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I have one question.. I have heard many guitar teacher suggests that left hand finger should be angled a little towards right hand/ guitar body.. because that way one can easily access to the 4th fret.. But, I generally practice guitar by straight finger parallel to the fret metal & maintain even gap between my four fingers, in that way I also can stretch my 4th finger to the 4th fret easily.. & also I place my finger to the corner to the fret metal & press by my finger tip.. So, my question is do I need to change my left hand position from straight/parallel to the fret metal to a little angled to the right hand or guitar body?? and If I don't change my left hand position then will that be a problem for my future playing & will it be a problem in playing guitar techniques like hammer on, pull of, slide, vibrato etc.?? Please answer.. If you answer this I will be very grateful to you.. Thank you.. 🎸
Started on 19/12/21 Day 1: Started today at 50 bpm Day 2: Reached 100 bpm but my left hand stopped cooperating Day 3: I can now play 100bpm with much more ease, I struggle a bit at 110bpm Day 4: I can play 110 bpm (not very cleanly tho) but my hands stop working at 120bpm Day 5: Still stuck at 120 bpm, I can now play 110 more easily tho Day 6: Almost no change since last time, still stuck at 120 Day 7: I went on vacation without my guitar and I haven't practised in over a week so I am back at 100bpm Day 8: 110bpm comes off pretty easily but still not able to go up to 120 Day 9: Almost able to do 120, still not completely tho Day 10: At 120bpm, 130 seems impossible Day 11: My hands felt tired today, I only got to 110 Day 12: Back at 120bpm, still not clean Day 13: Fell back to 110 again Day 14: Still can't get 120 clean Day 15: I stopped practising this for a while to focus more on improv but I am back to finish it this time. Currently at 110bpm Day 16: Pulled off 120 bpm and close to reaching 130bpm. I aim to finish the challenge by day 30 Day 17: I can now play 130 bpm but it sounds kinda sloppy Day 18: Still at 130bpm although now it sounds cleaner Day 19: No improvements since yesterday, still can't reach 140 Day 20: Getting closer to 140 Day 21: I can kind of play 140, although I miss a few notes Day 22 : No major improvements since yesterday, although I feel more comfortable playing at that tempo Day 23: I can finally play 140 without missing any notes, but I still gotta work on playing it cleaner Day 24: Still at 140, 150 is too fast Day 25: Reached 150, but I miss a few notes now and then Day 26: Haven't made any major improvements since last time Day 27: Didn't have the best practise session today, my timing seemed off Day 28: I missed a few sessions as I was really busy this week, I barely reached 150 today Day 29: I've been pretty busy lately so I didn't have that much time to practise. I am still at 150 Day 30: I can keep up with 150 although it sounds awful
I don't play metal and I don't play progressive rock, but I stumbled onto this channel months ago and decided for fun to see if I could learn a little about shredding. I play primarily Blues and Classic Rock (I am all about those Boomer Bends) and I was shocked last night when I went to go learn some new solo's at how much I have improved. Staggering! how easy somethings were, that would have given me a hard time 6 months ago. I just walk over them without even thinking. Older solo's I know sound cleaner and I am adding in new flourishes with these techniques Improved picking technique, improved finger discipline, not having to play at what would have been my max speed, and more. These workouts really improve every style, and your playing in general. Can't wait to rock this one for the next 30 days and see what happens. Keep up the great training and great videos, Cheers
I've had this experience too. So happy I found this channel. I'm self taught for years and it has really given me the motivation to practice and develop more. It can be frustrating but also really exciting to see yourself progress. Like when you go learn a new David Glimour solo or something and realise it's coming to you way easier than it used to.
Day 1: 70 bpm Day 2: 70 bpm consistently Day 3: - Day 4: 75 bpm Day 5: 75 bpm Day 6: 80 bpm (barely) Day 7: 80 bpm Day 8: 85 bpm Day 9: - Day 10: - Day 11: 80 bpm After 3 months: 100 bpm
Starting 15/06/22 10-20 mins a day Day 1: 80 bpm Day 2: 85 bpm Day 3: 95 bpm Day 4: 95 bpm Day 5: 95 bpm Day 6: 85 bpm (slowed down so I can play it clean, I was forcing too much through mistakes and not improving) I had to travel, so I didn't play guitar for 5 days Day 7: 85 bpm Day 8: 90 bpm Day 9: 90 bpm Day 10: 100 bpm Day 11: 100 bpm Day 12: 100 bpm Day 13: 105 bpm Day 14: 110 bpm (Struggling to be consistent, i didn't practice for a few days, but today i practice over 40min to beat the speed, i started at 70 bpm and focused on keeping both hands very relaxed and getting clean sound) Day 15: 110 bpm Day 16: 115 bpm Day 17: 120 bpm Day 18: 120 bpm
Started at 50 bpm. Up to 90 bpm after memorizing the pattern and practicing for 15 minutes. Going to keep practicing because the faster I pushed, the more I started noticing picking deficiencies. Thank you for this exercise, Bernth. It's definitely helping me see my lazy habits, and forcing me to improve.
We're so fortunate to have people that make videos like this for other guitarists. I wish I had this when I first started. It would've saves me a lot of time and mistakes I've had to fix. Thank you to you and anybody else that does this for others. Can't wait to practice this.
Day one: Just started learning the chromatic for this exercise (50) Day two: learned to play 60 bpm cleanly, can just get to 70 bpm Day three: went to a friends so nothing Day four: did 60 and 70 cleanly, can do 80 semi cleanly. Day five: practiced polishing skills up and BARELY got to 90 after non stop practicing for 1.25 hours twice. Already feeling the improvement thanks Bernth! Day 6: 100 bpm (sloppy) Day 7: took in person lessons and wasn’t able to practice this exercise Day 8: tried to slow it down and improve my playing quality (90) Day 9: can play 90 cleanly, working on 100 Days 10-11: unable to practice Day 12: can cleanly do 100, 110 is manageable but could be better Day 13: cleaning up 110, 120 unclean Day 14: still cleaning 110 Day 15: satisfied with 110, picking cleanly at 120 is tough for me but like 110, I think I can get it with time Day 16: 120 is decent, gonna try 130 when my wrists aren’t dying 😅 bc I practiced a lot today Day 17: 130 is okay, 140 is choppy Day 18: decided to slow it down again at 130 Day 19: think I hit my first roadblock 140 still challenging Essentially days 20-23: kept practicing until I could get past 140 Day 24: 150 is manageable, could be better Day 24: improved 150 Day 26: 160 doesn’t sound terrible actually, just some minor adjustments may be needed Days 26-31: I’ve just been doing this exercise on and off, 160 sounds pretty good so I’d say I’d completed the challenge Some tips for new people: no need to hold the pick too tightly, being relatively relaxed but controlled is the sweet spot! Don’t reveal too much of the pick, this makes it harder to escape the strings and you will feel more resistance. Playing at a slightly slower tempo with quality is better than playing mediocrely at a faster tempo. If you are unsure of how something sounds, play with a clean tone to easily identify mistakes. This challenge is very doable! I’m an intermediate and this is just a special chromatic essentially
@@reddyred2913 Thanks a lot man! This exercise has changed my playing certainly for the better and I feel a lot more comfortable attacking more challenging tempos
Reached 180bpm on the second day. Then realized that it’s quarter notes, and four notes per beat 🤣 so I’m actually not even playing at 50bpm. I’m still proud of the progress I made as I am a new guitarist and can feel my hands grow stronger and more coordinated. I will continue practicing and see where I get lol 😂 4 Days: I’ve finally reached 50 bpm but I can’t play it perfectly every time. Enjoying this exercise as it’s making my finger strong and coordinated
@@vexxn2112 it is a 4/4 beat. 4 clicks for four packs of 4 notes. You Play four notes per click. Makes 16 notes in one 4/4 beat. 16th notes. You can practice it in 8th notes, too. Just play only 2 notes per click in the beat and stretch the practice material to two 4/4 beats.
Day 1: 50 BPM, trying to memorize the pattern. Day 2: 60 BPM, almost consistent. 2 days away from guitar. Day 3: Somehow got to 70 BPM, almost consistent. Came back after 7 months. It's the 6th of August 2024 and I'm starting the challenge again. Hope I'll continue. Day 1: 80 bpm consistently, 90 bpm sloppy. Day 2: Stuck at 90 bpm, a bit sloppy, but gaining confidence. Day 3: I am now comfortable with 90 bpm, although it's still sloppy. I tried 100 bpm, I need more speed in the left hand. I'll try my best to get there. Day 4 (after 2 days break): 90bpm very sloppy and difficult after the break Day 5: I'm confident with the speed for 90bpm, but it's still very sloppy. Gotta work on that. I tried 100 bpm and it didn't turn that bad. Day 6: There were many days I couldn't play the guitar. Today I tried a little bit and reached 90 bpm. It was sloppy, but there's some progress.
Started Sep 4th, 2023 Day 1: Having trouble with the pattern, memorized about half of it Day 2: Memorized most of the pattern Day 3: Finally got the pattern down, consistent enough with 50bpm Day 4: I can keep up with 60bpm with occasional mistakes. Don’t have much time to play today so I’ll attempt 70bpm tomorrow Day 5: I can keep up with 70, 80 is very difficult Day Day 8: It has been a few days. Something I realized is that I need to work on my picking technique. I’ll update again when I make more progress Day 9: With my new picking technique I can keep up with 70, the problem I’m facing is I can’t seem to get any speed ‘perfect’. Day 10: Been making less mistakes and am more motivated now. I’m able to do 70 relatively consistently, but 80 is still a struggle. Day 11: I can keep up with 80, but it is not easy Day ??: It's been about a month since I last tried this. I am able to do 90 and keep up with 100 after having applied alternate picking to what I already know. Gonna continue my long break from this challenge to focus on other things but I may return one day.
I have been playing guitar for over 10 years, but I was self-taught from the beginning. I never really knew what to practice, and was honestly quite lax with myself lol. I spent a huge majority of that time basically learning songs that I liked, and this pretty much allowed me to play or learn whatever I wanted by ear (granted that it was within my boundaries technique-wise). When it came down to other things like picking fast, I found that I was extremely weak in those aspects. I had horrible picking and left+right hand coordination once the BPMs started rising. So now I'm spending a lot of my time playing catch-up. I stumbled across your channel and watched a few of your videos, and decided to go along with this one. I started about a week ago at Level 8 @ 120 bpm, and it was pretty comfortable to me. 130 bpm was where my coordination started to desync, so I took that as my starting point to grind. I practiced around this tempo, going up and down as needed. Fast forward to now and I just hit 140 bpm and both my hands are in sync. I love you Bernth lol you won me over 🤣I am sure I will hit 160bpm in the coming weeks. Please never stop making videos, you are truly amazing.
