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Ben Kerrigan
Великобритания
Добавлен 31 авг 2021
Guitarist and Tutor
Get in touch or visit my website for lessons!
Get in touch or visit my website for lessons!
Ben Kerrigan Trio - Lariat (Live at The Louisiana)
This was a great sounding venue! Thanks to Jack Kerrigan for the footage and audio recording, and Ben Hands for covering bass on short notice!
Ben Kerrigan - Guitar
Kerris McDonald - Drums
Ben Hands - Bass
Ben Kerrigan - Guitar
Kerris McDonald - Drums
Ben Hands - Bass
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Видео
What they don't tell you about pick slanting
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I teach private lessons - get in touch if you are serious about improving your playing.
Learning technique with Tactile feedback
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Some more technique musings. I teach private lessons - get in touch if you are serious about improving your playing!
The most common improvisation mistake (stop playing triads)
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I teach private lessons - get in touch if you are serious about improving your playing.
The optimum alternate picking practice routine
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Some thoughts on how to improve your practice routines. I teach private lessons - get in touch through my website (link on channel page) if you are interested in improving your guitar playing.
The easiest way to create complex chord changes!
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Chromatic Mediant methodology is something I still use heavily in my own work. I teach private lessons - get in touch if you are serious about improving your guitar playing: www.benkerrigan.co.uk
You will never get better at guitar.
Просмотров 2,4 тыс.Месяц назад
Unlimited access to educational material is not helping anyone. New format which I will be using occasionally! I teach private lessons - If you are serious about improving your playing, get in touch.
Ben Kerrigan - Malachite (Full EP)
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Here's the full EP I released with my trio. If you enjoy my RUclips tutorials, support me by buying it on Bandcamp, or streaming it on Spotify! Enjoy. Bandcamp: benkerrigan.bandcamp.com/album/malachite Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/6jNHtKpKp2mcttFjo9bmRk?si=7LgTcC4BRc66Gm60T_fXfQ Ben Kerrigan - Guitar Charlie Evans - Bass Kerris McDonald - Drums All recorded live (no overdubs) in Firebird Stu...
The only exercise you need for hand synchronisation.
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Easy to practice, hard to master. I teach private lessons - if you are serious about improving your guitar playing get in touch!
Are these the HARDEST Alternate picking patterns?
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Some extensions to classic Paul Gilbert vocabulary that make it a lot more difficult. If you would like some challenges related to this video consider becoming a member - each video going forth will have tabbed out guitar pro and pdf files full of horrible exercises to sink your teeth into. I also teach private lessons - get in touch if you are serious about improving your guitar playing.
How many moving parts should good alternate picking technique have?
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I teach private lessons - if you are serious about improving your guitar playing get in touch!
Alternate picking efficiency - upstrokes ruining your speed?
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I teach private lessons, get in touch if you a re serious about improving!
Repetition SUCKS - improvisation 103
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Repetition SUCKS - improvisation 103
Getting stuck on the strings? Watch this.
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Getting stuck on the strings? Watch this.
Modern fretting hand position - we need to rewrite the book on technique!
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Modern fretting hand position - we need to rewrite the book on technique!
Improvisation 102 - Using intervals the unconventional way!
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Improvisation 102 - Using intervals the unconventional way!
Improvisation 101 - scales and arpeggios are USELESS
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Improvisation 101 - scales and arpeggios are USELESS
Are YOU making this articulation mistake?
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Are YOU making this articulation mistake?
Using a modeller live? You need to watch this!
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Using a modeller live? You need to watch this!
Key changes on guitar - don't be lazy!
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Key changes on guitar - don't be lazy!
32nd note strumming - how to approach fast rhythm techniques
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32nd note strumming - how to approach fast rhythm techniques
Little finger control - most people have this backwards!
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Little finger control - most people have this backwards!
Should picking speed take you months?
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Should picking speed take you months?
Has the spider exercise RUINED your technique?
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Has the spider exercise RUINED your technique?
Alternate picking secrets - where are your contact points?
