You've provided more value in this 18 min video than 95% of RUclips guitar instructors have in their entire channels. Thanks for great content as always Tom!
As a 'half hour a week's guitar hacker.. I am a very happy Sub!! I learn much faster than just dabbling on my own with other vids. I imagine that anyone taking his courses will save hundreds of hours of their lives.. And life is pretty short! Cheers, Tom!! And thx! 🍻⚡⚡ Ahhh, if we had RUclips thirty or forty years ago!!!😊
There’s plenty of crappy ones too. I’m part of that group….though I’m really a bass player….I just impersonate a guitarist. I also sing when no one else will.
Non-rigid open-mindedness is: open your eyes, and do it the exact correct way! Lol~ Also, I may have a problem - I tried wiggling my fretting hand fingers, and I couldn’t wiggle then nearly as fast as my picking hand fingers. I’m not keen on switching handedness at 60. Overall, some great advise. I'm currently considering going from 9's to 8's. Cheers~
Best line in the video, slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Next best line, your autopilot better know where it's going or you're gonna crash. Thanks for posting this vid.
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I don't get how you (and other amazing guitarists) shred with that size of pick. Maybe you can talk about it sometimes. Thanks for the video, you rock!
I use a 3mm jazz pick. I can’t get along with a flexible pick,mits just not accurate enough. I pick very lightly and movements are very minimal that way so it’s very efficient .
I concur! I agree also with Johnsomani as well. I too use 3mm Jim Dunlap USA 205 jazz picks. I use to use the JD 3mm Deep Purple jazz picks, but the USA 205 are just lighting smooth and fast due to their slightly round tip. I still like the deep purples though, Nick the psychologist on the movie "Metal Lords" puts this issue in perspective perfectly explaining the physics behind this pick issue.
“Slow is smooth, smooth is fast” has its origins in the military and law enforcement circles. Most people heard it first in the movie Shooter, with Mark Walberg as a marine sniper. The Navy SEALs use it all the time. Better than spraying bullets everywhere, take the time, aim and maximize your effectiveness and efficiency. It's perfect for what you are discussing. I've been trying to go faster in my practice and often find my teeth gritted and my hand hurting. Thanks for this lesson.
Any guitar exercise you do will only calibrate your brain to hand signals, so there's literally no bad guitar technique or bad exercise. Just like I tell new shredders hold the pick the way it feels comfortable to you. the secret is in the attack, you have to alternate pick super lightly and soft, and you must relax your left hand. Telling someone their holding the pick wrong is horrible advise just as telling them "chromatic exercise is not good is bad advise, its all about your left hand fingers moving and responding when your brain ask them to do so, in conclusion, human beings master things and techniques differently, they always have and always will. Some pick it up quickly and some never can pick it up. Sadly some players that teach guitar believe everyone can learn to play at high levels, not true! 40 years playing guitar and I've opened for large acts. Sorry to inform but some will never get it! It takes a deep deep passion and years of commitment.
I really like your advise about strings gauge and low pressure on the fretboard. And as for the strings action, what height would you advise to start with, if it matters?
Bro thank you so much for the great reminder to slow down and drill each small idea over and over. Your videos have made even this old cat learn new tricks, can’t believe I’m finally getting economy picking down cool $hit!!!🙌🤣👏🎶🔥🎯
As always Tom this is an incredible lesson with legit golden advice. As a race car engineer I connected to the track ideology instantly. Playing guitar is a LOT similar to trying to go fast around the track. You need to understand the limitations, isolate them, and drill out these isolated limitations till they're ironed out to make a cohesive, well functioning machine. BTW Swedish Shred Secrets is truly a godsend, I am blown away by my progress. I'm able to play Yngwie phrases effortlessly, which just a few months ago I was convinced I'll never be able to do in my life. This is the best feeling in the world.
So well put! Id rather learn how to play melodic phrases that are pleasing to the soul than just shredding a flurry of notes with no meaning. Thats like learning how to be an eloquent speaker that delivers a message that will change people's lives as opposed to learning to talk as fast as possible and ramble on like an auctioneer and leave people emotionally drained and confused when he's done...... " SOLD"!!! if its going to be fast at least make it melodic and sound like its intelligent!
Probably the best advice “use lighter string gauge” I was so stubborn using 10’s on my PRS custom 24 for years. I’ve been using 9’s for 6 months now, my left hand is so relaxed, it took some time ny right hand to adjust. Vibratos are so important for me, it’s so much easier. Tom,I wonder if a set of 8-38 would make my overall playing more easier. I saw an interview of Mateus Asato on Rick Beato where they talk about super light string gauges.