@@Tybren haha I have yet to reach 160! I was able to reach 150 the other week, though it wasn’t too clean. my hands just sort of fall apart when going 160. Then again, there are some weeks that I neglected alternate picking exercises all together so a part of it is probably my inconsistency as well lol. My hand synchronization has increased dramatically though so doing this routine has other benefits than just speed!
December 13: 50bpm May 5: 140bpmn (not perfect tho) May 6:150 bpm June 1: Perfected 140 bpm 150bpm almost sounds perfect, just started with 160bpm June 20:160 bpm (not perfect tho) September 1, 2023: Came to understand that my picking technique is ass, start over once again with the correct picking technique September 25: grinding 120 bpm atm October 28: 140 bpm sounds kinda okay, but not perfect
This exercise rules…I’m at 100bpm after a day of trying (5/29/2023) and actually think I’m gonna be able to get to the end. I have the finger speed already to get to the end, but not the timing or coordination. I’m more of a Hendrix style player but always wanted to learn to shred for real and I think you’re gonna be a great asset. Will be joining Patreon, thanks so much!
1/5/24- I could get pretty consistent at 90 bpm, but I struggle with synchronization and I am tensing my shoulder. I'll have to slow it down to work on form for a few minutes each session to help me in the long run. 1/7/24- Haven't played too much in the last 2 days, but I was able to get 100 easily and got a very close attempt at 110. I'll give it another 15 mins to clean up my movements and give 110 another try. 1/8/24- Just did a 45-60 minute session to practice this and some other things. Got several clean attempts of 110 and was able to get through 120 relatively smoothly twice. 130 was a little too fast still though. Will come back and get a rough attempt tomorrow for sure.
80 bpm at day 4 - I´ve been playing guitar for about 1,5 years and this already helped a lot to improve my alternate picking technique, Thank you for your Tutorials ^^
My diary c: 15.01 - comfortable 70bpm. The goal now is to automatize the pattern and focus on swift switches between notes - remove as much unnecessary movement as possible.
I first started playing guitar 17 years ago, but over the last 6 years, I lost my love and drive for the guitar. Recently I've found that passion again, using this exercise daily is a great challenge to regain some of my lost skills! Day 1: Failed. Couldn't get through the exercise Day 2: 50BPM - Pretty chuffed Day 3: 80BPM - This routine is even helping with my sightreading Day 4: Away from home, no chance of practice Day 5: Still Away from home Day 6: 90BPM - I keep catching myself slipping into open hand and not supporting my fretting hand with my thumb. Day 7: onto 100bpm Day 8 - 50(ish): This is still part of my daily warm-up routine. 110bpm has become the comfort spot for warming up. I've shifted my learning goals to more theory-based development, but will revisit this soon and push to improve my speed!
9 Feb 2024: been practising this exercise for almost 2 weeks. Started at 50bpm and worked my way up to 100bpm, which is not perfectly in sync yet. I do the exercise everyday for roughly an hour while watching tv in the evening. The improvements in my finger strength and technique over these past 2 weeks is truly remarkable already. Thanks a lot for sharing this Bernth!
Day 1: 50 bpm Day 2: 60 bpm Day 3: 70 bpm Day 4: 80 bpm Day 5: 85 bpm Day 6: 90 bpm Day 7: 92 bpm Day 8: 95 bpm Day 9: 96 bpm Day 10: 96 bpm Day 11: 94 bpm Day 12: 97 bpm Day 13: 98 bpm Day 14: 94 bpm Day 15: 97 bpm Day 16: 97 bpm Day 17: 98 bpm Day 18: 99 bpm (really glad I practiced instead of skipping!) Day 19: 98 bpm Day 20: 99 bpm Day 21: 100 bpm (woohoo!) Day 22: 98 bpm Day 23: 98 bpm Day 24: 99 bpm and 108 bpm bursts Day 25: 99 bpm and 108 bpm bursts Day 26: 100 bpm and 112 bpm bursts Day 27: 101 bpm and 112 bpm bursts Day 28: 101 bpm and 110 bpm bursts Day 29: 100 bpm
Day 1 21.9.22 - Took soooo long to even do 50BPM. Had a hard time getting the pattern. Got to 70BPM eventually. Day 2 22.9.22 - Finally memorised the pattern. Can get up to 90BPM sometimes. Day 3 23.9.22 - 90 Day 4 24.9.22 - Struggled to get to 90. Day 5 26.9.22 - 100! Day 6 27.9.22 - 100, didn't have much time to spend this day. Day 7 28.9.22 - 100 Day 8 29.9.22 - 110... can almost do 120. My hand, wrist and forearm have been sore all this time from this exercise. I feel like my playing is becoming more precise overall.. really quickly. Day 9 14.10.22 - Haven't been playing guitar everyday. I was probably overdoing it. 130 today!
Day one, practiced at least 2 hours and stuck at 90bpm. Will try to beat this tomorrow. I’ve been playing a little over 2 years and just now getting serious about developing my skills and technique instead of just learning more songs. Thanks for the challenge Bernth!
Start date 22/11/2022, started because I wanted to improve my guitar playing from only barre chords and fingerstyles to be able to do fast picking in metal songs. 22/11 - Struggling to follow 50bpm, turned on x0.5 so that I can learn how to play this workout first at 25bpm.
29th of January 1st day: memorizing - 50 bpm 2nd day: 60 bpm 3rd day: 70 bpm 4th day: 80 bpm This already feels incredible fast for me and it is only half speed 😮 Update: 26th of February Day 8: 90 bpm Day 12: 100 bpm but not fluently as it should be
August 17, 2023 - DAY 1: Currently at Level 6 100BPM (4:32) DAY 2: I can now play 110BPM (4:54), I'm gonna try to go 120BPM (5:13). Day 2.5: I can play 120BPM but it sounds so sloppy Day 3: Back to 80BPM, after listening to my recording, I realized how bad my technique was so I tried to make sure every plucked note is consistently good Day 4. Back to 120 with a slightly cleaner technique Day 5. Still stuck at 120, trying to improve my technique Day 6: Took a break and tried jamming to a backing track, I definitely saw a little improvement with my alternate picking. Day 7: I'm gonna try to get myself used to 130 BPM (5:31), then try to clean everything
Gonna spend about an hour a day practicing this, I’ll move up BPM when I can play it 7 times in a row without messing up Day 1 - Spent most of today getting familiar with the exercise. Struggling with the chromatics at the end and the pinkie reach to the 10th fret. Nonetheless, I got to 90 bpm today. Looking forward to this challenge!! Bookmark: 4:32
Hey Berth! Started on 2.12.2023 Day 1: 50bpm easily done (I liked the melody and tried to do it with over 100 bpm, caught myself cheating with hammer ons :)) Day 2: 60bpm easliy done, no sweat. Day 3: 70bpm easliy done, no sweat.
Started on 12/12/22 Day 1: I can play in 50 bpm almost smoothly. 60 and 70 are somewhat manageable. Day 2: could play 70 bpm almost cleanly. But when i try 80 bpm i seem to get lost between notes and lose my momentum. Day 4: After some practice i could do 80 bpm almost cleanly. Day7: I can play at 90 bpm now Gotta practice more ( 3:41 ) Day 12: I can finally play at 100 almost cleanly. (4:08)
I'm late to the party, but I'm trying this exercise now. I'm not much of a speed demon, but I want to improve my alternate picking speed and accuracy. At the moment I am stuck at 90 BMP. I can ALMOST get 100, but it's a little fast for me. I'm 62 years old so I'm trying to unlearn some old habits. I tend to move my index finger and thumb rather than my wrist. I'm trying to unlearn and relearn but it's tough teaching an old dog new tricks.
Started on 22/11/2023. Day 1: 90bpm Day 2: 100bpm Day 3: 110bpm Day 4: (Gave up on this exercise, but came back to it after 2 months) 110bpm Day 5: 120bpm Day 6: Only got to 110bpm because im getting used to a new picking style Day 7: 110bpm Day 8: 110bpm, first 3 bars of 120bpm Day 9: 4 bars of 120bpm
Everyone has to understand there’s different techniques to different speeds I’d say one you’re pushing around 110-120 bpm work on keeping your wrist a little more straight and relaxing your thumb while anything before that work on using your wrist to get solid up and down strokes yes some people can probably get higher than 120 with just their wrist but for most of y’all try altering your technique once you hit faster speeds. It’ll feel weird at first but eventually you’ll get it down. Keep shredding y’all👏🏼
Day 1 Start (March 6, 2023) 110 bpm clean | 120 sloppy Day 4: Can hit 120 (sloppy and slightly tense) Day 11: I can finally hit 160 consistently and clean with no major issue. Took a while to adjust my picking form to accommodate for the speed/looseness needed. Day 25 (March 30): Still doing this daily. 160 is no problem for me after sufficient warm up. I'm doing this every morning right after waking up so sometimes the hands are extra tight. Also trying to utilize more thumb swivel to minimize wrist movement when alt picking to see if I can build up more speed that way.
Started 07.10.23 day 1: learned exercise, starting practice day 2: 50 bpm day 3: 60 bpm stragling day 4: Sometimes miss notes on 70 bpm. On 80 bpm my strokes no longer consistant, I play air notes often day 5: I've noticed that my grip changed slightly, hitting 70 clearly. Cant keep up with 80 day 6-7: beat 80 bpm day 7-10 stuck at 90
Day 5. I was stuck at 100bpm for 4 days. Right and left hand problems, no coordination...ring finger and pinky were not collaborating. I had to create another exercise to free these fingers and make them work as fast as the index middle and ring finger.Did three notes per strings with middle, ring and pinky alone I have reached 110bpm and need to focus a lot more. As I progress I see all kind of issues with my playing which I am able to correct by creating other exercises. This is very interesting topic.Thanks Bernth.
Started this exercise about a week ago, first time ever playing guitar consistently. I'm on my 12 week. I can cleanly play level 3. As soon as I miss a note on level 4 I get all messed up. I look forward to this exercise everyday because you can see your progress from day to day. Thank you!!
Great job! I look forward to trying this. I’m an absolute beginner, but been playing guitar like 3-8 hours a day for the past 3 weeks. My finger coordination is improving rapidly from the damn spider drill, look forward to mixing it up with this.
Started several days ago. Bit of a backstory - can't shred to save my life and got horrible technique with years of bad habits that I'm now trying to correct, "flying pinky" being the biggest offender, so I'm also trying to do routines to fix those at the same time I'm working on this. Day 1: Trying to learn and get through the whole thing in free tempo without forgetting what note comes next xD Day 2: Starting to get the hang of 50 BPM without stumbling, pattern memorizing issues for now as opposed to techniques. Day 3: 50 BPM down, 60 BPM doable but not effortless, 70 BPM breaks down, complete noise past that. Got a looooong road ahead of me, it seems. Day 4: Managed to start being able to do 70 BPM throughout, but far from consistent. Couldn't get a single coherent run at 80 BPM. Day 5: Getting marginally better... I think? Still couldn't crack 80 BPM. 70 is more or less consistent now though. Day 6: 80 BPM down! Just need to make it feel less tense and forceful. 90 feels basically impossible at the moment, can't even get through the first bar. Day 7: Yesterday's progress might have been a fluke. Forget 90, I couldn't even do 80 BPM reliably today. Day 8: Although still extremely tense and forceful, 90 BPM is starting to sound... recognizable. Yeah, let's put it that way. Day 9: Still working on 90 BPM.