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Alternate picking secrets - where are your contact points?
Learning the hardest alternate picking tune of all time
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Learning the hardest alternate picking tune of all time
Forearm weight - it matters, and here's why!
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Forearm weight - it matters, and here's why!
Alternate picking relaxation and accuracy tips - Avoid forearm strain!
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Alternate picking relaxation and accuracy tips - Avoid forearm strain!
A new way of approaching pick-slanting - stop focussing on the wrong things!
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A new way of approaching pick-slanting - stop focussing on the wrong things!
Hello from New Orleans, Louisiana.
What a guitarist u are?? Wow?? U are a beast man.
Wait…that humongous pick though!?
I am very grateful to have found your channel and its excellent content. I am currently trying to play this brazilian tune that doubles in speed towards the end, it has been quite a technical odyssey. Your approach will definitely give me an interesting perspective to work with. ruclips.net/video/CIRfTrIsRYE/видео.html Sorry for my English, it's not my native language.
I also don't like the methodology of visual mimicry, out if all the self teaching resources I've tried, these videos are the ones that have least helped (unless we're talking about software, but that's in general and only barely relevant to guitars)
This is all my experience however
Is your pick super slanted? I've seen soo many people holding their picks almost like its facing the headstock a little bit rather than being just a slight rotation.
@@mightdai7489 more like 45 degrees - think of it as the entire picking plane of motion being slanted instead of just the pick.
@@Kerriben Yea I understand, I've tried holding my arm around 45 degrees with the pick but it's just felt ncomfortable to pick like that and the sound of the attack is really quiet
What is that orange thing with the light on it?
you can learn something from anyone with any skill. thanks. you gave many informations,
What pick is that!
Hufschmid Ergo Anvil
They’re different muscles. I have no issues doing a downstroke while moving my hand up.
Excellent tut. makes sense too. cheers !
More than all the greats and their lesson videos, you and Anton Oparin have both helped me so much! Not only with my right hand but left hand technique also. I'm 40 now and I've been playing seriously since I was 13 years young, I became really good in my first few years of playing. I even got to apprentice at a reputable recording studio in my hometown of Sudbury (Mission Studios, thx Shawn!). However I didn't yet know about the speed pickers aside from Steve Vai ala For the Love of God. Still to this day I have been trying to get my right hand up to speed, studied Speed Kills M.A.B., Paul Gilberts instructional vids, Friedman's Melodic Control, Satriani's guitar secrets book(a little speed picking but mainly on one string), so many lessons, so much time. Troy Grady helped me some but it's mostly been thanks to you and Anton. Thanks for helping me achieve my dreams :) Wishing you, family, and friends all the best.
Thanks man, that means a lot and I’m glad to see the stuff I put out there helps! All those instructional DVDs are infuriating ( I also watched them all and wondered why I couldn’t get any of it to work) - it’s a rite of passage!
The thing about "pick slanting" or whatever Troy Grady is calling it these days is that it's a concept built on an after-the-fact observation. Everyone who developed this technique did it, not through mimic'ing a person doing such... or even conscious thought. It was with slow methodical practice where these motions became fluid, natural, and subconscious in order to play precisely and accurately. A trend when asking great players about how they did such-and-such is an answer like, "I don't know, I just do it" or, "I wasn't aware my wrist was doing that". The greats typically never know how they are doing it, they just *are* from years of hard work. To make an analogy, it's like the difference between learning to be an athlete by years of steady training verse not knowing how to walk, watching a few youtube videos of athletes running, realizing that they are moving each leg back and forth at a fast pace, then getting out on the track and trying to run by doing just that. It just doesn't work like that! People who try pick slanting may get some kind of results because those dynamics are in play, but the person ends up focusing on flip-flopping their wrist with ever string change _in addition_ to all the other stuff we need to focus on while playing accurately. And most are _still_ stuck around 16ths at 120-140 BPM. Furthermore, the whole "cracking the code" thing seems more of a clever marketing scheme that sells a monthly subscription to struggling guitar players than something that's actually educational. Sure the videos are entertaining and do a great job of drawing in the viewer, but that's because it's designed that way; it's a hook. An advertisement. The goal is to get you paying Troy Grady $20/mo indefinitely while you lament on the forum about how you still struggle with 16ths past 140bpm. I spent a few years poking around on the forum and two things stood out: most people still couldn't alternate pick 16ths consistently, accurately, or in time with years of pick slanting, and any interaction with other members that were of vein of, "can you show us you playing at 160+ BPM", or literally any asking for people to provide video of them playing was shut down by the Admin. It's not a space for learning; it's a place to empty your wallet and keep you coming back. There's a reason Troy doesn't put of the videos like he was doing at the get go. Those were only made to entice guitar players and sell them on a narrative; that you have a problem - string hopping... and that you need to "crack the code" with "pick slanting". It's almost genius...
