Ive been struggling with my hand synchronization lately, and its pretty frustrating. I like your approach to solving that problem, and I'm going to try it. That was a very helpful lesson, thank you!
Improvising most of the Time, it becomes like second nature....THANKS FOR THE VIDEO.... Knowing where you are creating, before and HAVING IT AS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK...
So I recently am running into this situation right now. I can pick at about 75 - 80 BPM but I've hit a wall with going faster. What I'm learning is that you have to start pushing through on your alternate picking rather than plucking the string. So I've started just doing 3 notes at first to hit the beat.
If I could have just gotten my left hand to sync up with my right hand there’s no telling where it could have gone. Now I’m 41 and I can feel the hands not moving like they use to on top of that. I believe you are on to something on just playing the notes with the left hand and no picking. I’ll try it out. Appreciate it
Most people are right-handed, so the left hand is generally the issue. This takes alot of repetitive work with the left hand because it has to do with "muscle memory" which is really just a simple way of describing what happens with the neuro pathways in the central nervous system. Specifically, a substance known as Myelin, which acts like a conduit for those neuro pathways. The more you use those neuro pathways, the more Myelin begins to form around the nerves, allowing them to fire faster and faster. It is fascinating stuff, and it is at the heart of mastering any physical skill. This is how people who do any physical skills for a long time become great at it. Knowing this can help you train for whatever physical skill you are trying to accomplish.
This is a really helpful post. I’d not actually consider working my left hand individually to better my sync. It seems counterintuitive until you point out that the left hand is probably the one losing sync. Btw: I’m not a big Yngvie fan either. Lmao 🤣 Never was. I guess I need to learn his 6 pattern.
Until a week ago everything was fine but this week I started to lose coordination in my picking hand ,I`ve been playing a long time I never had any problems until this cursed week.
Theres not enough emphasis put on developing your hand motor memory when practicing phrases and scale exercises. Youre hands must first be able to play something slowly and in sych first until it becomes programed into your muscle memory so that as you increase your speed your synchronization will still hold together just like learning to walk, then speed walk and then run without tripping!!
So two things here: 1) I addressed that very issue right at the start (around 55 seconds into the video). So I did state that the rest of the things here wouldn’t be helpful if you haven’t already thoroughly learned what it is you’re playing. 2) The place I disagree with you is the thought that if you can play it slow, you can just linearly speed it up and it’ll stay perfectly in sync. The walk to run analogy is actually perfect because it demonstrates this exact thing. The way in which you walk and run are two totally different movements. You don’t see competitive runners just walking super fast, they are different things. In that same way, constantly pushing the tempo up gradually thinking that it’ll always just stay in sync as you push it faster, doesn’t really work. At some point you do actually have to address the speed as it’s own issue. You do this by taking short phrases/smaller groupings of notes and pushing them up to much higher speeds than you can sustain for longer periods of time. This gets you used to the feeling of actually playing fast. Both sides of the coin are necessary, not just one or the other. Again, you don’t see sprinters just doing lots of power walking and then suddenly they are great at running.
Kirk Hammett has achieved much more than you can imagine. Please do not disrespect him. Use him as your stepping stone. He paved the way while you're still in diapers.