@@Iznoot Quit? Well, yes and no. "Yes" as in I did stop practicing for personal reasons soon after the last update, and my entire studio is still mostly disassembled - don't even have anywhere to plug the guitar in right now. And "no" as in I do plan to get back to it eventually, but all the previous progress is all but guaranteed to be nullified at this point, so I will be starting from scratch.
Finally at 150 BPM after deciding to study my pick grip. Still some missing notes here and there but I finally got to this check point on day one of mastering moving my hand as little as possible and finding the right pick grip. Yall can do it too, just study how you practice and it'll work wonders
starting as a complete beginner, practicing on acoustic guitar (english is not my first language, sorry for mistakes) 26.08 started at 25BPM, stopped at 55 BPM because while playing I started picking the wrong strings 27.08 | 70 BPM 28.08 | 70 BPM
started on 11/19/21 day 1: barely able to do 50 bpm right hand felt awkward and sometimes forgot the tab. day 2: able to do 50 bpm sometimes, I tried cracking into 60 bpm but it didn't go well day 3: 50 bpm feels much more comfortable I still mess up but I can do it consistently now, working on 60 now. Day 4: focused on getting out of my comfort zone was able to get to 100 bpm sloppily, but my comfort area is around 70 now, gonna practice some legato exercises before tomorrows attempt. Day 5: Thanks giving, did spider walk exercise for like 2 hours lol while waiting to eat. Day 6: 80 bpm feels impossible to play now, but somehow 70 feels a lot better I have no clue. Day 7: 70 feels really solid right now, 80 still feels impossible I'm trying my hardest but I can't seem to go past this barrier gonna try working on technique tomorrow. Day 8: 80 bpm felt doable finally, I think my right hand needs some work pretty alright. day 9: doing 30 minutes a day, it might be my wrist injury but 80 is slowly getting easier sad that my progress isn't faster but trying my best :). Day 10: finally able to do 80 my fretting hand seems to be the issue so I’m gonna try and work on that some more. Day 11: 80 feels so much easier now, we don’t talk about 90… Day 12: back to 80 again this is so frustrating I feel like it’s impossible to progress past this… 😓 Day 13: unable to practice since I went on a road trip but should be fine tomorrow day 14: practiced for maybe 20+ minutes a little disheartened but I'll continue none the less, I've been doing the spider walk exercise without moving my fingers between each note to hopefully improve my fretting hand speed for the last few days I'm not sure if it's helping. Day 15: Probably my last day, I feel like I've learned a lot, but I've felt like I'm learning how to play fast for the wrong reasons, playing faster wont make me a better guitarist, so I'm going to focus on other areas of my playing instead. Sorry I couldn't finish the exercise but I'll be back one day to attempt it, thanks for the lesson!
Starting 6/20/23 Day 1: 60 bpm down, 70 a bit sloppy Day 2: 70 bpm, 80 bit sloppy Day 3: 90 bpm clean, 100 bpm very sloppy Day 4: still stuck at 90 bpm, i’m starting to think this will be impossible Day 5: 100 bpm! 110 sounds a bit terrible though 😅 Day 6: 100 bpm very clean. Can keep up with 110 but it doesn’t sound great. Day 7: 110 sounds a bit better.
After playing guitar for 2 years I decided to give this a try! Day 1 - Managed to learn the pattern and do 80 bpm quite well Days 2 and 3 - I was practicing the 80 bpm Day 4 - Finally done the 90 bpm
I will share my progress as well. Day 1: 40mins just to learn the progression, 50bpm is actually harder than 60bpm as i dont think as much in 60bpm, 70 is doable with some mistakes. 2 hours later 70 is easy, 80 is doable with mistakes. Day 2: 80 is easy. Weirdly i struggle with the direct ascends and descends after the 10th of 4th string. I always break the rythm and cannot return to it :(. 1 hour later 90 and 100 achieved. 110 is just ridiculous. Seems tmy left hand gave out :/ 1 more hour later 100 is normal, 110 is doable with some slip ups. Day 3: I found the issue, my pinky soar through the galaxy thus speed loss on my left hand denies me from gaining speed. working on pinky positioning. 110 is VERY HARD. 100 become somewhat doable. 120 is not fair. Day 4: Fixing my technique, 90 and 100 became easier while 110 is still very hard. 120 is impossible. 1 hour later first clean 100. Found out that resting my wrist on the bridge instead of not resting is much better and make me more relaxed. 110 is doable with slip ups at the end of day. Day 5: First cleanish 110, very few slip ups. My right hand is good now but my left hand feels very stiff especially if i do 3 of these loops back to back. Day 6: 110 is doable with slip ups. 2 hours later, Something weird happened, i just unlocked the ability i guess now 120 is doable? how? Day 7: 90 and below is just boring at this point, 120 is doable after warm up. 110 more clean. Guys... im an idiot. I just saw that my picking directions are all f ed up. It gave me huge clarity while playing. Day 8: 110 is very doable with warm up. 90 and 100 is easy. 120 is still a challenge but not impossible. 1 month later.... Day 1: 120 is doable. 130 is hard but not impossible.
Man thank you so so much. This exercise and the ones on patreon have done wonders for me. I can transition strings easily now and keep time so much better. My heartfelt thanks to you man! You have made me a better guitarist, and an even better one in the future. 🤟
Jan - day 16: manage to push to 90bpm in the first day Jan - day 17: got to 100 bpm with almost no problem, but 110 bpm still not working Jan - day 18: still got to 100 bpm, a bit more dirty than yesterday tho, 110 bpm felt harder, might work a bit on my technique tomorrow Feb - day 10: got stuck in 2 songs and literally forgot about the training, will come back to it tomorrow.
Day 1: memorising the pattern Day 2: 50bpm is sometimes messy but overall ok Day 3: 60bpm Day4: 60bpm sometimes 70bpm Day 5: - Day 6: 60bpm sounds good and 70bpm is mostly ok Day 7: - Day 8: - Day 9: 70bpm sounds good, 80bpm is very sloppy
Day 0: Thinking about starting tomorrow 🤔 Day 1: 50 BPM with a bit of discomfort. Day 2: 80 BPM inconsistently Day 3: 80 BPM Still difficult Day 4: 80 BPM Starting to feel comfortable Day 5: 90 BPM feels impossible Day 6: 90 BPM Felt doable today Day 7: 100 BPM can't play all the notes yet. Day 8: 90 BPM Still needs work Day 9: 90 BPM I'm starting to blame my cheap guitar and picks 😑 Day 10: 90 BPM Almost there Day 11: 90 BPM Still feels difficult Day 12: 90 BPM Fells doable Day 13: Missed almost 2 weeks( stuck at 90)
Day 1: 10/20/23 50 BPM Day 2: 10/22/23 100 BPM Day 3 10/23/23 130 BPM Day 4: 10/25/23 150 day 6 10/26/23 150 day 7/8 10/28 160 just need to clean it up. thanks bernth!
has this exercise helped your all round playing, im trying to speed up my jamming over backing tracks using a pentatonic scale in all positions. would this exercise help me achieve this short term goal?
Can't believe how much progress I made. First time I tried it I had to take like an hour to internalize the pattern, then pretty quickly built up to 110 bpm in the following days. Now, like two months or so later, I'm at 140 bpm (albeit quite sloppy), which felt totally impossible when I first started. Slow but steady progress. Onward to the last level of the challenge! 12-12: Starting to try out 150 bpm, still quite some mistakes 13-12 140 bpm. Not a great day today 18-12 Have still been hanging around 140 bpm. Tried 150 bpm a couple times but it's really messy. 19-12 150 BPM starts to feel less elusive, albeit still very difficult. 21-12 140 BPM. Need to get rid of the flying pinky and learn 'economy of motion'. 03-01 130 BPM. Remember kids, we all have good and bad days. 07-01 150 BPM, but very sloppy. 22-02 150 BPM, 160 BPM finally seems to be in reach. 10-03 150 BPM, quite a bit cleaner than before. Trying to change the pick grip for more consistent results. 12-03 150 BPM, getting more solid by the day.
@@topaziscringeverycringe8532 Still trying 150 BPM every now and then. Have been focusing more on technique in the last few days and 140 BPM is at least more consistent now.
@@topaziscringeverycringe8532 I've been out of it for quite a while sadly. I'm picking it back up again as of today. With some determination, I should be able to get to 150 bpm more consistently. 160 bpm still seems totally crazy to me.
Feb 14, 2023 I'm starting this workout; I haven't played my guitar for like 5 years. Here's my Dat 1 so far and will update it as it goes: Day 1: Started at 50, struggling on the picking pattern and tabs for about an hour and got the hang of it. After being comfortable in about an hour, went from 50 to 60pm. I struggled at 60bpm and I don't even know why. Got stuck for an hour and just decided to turn it up to 70bpm on which I think is most comfortable with me. I can go 3 bars without any mistakes. I stopped cause my fingers hurt. Will try to practice 70bpm tomorrow and see if I can up the tempo. Day 2: started at 70bpm then got comfortable to 80bpm. Tried 90bpm but can't get consistency, my right hand was getting stiff and my fingers hurt. tried to 100bpm but struggled. I'll let my fingers rest and practice 90bpm tomorrow and hit 100bpm. Day 3: Practiced slow from 80-90bpm to actually getting the hang of 100bpm. I was struggling at first because I can't figure out why my left hand fingers are so tensed, gradually discovered that I was anchoring my index finger on the neck without any reason. Relaxed a bit and practiced my finger positioning and did 100bpm. I tried 110bpm but damn, impossible I may have to start 100bpm and gradually up it to 110bpm. Day 4: Only practiced for an hour cause the blisters on my fingers ain't healed yet and it hurts like hell when playing. I was able to keep up at 110bpm (a bit sloppy though) which I thought was impossible. Can't play anymore cause my fingers hurt. I'll try to beat 110bpm tomorrow and hopefully to try 120bpm. Day 5: Was trying to practice but I felt really off and hands are not in synch. Day 6: Fingers don't hurt anymore and I figured why I was off yesterday. I was tensioning my forearm too much that it affected my picking hand. Worked on it for an hour and as soon as my forearm is tensed I stopped because its going to get sloppy anyway. I already broke my 110bpm wall and I was surprised that my first time on 120bpm was smooth but needs a little work. I'll continue to practice until all the notes are clear. I tried 130bpm, its doable but I need to work on relaxing my right arm. Day 7: practiced for about 1hr and I'm stuck at 120bpm :( I feel like 130bpm is impossible. I'll again tomorrow if there's any improvement.