I like to use sharpie picks and I'm tuned half a step down on a Schecter C7 SLS Elite MultiScale.. Using 10-48+62 is perfect for me, the strings are too floppy when I use 9-46 for example. Even 9.5's didn't work. I get better accuracy and attack with a sharpie pick but I need that perfect string tension.. Can take lots of experimentation to find an ideal setup..
This is an Epic video. Kind of like a Father telling his Son this is what I've learned in my lifetime and I'm passing it on to you.... (from a shred perspective that is. ) 🤣🤘🎸
AAAAA+ Info. You're my new guitar teacher, Brother. After 26 years of approaching it the hard way in practically every respect, I'm excited to string up with some 8s and act like I've never played before. Liked, subbed and buying whatever you have for sale. You're just nailing this stuff. Ignoring this information is futile lol. Thank you
Shredding is easy for me sweep picking hybrid picking everything Thats beginner stuff....the real difficulty lies in playing wonderwall Once uve mastered this go to the next level by using complexed techniques like playing smoke on the water Once you learn how to play that at quarter speed youd officially an advanced player
Can you do a video on that opening lick, mainly the part in the middle sequenced in 1/4 notes and the picking? I know there's some clever use of picking and pull offs, but I can't quite track it. I've seen you use it to great effect in other vids as well...
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast is taken from the movie Shooter. It was the mantra of the rifle instructor who taught Mark Wahlberg how to shoot for the movie. Just a little trivia for you.
Here's some more trivia: that phrase was taken from the infantry community, particularly Recon and Scout/Snipers, and has been said for generations going back to at least the1960's.
This is probably the most useful information I've had in all my years of practicing. I never thought it was possible to shred until you revealed the pressure point technique. I instantly became way faster by playing lighter and now I can get things up to speed I never thought I could before. Thanks Tom!
I see ,this is more of a finesse thing ...if you watch yngwie malmsteen ...his picking hand is very light ...compared to others who try....also he uses a 1.16 pick alot
Started trying all the tips in real time on my epi, immeaditly my right hand posture and pick position changed, left fingers felt agile, quick & precise. the struggle face also helped, relaxing and listening to any hurt/ache ur body may feel is key. Been playing guitar for +10 years, and this felt life-changing. 😂 Edit: Imagine when you see those slow mo-videos, if we where to look a shredder doin his work, he would be precise and so clean, effortless.
Only time you should be playing slow is until you know the notes in the riff, and which finger presses them. Then try and get it up to speed, but concentrate on making it as effortless as possible. This foes mean relaxing the muscles and figuring out which ones to use and what position to have your body, arms, shoulder, and hands in. This is why i like vs. they work better for my body, and they work best in the classical position in between your leg.
Great video, great advice. I’ve been playing guitar for 35 years, and I’ve never been able to shred. My New Year’s resolution this year was to learn how to shred so what I did I completely relearn how I hold a pic how I pick the stringseconomy picking and how light up my fingers flow on the prep board, it is now early March and I can finally hit those vai songs
Yeah Tom, this is awesome!! no idea you had a RUclips channel, nice to experience your guitar lessons after all this time knowing you lol - great stuff man!! (Locky)
Hey Locky! Cheers mate, it’s a small world hey 😎 Was just talking about you to a student today, hopefully you across paths with her at HC 🎸 I hear you’re doing great things man!
Hey Tom. I’ve been playing for many years but really stalling with speed despite knowing pentatonics and diatonics all over the neck. I’m in Sydney but wondering if you’re doing lessons too. Great content mate
Definitely the 5 minute chunk practice works. It usually will turn into 20 minutes easily per chunk because you will feel like you could possibly do it better so you will just keep going. Great channel Sir
Do you have any tips on how to shred with minimal gain? It feels like I need to pick very hard and the high strings sound thin unless I have a lot of gain and saturation.
Ingwie has the most relaxed and fluid picking hand technique I've ever seen. I struggle with this and have been experimenting with different approaches for some time. Your picking hand technique is like Ingwie's, so smooth and effortless. Can you please comment or do a video on that piece of the shreddy puzzle. I really need some help!
