moving onto 140!

Ben Gilsdorf

2021-06-21 23:43:55 +0000 UTC

ok, I will give it a shot

José Iván Aguilar

2021-06-20 21:21:17 +0000 UTC

That's a good tip. Trying to play it at ridiculous speeds, landing about 40% of the notes and then dialing it back to the "target" tempo. Feels alot slower and easier then :)

Niklas Töyrä

2021-06-20 17:21:20 +0000 UTC

Fun fact: I've started tracking my "overall status" the last weeks, to see what various things does for my playing ability. And I found it pretty interesting - even though I am having a slight cold at the moment, I still rate my playing ability better than when I had a glas of wine the day before. I will keep track to see if it was a coincidence, but in case it is true I think I'll re-evaluate having a few beers with a gig etc... :) Still at 130, but coming from ~90-95bpm to 130+ in under two weeks is amazing in my book. \m/ Edit: 140 the day after posting this! \m/ ...150 + a few rounds of 160 just three days later! Wooh! :)

Robert Bjärmyr

2021-06-20 08:24:47 +0000 UTC

Try playing with 170 and 180 (even if it's sloppy). Then go back to 160. It will feel like slow motion. :) I did this when I was barely making 130, had a shot at 140 and went back and managed 130 pretty cleanly.

Robert Bjärmyr

2021-06-19 19:34:12 +0000 UTC

HAHA! Now that's really cool and a bit odd. Seems we both have the same technique up to this point. As the closed hand approach really stills feels a bit awkward for me too. But as for the big (acending/decending lines) problem it kind of is an opportunity to finally fix it. I might also get away with my technique and INTENSE practice over time. But I try to still need to get all the practice in a short hour or two. Up to this point I try to switch between the picking approaches to a Jam Track. Let's see how it plays out in the end. Today I kind of have a bad day, where nothing seems to work. Just one of those days I guess XD. Again thanks for the time. And please keep me posted as I am very interested how your technique will improve. Hopefully there are some clues and tricks for me as well.

Stefan Schönebeck

2021-06-19 15:39:33 +0000 UTC

June 19th....sooo I tried playing with just a metronome instead of along with the videos and what I thought sounded clean wasn't as clean as I'd liked so I actually went back to playing it at 120 instead of 130 but I feel better about it. Keeping at it.

Ben Gilsdorf

2021-06-19 13:59:19 +0000 UTC

Still on 130. I'll get this!

Ben Gilsdorf

2021-06-18 22:40:01 +0000 UTC

June 9 - 150 June 14 - 160 June 15 - 160 June 16 - 160 June 17 - 160 still, its not that clean yet June 18 - 160 :(

José Iván Aguilar

2021-06-18 21:31:25 +0000 UTC

Hehe... indeed I have the same issue with ascending/descending which my guitar teacher in my early years of playing thought was a really rare problem since descending in generell should be easier since you are not working against gravity at all. Now it seems I FINALLY got rid of that problem or at least know WHY this existed and am able to work it out... And it seems to be just a little detail... this is: I am holding my pick not exactly parallel to the strings but tend to lean it more towards the ground. This works fine when ascending but when it comes the other way round I kind of use track of the strings. Anyhow. Good to read you are coming along quite well too with your approach ;) By the way... since being in this community I, too, thought I was pretty much alone with the open hand approach until I discovered a workshopvideo of Batio a few weeks ago where he was speaking about this exact topic. Funny enough I just watched a live video of my favorite band Kalmah where I saw that both guitar players are playing with an open hand, too. So well... I came to the conclusion that it IS possible to be a guitar god even with an open hand ;) So good to know this... since I tried and tried closed hands for a few weeks now (again...) and it just feels akward to me and I am missing the same precisement...

Sephiroth

2021-06-18 13:01:56 +0000 UTC

Bernth, I will start your challenge on Monday June 21st.

Danijel Brkic

2021-06-18 05:06:45 +0000 UTC

June 9 - 150 June 14 - 160 June 15 - 160 June 16 - 160 June 17 - 160 still, its not that clean yet

José Iván Aguilar

2021-06-18 00:46:28 +0000 UTC

I've been playing for a less than a year and am now @ 140 on this. It can be done just keep at it. 100 was rough on the first day but only gets easier. Just keep at it man.

