#112 - Paganini Etude For MAXIMUM Picking Gains!
Added 2020-09-08 13:00:06 +0000 UTCThe community has decided! One of the most striking lesson voting results ever: a lot of you voted for a Paganini etude for maximum picking progress. I'm happy to deliver in the form of 'Moto Perpetuo', an extremely challenging but fun piece when it comes to alternate picking and switching between the different strings :)
I recorded video play-alongs in different tempos once again: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hgzbl8j6gvbydh6/AABhLBJuF-fhYZpaRTczcYmPa?dl=0
Hope you have a lot of fun working on this my friends!
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Hey there! Please just navigate to 'Collections' and 'Patreon Online Courses' to find your structured 30-day course programs :) The link to each one is in the posts you will find over there (either Google Drive or Dropbox). Hope you have fun! Team Bernth
Bernd Brodträger
2024-04-03 04:04:24 +0000 UTCCan someone PLEASE help me navigate this website? I can't seem to find any real structure here.
Keoki Saylon
2024-04-02 23:14:32 +0000 UTCHey Bernth, I am working on my picking technique like there is no tomorrow. But I have this problem. only now after paying attention to it, i noticed my picking motion is not straight but more circular if you know what i mean... like diving between the strings and pulling back up to escape between the strings. At lower speeds this feels very natural to me, and i'm very accurate but it feels like this is the one and only thing holding me back to achieve clean higher speeds. Should i keep practicing the way i'm doing it, or should I start from scratch and learn myself how to hold a pick again? i'm a bit worried i might learn things the wrong way and keep adding mistakes ontop of mistakes. I am experimenting with holding my pinky onto the body of the guitar to keep my stability and when i do that i can achieve high speeds but only on 1 string, so i cannot use this technique to transition between strings without screwing up.... I am a bit lost at the moment.
IanJans1987
2021-05-21 15:40:59 +0000 UTCI love the play along videos! So much value on your Patreon!
Riffs From The Abyss 666
2021-02-09 18:42:22 +0000 UTCvery good job.Really great and i love Paganini but where is the backing track?Thanks
marc ruelle
2020-12-04 17:04:29 +0000 UTCAwesome exercise its really useful
murad jaymz
2020-09-30 05:07:53 +0000 UTCThats great, I would really like more classical exercises like this, I find it much more musical than just scales, cheers!!
Lee Morgan
2020-09-15 05:07:44 +0000 UTCGreat Work Bernth!
Mitchell Rand Truen
2020-09-14 23:31:58 +0000 UTCGreat exercise! I was not expecting it to be so hard on the pinky finger. That one definitely got the most work out from this!
Bruce Poindexter
2020-09-11 05:01:21 +0000 UTCThanks for sharing that Matt, happy that you like it :) This one is difficult to speed up because of the string transitioning - it always helps me to keep the motion as small as possible (so that no other strings are touched by the pick) and to stay relaxed with my arm, at slower tempos, it's really tempting to use more force for the motion but that will make it difficult to perform it faster! I'd suggest checking out some speed exercises we looked at so far, these will help with the technique in general :)
Bernd Brodträger
2020-09-11 04:32:36 +0000 UTCI'm loving this exercise! The classical musician in me feels free again ^_^ I'm having a lot of trouble with the alternate picking on the arpeggios and haven't been able to get past 90ish: It's been a tempo wall I've been stuck at for a while now. Any suggestions?
Matt Wellman
2020-09-10 21:50:41 +0000 UTCThanks!
Justin Wagner
2020-09-10 21:46:53 +0000 UTCGreat question Justin! I use the Dunlop Max-Grip Jazz III Carbon Fiber 1,38mm picks for quite a while now and they work great for me - the extra grip is perfect for the stage (sweaty hands) and the small size allows me to have the most amount of control over the motion!
Bernd Brodträger
2020-09-10 04:40:40 +0000 UTCDefinitely harder than it looks, that's true - also surprised me when I was practicing for the video! :)
Bernd Brodträger
2020-09-10 04:39:34 +0000 UTCwhat kind of picks do you use?
Justin Wagner
2020-09-10 00:43:21 +0000 UTCLove this looks easy but there’s a few challenges in it thanks 😁👍
Anthony Harrison
2020-09-09 09:05:06 +0000 UTCThese play along vids are great. Thanks for all your hard work!
Justin Wagner
2020-09-08 16:32:46 +0000 UTC