Tom! I’m a 22 year old player, I more or less grew up learning from RUclips teachers … in my 8 years of playing - truly, you are the biggest treasure trove of knowledge and talent in the RUclips guitar space. Thank you so much for the production quality, the quality of information, and your infectious attitude. I can’t stop watching these videos! I’m saving up for Swedish Shred Secrets as well.. thanks again
Good reminder video... I know what I need to do, but often stray away because of boredom or laziness. I can play many Yngwie/Alcatraz solos correct. I can even play the separate licks up to speed. What I'm struggling with is connecting the licks together at full speed. I know I need to practice on the movements in between. Maybe just play a couple of notes of the first luck and a couple of notes on the following one, and try to glue it all together... But it's not easy....
Digging your metaphors for the approach to shredding, especially the motor racing one. Made me think of Tom cruise making the tyres last in Days of Thunder and playing at a speed where you don't blow the engine. Subscribed. Great stuff Tom🎸
I always enjoy watching your videos. The first song I ever learned how to shred on when I was first starting out years and years ago, I go back to playing this every now and then. Actually its a combination of two songs I've mished mashed together. The old cartoon Woody Woodpecker, the intro to that where you mimic Woodys voice followed by the swing loose feel of the rest of the song. For the ending of the song, The 3 stooges, I use the last few bars of the intro title. So mimicking Woody voice with arpeggio phrasing, the swing feel and incorporating another song has always been a fun exercise that I incorporate into my playing. I come back to this and play it from time to time. It taught me precision, speed, swing, and integration in all of one exercise. Maybe somebody might find this info useful. Try it and see.
My biggest mistake was putting guitar down and not playing for long periods. Loss of gains. Got up to 400 bmp alternative picking. Then lost the gains when converting to economy picking. Only 340 now. ... And yes im a 95 percent er. So information about quality guitar playing maybe wrong. 😂
„My alternate picking will never be as fast as my economy picking, so just use the technique the original guitar player uses…“ I struggle with the same problem, damn you, John Petrucci😂
could I toss this "Peak Yngwie" ditty in for a video suggestion? It's got everything: Spinal Tap props, mismatched lead singers & Yngwie's best solo ever because he must've snorted all the cocaine. As a bonus, this is Yngwie before donuts, big wigs & the worst facial known to mankind! ruclips.net/video/qfSbqgz7fBU/видео.html
At the 14 minute mark on picking, you sort of scuffed it. Not only did you not explain what was different in your picking, you cut from camera angles, which doesn't allow the viewer to see what notes you started on, thus it's almost impossible to see what you are doing. I know what you did, but. . . I share not to tease or hate, but more so, so you are aware because I do believe you are trying to help so kudo's to that.
Funny, I've always found a passion for motorsports-speed and curves...as a guitarist. Also as a man, I wondered if it was the flows and curves of a woman, guitar, car, road/track or the way music has movement. I do believe that there is a psychological connection between humans and the excitement of motion.
The power of shred is in your sword arm the faster you can swing the faster you can play notes...your shield arm will catch up very quickly...i play super fast and im totally relaxed with little effort my dad listenning to me is how do you move so fast...i said the holy trinity of picking elbow...wrist and the holy grail your thumb and forefinger...all 3 combine will generate sonic speeds with little movement and be conscious of how a string feels against a pick...i use a super thick pick so there is no reflection and i only move just enough to strick a string and keep the most minimal movement
You want to try to play pieces of music Fretted the same way whoever wrote the piece played it. You also need to take into account the players technique and your own. If i was learning cliffs of dover by Eric Johnson he uses upward pickslanting (Troy Grady's channel talks about pickslanting) the way he holds the pick in conjunction with the pick being at an upward angle causes him to alternate pick if it ends on an up stroke and sweep if it ends on a downstroke. My technique is the opposite downstroke alternate picking and upstroke sweeping that is the default while you can work on both I would have to fret cliffs of Dover in a whole different way to get it to work with my technique.
Playing slow will not teach you to play fast. Period. Playing slow might help you learn licks, think about fingering, etc, but biomechanically? Neurologically? They're completely different. If you can't play 16ths at 160BPM playing a solo or scales at 25% or 50% speed will NEVER allow you to play it at full speed. If you watch people play the same thing at 50% and 100% their picking mechanics usually change completely -- and playing something over and over slow WILL. NOT. TEACH YOU. TO PLAY. IT. FAST.