Ben Gilsdorf

2021-06-17 23:41:15 +0000 UTC

June 17th, finally got 130 down but 140 is a mess. Going to keep at it.

Ben Gilsdorf

2021-06-17 23:40:06 +0000 UTC

I'm an absolute beginner for two years :) Bernth my friend are you able to prepare the weekly program of exercises for a medium beginner?

Mortyyr

2021-06-17 19:51:09 +0000 UTC

Hi Sephiroth! Thanks for taking the time! I am 100% with you. Of course there are a million ways to Rome. And its good to hear that there is someone, playing the same style. (I was pretty lonely with that I thought) With my picking approach I was always faster on the ascending than on the decending lines. I kind of made it my style to always ascend in straight groupings (16th) notes for example and decend in (8th)triplets. But it kind of always bothered me to not be able to play anything, and always have to compromise or rewrite something to fit the style. So my technique just brought me this far and after a few years stuck I discovered Bernth, the videos, and now the community. And as of my experience it all comes down to practice. Talent just let you learn things quicker. But I already made good progress with the closed hand approach within the 2 weeks that I am here. It just feels kind of better. Only thing was the switched fix point on the guitar, as I mentioned above. I am not always able to see Bernth`s wrist, cause the camera is directed onto the guitar, not sideways. Also I am not able to see how he switches pick positions (up on acending lines, down on decending lines?) That's why I suggested to make a Video separate for wrist and pick positioning. I am confident that I will be able to incorporate the closed finger approach to the rest of my playing abilities. Again thank you for answering. :)

Stefan Schönebeck

2021-06-17 15:28:41 +0000 UTC

So why even bother of changing your approach if it is fine right now? I also do it like Batio all the time since I have the same problems as you mentioned with a closed hand and I don't see a problem why you shouldn't do this too if it feels right. There is no ONE right thing here. It always very much depends on mainly your body physique. What works for Bernth or any other guitar play doesn't have to work for you too.

Sephiroth

2021-06-17 08:40:43 +0000 UTC

June 9 - 150 June 14 - 160 June 15 - 160 June 16 - 160

José Iván Aguilar

2021-06-17 04:57:41 +0000 UTC

June 16 - 170 June 17 - 170 (quite relaxed at this tempo, can play at 180 but too tense at this point) June 20 - 180 (falls apart at about 186) June 22 - 180 still... (sloppy at both 190 & 200) July 1 - 190 for a couple of rounds then I'm not so relaxed anymore. July 6 - 200! Some tension still, but gonna keep this exercise as a warmup until 200 feels easy :) This was fun!

Niklas Töyrä

2021-06-16 19:49:59 +0000 UTC

Some people in the comments recommended to use the Guitar Pro file (I'm not really familiar with those) to take down the tempo of the backing track to 60 for example, and start from there.

Carlos Fernandez

2021-06-16 19:22:59 +0000 UTC

The shredd challenge starts at 100 BPM, but the excercises can be used by anyone. :)

Robert Bjärmyr

2021-06-16 18:29:35 +0000 UTC

Are there any absolute beginners doing this?

Eric Thompson

2021-06-16 18:02:09 +0000 UTC

June 16th So... after doing the Day 1-5 lessons for the third day now, I first tried the main exercise. I'm at 190-200 bpm. Wasn't toooo clean in these tempos. But since I did all the way up from 90 step by step my fretting hand got a little tired in the end. With a little break also 200 bpm sounded nearly clean. Guess this exercise works for me mainly as a little muscle build up. But I'll continue working on it. Maybe it improves my generel skills in this area further. I wish all the other exercises, licks and techniques would work so propper for me xD but well in the end this one is a really basic one playing just on one string. At least I can do that :P

Sephiroth

2021-06-16 12:50:54 +0000 UTC

I'm thinking it's a bit of exercise-fatigue... Same here, still at 120 but 110 was much easier than yesterday. (Which is insane, really! Results are coming in pretty fast! :) )

Robert Bjärmyr

2021-06-16 10:04:00 +0000 UTC

June 9 - 150 June 14 - 160 June 15 - 160

José Iván Aguilar

2021-06-16 04:13:44 +0000 UTC

June 15th. Didn't really progress much today. Still at 130 but my playing isn't the best in general today. But at least I got some practice in and will give it a go tomorrow.