I’ll stop “disrespecting” him when he stops disrespecting the fans. I have no respect for a man who plays for tons of fans paying big money to see the band, yet he’s too lazy to put the effort in to practice. And he didn’t really pave the way for anything for me. James wrote all of the good riffs the band had after Dave was kicked out, and as a lead player there’s nothing Kirk did that was new or special. I give respect where it’s been earned. Kirk just hasn’t done anything to earn it
I thought his playing was pretty decent on Master of Puppets and And Justice For All, but listening to his faster playing on the first two albums, it just sounds sloppy. That being said, everyone has different preferences, and it was just a joke. Hope you still found the lesson helpful
With all the money Kirk has made over the years I’m sure her couldn’t care less what anyone working at Burger King and posting a video on RUclips has to say about his playing style
Two things here: 1) I have never worked at Burger King, or any fast food restaurant. I literally teach guitar for a living. 2) I couldn’t care less what Kirk would think regardless. A man who plays for millions of fans every year but can’t put in the effort to play the parts well is someone I have zero respect for. There are countless guitarists out there who can play circles around him, who just weren’t in the right place at the right time like he was. We all know it’s James who made Metallica what it is. Anyway, thanks for the comment! Even dumb stuff like this helps with the RUclips algorithm, so I really appreciate the support growing the channel! 😉
I'll give it a try I just recently after 20 years finally managed to build some real speed past my plateau but it kinda comes and goes... btw. the lick you are using is the exact lick that Yngwie demonstrated to build speed in the Rick Beato video so I don't know if it's needed to emphasize that you aren't a big fan you are using one of his offhand remarks on how to become fast as a lesson, just saying nothing in that regard would have been fine too, your playing a Rhoads V and no Yngwie posters are visible so I don't think anyone was accusing you of being an Yngwie fan but as a shredder, it's not really optional. You can be a shredder and say you don't like Yngwie and EVH but I mean... that's a bit disingenous when your style is built upon the techniques they developed.
😂 All “home boy” did was tell you exactly how to fix your hand sync issues, and show you examples of how to do so. Seems wild complaining that you watched a lesson video and all the teacher did was teach you lol. If you “missed the instruction” then I don’t know what to tell you because that was the whole video.
Kirk wasn’t a kid, he was 21 when he joined Metallica. I was 25 when I made this video (27 now). Not a big age difference there. And yeah, I could’ve picked a lot of guitarists just as bad as Kirk, but wouldn’t have been getting all these comments from Kirk fanboys that they don’t realize are helping the RUclips algorithm push this video more and more 😂 So feel free to tell me more about how upset you are I made a joke about Kirk, the comments help a ton! 😉
@@marcinmcula99 maybe they haven’t, but how do you know they don’t think it? Kirk isn’t on the same level as them. The truth is he’s highly overrated, just like Slash. 🤮
@@mercury4metal I don't think anyone thinks Kirk or Slash are on the same level of technicality as Vai or Gilbert. Slash plays a damn tasty bluesy rock solo and Paul plays a wonderful shred solo. Good technique is crucial but if that's all you think about then your music won't be any good
Steve Vai’s music is bloody awful self serving drivel. Give me Master of Puppets or Appetite for Destruction any day of the week over anything Vai has ever put out. Jesus even Garage inc and The Spaghetti Incident are better than anything Vai has done. 😂
Not to be rude but you speak far too much and offer little instruction. Let’s face it, no beginner will be able to follow this! So please get on with it as you are obviously an excellent guitarist. Thank you.
Hey there, thanks for the comment! This video was in no way aimed at beginners. If you found it to difficult to follow at your level, I teach private lessons too and can tailor the lesson to what you can handle. Almost 10,000 people have watched this video and it has a 99% ratio of likes vs dislikes, so I’m pretty okay with how I taught this completely free lesson as it seems to have helped a ton of people. Have a nice day
He explicitly said build up speed and then proceeded to play fast. It was OBVIOUS he wasn't talking to beginners. You are reaching real hard to find complaint.
Ive been struggling with my hand synchronization lately, and its pretty frustrating. I like your approach to solving that problem, and I'm going to try it. That was a very helpful lesson, thank you!
I’m glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching!
Love the content. You are going to be my teacher after fixing my guitar.
Improvising most of the Time, it becomes like second nature....THANKS FOR THE VIDEO....
Knowing where you are creating, before and HAVING IT AS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK...
So I recently am running into this situation right now. I can pick at about 75 - 80 BPM but I've hit a wall with going faster. What I'm learning is that you have to start pushing through on your alternate picking rather than plucking the string. So I've started just doing 3 notes at first to hit the beat.
super underrated video
If I could have just gotten my left hand to sync up with my right hand there’s no telling where it could have gone. Now I’m 41 and I can feel the hands not moving like they use to on top of that. I believe you are on to something on just playing the notes with the left hand and no picking. I’ll try it out. Appreciate it
yes it's nice to know, so thank you for helping us who is all alone with our guitar
Very nice and straight to the point. Definitely the info people need rather than yet another pointless etude with little to no explanation
Great lesson!