@@monsterram6617 for one, that's exactly how you are taught to play tremolo on classical guitar. You demonstrate you have an understanding of the movement and then play faster than you can cleanly in bursts and work on cleaning up the motions. Second, a closer example would be fast bowed sections on the violin. If you want to see a deconstruction of that look at TwoSet's video on "the world's fastest violinist" and they talk about the slow->fast thing
@@austinyun Finding a few outliers in a sea of information isn't insight or truth; it's cherry picking. But you do you, and play fast until you're blue in the face with hope that some day you'll play with accuracy, consistency, and quality tone. Just realize that's what it is: hope. Hope that you're going to get it right with luck. What ends up happening is that the person will play a line 20 times with mistakes and then, by chance, play it decent once and think they've nailed it. This is not how to train or build good habits. It's actually the opposite. This way builds *bad* habits by ingraining mistakes into your muscle memory which are much more difficult to remove than building good habits in the first place. There's a saying in classical music that goes something like, "If you can play it slow, you can play it fast". And it's true. Conversely, take 100 guitar players who want to "shred" and their technique will be littered with inconsistencies and they will struggle to play the piece slow without errors. And it's because they are trying to play faster than their hands are comfortable moving. This is usually accompanied by excess muscular tension - another byproduct of _trying_ to play fast vs playing with precision regardless of the tempo or subdivision. So yeah, there's millions of musicians out there who will tell you what I'm telling you, and about 5 who say the opposite. Btw, I can play fast and accurate and it didn't come from forcing a square peg into a round hole. It came from developing good technique by focusing on consistent quality; not speed. And for a long period of time too; years in fact. I'm also a professional musician that plays live about 80 shows a year (2x1.5 hour sets) and I can tell you right now that you will not be able to play fast with accuracy and consistency live unless you really put in the time to build good habits. This is the ultimate test and really, the gold standard. If you can't play whatever perfect out of a dead sleep at 3am... you don't have it down. And playing fast with hope of getting lucky will never get you there. Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast. That is the way. Good luck.
Your RUclips videos and Swedish shred course has help me improve so much. I’ve been doing Troy Grady’s course as well to get my picking dialed in. That has led me here to focus more on Yngwie’s style. I actually practice now rather than just play without improving.
You're probably the best youtube teacher I've seen in the last 10 years. Thanks!
I agree
same same
That’s true!!!
Tom shreads, make a lesson on diminished pedal point licks and which chords progressions can you use phrygian dominant scale to play over with
Shred smart shred S-mart.
This is my boomstick!!!!!!
Ya got that!
Perfect
You've provided more value in this 18 min video than 95% of RUclips guitar instructors have in their entire channels. Thanks for great content as always Tom!
Cheers legend. It makes me so happy to hear that 😎🎸🤘
As a 'half hour a week's guitar hacker..
I am a very happy Sub!! I learn much faster than just dabbling on my own with other vids.
I imagine that anyone taking his courses will save hundreds of hours of their lives.. And life is pretty short!
Cheers, Tom!! And thx! 🍻⚡⚡
Ahhh, if we had RUclips thirty or forty years ago!!!😊
You are 100 times better teacher than Yngwie.
I remember his Star Licks VHS.
Actually, my favourite of those was the Louis Johnson bass preview. Coolest bass line I had ever heard
Malmsteen is not a teacher. He's just a guitar hero 😅
Is there something in the water in Australia? So many killer guitar players from down under! 🤘🔥
There’s plenty of crappy ones too. I’m part of that group….though I’m really a bass player….I just impersonate a guitarist. I also sing when no one else will.
Non-rigid open-mindedness is: open your eyes, and do it the exact correct way! Lol~
Also, I may have a problem - I tried wiggling my fretting hand fingers, and I couldn’t wiggle then nearly as fast as my picking hand fingers. I’m not keen on switching handedness at 60.
Overall, some great advise. I'm currently considering going from 9's to 8's. Cheers~
Best line in the video, slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Next best line, your autopilot better know where it's going or you're gonna crash. Thanks for posting this vid.
something else you forgot that it may trip you is when the song you are trying to shred/play has a different tuning lol
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I finally bought like 7 yngwie cds. They all need to be put back into production.
I don't get how you (and other amazing guitarists) shred with that size of pick. Maybe you can talk about it sometimes. Thanks for the video, you rock!
I use a 3mm jazz pick. I can’t get along with a flexible pick,mits just not accurate enough. I pick very lightly and movements are very minimal that way so it’s very efficient .
I concur! I agree also with Johnsomani as well. I too use 3mm Jim Dunlap USA 205 jazz picks. I use to use the JD 3mm Deep Purple jazz picks, but the USA 205 are just lighting smooth and fast due to their slightly round tip. I still like the deep purples though, Nick the psychologist on the movie "Metal Lords" puts this issue in perspective perfectly explaining the physics behind this pick issue.