Ben Gilsdorf

2021-06-15 22:19:18 +0000 UTC

June 15th: 150 BPM. 160 BPM a bit sloppy but still work on it and will be ok in two days at least.

kevin Dumont

2021-06-15 16:58:10 +0000 UTC

June 11 at 160 bpm, June 15th at 180, working now on 190 to sound clean. Seems that I need to work on my left hand more. If I take my left hand out of the equation by just playing the "e" on the b string, and just play the right amount of notes in the given timing I can go up to 200 bpm. As always with those lessons the biggest challenge for me is to have the courage to work on those 200bpm by not saying 180 is ok. XD Which I did too often in the past. So that's why we're all here right? So thanks Bernth for the inspiration that gets me off the couch. XD

Stefan Schönebeck

2021-06-15 13:04:12 +0000 UTC

From playing myself, and watching someone like Luke Hoskin from Protest the Hero, I really do get an impression that taps and legatos are ulimately going to be faster no matter what, but it also seems its less consistent, and does not quite have the right attack at times!

Serg

2021-06-15 06:15:23 +0000 UTC

That makes me very happy, thank you so much for sharing this!! :)

Bernd Brodträger

2021-06-15 05:31:49 +0000 UTC

Just started on "block 2" of the exercises. Quite a leap from the first block - I like it! :D I'm also pretty impressed with my results so far - from not being able to play 100 bpm clean to 120 bpm in just five days. 200 bpm still looks a bit far away... but aim for the sky and reach the trees, right! ;) I noticed that it's a night and day difference if I'm using legato instead of picking every note; in which case I can exceed 120 bpm quite easily. But I'm trying to be strict and pick every tone, use pinky and ring fingers on the fretting hand etc. \m/ Great set of exercises, Bernth! :)

Robert Bjärmyr

2021-06-15 05:24:46 +0000 UTC

June 9 - 150 June 14 - 160

José Iván Aguilar

2021-06-15 02:23:41 +0000 UTC

June 14 still at 120. feel like im a couple days away from 130

Kramer M Riddick

2021-06-15 01:26:59 +0000 UTC

June 14 2021 - 110 bpm

Joseph Houlihan

2021-06-14 18:12:47 +0000 UTC

Day 1 - 130

SuperBigBang SBB Hell Rain

2021-06-14 13:12:38 +0000 UTC

That's a great question! I usually like to work in 3 'zones': very slow (with focus on timing and 'perfect' execution), at mid-tempos (this is what you need most often, around 120BPM), and fast (to push/challenge myself). So once you have the workouts memorized and it becomes easier, make sure to also challenge yourself to see further improvement :)

Bernd Brodträger

2021-06-14 04:45:41 +0000 UTC

Day 1 - 150BPM

Yoav Cohen

2021-06-14 03:33:28 +0000 UTC

I honestly think that this kind of workout (and I'm talking abput the 30 day one) is the best thing ever because I was thinking about how I do not know how to structure a complete, useful but also not too long practice routine and this is really what I was searching for. I'd love to see the same kind of workouts for other technics like sweep picking, fast legato and tapping. Thank you so much Bernth, you've made my practice program much easier.

Andrei Pitu

2021-06-13 19:25:53 +0000 UTC

13th. 150bpm. the ascending is far easier than desending. need to work on getting that pointer finger of the 5th fret

Daniel Roberts

2021-06-13 10:42:59 +0000 UTC

what temp do you recommand for working on the 30D workout ? constant tempo or increasing it ?

Charlelie ravail

2021-06-13 09:01:51 +0000 UTC

June 12th, got 120 down pretty well and clearly. Moving onto 130 which actually doesn't seem that bad. Just want to keep it clean.