Started on 2022/11/12 day1: bpm50 day2:bpm60 day3:changing picking style to floating picking and play at bpm 70 day4: bpm80 and try playing bpm90 but not very clean day5:bpm 90 cleared and try 100 damn day6:bmp100 but left hand not stable day7:right hand feel bad, back to bpm 90 day8:bpm 100 day9:bmp 100 cleared and try bpm 110 cant follow the beat day10: still 100 but 110 can kind of catch up day11:110 day12:110 can 75% day13:110 almost finished & 120 front half can kind of follow day14: 110 and 120 much better day15: worked out today stuck on 110 day16:120 fuck left hand little finger day17: 120 almost completed try 130 day18:120 left hand got better(? 130 still awful day19:130 better try 140 day20: 120 much better 130 almost clean day21:left hand fingers hurt can only play 120 day22:still 120... day23:rest day24:overcome 140 , 150 sloppy day25:140 150 sloppy day26:140 day27"140 150 day 28:140 day29:rest day30:can play 150 and 160 sloppy...
What an amazing speed run. I was kind of bored with the same alternative picking exersizes. This is really cool and i do love a challenge. :-). 120BPM for me so far. 🤘
January 22 - 100bpm after 5 playthroughs. I'll definitely be practicing this all day. it's amazing what a difference 10bpm makes. Been playing for 25 years but never learned how to play lead, only rhythm and singing. Thanks a ton, I feel like this is gonna help a lot.
I appreciate all the efforts that a lot of you teachers make to help us increase our speed. Most of the time, the challenge is perceived as being a picking challenge that can be resolved by good control of the picking hand. In my case, picking hand is the easy part. Whichever exercise I try, I am always stuck at about 85 bpm for 16th Notes (or even less, and I've been playing for years!) because of my left hand! My pinky is pretty small (much smaller than yours, Bernth) and it forces me into a position that has a serious limit it seems. I was wondering: does your Alternate Picking Masterclass take into account the left hand? I don't know what to do anymore and I practice hard!
day 1: first 10 minutes just trying to learn all the notes at 30 bpm, preparing to start at 50 bpm now. it's been around 40 minutes now and i'm kinda able to do it at 50 bpm but it doesn't sound clean. 60 fucks me really hard, my brain cannot think that fast. brain doesn't work anymore, going to bed. day 2: after sleeping, it seems like I’m better. I can do 60 sometimes, and I even managed to get 70 working ok. Will focus on 60 tomorrow to be perfect. day 3: i got to 70. Sometimes I still miss but I'm much better than yesterday. I even started playing with 80 bpm, but the descending sections are hard at this point for me.
You got this! Just keep chipping away at it. When I practiced this a few months ago, I could only play up to about 110 after a week or two; the first day was pretty rough. I never thought I'd be able to play anything faster than the first two solos in Metallica's Sanitarium, but with (mostly) consistent effort over the past few months, I surprised myself the other day by nailing some of the fast parts of the Bark at the Moon solo. It's that thing that all of us hate to hear, but it's really just all about practice - even when you feel like you can't play very well, by literally just playing new things on the guitar, you'll get better over time, even if you don't notice it in the moment.
Im able to manage 120 bpm but Ive noticed that I cant play other patterns ( already known) at the same speed. Is this because of the muscle memory developed for this particular exercise? Looking for some advice folks
I consider myself a slow learner so this will be interesting Day 1 : Can barely do the 50bpm version, it's not really because of the speed but because I need to memorize the notes well Day 2 : Could do the 50bpm as soon as I woke up, managed to do 70 bpm after 40 minutes of practice Day 3 : Cleaned up 70 bpm and can do 80 bpm pretty sloppy
July4,2023 -50BPM (had a hard time memorizing the exercise) July5,2023 -60BPM -70BPM -80BPM -90BPM (can do the exercise cleanly till 90BPM) July6,2023 -100BPM (left hand isn't cooperating very well) July7,2023 -A bit of improvement on 100BPM (can play it with ease) -working on 110 BPM July8,2023 -resting July9,2023 -100BPM still July10,2023 -Still perfecting 100BPM July11-14,2023 -no practice July15,2023 -100BPM still July25,2023 -bought a jazz III pick and it improve my picking speed (110bpm)
Day 1: Can do 80 cleanly easily enough. 90 is a challenge. Left hand stops working and i skip a few notes. Day 2: 80 is a breeze now. I did 90 a lot cleaner today. Starting messing up a bit towards the end but still cleaner and overall an improvement Day 3: Skip Day 4: 90 is very clean now. Almost perfect other than a few errors here and there. Can sorta do 100 but I just lose coordination between the hands. Day 5: 90 is a breeze now. 100 is a bit cleaner but still room for improvement
Day 1: 60 BPM Day 2: 70 BPM (Kind of) Day 3: 70 BPM (Completed both sequences) Day 4: 70 BPM Day 5: 80 BPM (Almost) Day 6: Still at 80 BPM :( Day 7: 80 BPM COMPLETED! Day 8: Struggling at 90 Day 9: Still struggling Day 10: Kinda getting there Day 11: 90 BPM Day 12: 90 BPM Day 13: 90 BPM Day 14: 90 BPM Day 15: 90 BPM Day 16: I guess I’m just stuck at 90 Day 17: 90BPM Day 18: 90BPM Day 19: I took a pause Day 20: 90 BPM Day 21: I actually saw progress today, I think few more days and I will make it past 90 BPM Day 22: 90 BPM Day 23: 90 BPM Day 24: I think I’m gonna call it completed and move on to 100 BPM Day 25: Working on 100 BPM Day 26: Now I can actually do 90 without much difficulty, very proud of myself that I kept pushing Day 27: 100 BPM still a challenge Day 28: 100 BPM Day 29: 100 BPM Day 30: 100 BPM I completed the 30 day challenge, but I’m not stopping here, I’ll update my progress once every month until I’m satisfied. From other peoples comments I can see that I achieved less than most people did for 30 days, but that doesn’t discourage me from practicing even more. I’m glad I found this video and started practicing!
Don't give up, buddy! Rome wasn't built in a day and speed doesn't come from one day or the other. If you're hitting a plateau, try to evaluate your technique and really focus on having that right. On the other hand, as I've found out myself, don't be afraid to push yourself, and disregard technique every now and then just to see what it feels like to play faster. For me a big limiting factor was being very cramped in my left hand, having way too much tension. As soon as I addressed that, I went up 10-20 bpm. Trying to work my way up now from 130 to 140 bpm.
Wasn’t even planning to give up! But thanks for encouraging words and tips. I’m not just planning to practice this for 30 days, but until I’m satisfied with the results, even if it takes 5 years. Good luck to you too tho!
I'm an absolute beginner when it comes to shred guitar and guitar in general. Here's my practice journey: - Day 1: 90bpm safe, 100 possible but with a few mistakes - Day 2: 100bpm has become more fluent. [more to come (hopefully 😅)] Thank you so much Bernth for the amazing video content! Greetings from Germany 😃
Day one 90 bpm, but dirty. 80 bpm clean. Day two much cleaner 90 bpm, still with mistakes. Day 3: decent bpm 80, almost perfect 90 bpm, managed to do first half of bpm 100 without mistakes. Day$ 4: 90 bpm with some mistakes, done 100 bpm almost perfectly ( maybe 1 mistake), first 2 phrases of 110 bpm (my brain cant keep up with hands lol xD) day 5: 100 bpm with somewhat more mistakes (second loop last phrase cucked) but easier to manage 110 bpm (at least it not feels impossible), even pushed myself to 120 bpm and got right some first phrases. day 6: cleaner 100 bpm, 110 bpm with some mistakes at the end of first and second loop, easier to handle 120 bpm, but still dirty. day 7: way worse 100 bpm, cant handle 110 bpm, thinking about slowing tempo to 50 maybe 40 BPM and work at this speed for a while. Day8 ^ practiced at 40.50.60 bpm. day 9 sweep picking practice. day 10 skipped practicing day 11. got to 100 bpm but dirty again day 12: skipped 1 day day13: kinda meh bpm 90, awful. barely handeble 100 bpm day 14 skipped this one day 15 skipped guitar practice day 16 cleanest 90 bpm so far, but 100 bpm barely handeble (slightly better than at day 13) Summary for 2 weeeks from dirty 90 bpm to perfect 90 bpm. Gonna update my progress weekly, not daily from now on.
Day 1 6/4/24: got to about 80bpm without too many mistakes. got tricky at 90bpm. Day like 5-6 7/29/24 got to 90-100 bpm without too much difficulty. got hard at 110-120 Day 7 - 8/1/24 got through 50-100 again, 110 felt ok. 120 had a decent amount slip ups and 130 was a shit show Idk what day it is. got a really good run of 110 bpm until the end where i messed up a bit, 120 and 130 were rough but better.
Started on 26/01/2024 Had to start really slow as I've put off Alternate picking for years so gotta train out bad habits Day 1: Had trouble to begin with but after 20m got to 30 bpm with little errors still feels stiff though Day 2: (took a break over the weekend) Did about 10m today and improvement was crazy think alot of it was remembering the riff, can do 50bpm now with some errors think imma stick here and focus on correctly picking technique for a couple days before trying to go higher Day 3: Stayed on 50BPM Doing a lot better feeling better, still feel a little stiff and missed a couple notes with picking hand couple times Day 4: 60BPM! Have some runs where I do it near perfect and other runs where I miss some notes every so often again with picking hand so need to look into picking technique make sure I'm keep correct form! (Had to skip a day due to work) Day 5: Hit 70BPM with some errors although it feels forced/stiff 60BPM feels good though! Day 6: I can sense this is a sticking point Still feel stiff and forced on 70BPM although potentially a little less (need to focus on making sure my fretting hand is making as little movement as possible As I keep lifting my pinky waay of the strings) Day 7: 70BPM slightly less forced Day 8: returned after the flu 😵💫 70BPM but making mistakes, need to get back into rhythm Took a huge break to focus on music theory lmao 30/05/2024 Day 9: 80BPM (noticed my trouble is with going back up the scale my fretting hand has trouble removing the fingers one at a time with proper technique
Day 1: 60 BPM without any problems Day 2: 70 BPM without any problems Day 3: 80 BPM with mistakes in the end Day 4: 80 BPM perfect Day 5: missed Day 6: 80 BPM with mistakes in the end Day 7: 80 BPM perfect, 90 BPM with mistakes in the end
I think one of the challenges I’m having with something like this is, believe it or not, playing it at 50bpm. I guess my Brian’s and hands feel like they’re waiting eons for the one to come back around again. Lol Maybe it’s just me trying to sync with metronome when I begin practicing. Can I throw in a random German word here? How about Käsekuchen? 🙂
Ive been playing guitar for about 4 years, but was stuck in progress decided to do this exercise, and about a month and a half later im now at 150 bpm!!!!111 HELL YEA!