Troy’s stuff bothers me as well for similar reasons! There’s a lot of ego involved with that crowd - I still remember Troy personally chipping in on a discussion over Stephen (Steven?) Taranto’s instagram posts saying it was sped up and faked. It turns out the guy is just an incredible player, and doesn’t need to ‘crack the code’ to get to the level he has. It’s a shame really, because the video footage is valuable and using it the right way can help - and there are good courses out there! I talk about Anton Oparin a lot - I have discussed his work in detail with members of his course and although we diverge on some things, he’s spot on and his course will likely significantly improve 95% of the players in there.
I hear you and I agree a lot with some of the “selling stuff they don’t need or won’t help to guitarist”. But there IS a component you are not taking into account about the positive effect of Troy: 99% of the guitarists out there were NOT aware about the repeatable technique of pickslanting and how actually every “athlete” (to take your analogy) guitarist use it in some shape or form. Just being aware this is a thing and that this is what you should be working on building speed can 1) potentially bring already a massive boost in speed for certain pattern you used to struggle with and 2) speed up the process of learning and speeding up by giving a tool for thinking the patterns on guitar and figuring out what works for you. We humans always build on acquired knowledge, that’s the whole point of teaching and that’s how we get better as a whole into a field. Now people have words and frameworks on how to think picking and that’s all because it was brought up in a bombastic way by Troy. The kids are learning this and progress faster than us when we didn’t have internet and we thought we had to learn one technique per guitarist we were trying to emulate, hence why we would buy all those magazines with tapes or cds that had THE “X guitarist lick”. The premise was never that we didn’t have to train for hours and hours and that we would get good in an instant, the premise was “here is what’s happening, here is what they figured out so that’s what you should be training for”
@@TomatePasFraiche See the problem with this in a nutshell is that we don't actually see a significantly higher percentage of people having better technique than 20 - 30 years ago, at least in my estimation. It is still the case that nearly every guitarist with virtuosic chops was a child prodigy that the rest of us can't touch, even if we are aware of some pick slanting mechanics. Many people who have left the Code Cracking Cult end up in my private tuition where they actually start to see decent results - partly because there's no substitute for someone making micro adjustments to your technique in real time, but also because pick slanting isn't actually a good way of thinking about the problem. I would argue that RUclips needs a heavy injection of people with sports science / physiology / biomechanics qualifications in this space - that stuff is severely lacking in music education!