Ben Gilsdorf

2021-06-12 17:45:50 +0000 UTC

cool workout! I enjoyed to test out my speed...actually i begin to struggle with the descending one at 160bpm. I will work on this from time to time!

Martin Westreicher

2021-06-12 04:06:58 +0000 UTC

June 11 got to 120. 130 descending is ok but ascending needs work.

Kramer M Riddick

2021-06-11 22:06:02 +0000 UTC

Hey Bernth. The Problem of switching technique is not just about keeping your right Hand fingers as close together as possible, it is also about changing your fixpoint to the guitar. The art where your right hand ist connected to the guitar. The problem is : the faster I got the looser I hold the plek, the more I open up my hand and choose a fixpoint underneath the strings. (a little like Michael Angelo Batio does, but far not as good XD) If I do change my position to „closed fingers“ I loose that fixpoint and I am now using the bridge. Which puts my wrist in an uncomfortable angle. If I try to play then, I either cramp up very quickly or, as I try to raise my wrist, loose any fixpoint on the guitar. Its nearly impossible to gain speed then. It would be great if you maybe analyze Right Hand fixpoint of your technique in more detail in upcoming videos. Would be great. All The Best!

Stefan Schönebeck

2021-06-11 11:17:22 +0000 UTC

Day two and 170 bpm is less of a mess than yesterday. 160 bmp is pretty clean. Today I played right through to 200 bpm, which I didn’t yesterday. Man, that is gonna take some work!

Sam Brox

2021-06-11 10:01:05 +0000 UTC

Thanks for helping out, Wojciech! :) The Guitar Pro files are also uploaded in the Google Drive folders I attached in the post, they're not compressed over there if this helps!

Bernd Brodträger

2021-06-11 05:35:12 +0000 UTC

it's not a conversion, it's a compression, you need to open it with Winrar

Wojciech Cysdorf

2021-06-11 04:47:11 +0000 UTC

Please re upload the gp5 as gp5 type file. I am not savvy enough to figure out how to convert rar type to gp5.😉

Darkboar

2021-06-11 03:45:06 +0000 UTC

Thanks for all you do Bernth! 🙏

André Malcolm

2021-06-11 02:29:23 +0000 UTC

Day 1, June 10th: 110 pretty clean. Picking feels good but my fretting hand ring finger is burning... gonna stop pushing until I can do 100 relaxed

Matt Hammer

2021-06-11 01:52:30 +0000 UTC

June 9 I slopped through 110. June 10 I'd say 130 was not tensed and pretty clean now that I have a feel for the exercise.

Michael Buncher

2021-06-11 00:01:15 +0000 UTC

Day 3, still on 120 but getting it. The pause in the middle is shrinking and it is all starting to just flow together. Pretty wild to be honest.

Ben Gilsdorf

2021-06-10 23:32:54 +0000 UTC

Just had my 5th shoulder surgery but you best believe I WILL BE ALL OVER this when I heal up! THANK YOU BERNTH for your sharing! You fucking rock🔥🤘🏼

David Montgomery

2021-06-10 22:20:18 +0000 UTC

My impression of that is that you might waste extra energy holding notes you don't need. You don't have to lift the fingers completely, just "drain" the energy from them. :)

Robert Bjärmyr

2021-06-10 21:25:41 +0000 UTC

Day 1, June 10th: 160 bpm is where inconsistencies start creeping in. 170 bpm is a mess. Looking forward to the work and getting back in the groove! Awesome lesson!

Sam Brox

2021-06-10 20:31:13 +0000 UTC

I startet with the 30day challenge. This is great 👌 But I have some questions for the 100 to 200bpm challenge (which I master sometimes at 90bpm 🙈). At the first part I let the 1st finger always automatically on the fret. Is this wrong? At the 2nd part I put the 3rd and 4th finger together on the frets and the 1st stays also on the fret like above. Is this wrong too? It's automatically, should I change this frethand habit? You put every finger extra on the frets. Is this better?