05.07.23: Just started learning the practice routine: I can play it more or less at 60 bpm 06.07 60 okay, 70 slightly sloppy, 80 very sloppy → 60+70 07.07 60 too fast to play it clean → 50 08.07 70 slightly sloppy but okay, 80 already better but far from clean - 100 impossible 10.07 80 still way too sloppy - 90 very sloppy 100 impossible. practice 75 again until 7x right 11.07 75 7x not succeeded but was already good ,90 already a bit better, 100 extremely sloppy but not impossible anymore 12.07 break day, wrist pain 13.07 75 and 80 already pretty good but not 7x correct in a row, 90 slightly sloppy but already quite good, 100 still very sloppy 14.07 75n, 90 a bit better again 15.07 75 done → 80, already okay but mini sloppy, 100 still terrible 17.07 80 not 7x right - 100 still kind of impossible → 80n 18.07 80 was okay but again 19.07 80 still okay but not 7x right still 20.07 80 again, 5x right but slightly sloppy still 21.07 80 raise to 90 7x right with mini slopiness but I think its okay, 90 already pretty good surprisingly, 100 doable but still very sloppy - Sort of focused on really doing cross picking with my right hand and always do the arch picking motion so I could escape the strings for transitions 22.07 90 2-3x right in a row with mini sloppiness, 100 already possible but sloppy and 110 possible for the first time but GIGA SLOPPY 25.07 90 still not very good, 80 is still okay 26.07 90 not optimal again 28.07 90 still feels the same, 100 is still quite sloppy. I feel like I didnt progress the last week and am quite frustrated 29.07 90 feels almost comfortable today, im moving on to 100 - I feel like the string transitions between the b-&e-string and the g-&b-string where you have to switch strings a lot really throw me off so I am going to work on that 30.07 ok the problem is where the pick is between be or gb string and has the alternate between the strings while being between them 31.07 90 okay, 100 not very good again, 110 possible but sloppy, i can now attempt to play 120 although i miss at least half of the notes 01.08 still cannot do 100 bpm cleanly, i think i will quit this challenge soon :D 02.08 i did 90 7x correct so i consider 90 as completed - 100 still doesnt work 03.08 just working on the pick being inbetween two strings isolated today 04.08 no progress 07.08 Final result: I made it from 60 - 90 bpm 100 bpm is not clean yet, 110 is very sloppy and 120 is impossible - I quit now because I don’t progress any more Edit: 31.08.2024 (one year later!) I tried the exercise today, and still cannot play it faster than 100 bpm. The last year I practiced every day (although other exercises) and now I feel like crying. Might come back tomorrow.
2-4-2023 Day 1: im still stuck on 50 bpm cause i started at 10PM and is currently 10:53 PM. Will try again tmrw :) Day 2: 70 BPM Day 3: 80 BPM Day 4: 90 BPM
Started 23 Dec Day 1: After 2 hours was able to play 50 bpm at 0.75 properly. Took a rest and after 20 mins could play 50 bpm at normal speed. After learning the pattern could play upto 70 bpm with some problem in between. Day 2: Lazed off Day 3: Can play 70 bpm properly with some mistake and can barely pass throught 80bpm. My fretting hand can't keep up. After some practice my fretting hand is getting used to the speed. Can do it better than before Day 4: Watched some of his videos on fretting hand technique and picking technique(mainly the upstroke and downstroke escapes). Helped me a lot and now can do 80 bpm pretty easily. Practices for an hour or so. Started learning those techniques at 50 bpm and up to 80 bpm I could keep up. 24 Jan 23 Day 1: Still at 80 bpm. Took a long break but I'm back at it.
Beginner Electric Guitarist here :) I played acoustic for 2 years-ish? Been doing fingerstyle so it's my first time using a pick Day: 1 - 70 bpms, not clean but I can hit the notes at the tempo Day: 2 - 80 bpms (but not clean) Day: 3 - ____
Started on 02/01/2022 Day 1: I could easily keep up with 50 bpm but got stuck at 60 bpm Day 2: Got to 80 bpm Day 3: Got to 100 bpm Day 4: Got to 110 bpm Day 5: Struggling with 130 bpm Day 6: Actually touched grass so I started practising at 9 PM, still stuck at 130 bpm Day 7: Back at 120 bpm Day 8: Struggling with 140 bpm Day 9: Back at 130bpm, school started again, I am gonna try to stay consistent Day 10: Got to 140bpm Day 11: Can keep up with 150bpm, struggling with 160bpm Day 12: Got to 160 bpm! I am gonna come back every day to maintain my speed Got back to this after 5 months, I can accurately play along with everything up to 130 bpm.
I've played guitar consistently for 4 years (A month of total non playing days) Here's my progress -Day One: Barely Can do half speed let alone .25 speed and I can't remember any of the tabs. -Day Two: To be unknown
wow this actually helped so much im almost at intermediate level of playing but im at a point of playing i never thought i would ever reach thanks bernth
@@vicent5065 Thanks for checking up on me. I've been steadily making progress. Although not getting to practice as much as I want. I'm stuck at 100bpm still but it's progress. It's difficult but manageable and only a little sloppy. Still cleaning up before I move on. wish me luck.
this really help. i’ve been trying to remember all the notes on 10 minute and after 50 minutes i already can pick any string accurately. thanks so much
Started 4/29/23 A little on my background. Played for over 15 years. I can do chords/rhythm and some fingerstyle but I always struggled with lead/playing with a pick (on single strings). I had stopped playing guitar regularly for a couple years, only strumming it here and there. But in the past couple months I have been inspired and determined to learn lead style playing, learn scales, learn the fretboard, etc. Definitely having trouble getting my speed up to a reasonable level. I have a book I'm following to learn scales and it says "16th notes at 90bpm is ADEQUATE for now". I can't help but laugh because it seems impossible right now but it insists on getting to that speed before continuing the book. So, I came here looking for exercises to get better and this one seems pretty good! So without further delay, here's my progress. Day 1 - Just getting the riff figured out. Kind of getting 50bpm somewhat. Day 2 - 50bpm is getting clean. 60bpm seems attainable but I noticed that I am having trouble syncing up my fingers when going down. 9-8-7-6 (like that). Riff is better memorized overall though. Day 3 - 70bpm is actually going okay. Sometimes I get it and sometimes I jamble it all to hell lol. I didn't attempt 80. Day 4 - 70bpm improved. Still can't do it more than a few times in a row at best. 80bpm is a struggle but within grasp. I did slow down to 60bpm and it actually seemed slow to me, but it was good to improve my accuracy. Day 5 - missed Day 6 - 70bpm improved. Started gracing 80bpm. Attempted 90 but fall apart. Day 7 - 70bpm is pretty comfortable. 80bpm somewhat consistent. 85 doable occasionally. 90 still not quite there. Struggling with my pick now. Feels like it's getting "caught" in the strings. Guess I'll review some "how to hold a pick" videos. WEEK BREAK (went on vacation) Day 8 - 90bpm! A little rough but I'm getting it! And I was able to do my C major scale at 90bpm too (also somewhat rough) but it's there! I have no idea where this came from. Idk if taking a break actually helped me? Is that a thing? Anyways, 100 is somewhat there. At 110 it falls apart. After 110 I keep picking without fretting notes to practice picking quickly.
Get the FULL 30-day Alternate Picking Masterclass & practice plan here: www.patreon.com/bernth 🤘 Challenge starts at 01:51 - where's YOUR current limit?
I have one question..
I have heard many guitar teacher suggests that left hand finger should be angled a little towards right hand/ guitar body.. because that way one can easily access to the 4th fret..
But, I generally practice guitar by straight finger parallel to the fret metal & maintain even gap between my four fingers, in that way I also can stretch my 4th finger to the 4th fret easily.. & also I place my finger to the corner to the fret metal & press by my finger tip..
So, my question is do I need to change my left hand position from straight/parallel to the fret metal to a little angled to the right hand or guitar body?? and If I don't change my left hand position then will that be a problem for my future playing & will it be a problem in playing guitar techniques like hammer on, pull of, slide, vibrato etc.??
Please answer..
If you answer this I will be very grateful to you.. Thank you.. 🎸
Ok, I will sure enroll this course on patreon.. I'm learning through your video tutorials.. Thanks.. 🎸
Hi Bernth, would you like to translate your videos into spanish? I think it could be a good idea for your channel. What do you think?
Day 1, 80 BPM 😞
Stuck 90-110...but, this is working!
Started on 19/12/21
Day 1: Started today at 50 bpm
Day 2: Reached 100 bpm but my left hand stopped cooperating
Day 3: I can now play 100bpm with much more ease, I struggle a bit at 110bpm
Day 4: I can play 110 bpm (not very cleanly tho) but my hands stop working at 120bpm
Day 5: Still stuck at 120 bpm, I can now play 110 more easily tho
Day 6: Almost no change since last time, still stuck at 120
Day 7: I went on vacation without my guitar and I haven't practised in over a week so I am back at 100bpm
Day 8: 110bpm comes off pretty easily but still not able to go up to 120
Day 9: Almost able to do 120, still not completely tho
Day 10: At 120bpm, 130 seems impossible
Day 11: My hands felt tired today, I only got to 110
Day 12: Back at 120bpm, still not clean
Day 13: Fell back to 110 again
Day 14: Still can't get 120 clean
Day 15: I stopped practising this for a while to focus more on improv but I am back to finish it this time. Currently at 110bpm
Day 16: Pulled off 120 bpm and close to reaching 130bpm. I aim to finish the challenge by day 30
Day 17: I can now play 130 bpm but it sounds kinda sloppy
Day 18: Still at 130bpm although now it sounds cleaner
Day 19: No improvements since yesterday, still can't reach 140
Day 20: Getting closer to 140
Day 21: I can kind of play 140, although I miss a few notes
Day 22 : No major improvements since yesterday, although I feel more comfortable playing at that tempo
Day 23: I can finally play 140 without missing any notes, but I still gotta work on playing it cleaner
Day 24: Still at 140, 150 is too fast
Day 25: Reached 150, but I miss a few notes now and then
Day 26: Haven't made any major improvements since last time
Day 27: Didn't have the best practise session today, my timing seemed off
Day 28: I missed a few sessions as I was really busy this week, I barely reached 150 today
Day 29: I've been pretty busy lately so I didn't have that much time to practise. I am still at 150
Day 30: I can keep up with 150 although it sounds awful
Yo Yo! Where is the update? Day 15?
@@cnt_vcious
He died.
We are all waiting for that return my guy!
I'm alive guys!! I took a little break but I am back to finish the challenge
@@dikaiosd583 nice one man, keep it up, otherwise u will be beaten by 27 year old boomer xD.
December 08 : 0bpm. Just memorizing the pattern is a challenge 🙂.
LOL I had this same issue. Turn the video speed down to 0.5x and learn it at 25 BPM, that's what helped me get it down
My thoughts hahaha
it helps me to write it in my tab book so you dony have to keep pausing the vid
i slowed it down and played along reading the tabs as i go
This is exactly how I felt...