“Slow is smooth, smooth is fast” has its origins in the military and law enforcement circles. Most people heard it first in the movie Shooter, with Mark Walberg as a marine sniper. The Navy SEALs use it all the time. Better than spraying bullets everywhere, take the time, aim and maximize your effectiveness and efficiency. It's perfect for what you are discussing. I've been trying to go faster in my practice and often find my teeth gritted and my hand hurting. Thanks for this lesson.
How can slow be fast? That's impossible, fast is fast
Chromatic exercises are the worst!!
I don’t necessarily disagree with you but what is your reasoning?
Any guitar exercise you do will only calibrate your brain to hand signals, so there's literally no bad guitar technique or bad exercise. Just like I tell new shredders hold the pick the way it feels comfortable to you. the secret is in the attack, you have to alternate pick super lightly and soft, and you must relax your left hand. Telling someone their holding the pick wrong is horrible advise just as telling them "chromatic exercise is not good is bad advise, its all about your left hand fingers moving and responding when your brain ask them to do so, in conclusion, human beings master things and techniques differently, they always have and always will. Some pick it up quickly and some never can pick it up. Sadly some players that teach guitar believe everyone can learn to play at high levels, not true! 40 years playing guitar and I've opened for large acts. Sorry to inform but some will never get it! It takes a deep deep passion and years of commitment.
Incorrect. You’re doing it wrong.
They are boring but it works in a similar way to play a guitar solo from a song you like
Agreed, it's so unlike anything you'd actually want to play and basically a waste of time.
I really like your advise about strings gauge and low pressure on the fretboard. And as for the strings action, what height would you advise to start with, if it matters?
Bro thank you so much for the great reminder to slow down and drill each small idea over and over. Your videos have made even this old cat learn new tricks, can’t believe I’m finally getting economy picking down cool $hit!!!🙌🤣👏🎶🔥🎯
As always Tom this is an incredible lesson with legit golden advice. As a race car engineer I connected to the track ideology instantly. Playing guitar is a LOT similar to trying to go fast around the track. You need to understand the limitations, isolate them, and drill out these isolated limitations till they're ironed out to make a cohesive, well functioning machine.
BTW Swedish Shred Secrets is truly a godsend, I am blown away by my progress. I'm able to play Yngwie phrases effortlessly, which just a few months ago I was convinced I'll never be able to do in my life. This is the best feeling in the world.
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
That'd a phrase we used in the military too
10:40 or that part,...is your guitar tuned down,..????
So well put! Id rather learn how to play melodic phrases that are pleasing to the soul than just shredding a flurry of notes with no meaning. Thats like learning how to be an eloquent speaker that delivers a message that will change people's lives as opposed to learning to talk as fast as possible and ramble on like an auctioneer and leave people emotionally drained and confused when he's done...... " SOLD"!!! if its going to be fast at least make it melodic and sound like its intelligent!
Probably the best advice “use lighter string gauge” I was so stubborn using 10’s on my PRS custom 24 for years. I’ve been using 9’s for 6 months now, my left hand is so relaxed, it took some time ny right hand to adjust. Vibratos are so important for me, it’s so much easier.
Tom,I wonder if a set of 8-38 would make my overall playing more easier. I saw an interview of Mateus Asato on Rick Beato where they talk about super light string gauges.
I like to use sharpie picks and I'm tuned half a step down on a Schecter C7 SLS Elite MultiScale..
Using 10-48+62 is perfect for me, the strings are too floppy when I use 9-46 for example. Even 9.5's didn't work.
I get better accuracy and attack with a sharpie pick but I need that perfect string tension.. Can take lots of experimentation to find an ideal setup..
Speed is enemy but tonality is the best friend
Nice of 'Thing' from Addams family to do a cool video with Tom!
This is an Epic video.
Kind of like a Father telling his Son this is what I've learned in my lifetime and I'm passing it on to you.... (from a shred perspective that is. ) 🤣🤘🎸
AAAAA+ Info. You're my new guitar teacher, Brother. After 26 years of approaching it the hard way in practically every respect, I'm excited to string up with some 8s and act like I've never played before. Liked, subbed and buying whatever you have for sale. You're just nailing this stuff. Ignoring this information is futile lol. Thank you
Cheers legend! Happy to help. Appreciate your comment & support mate 😎🎸🤘
I want to shred like Michael Romeo and play the Hybrids solo. I just wanna play at 1/10,000th of Michael Romeo's level
Shredding is easy for me sweep picking hybrid picking everything
Thats beginner stuff....the real difficulty lies in playing wonderwall
Once uve mastered this go to the next level by using complexed techniques like playing smoke on the water
Once you learn how to play that at quarter speed youd officially an advanced player
Great video, I want to increase my lettuce shredding technique, do you have any tips?