Wolfgang

2021-06-10 19:18:53 +0000 UTC

Thank you !! I like the play-along videos its fun to play with you

FlyingLimo

2021-06-10 19:17:12 +0000 UTC

Ah man, that will me structure my pratice time a lot! Thx

Sylvain Bouchard

2021-06-10 15:21:16 +0000 UTC

I'm liking how you have started to bundle your videos into these packs now, something I have been wanting for a long time. Patreon's UI is not the best for this, but I'm glad you finally took the initiative and did it yourself. Looking forward to starting this challenge :)

Aftab Lateef

2021-06-10 15:06:07 +0000 UTC

Thank you Bernth I have been stuck with my speed for years and your exercises works like magic!!!

Khurtz Del Norte

2021-06-10 13:27:32 +0000 UTC

140 bpm first go was bad, but I think I could do it after some practice. 150 bpm my hand was a mess so I'm 150 bpm - June 10th

Alan R

2021-06-10 12:50:57 +0000 UTC

June 10 170 to start, damn it's really fun

Joshua Jiang

2021-06-10 07:47:03 +0000 UTC

june 9th-stucked at 150, my picking hand starts to crash after this :(

José Iván Aguilar

2021-06-10 04:01:18 +0000 UTC

June 9th 125 to start

Macedonio Cervantes

2021-06-10 03:50:20 +0000 UTC

160 on June 9 but my forearm is fatigued!!!

Manu Edwards

2021-06-10 02:38:37 +0000 UTC

June 9th, 100 will do for me. I need to improve a lot!

Andres Ramirez

2021-06-10 02:20:41 +0000 UTC

Thanks Bernth!

Christian Liliedahl

2021-06-10 02:15:52 +0000 UTC

June 9 at 130 to start.

Alan Smith

2021-06-10 02:12:36 +0000 UTC

June 9 right at the bottom at 100. Can get a bar or two at 110 but not close to putting a full pass together. Better at descending. Not discouraged though!

Kramer M Riddick

2021-06-10 01:38:01 +0000 UTC

June 19th. Still stuck on 110 and can ascend just fine but descending is the rough part. Keeping at it though.

Ben Gilsdorf

2021-06-09 23:44:26 +0000 UTC

jun 9th, 110 - 120 for me. I tried other easier/shorter excersises at 160 to get used to speed and come back to try 130, but still can't get it right.

Carlos Fernandez

2021-06-09 21:27:12 +0000 UTC

June 9th: 140 but not more. Block 2 is my nightmare! lazy picky finger. But now I know which patern I have to wortk:D

kevin Dumont

2021-06-09 15:56:57 +0000 UTC

Thanks. Diddn't see that :)

Sephiroth

2021-06-09 15:51:03 +0000 UTC

uuugh 160. After that it becomes to sloppy (on my part:) )

p4tt4nz

2021-06-09 14:33:42 +0000 UTC

"Hey guys & girls, there was too much traffic on Dropbox and they temporarily deactivated the links... I'm already working on resolving this :) Please don't share these links outside of Patreon, thanks so much!" A couple of comments earlier. :)

Robert Bjärmyr

2021-06-09 08:43:04 +0000 UTC

Hej Bernth... is your dropbox deleted? Just getting the 404 error today. Or are you just going to change it all to googledrive?

Sephiroth

2021-06-09 08:18:31 +0000 UTC

110 BPM..09 Jun 21

Sreejith

2021-06-09 07:53:53 +0000 UTC

Nice! I have a feeling this will be a great exercise for me, since the warm-up speed is close to my max at the moment. Really trying to get the technique right this time around, and it seems my alternate picking and pinky coordination is ... not great, haha. :') So: 2021-06-10: 100 bpm. Btw - I'd love more "ready packages" like this! Currently I'm selecting what lessons I believe I need to practice, but I realize I'm only human and probably cherry pick my lessons for what I want instead of what I need. :)

Robert Bjärmyr

2021-06-09 07:29:30 +0000 UTC

Awesome stuff Bernth! Looking forward to this. Really trying to build my speed.

Chris Johnston

2021-06-09 03:51:40 +0000 UTC

Did it!