I don't play metal and I don't play progressive rock, but I stumbled onto this channel months ago and decided for fun to see if I could learn a little about shredding. I play primarily Blues and Classic Rock (I am all about those Boomer Bends) and I was shocked last night when I went to go learn some new solo's at how much I have improved. Staggering! how easy somethings were, that would have given me a hard time 6 months ago. I just walk over them without even thinking. Older solo's I know sound cleaner and I am adding in new flourishes with these techniques
Improved picking technique, improved finger discipline, not having to play at what would have been my max speed, and more. These workouts really improve every style, and your playing in general. Can't wait to rock this one for the next 30 days and see what happens. Keep up the great training and great videos,
Cheers
Thanks for sharing, man, this was quite motivational
I've had this experience too. So happy I found this channel. I'm self taught for years and it has really given me the motivation to practice and develop more. It can be frustrating but also really exciting to see yourself progress. Like when you go learn a new David Glimour solo or something and realise it's coming to you way easier than it used to.
@@Lukezo relatable. Too relatable
How'd it turn out?
1:55 50 bpms
2:34 60 bpms
3:10 70 bpms
3:41 80 bpms
4:08 90 bpms
Cheers bro
ms means milisecond lol
thanks
Nomore. I decided that dancing is my new hobby🤣
@@thebushmaster0544holy shit 90 beats per millisecond is wild 💀💀
Day 1: 70 bpm
Day 2: 70 bpm consistently
Day 3: -
Day 4: 75 bpm
Day 5: 75 bpm
Day 6: 80 bpm (barely)
Day 7: 80 bpm
Day 8: 85 bpm
Day 9: -
Day 10: -
Day 11: 80 bpm
After 3 months: 100 bpm
Still doing it?
How much practice per day?
Nice I am struggling with 100bpm sometimes I can do it other times my hand is too tired
@@a1ru958you have too much tension in your hand probably I can do 100bpm pretty clean now
I got from 90bpm to 150 after 10 days of 90 mins per day practice
After two hours non stop practicing, I'm finally stuck at 100 BPM. I'll try to do better tomorrow! Thanks for this exercise Bernth :)
Awesome, great job! 🙂🤘
09/12 : Okay 100 BPM done, next step, 110!
How's your progress today?
@@KusyaViktor Hey! I can play it at 110 BPM cleanly, and I almost succeed at 120 ;) Are you training on this exercice too?
@@killianhut Every sleep it will get better, brain needs time :).
Starting 15/06/22
10-20 mins a day
Day 1: 80 bpm
Day 2: 85 bpm
Day 3: 95 bpm
Day 4: 95 bpm
Day 5: 95 bpm
Day 6: 85 bpm (slowed down so I can play it clean, I was forcing too much through mistakes and not improving)
I had to travel, so I didn't play guitar for 5 days
Day 7: 85 bpm
Day 8: 90 bpm
Day 9: 90 bpm
Day 10: 100 bpm
Day 11: 100 bpm
Day 12: 100 bpm
Day 13: 105 bpm
Day 14: 110 bpm (Struggling to be consistent, i didn't practice for a few days, but today i practice over 40min to beat the speed, i started at 70 bpm and focused on keeping both hands very relaxed and getting clean sound)
Day 15: 110 bpm
Day 16: 115 bpm
Day 17: 120 bpm
Day 18: 120 bpm
how are you now?
Finally.. after half year I'm able to complete the entire exercise! Thank You Bernth so much for your work :)
Brilliant - congratulations!
same here
just managed to play along 160BPM after 6 months
How long were you play before the lesson? I just started 3 weeks ago and trying to gauge the timeline.
My third day came on "sloppy 150"
@@mabblers20 years
Started at 50 bpm. Up to 90 bpm after memorizing the pattern and practicing for 15 minutes. Going to keep practicing because the faster I pushed, the more I started noticing picking deficiencies. Thank you for this exercise, Bernth. It's definitely helping me see my lazy habits, and forcing me to improve.
We're so fortunate to have people that make videos like this for other guitarists. I wish I had this when I first started. It would've saves me a lot of time and mistakes I've had to fix. Thank you to you and anybody else that does this for others. Can't wait to practice this.
Day one: Just started learning the chromatic for this exercise (50)
Day two: learned to play 60 bpm cleanly, can just get to 70 bpm
Day three: went to a friends so nothing
Day four: did 60 and 70 cleanly, can do 80 semi cleanly.
Day five: practiced polishing skills up and BARELY got to 90 after non stop practicing for 1.25 hours twice. Already feeling the improvement thanks Bernth!
Day 6: 100 bpm (sloppy)
Day 7: took in person lessons and wasn’t able to practice this exercise
Day 8: tried to slow it down and improve my playing quality (90)
Day 9: can play 90 cleanly, working on 100
Days 10-11: unable to practice
Day 12: can cleanly do 100, 110 is manageable but could be better
Day 13: cleaning up 110, 120 unclean
Day 14: still cleaning 110
Day 15: satisfied with 110, picking cleanly at 120 is tough for me but like 110, I think I can get it with time
Day 16: 120 is decent, gonna try 130 when my wrists aren’t dying 😅 bc I practiced a lot today
Day 17: 130 is okay, 140 is choppy
Day 18: decided to slow it down again at 130
Day 19: think I hit my first roadblock 140 still challenging
Essentially days 20-23: kept practicing until I could get past 140
Day 24: 150 is manageable, could be better
Day 24: improved 150
Day 26: 160 doesn’t sound terrible actually, just some minor adjustments may be needed
Days 26-31: I’ve just been doing this exercise on and off, 160 sounds pretty good so I’d say I’d completed the challenge
Some tips for new people: no need to hold the pick too tightly, being relatively relaxed but controlled is the sweet spot! Don’t reveal too much of the pick, this makes it harder to escape the strings and you will feel more resistance. Playing at a slightly slower tempo with quality is better than playing mediocrely at a faster tempo. If you are unsure of how something sounds, play with a clean tone to easily identify mistakes. This challenge is very doable! I’m an intermediate and this is just a special chromatic essentially
Keep going! :D You know you're doing it right if your wrists are dead. No pain no gain
For how many years have you been playing before practicing this?
Tks for the tips, helped a lot!!
@@reddyred2913 Thanks a lot man! This exercise has changed my playing certainly for the better and I feel a lot more comfortable attacking more challenging tempos
@@pewpewlesay1345 Not even in the years yet! Been playing in the months still!
I did it! I made it all the way to the end of the video!
Now let's start practicing!
Reached 180bpm on the second day. Then realized that it’s quarter notes, and four notes per beat 🤣 so I’m actually not even playing at 50bpm.
I’m still proud of the progress I made as I am a new guitarist and can feel my hands grow stronger and more coordinated. I will continue practicing and see where I get lol 😂
4 Days: I’ve finally reached 50 bpm but I can’t play it perfectly every time. Enjoying this exercise as it’s making my finger strong and coordinated
So how should i set the beats/bar and clicks/beat? 4/2?
How u doing now
@@vexxn2112 it is 4 notes per 1 tempo
@@vexxn2112 it is a 4/4 beat. 4 clicks for four packs of 4 notes. You Play four notes per click. Makes 16 notes in one 4/4 beat. 16th notes.
You can practice it in 8th notes, too. Just play only 2 notes per click in the beat and stretch the practice material to two 4/4 beats.
It also took me a while to realize
Day 1: 50 BPM, trying to memorize the pattern.
Day 2: 60 BPM, almost consistent.
2 days away from guitar.
Day 3: Somehow got to 70 BPM, almost consistent.
Came back after 7 months. It's the 6th of August 2024 and I'm starting the challenge again. Hope I'll continue.
Day 1: 80 bpm consistently, 90 bpm sloppy.
Day 2: Stuck at 90 bpm, a bit sloppy, but gaining confidence.
Day 3: I am now comfortable with 90 bpm, although it's still sloppy. I tried 100 bpm, I need more speed in the left hand. I'll try my best to get there.
Day 4 (after 2 days break): 90bpm very sloppy and difficult after the break
Day 5: I'm confident with the speed for 90bpm, but it's still very sloppy. Gotta work on that. I tried 100 bpm and it didn't turn that bad.
Day 6: There were many days I couldn't play the guitar. Today I tried a little bit and reached 90 bpm. It was sloppy, but there's some progress.
Started Sep 4th, 2023
Day 1: Having trouble with the pattern, memorized about half of it
Day 2: Memorized most of the pattern
Day 3: Finally got the pattern down, consistent enough with 50bpm
Day 4: I can keep up with 60bpm with occasional mistakes. Don’t have much time to play today so I’ll attempt 70bpm tomorrow
Day 5: I can keep up with 70, 80 is very difficult
Day
Day 8: It has been a few days. Something I realized is that I need to work on my picking technique. I’ll
update again when I make more progress
Day 9: With my new picking technique I can keep up with 70, the problem I’m facing is I can’t seem to get any speed ‘perfect’.
Day 10: Been making less mistakes and am more motivated now. I’m able to do 70 relatively consistently, but 80 is still a struggle.
Day 11: I can keep up with 80, but it is not easy
Day ??: It's been about a month since I last tried this. I am able to do 90 and keep up with 100 after having applied alternate picking to what I already know. Gonna continue my long break from this challenge to focus on other things but I may return one day.
I have been playing guitar for over 10 years, but I was self-taught from the beginning. I never really knew what to practice, and was honestly quite lax with myself lol. I spent a huge majority of that time basically learning songs that I liked, and this pretty much allowed me to play or learn whatever I wanted by ear (granted that it was within my boundaries technique-wise). When it came down to other things like picking fast, I found that I was extremely weak in those aspects. I had horrible picking and left+right hand coordination once the BPMs started rising. So now I'm spending a lot of my time playing catch-up.
I stumbled across your channel and watched a few of your videos, and decided to go along with this one. I started about a week ago at Level 8 @ 120 bpm, and it was pretty comfortable to me. 130 bpm was where my coordination started to desync, so I took that as my starting point to grind. I practiced around this tempo, going up and down as needed.
Fast forward to now and I just hit 140 bpm and both my hands are in sync. I love you Bernth lol you won me over 🤣I am sure I will hit 160bpm in the coming weeks. Please never stop making videos, you are truly amazing.
@@Tybren haha I have yet to reach 160! I was able to reach 150 the other week, though it wasn’t too clean. my hands just sort of fall apart when going 160. Then again, there are some weeks that I neglected alternate picking exercises all together so a part of it is probably my inconsistency as well lol. My hand synchronization has increased dramatically though so doing this routine has other benefits than just speed!