Can you do a video on that opening lick, mainly the part in the middle sequenced in 1/4 notes and the picking? I know there's some clever use of picking and pull offs, but I can't quite track it. I've seen you use it to great effect in other vids as well...
15:49 - Final Countdown
I like this.. Alot!!!
Thank you.
It is good to experience true guidance.
Congrats, well wishings and all the best furthermore.
Sick video, I wish I had this when I was 14!
Slow is smooth, smooth is fast is taken from the movie Shooter. It was the mantra of the rifle instructor who taught Mark Wahlberg how to shoot for the movie. Just a little trivia for you.
Cheers Billy 🤘
Here's some more trivia: that phrase was taken from the infantry community, particularly Recon and Scout/Snipers, and has been said for generations going back to at least the1960's.
Tal wilkenfeld, the young bass player that played for Jeff beck, said the same thing... When you first start learning, Play very very slowly..
This is probably the most useful information I've had in all my years of practicing. I never thought it was possible to shred until you revealed the pressure point technique. I instantly became way faster by playing lighter and now I can get things up to speed I never thought I could before. Thanks Tom!
Amazing that you’re teaching malmsteen! He’s a master! And so are you 💪
I see ,this is more of a finesse thing ...if you watch yngwie malmsteen ...his picking hand is very light ...compared to others who try....also he uses a 1.16 pick alot
We all know you can’t shred without Ibanez guitar
Dude I’m sooo grateful for you, your videos are helping sooo much 🙏
Started trying all the tips in real time on my epi, immeaditly my right hand posture and pick position changed, left fingers felt agile, quick & precise. the struggle face also helped, relaxing and listening to any hurt/ache ur body may feel is key.
Been playing guitar for +10 years, and this felt life-changing. 😂
Edit:
Imagine when you see those slow mo-videos, if we where to look a shredder doin his work, he would be precise and so clean, effortless.
Epic wonderful teaching
Only time you should be playing slow is until you know the notes in the riff, and which finger presses them. Then try and get it up to speed, but concentrate on making it as effortless as possible. This foes mean relaxing the muscles and figuring out which ones to use and what position to have your body, arms, shoulder, and hands in. This is why i like vs. they work better for my body, and they work best in the classical position in between your leg.
Great advice. I'm playing faster than ever before thanks to your Yngwie videos. It's helped all my picking lol.
This has really helped me,,slowing down and play light🎉😮😂,, thank you 1000x!
Really nice video. Not many people talk about the 'Mindset' part of shredding, which I find very important.
Amazing video 🤟🤟 can you do a "lost in hollywood tutorial plz"
Excellent video. This guy is doing it right. 👏
shredding is 40% relaxed muscles 40% muscle memory..and 20% patience..so take it slow and easy....success
Thx Master❤
Please teach me how to play save our love,thank...
8:11 😱 i never played it that way
GOOD JOB, WELL DONE
2:20 Someone has never heard jazz. 😅
Edit - before anyone comments I know he's talking specifically about guitar. It was a joke.
Fun fact, I have a degree in Jazz. Studied it for 4 years at university. Still not a huge fan though!
3:48 That quote is from modern family and I wont hear the end of it from my dad 😂
Great video, great advice.
I’ve been playing guitar for 35 years, and I’ve never been able to shred.
My New Year’s resolution this year was to learn how to shred so what I did I completely relearn how I hold a pic how I pick the stringseconomy picking and how light up my fingers flow on the prep board, it is now early March and I can finally hit those vai songs
My new guitar teacher!
Yeah Tom, this is awesome!! no idea you had a RUclips channel, nice to experience your guitar lessons after all this time knowing you lol - great stuff man!! (Locky)
Hey Locky! Cheers mate, it’s a small world hey 😎 Was just talking about you to a student today, hopefully you across paths with her at HC 🎸
I hear you’re doing great things man!
Hey Tom. I’ve been playing for many years but really stalling with speed despite knowing pentatonics and diatonics all over the neck. I’m in Sydney but wondering if you’re doing lessons too. Great content mate
Beautiful tone
Rare in RUclips world...I walked away satisfied with my time and focus with this instructional clip. Thanks for that! Worthy of a subscribe...
Great video! The most useful guitar lesson videos are those that EXPLAIN how to play not some bullshit tabs that will magically make you a shredder.