Manu Edwards

2021-06-09 02:53:25 +0000 UTC

June 8th 170bpm but it doesn’t sound good after that lol

ryan sciarra

2021-06-09 02:45:17 +0000 UTC

June 8th - 100bpm and I may be being generous 😅However, the 30 day challenge is exactly what I was looking forward to along with sharing the journey with the SC! It's going to be fun! Good luck everyone and no matter what, have fun! Thanks Bernth! 🤟🏻

Eric Bailey

2021-06-09 01:47:13 +0000 UTC

June 8th I can play at 170, but anything above that sounds like a mess haha

Riley Merlino

2021-06-09 01:11:20 +0000 UTC

My brain just had a melt down watching the video

Ronald Gillespie

2021-06-09 01:07:11 +0000 UTC

June 8th can only paly at 100 clearly and 110 I get choppy. Need to keep at it though!

Ben Gilsdorf

2021-06-08 23:15:25 +0000 UTC

June 8 2021. Okey, jumped right in...I am no shredder by any means....After getting the patterns under the fingers: 140 is "too fast". My left hand cannot sync any more, but I already made progress :-), haha. As a backing track substitute I fired up a Logic Pro drum track to exercise to. Will see what progress I can make by doing this every day.

Hugo Jacquet

2021-06-08 19:25:22 +0000 UTC

Same problem 🙂 but quick response from our awesome teacher 👍

Agus Dadut

2021-06-08 18:38:36 +0000 UTC

Thanks for asking Fabricio! There was too much traffic on Dropbox and they temporarily deactivated the links... I'm already working on resolving this :)

Bernd Brodträger

2021-06-08 18:34:47 +0000 UTC

Hey guys & girls, there was too much traffic on Dropbox and they temporarily deactivated the links... I'm already working on resolving this :) Please don't share these links outside of Patreon, thanks so much!

Bernd Brodträger

2021-06-08 18:34:25 +0000 UTC

Is anyone else having problems accessing the files?

Fabrício Silva

2021-06-08 18:31:59 +0000 UTC

First day of 30 day picking challenge is done! Wishing strong willpower to everyone! :) :P

Ivars Veidelis

2021-06-08 17:46:00 +0000 UTC

This is perfection. It's a perfect technique block to Integrate into practice time for learning another song or writing. This is nice and self-contained and I already know I hope there are more of these for different things in the future!

Andrew Dahdouh

2021-06-08 16:39:13 +0000 UTC

I will dedicate time on this, taking some rest form 10 steps course, thanks a lot for this

Vincenzo

2021-06-08 15:21:27 +0000 UTC

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for Bernth. The small daily challenge and the 30 day routine. This is perfect for me, following my guitar break. Cannot wait to jump into this. Thank you so much!

Peter York

2021-06-08 14:44:00 +0000 UTC

Wow thank you so much, sending all the good vibes and energy your way!

Eilidh Glendinning-Clark

2021-06-08 14:29:36 +0000 UTC

Amezing!! Day one DONE! Thanks a lot!!! So Level 3 for me. Stuck at 130BPM especially for the block 2.. Block one is OK... Shame :(

kevin Dumont

2021-06-08 14:24:03 +0000 UTC

Bernth you are the best shred guitar teacher in the game. This is great! Can't wait to get started

Max Fliegner

2021-06-08 14:22:54 +0000 UTC

When I read "block of 5 days" I thought "oh weird, do we get the weekend off?". That was a silly assumption. No rest for the wicked I guess haha. I'm excited to dive in and would love to see an analogous lesson for sweep picking! P.S. any chance we get a breakdown of that insane pentatonic video from the other day?

Kyle

2021-06-08 14:11:04 +0000 UTC

#173 - 4 MIN Shred Challenge to 200BPM (4 WEEK RESULTS)

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I just joined so that's why I'm 5 months late. There are videos for every lesson. He is alt picking everything I've seen in this 30 day challenge. Hope that helps.

i got a question is this one beter then this one??? https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BcrraeVlwEblQI8feWODYFY5yywkvksD or are they both good i don't really want to waste any time to get better ive been stuck way too long ;)

Search "picking" and watch his picking tutorials.

Hey there, welcome to our community! Bernth made a video about this, I just searched for 'pick grip' and it came up right away :) Here it is: https://www.patreon.com/posts/276-ultimate-83625203 Team Bernth

Hi! New Patreon member form Argentina here! There is any specific video on how to hold the pick? I thing I'm holding it wrong, or at least doesn't feel natural to me.