@@Kerriben I think we see much more of the “stuck people” just because we can reach more of them on the internet in general. In my opinion it’s not broadly showcasing that people succeed less on average. And using Troy material i explained to concept to many friend who, on top of finding a renewed motivation for their training, did found they could reach higher speed (i know that low sample size but at least that’s from experience). You are right that those guys on the forum are mislead and they don’t understand the time and effort needed in general (that’s also something newer generation struggle with) but to me this balances more toward people figuring out faster thanks to pickslanting material and explaination out there. Just seeing how your guitar hero solves this complex puzzle is invaluable for training on their licks
I'll say this as someone with 18 years of playing experience who can shred, Discovering Troy Grady's pick slanting videos were thr last key I needed that helped me comfortably break into the 200s For certain note groupings where in the past I had used economy style picking instead, Steven Toronto's a very good player but I wouldn't learn technique from him or advise it to others. That being said I think the real issue with pickslanting is that only a small number of people are qualified to teach themselves the vast majority of people need instruction from another person who can see what they're doing, I believe this leads to people thinking they should be doing proper alternate picking 100% of the time when that's not the case, For example if you are playing odd Note groupings 3s 5s or 7s if you If you don't break alternate picking every time your pattern starts over again you will be starting on a down stroke one time and upstroke the other, Again to reiterate my point I think most people need some type of instruction to assist them I feel a lot of people heard about pickslanting and thought it would be the EZ cheat they've been searching for, People need to be honest about where they are and what to learn next, for example if you can't play 16ths at a 140 on 1 string learning pick slanting isn't gonna do anything for you A lot of people trying to learn pick slanting when they should be working on There are risk and finger movements to increase their picking speed@@Kerriben
Thanks for the video! 💪
Great video about pick slanting, even number of notes is upstrokes , odd number of notes is downstrokes...
The complexity doesn’t seem to be with “slanting” per se, rather than the context switch when a line does not follow the same escape pattern on all string changes. When you have an even number of notes per string, changing strings feels easy, and for anything else, you can sweep or add one legato note to fit the pattern, like Yngwie.
If you want that sound! It’s worth mentioning a lot of genres sound a bit shit if you economy pick everything. It works for Malmsteen, but he wasn’t a gospel / funk player or a prog metal guy who needs to be atomically accurate on the metronome.
Good points
Seriously, thank you for sharing this content. What I can make clear after watching your videos is that we have to experiment more with the instrument and leave aside the "tricks" that seem to only serve to sell us products.
That’s a really good way of looking at it- I think iterative processes are always superior ways of learning any skill, and while there are a few ‘tricks’ you are better off doing your own analysis as long as you know what to look for.
Thank you!
Very insightful information. Thanks!
Yeah, I've been struggling with my hand getting tired too soon and cramping. I thought I just don't have the endurance.
Teach me how to bend without interfering with the other strings.
8:30 lmaooo This is the most accurate thing ive ever heard about gym content. Adam ragusea explains this quite well in his video "Cooking internet and weightlifting internet have the same problem"
11:02 a few persons come to my mind 😂
I just realized a few days ago the thing about using the underside of the index finger as a reference point for fretting hand. I’ve tried to use the classical fretting position for a long time but it just doesnt feel natural.
Great information, especially for me as a beginner so I can establish good habits.
Guitar is my second instrument. I've realised I want "fluency" rather than speed and impressive technical wankery. This is great advice.
Beautiful lesson! I'll add: I think Classical technique doesn't work for you, because you sit with the guitar horizontally. This will cause unnecessary tension, with the thumb-behind technique.
For classical technique, people raise their guitar up 45° (i.e. using a strap/pillow/stool)
That's perfectly fine though, play whatever inspires you and feels most comfortable. I personally enjoy the sensation of classical, for the laid back-ness of it. Lean back on a couch, and legato your way around. I switch to thumb around for more Stratty chord stuff.
@@arunkarthikma3121 Thanks man! I’ve played both ways for some time - classical technique really falls down when attempting a lot of electric guitar specific articulation such as bends, vibrato (the wide blues kind), slides, etc. It works well for navigating tricky chord-heavy passages so I would recommend being able to play both ways to cover all bases. Thumb tension is a thing on an acoustic where you need a lot of force to fret notes, but on a well setup electric with decently low action I can play everything you see here with the thumb entirely off the neck, which makes it a bit redundant. As with everything, it all has a function for the most part and it’s best to learn it all and then discard the stuff not useful to your style!
