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Before we tackle your awesome wishlist topics for this month, I'd like to share the first game-changer exercise of 2021 for me - it's about picking technique once again!

Last year, we worked on a lot of 3 note per string material and cool patterns. This year, it's time to up the challenge and to work on more difficult patterns! This exercise forces you to switch between both angles and that really loosens up your picking hand.

I already feel a big difference after a couple of days and I hope this helps you as much as it currently helps me! Get the video play-alongs in our Dropbox folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tnbymz2l9lpfh82/AABy2N978PrXrcytVcj7tlBTa?dl=0

Make sure to practice the exercise with the guitar pro files or to a metronome first before you tackle the more challenging tempos of the play-alongs - you don't have to go to 120BPM right away, take your time :)

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Best Daily 10 MIN Picking WORKOUT! (Maximum Speed, Control, Endurance)

Today we check out the best daily alternate picking exercise that serves as the perfect 10 minute workout in your practice routine! Get the tabs, guitar pro files, backing tracks, and video play-alongs here: http://www.patreon.com/bernth This exercise is incredibly important for your picking speed, control, and string transitions! We mostly looked at 3 note per string licks and exercises last year, now it's time to up the challenge with this arpeggio picking workout. The picking pattern constantly turns around and that forces you to develop an effective string transitioning motion! Subscribe because you will miss videos otherwise: http://www.youtube.com/bernthguitar My 10-week online guitar courses '10 Steps to Modern Shredding' and 'Sweep Picking Masterclass' can be purchased here: http://www.bernth.at/ Get the merch here: http://www.teespring.com/stores/bernth Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/bernthofficial Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bernthofficial Thanks so much to all my Patrons for making these videos possible! #guitar #exercise #guitarlesson alternate picking exercises / guitar exercises / shred guitar lesson

Comments

Anonymous

120 bpm looks frightning. I believe Steve Morse plays his arpeggios that way only and doesn't sweep

Anonymous

Im currently working on issues with lifting the pick out of the strings and dropping back down when going from high to to low E direction. My hand has a mind of its own.

Anonymous

Hi Bernth, can you comment on how long you keep an exercise in your practice routine? For example, it looks like you have practiced #104 for months and months, and you said in this video you'll be practicing this exercise for months. Is that typical? Do you recommend we work on the same set of exercises for weeks and weeks until they're mastered? My initial guess is that progress will eventually "peak" and slow down, and that it would be worthwhile to work on something else. But, maybe that's not the case...

Anonymous

Perfect timing for my practice since I am currently focusing on this issue, such as seeking help with the transitions while playing fast tremolo passages. Thx!

Anonymous

Seems like you're reading my mind! :) I'm trying to work on alternate picking arpeggios Jason Richardson style right now, so this exercise is spot on for my needs! Thank you!

Anonymous

Excellent and much appreciated instructional and exercise, Bernth. Thank you.

Anonymous

I practiced different 1nps arpeggios before an i am up to 160bpm triplets. This exercise is awesome and i will try it out because its fun to work with your backing tracks!

Anonymous

Same here dude, I was just discussing about it two days ago.

Anonymous

Yes I agree this lesson is awesome. I know its just arpeggios but I love it. More stuff like this would be sweet. These lessons are really good Bernth.

Anonymous

Something that could be helpful. Within Guitar Pro could you provide a second track with the chords? I'm trying to do it on my own but the learning curve to figure out how to do it is a bit challenging at the moment. After using Guitar Pro for a bunch of years now, I'm just now tapping into composing. Cheers!

Alessio Roic

BERNTH - could u please add a link to the video where you explain angle picking? I struggle to understand the concept...

bernth

I think this is very helpful at the beginning: https://www.patreon.com/posts/70-exercise-that-34996878

Anonymous

very cool exercise , thank you Bernth

Anonymous

Bernth. Could you please provide us with the backing tracks, minus the lead guitar? The video play throughs are cool to watch, with regards to finger positions etc, but the attached .wav "backing tracks" are not split into lead and backing :( The feeling of playing along to one of your great backing tracks can only really be done when there isn't the lead guitar already playing with it.

Anonymous

Would you discuss the timings you use for your delay? Sounds good and really compliments your lead playing. It sounds like it’s at or around 800ms or maybe even longer in some of the cuts. Thanks!

bernth

Mostly dotted eighth notes so that the notes don't overlap :) But around 800ms is a good length in case you can't dial it in in sync, that's true!

Anonymous

Just got a new PRS and the action and neck are so much different than I’m used to. I even had to switch picks from Jazz 3’s to Flow’s. Anyways, this exercise is in my new practice routine to help get used to it.

Anonymous

Bernth, how fast can you play this? 120BPM your max?

Alessio Roic

Bernth, I got stuck at 100 bpm, seems it cant get any faster. Any suggestion on how to approach this plateau?

Anonymous

Very good exercise, Significantly improved my string transition skills.

Anonymous

this is tougher than it seems haha. It was difficult to not instinctively go into a sweep or economy picking and alternate picking this is a nightmare at high bpm

Anonymous

Bernth - can you also share how properly mute strings? Sometimes I hear that unmuted strings resonate.