Most people are right-handed, so the left hand is generally the issue. This takes alot of repetitive work with the left hand because it has to do with "muscle memory" which is really just a simple way of describing what happens with the neuro pathways in the central nervous system. Specifically, a substance known as Myelin, which acts like a conduit for those neuro pathways. The more you use those neuro pathways, the more Myelin begins to form around the nerves, allowing them to fire faster and faster. It is fascinating stuff, and it is at the heart of mastering any physical skill. This is how people who do any physical skills for a long time become great at it. Knowing this can help you train for whatever physical skill you are trying to accomplish.
This is a really helpful post. I’d not actually consider working my left hand individually to better my sync. It seems counterintuitive until you point out that the left hand is probably the one losing sync.
Btw: I’m not a big Yngvie fan either. Lmao 🤣 Never was. I guess I need to learn his 6 pattern.
What I'm struggling with is according to your commentary what the hell the problem with kirks early stuff?
Hey that rocks ....your awesome.
Nice lesson subscribed.
Glad you enjoyed it! Definitely planning to do some more lesson videos here soon 🤘🏻
Until a week ago everything was fine but this week I started to lose coordination in my picking hand ,I`ve been playing a long time I never had any problems until this cursed week.
I'm going to need that in step dad speed.
Subbed. Greetings from Wales :)
How is not a fan of yngwie. Ridicolous
Theres not enough emphasis put on developing your hand motor memory when practicing phrases and scale exercises. Youre hands must first be able to play something slowly and in sych first until it becomes programed into your muscle memory so that as you increase your speed your synchronization will still hold together just like learning to walk, then speed walk and then run without tripping!!
So two things here:
1) I addressed that very issue right at the start (around 55 seconds into the video). So I did state that the rest of the things here wouldn’t be helpful if you haven’t already thoroughly learned what it is you’re playing.
2) The place I disagree with you is the thought that if you can play it slow, you can just linearly speed it up and it’ll stay perfectly in sync. The walk to run analogy is actually perfect because it demonstrates this exact thing. The way in which you walk and run are two totally different movements. You don’t see competitive runners just walking super fast, they are different things. In that same way, constantly pushing the tempo up gradually thinking that it’ll always just stay in sync as you push it faster, doesn’t really work.
At some point you do actually have to address the speed as it’s own issue. You do this by taking short phrases/smaller groupings of notes and pushing them up to much higher speeds than you can sustain for longer periods of time. This gets you used to the feeling of actually playing fast. Both sides of the coin are necessary, not just one or the other.
Again, you don’t see sprinters just doing lots of power walking and then suddenly they are great at running.
Mr. Jensen is correct. "Chunking."
wheres your world class technique album to throw out cheap shots out like that. oh you dont have one, ok
Thanks for your comment! Even dumb comments like this help the channel a ton so I appreciate your support! 🙌🏻
Haters are you biggest fans@@JakeJensenGuitar
To much talking less playing
Kirk Hammett has achieved much more than you can imagine. Please do not disrespect him. Use him as your stepping stone. He paved the way while you're still in diapers.
I’ll stop “disrespecting” him when he stops disrespecting the fans. I have no respect for a man who plays for tons of fans paying big money to see the band, yet he’s too lazy to put the effort in to practice. And he didn’t really pave the way for anything for me. James wrote all of the good riffs the band had after Dave was kicked out, and as a lead player there’s nothing Kirk did that was new or special. I give respect where it’s been earned. Kirk just hasn’t done anything to earn it
Sweet guitar.
Cool video idea but could have completely cut all the talking before "try it legato", that's gonna irritate the shit out of people 😂
Whats with the Kirk hate? Yea he's done in now but he was pretty sic back in the day.
I thought his playing was pretty decent on Master of Puppets and And Justice For All, but listening to his faster playing on the first two albums, it just sounds sloppy.
That being said, everyone has different preferences, and it was just a joke. Hope you still found the lesson helpful
Why is it that anytime someone disagrees with, or doesn't like something, it's automatically reffered to as hate? I'm really tired of it.
@@The314moses Because it wasn't expressed as a disagreement or non-preference. It was a roast.