Be nice if you gave Zoom lessons
Definitely the 5 minute chunk practice works. It usually will turn into 20 minutes easily per chunk because you will feel like you could possibly do it better so you will just keep going. Great channel Sir
Do you have any tips on how to shred with minimal gain? It feels like I need to pick very hard and the high strings sound thin unless I have a lot of gain and saturation.
Max out with tube setting and only 20-30% on gain try in it bro!
That syn gates lick was weak
There is no wrong way....if it's your way and it works for you then it's the right way!
You're correct here bro you understand the way of the guitarist life.
Ingwie has the most relaxed and fluid picking hand technique I've ever seen. I struggle with this and have been experimenting with different approaches for some time. Your picking hand technique is like Ingwie's, so smooth and effortless. Can you please comment or do a video on that piece of the shreddy puzzle. I really need some help!
Hey mate. Check out Swedish Shred Secrets, it’s the answer to all your questions 😎🎸🤘
You are fu...ing awesome!
"Slow is smooth and smooth is fast." - Phil Dunphy
Infantrymen have been saying this phrase for decades.
Very nice, excelente clase saludos desde México, now I'll practice better than what i was taught, thanks
Tom! I’m a 22 year old player, I more or less grew up learning from RUclips teachers … in my 8 years of playing - truly, you are the biggest treasure trove of knowledge and talent in the RUclips guitar space.
Thank you so much for the production quality, the quality of information, and your infectious attitude.
I can’t stop watching these videos! I’m saving up for Swedish Shred Secrets as well.. thanks again
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Like talking to much ...making a long video ...😂
What? 😂 He wasn't just talking he was explaining valuable points which is the point of the video 😂
Good reminder video... I know what I need to do, but often stray away because of boredom or laziness. I can play many Yngwie/Alcatraz solos correct. I can even play the separate licks up to speed. What I'm struggling with is connecting the licks together at full speed. I know I need to practice on the movements in between. Maybe just play a couple of notes of the first luck and a couple of notes on the following one, and try to glue it all together... But it's not easy....
Lovely. Thanks
Buen profesor de guitarra sin duda!!!!
Digging your metaphors for the approach to shredding, especially the motor racing one.
Made me think of Tom cruise making the tyres last in Days of Thunder and playing at a speed where you don't blow the engine.
Subscribed. Great stuff Tom🎸
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this teacher is really good
I always enjoy watching your videos. The first song I ever learned how to shred on when I was first starting out years and years ago, I go back to playing this every now and then. Actually its a combination of two songs I've mished mashed together. The old cartoon Woody Woodpecker, the intro to that where you mimic Woodys voice followed by the swing loose feel of the rest of the song. For the ending of the song, The 3 stooges, I use the last few bars of the intro title. So mimicking Woody voice with arpeggio phrasing, the swing feel and incorporating another song has always been a fun exercise that I incorporate into my playing. I come back to this and play it from time to time. It taught me precision, speed, swing, and integration in all of one exercise. Maybe somebody might find this info useful. Try it and see.
Im seriously struggling to shreding... Im feeling down.. thanks for this video tutorial
Ive been trying to play Symphony X Iconoclast for 10 years now. Incredibly difficult
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the most logical explanation about shredding by far. LOL thanks for the video!
My biggest mistake was putting guitar down and not playing for long periods. Loss of gains. Got up to 400 bmp alternative picking. Then lost the gains when converting to economy picking. Only 340 now.
... And yes im a 95 percent er. So information about quality guitar playing maybe wrong. 😂
„My alternate picking will never be as fast as my economy picking, so just use the technique the original guitar player uses…“
I struggle with the same problem, damn you, John Petrucci😂
This is a freakin GOLDMINE 👍
could I toss this "Peak Yngwie" ditty in for a video suggestion? It's got everything: Spinal Tap props, mismatched lead singers & Yngwie's best solo ever because he must've snorted all the cocaine. As a bonus, this is Yngwie before donuts, big wigs & the worst facial known to mankind!
ruclips.net/video/qfSbqgz7fBU/видео.html
Great tips. Best I've heard about playing fast.
What about scallops. Does it help with speed ? ❤❤ Thanks so much. I might have to buy your course. ❤
At the 14 minute mark on picking, you sort of scuffed it. Not only did you not explain what was different in your picking, you cut from camera angles, which doesn't allow the viewer to see what notes you started on, thus it's almost impossible to see what you are doing. I know what you did, but. . . I share not to tease or hate, but more so, so you are aware because I do believe you are trying to help so kudo's to that.
Funny, I've always found a passion for motorsports-speed and curves...as a guitarist. Also as a man, I wondered if it was the flows and curves of a woman, guitar, car, road/track or the way music has movement. I do believe that there is a psychological connection between humans and the excitement of motion.