Hi, I just noticed in exercise #3 that your left hand fingering looks like index/middle/ring or index/middle/pinky, -and not index/ring/pinky across the first five strings of the neck, which is what feels natural to me. Do you have any recommendations on left hand fingering?

The new picking style is thumb pointing down and pressing lightly against the pick. It worked for me as i can feel each note articulated nicely and cleanly even at high-speed runs.

First Day 13/09: 160BPM I have recently changed the way I hold the pick (and picking in general) because I felt I could not do much and I did not had the needed precision. It ifelt like I unlocked a new magic skill that turned my playing upside down.

160 bpm 9/10/2022

Day 1 - 8/15/22 - 110

Hey Jankó - yes, you can set a BPM level according to your skills or simply take the play-alongs as a reference!

Hello Bernth! On the 30 day course is there a goal BMP i should aim for on each exercise? Is there a speed at witch I should be able to play the exercises before I move on to the next block (Im on block 2 and I can play the exercises at about 100+ BPM)?

Thank you for the reply and guidance. Ive decided to take a break from the shred challenge and pick up the 30 day legato course. I was having some pain in my fretting arm so I thought I should redirect my focus and build up to taking on the shred challenge!

Welcome to our community Brandon! You can definitely take your time with each block - the 30 days are just meant as a general proposed structure/guideline :)

Hey new patron here! I have a question about moving through the days... do you move on each day regardless of mastery? Or is it you need to nail the bpm before moving on?

Day 3 - 110bpm

Day 2 - 140bpm

Day 1 - 130bpm

30jun 140

6/11/2022. I cannot even keep up with the warm up speed. Gonna do the 30 day course associated with the program and come back afterwards to see how much progress I make!

5/26 190bpm I can do 200bpm but it's a little messy so I'm not counting it.

Thanks a bunch!

Hey Ivan, I just checked - hope this is the right link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s5wacu1av4cm4zk/AADWKJvhnmsGUeYefqwJczF8a?dl=0

Hey Bernth - is there a Dropbox version for these files by any chance? 😅 If not no worries I can sort that out myself.

4/26 @ 115 (trying to use to the fingers you do) the connection between my pinky and ring finger isn't there yet

I think so, thanks for the answer Bernth.

I used the bridge pickup since it provides more clarity :) But I also love the neck pickup and other configurations for recording - with practicing, I think transparency is the way to go!

Hi Bernth, what pickup position do you occupy for this exercise?

This is a great exercise. Definitely keeps you honest. I'm adapting it to play across all strings and up and down the neck. Great stuff thank you Bernth!

could make available the backing track of 30 Day picking WOrkout without guitar, just Drums and Bass? Thak you so much!

2022-01-02 160bpm. ish...

2021-12-29 150bpm

160

Hey Edwin, if you got all exercises under your fingers already, you can definitely cycle through them :) I think it always helps to get familiar with each one first (maybe day 1, 2 and 3) and then working on all of them at the end of each block!

If I were to spend 30 minutes on these, would you recommend splitting my time over all 5 exercises in a block each day, so playing each roughly 3 times, or would you recommend alternating between say 1-3 and 4-5? I'm mixing in this one with my ongoing journey on the legato course :)

Did this and reached 130. Had to stop playing for a week because of strain in my picking elbow. This challenge really made me aware of the fact I tense up an higher speeds

thanks for coming back and sharing that Seth! I fell off these exercises in my daily practice to focus on my rhythm in general for a little while, but I feel like I'm about ready to return to this, so hearing your story is really encouraging!

140 bpm-160 bpm today. I am learning to control my pinky because if i let it fly away on that G - there is no way to recover and keep the rhythm. was in a zone but had to stop at 170 when my hand got tight! 10/27/21

i keep up with the warm up LOL start to fall apart in synchrony at 120 bpm. 10/23/21

Nice! I'm jealous, I got to about level 4 and seem to be maxed out even after doing the 30 day challenge. Might try another 30 day course and come back to this and month and do it again.