@@Tybren Hell yeah man, if you stay consistent I’m sure you can definitely reach the higher BPMs! Good luck, I got 100% faith in you bro 👊
December 13: 50bpm
May 5: 140bpmn (not perfect tho)
May 6:150 bpm
June 1: Perfected 140 bpm 150bpm almost sounds perfect, just started with 160bpm
June 20:160 bpm (not perfect tho)
September 1, 2023: Came to understand that my picking technique is ass, start over once again with the correct picking technique
September 25: grinding 120 bpm atm
October 28: 140 bpm sounds kinda okay, but not perfect
This exercise rules…I’m at 100bpm after a day of trying (5/29/2023) and actually think I’m gonna be able to get to the end. I have the finger speed already to get to the end, but not the timing or coordination. I’m more of a Hendrix style player but always wanted to learn to shred for real and I think you’re gonna be a great asset. Will be joining Patreon, thanks so much!
2:34 60bpm
3:09 70bpm
3:40 80bpm
4:07 90bpm
4:32 100bpm
1/5/24- I could get pretty consistent at 90 bpm, but I struggle with synchronization and I am tensing my shoulder. I'll have to slow it down to work on form for a few minutes each session to help me in the long run.
1/7/24- Haven't played too much in the last 2 days, but I was able to get 100 easily and got a very close attempt at 110. I'll give it another 15 mins to clean up my movements and give 110 another try.
1/8/24- Just did a 45-60 minute session to practice this and some other things. Got several clean attempts of 110 and was able to get through 120 relatively smoothly twice. 130 was a little too fast still though. Will come back and get a rough attempt tomorrow for sure.
Any updates?
80 bpm at day 4 - I´ve been playing guitar for about 1,5 years and this already helped a lot to improve my alternate picking technique, Thank you for your Tutorials ^^
My diary c:
15.01 - comfortable 70bpm. The goal now is to automatize the pattern and focus on swift switches between notes - remove as much unnecessary movement as possible.
I first started playing guitar 17 years ago, but over the last 6 years, I lost my love and drive for the guitar. Recently I've found that passion again, using this exercise daily is a great challenge to regain some of my lost skills!
Day 1: Failed. Couldn't get through the exercise
Day 2: 50BPM - Pretty chuffed
Day 3: 80BPM - This routine is even helping with my sightreading
Day 4: Away from home, no chance of practice
Day 5: Still Away from home
Day 6: 90BPM - I keep catching myself slipping into open hand and not supporting my fretting hand with my thumb.
Day 7: onto 100bpm
Day 8 - 50(ish): This is still part of my daily warm-up routine. 110bpm has become the comfort spot for warming up. I've shifted my learning goals to more theory-based development, but will revisit this soon and push to improve my speed!
Playing 4 years consistently with maybe 4 weeks without playing total and I can't play this exercise. Just barely.
9 Feb 2024: been practising this exercise for almost 2 weeks. Started at 50bpm and worked my way up to 100bpm, which is not perfectly in sync yet. I do the exercise everyday for roughly an hour while watching tv in the evening. The improvements in my finger strength and technique over these past 2 weeks is truly remarkable already. Thanks a lot for sharing this Bernth!
Day 1: 50 bpm
Day 2: 60 bpm
Day 3: 70 bpm
Day 4: 80 bpm
Day 5: 85 bpm
Day 6: 90 bpm
Day 7: 92 bpm
Day 8: 95 bpm
Day 9: 96 bpm
Day 10: 96 bpm
Day 11: 94 bpm
Day 12: 97 bpm
Day 13: 98 bpm
Day 14: 94 bpm
Day 15: 97 bpm
Day 16: 97 bpm
Day 17: 98 bpm
Day 18: 99 bpm (really glad I practiced instead of skipping!)
Day 19: 98 bpm
Day 20: 99 bpm
Day 21: 100 bpm (woohoo!)
Day 22: 98 bpm
Day 23: 98 bpm
Day 24: 99 bpm and 108 bpm bursts
Day 25: 99 bpm and 108 bpm bursts
Day 26: 100 bpm and 112 bpm bursts
Day 27: 101 bpm and 112 bpm bursts
Day 28: 101 bpm and 110 bpm bursts
Day 29: 100 bpm
Your comment and practice results motivate me. Thanks
great, I'm glad! keep practicing @@sonushika1218 👍
Yo, keep up the good work.
amazing, still ongoing?
Day 1 21.9.22 - Took soooo long to even do 50BPM. Had a hard time getting the pattern. Got to 70BPM eventually.
Day 2 22.9.22 - Finally memorised the pattern. Can get up to 90BPM sometimes.
Day 3 23.9.22 - 90
Day 4 24.9.22 - Struggled to get to 90.
Day 5 26.9.22 - 100!
Day 6 27.9.22 - 100, didn't have much time to spend this day.
Day 7 28.9.22 - 100
Day 8 29.9.22 - 110... can almost do 120. My hand, wrist and forearm have been sore all this time from this exercise. I feel like my playing is becoming more precise overall.. really quickly.
Day 9 14.10.22 - Haven't been playing guitar everyday. I was probably overdoing it. 130 today!
Day 10 16.10.22 - 120 badly. Fatigued from playing a lot of guitar the last few days.
Stuck at 120 bpm, that is my stuck tempo since pretty much, the beginning of times.
Thanks for the teaching, you really rock
Day one, practiced at least 2 hours and stuck at 90bpm. Will try to beat this tomorrow. I’ve been playing a little over 2 years and just now getting serious about developing my skills and technique instead of just learning more songs. Thanks for the challenge Bernth!
Day 2, got through 100bpm and stuck on 110
Start date 22/11/2022, started because I wanted to improve my guitar playing from only barre chords and fingerstyles to be able to do fast picking in metal songs.
22/11 - Struggling to follow 50bpm, turned on x0.5 so that I can learn how to play this workout first at 25bpm.
same
29th of January
1st day: memorizing - 50 bpm
2nd day: 60 bpm
3rd day: 70 bpm
4th day: 80 bpm
This already feels incredible fast for me and it is only half speed 😮
Update: 26th of February
Day 8: 90 bpm
Day 12: 100 bpm but not fluently as it should be
August 17, 2023 -
DAY 1: Currently at Level 6 100BPM (4:32)
DAY 2: I can now play 110BPM (4:54), I'm gonna try to go 120BPM (5:13).
Day 2.5: I can play 120BPM but it sounds so sloppy
Day 3: Back to 80BPM, after listening to my recording, I realized how bad my technique was so I tried to make sure every plucked note is consistently good
Day 4. Back to 120 with a slightly cleaner technique
Day 5. Still stuck at 120, trying to improve my technique
Day 6: Took a break and tried jamming to a backing track, I definitely saw a little improvement with my alternate picking.
Day 7: I'm gonna try to get myself used to 130 BPM (5:31), then try to clean everything
Day one: 70 bpm. I keep going back because my left hand is to uncontrolled. It seems like a very good workout though. Thanks man!
Update 100 today
@@s4tchowns Same here! shake, but stabilizing....
130 today although I did not really feel like I was in control :D
106 today, 130 is completely out of reach for me
110, wonky, but gradually straightening out
Gonna spend about an hour a day practicing this, I’ll move up BPM when I can play it 7 times in a row without messing up
Day 1 - Spent most of today getting familiar with the exercise. Struggling with the chromatics at the end and the pinkie reach to the 10th fret. Nonetheless, I got to 90 bpm today. Looking forward to this challenge!!
Bookmark: 4:32
how is it going ?
Hey Berth! Started on 2.12.2023
Day 1: 50bpm easily done (I liked the melody and tried to do it with over 100 bpm, caught myself cheating with hammer ons :))
Day 2: 60bpm easliy done, no sweat.
Day 3: 70bpm easliy done, no sweat.
Started on 12/12/22
Day 1: I can play in 50 bpm almost smoothly. 60 and 70 are somewhat manageable.
Day 2: could play 70 bpm almost cleanly. But when i try 80 bpm i seem to get lost between notes and lose my momentum.
Day 4: After some practice i could do 80 bpm almost cleanly.
Day7: I can play at 90 bpm now
Gotta practice more
( 3:41 )
Day 12: I can finally play at 100 almost cleanly.
(4:08)
i don't believe that i did it its been 8 month since i start this practice and now i reached 170 bpm thank you bernth❤🤘
started yesterday, choppy at 60bpm, today 60 feels better 🤙🏽 thanks for the exercise!
I'm late to the party, but I'm trying this exercise now. I'm not much of a speed demon, but I want to improve my alternate picking speed and accuracy. At the moment I am stuck at 90 BMP. I can ALMOST get 100, but it's a little fast for me. I'm 62 years old so I'm trying to unlearn some old habits. I tend to move my index finger and thumb rather than my wrist. I'm trying to unlearn and relearn but it's tough teaching an old dog new tricks.
Started on 22/11/2023.
Day 1: 90bpm
Day 2: 100bpm
Day 3: 110bpm
Day 4: (Gave up on this exercise, but came back to it after 2 months) 110bpm
Day 5: 120bpm
Day 6: Only got to 110bpm because im getting used to a new picking style
Day 7: 110bpm
Day 8: 110bpm, first 3 bars of 120bpm
Day 9: 4 bars of 120bpm
Everyone has to understand there’s different techniques to different speeds I’d say one you’re pushing around 110-120 bpm work on keeping your wrist a little more straight and relaxing your thumb while anything before that work on using your wrist to get solid up and down strokes yes some people can probably get higher than 120 with just their wrist but for most of y’all try altering your technique once you hit faster speeds. It’ll feel weird at first but eventually you’ll get it down. Keep shredding y’all👏🏼
3:10 - 70BPM
3:41 - 80BPM
4:07 - 90BPM
4:32 - 100BPM
4:53 - 110BPM
5:13 - 120BPM
5:31 - 130BPM
5:48 - 140BPM
6:03 - 150BPM
6:17 - 160BPM
Does it matter, note value? Playing 64s at 70 or even these patterns in 32 at 65 make you go psychotic.
god
Day 1 Start (March 6, 2023)
110 bpm clean | 120 sloppy
Day 4: Can hit 120 (sloppy and slightly tense)
Day 11: I can finally hit 160 consistently and clean with no major issue. Took a while to adjust my picking form to accommodate for the speed/looseness needed.
Day 25 (March 30): Still doing this daily. 160 is no problem for me after sufficient warm up. I'm doing this every morning right after waking up so sometimes the hands are extra tight. Also trying to utilize more thumb swivel to minimize wrist movement when alt picking to see if I can build up more speed that way.
Now the next step is flight of the bumblebee at 240. :D
This was much more fun than I expected! Thanks Bernth! May 26, stuck at 100 bpm!
Started 07.10.23
day 1: learned exercise, starting practice
day 2: 50 bpm
day 3: 60 bpm stragling
day 4: Sometimes miss notes on 70 bpm. On 80 bpm my strokes no longer consistant, I play air notes often
day 5: I've noticed that my grip changed slightly, hitting 70 clearly. Cant keep up with 80
day 6-7: beat 80 bpm
day 7-10 stuck at 90
Day 5. I was stuck at 100bpm for 4 days. Right and left hand problems, no coordination...ring finger and pinky were not collaborating. I had to create another exercise to free these fingers and make them work as fast as the index middle and ring finger.Did three notes per strings with middle, ring and pinky alone
I have reached 110bpm and need to focus a lot more.