With all the money Kirk has made over the years I’m sure her couldn’t care less what anyone working at Burger King and posting a video on RUclips has to say about his playing style
Two things here:
1) I have never worked at Burger King, or any fast food restaurant. I literally teach guitar for a living.
2) I couldn’t care less what Kirk would think regardless. A man who plays for millions of fans every year but can’t put in the effort to play the parts well is someone I have zero respect for. There are countless guitarists out there who can play circles around him, who just weren’t in the right place at the right time like he was. We all know it’s James who made Metallica what it is.
Anyway, thanks for the comment! Even dumb stuff like this helps with the RUclips algorithm, so I really appreciate the support growing the channel! 😉
I'll give it a try I just recently after 20 years finally managed to build some real speed past my plateau but it kinda comes and goes... btw. the lick you are using is the exact lick that Yngwie demonstrated to build speed in the Rick Beato video so I don't know if it's needed to emphasize that you aren't a big fan you are using one of his offhand remarks on how to become fast as a lesson, just saying nothing in that regard would have been fine too, your playing a Rhoads V and no Yngwie posters are visible so I don't think anyone was accusing you of being an Yngwie fan but as a shredder, it's not really optional. You can be a shredder and say you don't like Yngwie and EVH but I mean... that's a bit disingenous when your style is built upon the techniques they developed.
Did I miss the instruction? All home boy did was talk!
😂 All “home boy” did was tell you exactly how to fix your hand sync issues, and show you examples of how to do so. Seems wild complaining that you watched a lesson video and all the teacher did was teach you lol. If you “missed the instruction” then I don’t know what to tell you because that was the whole video.
@ A reply from home boy himself. Honored. 👊
Hard to go on after you ripped on Kirk….. he was a kid. You could have picked a lot of really awful guitarist for your cheap shot.
Kirk wasn’t a kid, he was 21 when he joined Metallica. I was 25 when I made this video (27 now). Not a big age difference there. And yeah, I could’ve picked a lot of guitarists just as bad as Kirk, but wouldn’t have been getting all these comments from Kirk fanboys that they don’t realize are helping the RUclips algorithm push this video more and more 😂 So feel free to tell me more about how upset you are I made a joke about Kirk, the comments help a ton! 😉
@ Wow, sorry I checked you out. Done
playing guitar is gay. im gay
Kirk is playing the same pentatonic scale since he was born. He’s the worst! 🙃
Have you ever thought why Steve Vai or Paul Gilbert never in their lives say mean negative comments like this
@@marcinmcula99 maybe they haven’t, but how do you know they don’t think it?
Kirk isn’t on the same level as them.
The truth is he’s highly overrated, just like Slash. 🤮
@@mercury4metal I don't think anyone thinks Kirk or Slash are on the same level of technicality as Vai or Gilbert. Slash plays a damn tasty bluesy rock solo and Paul plays a wonderful shred solo. Good technique is crucial but if that's all you think about then your music won't be any good
Maybe. But people don't seem to realize he's also playing the same downpicked riffs as Hatfield.
Steve Vai’s music is bloody awful self serving drivel. Give me Master of Puppets or Appetite for Destruction any day of the week over anything Vai has ever put out. Jesus even Garage inc and The Spaghetti Incident are better than anything Vai has done. 😂
Not to be rude but you speak far too much and offer little instruction. Let’s face it, no beginner will be able to follow this! So please get on with it as you are obviously an excellent guitarist. Thank you.
Hey there, thanks for the comment! This video was in no way aimed at beginners. If you found it to difficult to follow at your level, I teach private lessons too and can tailor the lesson to what you can handle. Almost 10,000 people have watched this video and it has a 99% ratio of likes vs dislikes, so I’m pretty okay with how I taught this completely free lesson as it seems to have helped a ton of people. Have a nice day
He explicitly said build up speed and then proceeded to play fast. It was OBVIOUS he wasn't talking to beginners. You are reaching real hard to find complaint.
Think Kirk is laughing all the way to the bank mate.
Thanks for your comment! Even dumb comments like this help the channel a ton so I appreciate your support! 🙌🏻