The power of shred is in your sword arm the faster you can swing the faster you can play notes...your shield arm will catch up very quickly...i play super fast and im totally relaxed with little effort my dad listenning to me is how do you move so fast...i said the holy trinity of picking elbow...wrist and the holy grail your thumb and forefinger...all 3 combine will generate sonic speeds with little movement and be conscious of how a string feels against a pick...i use a super thick pick so there is no reflection and i only move just enough to strick a string and keep the most minimal movement
You want to try to play pieces of music Fretted the same way whoever wrote the piece played it. You also need to take into account the players technique and your own. If i was learning cliffs of dover by Eric Johnson he uses upward pickslanting (Troy Grady's channel talks about pickslanting) the way he holds the pick in conjunction with the pick being at an upward angle causes him to alternate pick if it ends on an up stroke and sweep if it ends on a downstroke. My technique is the opposite downstroke alternate picking and upstroke sweeping that is the default while you can work on both I would have to fret cliffs of Dover in a whole different way to get it to work with my technique.
It's priceless! Thank you!
Sir, all you said goes for drums as well! Great vid 👍
Playing slow will not teach you to play fast. Period. Playing slow might help you learn licks, think about fingering, etc, but biomechanically? Neurologically? They're completely different. If you can't play 16ths at 160BPM playing a solo or scales at 25% or 50% speed will NEVER allow you to play it at full speed. If you watch people play the same thing at 50% and 100% their picking mechanics usually change completely -- and playing something over and over slow WILL. NOT. TEACH YOU. TO PLAY. IT. FAST.
Right, classical musicians have been doing it wrong for hundreds of years and none of them can play fast... because Troy Grady or something. 🤣
@@monsterram6617 for one, that's exactly how you are taught to play tremolo on classical guitar. You demonstrate you have an understanding of the movement and then play faster than you can cleanly in bursts and work on cleaning up the motions. Second, a closer example would be fast bowed sections on the violin. If you want to see a deconstruction of that look at TwoSet's video on "the world's fastest violinist" and they talk about the slow->fast thing
@@austinyun Finding a few outliers in a sea of information isn't insight or truth; it's cherry picking. But you do you, and play fast until you're blue in the face with hope that some day you'll play with accuracy, consistency, and quality tone. Just realize that's what it is: hope. Hope that you're going to get it right with luck. What ends up happening is that the person will play a line 20 times with mistakes and then, by chance, play it decent once and think they've nailed it. This is not how to train or build good habits. It's actually the opposite. This way builds *bad* habits by ingraining mistakes into your muscle memory which are much more difficult to remove than building good habits in the first place.
There's a saying in classical music that goes something like, "If you can play it slow, you can play it fast". And it's true. Conversely, take 100 guitar players who want to "shred" and their technique will be littered with inconsistencies and they will struggle to play the piece slow without errors. And it's because they are trying to play faster than their hands are comfortable moving. This is usually accompanied by excess muscular tension - another byproduct of _trying_ to play fast vs playing with precision regardless of the tempo or subdivision.
So yeah, there's millions of musicians out there who will tell you what I'm telling you, and about 5 who say the opposite. Btw, I can play fast and accurate and it didn't come from forcing a square peg into a round hole. It came from developing good technique by focusing on consistent quality; not speed. And for a long period of time too; years in fact.
I'm also a professional musician that plays live about 80 shows a year (2x1.5 hour sets) and I can tell you right now that you will not be able to play fast with accuracy and consistency live unless you really put in the time to build good habits. This is the ultimate test and really, the gold standard. If you can't play whatever perfect out of a dead sleep at 3am... you don't have it down. And playing fast with hope of getting lucky will never get you there. Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast. That is the way.
Good luck.
I would say it's more logical to practice licks slow at 3NPS and then build your speed up to a super fast 7NPS shred speed.
God Bless you in Jesus Name Tom ❤ Thank you for your great tips and clearly pointing out a lot of struggle areas we tend to get caught up in!
Great video. I only just started playing open mic nights and this is the advice I needed.
yeah your right, you see these 5 year olds sreading on the guitar like they been playing for 20 years hahahaha
Your RUclips videos and Swedish shred course has help me improve so much. I’ve been doing Troy Grady’s course as well to get my picking dialed in. That has led me here to focus more on Yngwie’s style. I actually practice now rather than just play without improving.
My issue is definitely tension in my fret hand. To heavy on the strings. I gotta work on that.