I reached 180 ! its a bit messy but I did it ! i am really happy because i was aiming for level 5-6, and i'm level 8 ! YAY

Hard stuck on lick 5 (essentially day 15) in the 3rd week of the 30 day challenge, with a small sweep picking motion instead of alternate picking. Not sure if I should move on until I can at least play that at the slower speed in the video, anyone else dealing with something like this?

Thank you for the quick reply and great lessons!

It really helps me to keep it in the area around the middle finger, especially at lower sections of the fretboard :) That gives me the best support for my other fingers! It will come naturally with time though and I don't think too much about it when I'm playing now - but I hope this helps!

Sept 18th 2021 only able to play the warm up but its sloppy

Day 24, can do 200 bpm not completely sloppy. Started at very sloppy 160 / ok 120. (Had to take some breaks so took me closer to 30 days in real time). So can confirm this works, thanks =) Also tried to do the legato challenge at the same time, that was a disaster. Will try again now =)

September 09, fighting at 160 bpm!

started 05.Sep 2021: 150bpm, great stuff Bernth

started 26.07.21 - 160 ; 28.08.21 - 170 lol . I just can not lift off 170

Damn I struggle already at 140... lets go for that 30 day lessons ! xD

August 25, 120 bpm. Let's do this.

Great job!! Hope you will keep going :)

Yes I am still at it :) I can now touch 110 bpm but not very cleanly. The Warm up seems easier now. Thanks for asking <3

Still at it?

14 Aug : Just able to play the warm up :)

Welcome Aaron, great to have you here!! Hope you have tons of fun with this :)

Just joined the Patreon and am really excited to go through the 30 day course! I'm stuck on 140 bpm for the challenge, hoping the 30 day course helps me get through my current barrier!

I’m doing alternate and legato 30 day at the same time and see results after day one

This is so Awesome

This shit works! Started July 6 at 120. Its July 23 and I'm at 170. Thanks Bernth!

I was stuck there too. Try drilling 180 for a bit and then go back to 170. That has been the trick for me to push speeds

I'll sure do my best. Thanks for the challenge. I'll be back in a month.

You can do it Nic!! :)

July 18th and I'm effectively stuck at 120 LOL. It's going to be a long month. :)

Fretting hand technique is equally important, that is correct! There are some exciting things coming very soon concerning that, hope this will help :)

same here. Just do the 30 day work out. I'm on day 8 and my left hand is already getting stronger where it starts to burn less as you go up the bpm

Anyone else have trouble with left hand only? I can comfortably do 200bpm with right hand no issue but my left hand will start to burn around 140bpm

The links are in the post above :)

Awesome José, thanks for sharing!! Great to read about the progress :)

June 9 - 150 June 14 - 160 June 18 - 160 June 21 - 170 June 25 - 180 June 28 - 180/190 June 29 - 180 July 1 - 180/190 July 8 - 180/190 July 13 - 190/200, still need to polish further. Almost done with the 30 day picking workout

How do I find 30 day challenges

June 9 - 150 June 14 - 160 June 18 - 160 June 21 - 170 June 25 - 180 June 28 - 180/190 June 29 - 180 July 1 - 180/190 July 8 - 180/190, now I reach the 200 bpm but very sloppy. Still working my way to the 190. Working on the endurance exercises from the program

New memeber- 7/5 110

Idk what day🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️ i also have inconsistent practice time due to my work schedule,. But since june 8th when this vid came out, i have been qorking on it! Im stuck at 170 bpm. And the lack of consistency is very noticeable. So, dont do what i do lol🤘👽🤘

Awesome!!! Just in time for the next challenge, congratulations 😊

Day 1 - 100 bpm (almost) ... Day 27 - 200 bpm! :D But still a bit sloppy, so two/three days left to get a perfect 200! Wooohoo!

Thanks for the advice!, I'll be taking care from now on

Of course, I also do a daily 1-1.5h of actual guitar practice on top of the challenge. I usually place the challenge in the middle of my sessions nowadays, but in the beginning I placed them last. I feel that I get better results when I'm not totally fatigued (go figure... :) )