@@Kerriben "bends, vibrato (the wide blues kind), slides" True, this is actually something I've found fascinating recently (since I switched to playing 7-string guitars). To adapt my playstyle, I've watched many players and most use neither "thumb around" nor "classical". For most articulation, the thumb is barely poking above the neck and pivoting along with the wrist. I watched my own playing... Turns out, I had already been doing this lol
@@Kerriben "Thumb tension is a thing on an acoustic where you need a lot of force to fret notes" Hmm, I disagree with this reasoning. Even on acoustic, you can hammer on and pull-off with the thumb entirely off the neck. Your thumb is back there, during classical position as a by-product of having the fingers turned upwards and "rounded" (but usually the fingers are flattened or diagonal because of muting, stretches, or finger rolling).
What's the song name mate? Good stuff.
Who knows but legend says its on an album called Kerriben Unplugged
Cheers man, It’s a Steve Morse tune - Tumeni notes.
So, for string skipping; like the Sweet Child o Mine intro… Hand rocks back and forth on the wrist/hand contact points?
@@barryhunks873 yes and also there might be some vertical motion depending on how far you’re going - you can track that through the palm as well!
Most thorough picking lessons online!
Your insights continue to be very valuable.Thank you.
Excellent lesson. I wish I'd realised this earlier on in my development. It started to occur to me over the last 5 years. I remember starting to ask myself what's the experience a player like Malmsteen is having, rather than 'what' is he doing.
This guitar lesson taught better tha most of guitar Lesson out there really tells about feel than how it looks and that's what needed
which amp do u use here?
It's probably an RD compact origin effects pedal running into a cab sim - usually use the York Audio stuff IR wise.
What guitar is that?
Munson Avenger - small British custom shop, they build great stuff!
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Sometimes I do understand the warnings about too much relience on RUclips lessons. 🥴
Very nice and informative
Nc vid man helps me a lot in fast strumming burst and tremolo picking
Yessss finally someone said it.. People just go on about Triads like they will solve problems that they are not designed to do
Put video caption son. Very helpful, Now I am not fool of shit.
Well put. I think I agree. I've always disliked playing just a triad in a dry way, as a means to making a musical idea. Thanks for sharing. Inspires me to think about alternating between triads and scales to form the ideas in my head.
I thought they are more useful to navigate the fretboard and give you something to hold on to. I see them as landmarks. I don’t think these YT teachers are saying to only play triads. When I practice them I always play the surrounding scale notes as well, which makes it already more musical. Sidenote: the left handed guitar makes it tricky to follow, so used to see the neck pointing tonthe right 😂
@@tomm5023 you’d be surprised how many people get the wrong idea from this in my experience! I have thought about reversing my footage because of that - may give it a go for the next few 😅
Hola Ben, I wanted to watch but 3 minutes in and you're still saying the same exact thing. Triads don't sound good, which I already got from the title. It's also pretty rough not even being able to see your face and just watching your hands wiggle around. I hope to see you improve your content.
Excellent tutorial. opened my ears a bit with these ideas. Thanks !
My guitar teacher was a real jazz connoisseur, the type of guy that had transcribed tonnes of Holdsworth, Pat Metheney etc... he taught me from beginner through my grade 8 exam and beyond. He wasn't a barrel of laughs, but ultimately I could not have had a better teacher who got me to the level I am at today, and that was because he REALLY knew every good lesson to teach me about technique, phrasing, soloing, timing, rhythm. One massive problem today is people will teach online lessons, despite basically needing lessons themselves - but to a beginner these teachers sound like the real deal because they don't know any better. Then inevitably their students will end up playing with the same bad habits that their teachers do. The thing that makes me cringe the most is bad rhythm/timing. E.G. seeing people try to teach the swing riff from "im the one" by EVH, yet it sounds lifeless when they demonstrate it
Question, are you pulling your arm in and out on every legato note? Or just on every 3 note phrase.I'm trying to apply this but it's really awkward to me.
You bring up very overlooked nuances that have been helping me tremendously in my playing, no longer feeling forearm pain after I started to let go of tension (which tends to arise when I try to play faster) and honestly, not even the guitar Gods I know go in depth about technique concepts the way you do. Thank you so much for the precious knowledge you have been giving us, you deserve way more recognition. Cheers from Brazil
Thank You...❤