As I progress I see all kind of issues with my playing which I am able to correct by creating other exercises. This is very interesting topic.Thanks Bernth.
My hands and fingers seems to be talking to me for the first time
Started this exercise about a week ago, first time ever playing guitar consistently. I'm on my 12 week. I can cleanly play level 3. As soon as I miss a note on level 4 I get all messed up. I look forward to this exercise everyday because you can see your progress from day to day. Thank you!!
Well I can play level 4 today, I need to learn how to minimize my left hand movement, I feel that's holding me back at the moment
I can get part way through level 5 now
Great job! I look forward to trying this. I’m an absolute beginner, but been playing guitar like 3-8 hours a day for the past 3 weeks. My finger coordination is improving rapidly from the damn spider drill, look forward to mixing it up with this.
Started several days ago. Bit of a backstory - can't shred to save my life and got horrible technique with years of bad habits that I'm now trying to correct, "flying pinky" being the biggest offender, so I'm also trying to do routines to fix those at the same time I'm working on this.
Day 1: Trying to learn and get through the whole thing in free tempo without forgetting what note comes next xD
Day 2: Starting to get the hang of 50 BPM without stumbling, pattern memorizing issues for now as opposed to techniques.
Day 3: 50 BPM down, 60 BPM doable but not effortless, 70 BPM breaks down, complete noise past that. Got a looooong road ahead of me, it seems.
Day 4: Managed to start being able to do 70 BPM throughout, but far from consistent. Couldn't get a single coherent run at 80 BPM.
Day 5: Getting marginally better... I think? Still couldn't crack 80 BPM. 70 is more or less consistent now though.
Day 6: 80 BPM down! Just need to make it feel less tense and forceful. 90 feels basically impossible at the moment, can't even get through the first bar.
Day 7: Yesterday's progress might have been a fluke. Forget 90, I couldn't even do 80 BPM reliably today.
Day 8: Although still extremely tense and forceful, 90 BPM is starting to sound... recognizable. Yeah, let's put it that way.
Day 9: Still working on 90 BPM.
Replying to make sure you have not quit
@@Iznoot Quit? Well, yes and no. "Yes" as in I did stop practicing for personal reasons soon after the last update, and my entire studio is still mostly disassembled - don't even have anywhere to plug the guitar in right now. And "no" as in I do plan to get back to it eventually, but all the previous progress is all but guaranteed to be nullified at this point, so I will be starting from scratch.
Finally at 150 BPM after deciding to study my pick grip. Still some missing notes here and there but I finally got to this check point on day one of mastering moving my hand as little as possible and finding the right pick grip. Yall can do it too, just study how you practice and it'll work wonders
starting as a complete beginner, practicing on acoustic guitar (english is not my first language, sorry for mistakes)
26.08 started at 25BPM, stopped at 55 BPM because while playing I started picking the wrong strings
27.08 | 70 BPM
28.08 | 70 BPM
Thats very good for begginer! Never give up
Nice workout!
December 8th: Today I'm only learning the exercice, starting speed challenge tomorrow.
December 10th: Struggling at 100 bpm.
started on 11/19/21
day 1: barely able to do 50 bpm right hand felt awkward and sometimes forgot the tab.
day 2: able to do 50 bpm sometimes, I tried cracking into 60 bpm but it didn't go well
day 3: 50 bpm feels much more comfortable I still mess up but I can do it consistently now, working on 60 now.
Day 4: focused on getting out of my comfort zone was able to get to 100 bpm sloppily, but my comfort area is around 70 now, gonna practice some legato exercises before tomorrows attempt.
Day 5: Thanks giving, did spider walk exercise for like 2 hours lol while waiting to eat.
Day 6: 80 bpm feels impossible to play now, but somehow 70 feels a lot better I have no clue.
Day 7: 70 feels really solid right now, 80 still feels impossible I'm trying my hardest but I can't seem to go past this barrier gonna try working on technique tomorrow.
Day 8: 80 bpm felt doable finally, I think my right hand needs some work pretty alright.
day 9: doing 30 minutes a day, it might be my wrist injury but 80 is slowly getting easier sad that my progress isn't faster but trying my best :).
Day 10: finally able to do 80 my fretting hand seems to be the issue so I’m gonna try and work on that some more.
Day 11: 80 feels so much easier now, we don’t talk about 90…
Day 12: back to 80 again this is so frustrating I feel like it’s impossible to progress past this… 😓
Day 13: unable to practice since I went on a road trip but should be fine tomorrow
day 14: practiced for maybe 20+ minutes a little disheartened but I'll continue none the less, I've been doing the spider walk exercise without moving my fingers between each note to hopefully improve my fretting hand speed for the last few days I'm not sure if it's helping.
Day 15: Probably my last day, I feel like I've learned a lot, but I've felt like I'm learning how to play fast for the wrong reasons, playing faster wont make me a better guitarist, so I'm going to focus on other areas of my playing instead. Sorry I couldn't finish the exercise but I'll be back one day to attempt it, thanks for the lesson!
Starting 6/20/23
Day 1: 60 bpm down, 70 a bit sloppy
Day 2: 70 bpm, 80 bit sloppy
Day 3: 90 bpm clean, 100 bpm very sloppy
Day 4: still stuck at 90 bpm, i’m starting to think this will be impossible
Day 5: 100 bpm! 110 sounds a bit terrible though 😅
Day 6: 100 bpm very clean. Can keep up with 110 but it doesn’t sound great.
Day 7: 110 sounds a bit better.
Lol same it's day 5 and I'm stuck at 100 Bpm. 110 bpm very sloppy.
Wish you all best on your progress!
@@Kaizn.wThank you. Good luck as well!
After playing guitar for 2 years I decided to give this a try!
Day 1 - Managed to learn the pattern and do 80 bpm quite well
Days 2 and 3 - I was practicing the 80 bpm
Day 4 - Finally done the 90 bpm
Started this last week, couldn’t get past 90bpm now I’m just able to keep up with 110bpm, thank you so much bernth this has been so helpful 🤟🏽
I will share my progress as well.
Day 1: 40mins just to learn the progression, 50bpm is actually harder than 60bpm as i dont think as much in 60bpm, 70 is doable with some mistakes. 2 hours later 70 is easy, 80 is doable with mistakes.
Day 2: 80 is easy. Weirdly i struggle with the direct ascends and descends after the 10th of 4th string. I always break the rythm and cannot return to it :(. 1 hour later 90 and 100 achieved. 110 is just ridiculous. Seems tmy left hand gave out :/ 1 more hour later 100 is normal, 110 is doable with some slip ups.
Day 3: I found the issue, my pinky soar through the galaxy thus speed loss on my left hand denies me from gaining speed. working on pinky positioning. 110 is VERY HARD. 100 become somewhat doable. 120 is not fair.
Day 4: Fixing my technique, 90 and 100 became easier while 110 is still very hard. 120 is impossible. 1 hour later first clean 100. Found out that resting my wrist on the bridge instead of not resting is much better and make me more relaxed. 110 is doable with slip ups at the end of day.
Day 5: First cleanish 110, very few slip ups. My right hand is good now but my left hand feels very stiff especially if i do 3 of these loops back to back.
Day 6: 110 is doable with slip ups. 2 hours later, Something weird happened, i just unlocked the ability i guess now 120 is doable? how?
Day 7: 90 and below is just boring at this point, 120 is doable after warm up. 110 more clean. Guys... im an idiot. I just saw that my picking directions are all f ed up. It gave me huge clarity while playing.
Day 8: 110 is very doable with warm up. 90 and 100 is easy. 120 is still a challenge but not impossible.
1 month later....
Day 1: 120 is doable. 130 is hard but not impossible.
Man thank you so so much. This exercise and the ones on patreon have done wonders for me. I can transition strings easily now and keep time so much better. My heartfelt thanks to you man! You have made me a better guitarist, and an even better one in the future. 🤟
Day 2 on level 7, your challenge had me improved, this content is awesome!!!🤘🏻🤘🏻🔥⚡️
Jan - day 16: manage to push to 90bpm in the first day
Jan - day 17: got to 100 bpm with almost no problem, but 110 bpm still not working
Jan - day 18: still got to 100 bpm, a bit more dirty than yesterday tho, 110 bpm felt harder, might work a bit on my technique tomorrow
Feb - day 10: got stuck in 2 songs and literally forgot about the training, will come back to it tomorrow.
Day 1: memorising the pattern
Day 2: 50bpm is sometimes messy but overall ok
Day 3: 60bpm
Day4: 60bpm sometimes 70bpm
Day 5: -
Day 6: 60bpm sounds good and 70bpm is mostly ok
Day 7: -
Day 8: -
Day 9: 70bpm sounds good, 80bpm is very sloppy
Day 0: Thinking about starting tomorrow 🤔
Day 1: 50 BPM with a bit of discomfort.
Day 2: 80 BPM inconsistently
Day 3: 80 BPM Still difficult
Day 4: 80 BPM Starting to feel comfortable
Day 5: 90 BPM feels impossible
Day 6: 90 BPM Felt doable today
Day 7: 100 BPM can't play all the notes yet.
Day 8: 90 BPM Still needs work
Day 9: 90 BPM I'm starting to blame my cheap guitar and picks 😑
Day 10: 90 BPM Almost there
Day 11: 90 BPM Still feels difficult
Day 12: 90 BPM Fells doable
Day 13: Missed almost 2 weeks( stuck at 90)
try to feel if you right arm is tensed. If it is tensed then I recommend you stop and relax your forearm.
It is really tensed up, thanks I'll try that.
@@JimmyTutorials-ij6hn JYMMI JAMMYI JEIORMU
Lets do this my friend, i also started this yesterday. Until my sound interface arrives imma do this every day for 2 hours!
do you start on an upstroke or a downstroke ?
Day 1: 10/20/23 50 BPM
Day 2: 10/22/23 100 BPM
Day 3 10/23/23 130 BPM
Day 4: 10/25/23 150
day 6 10/26/23 150
day 7/8 10/28 160 just need to clean it up. thanks bernth!
has this exercise helped your all round playing, im trying to speed up my jamming over backing tracks using a pentatonic scale in all positions. would this exercise help me achieve this short term goal?
@@CanavanOfficialyes
Can't believe how much progress I made. First time I tried it I had to take like an hour to internalize the pattern, then pretty quickly built up to 110 bpm in the following days. Now, like two months or so later, I'm at 140 bpm (albeit quite sloppy), which felt totally impossible when I first started. Slow but steady progress. Onward to the last level of the challenge!
12-12: Starting to try out 150 bpm, still quite some mistakes
13-12 140 bpm. Not a great day today
18-12 Have still been hanging around 140 bpm. Tried 150 bpm a couple times but it's really messy.
19-12 150 BPM starts to feel less elusive, albeit still very difficult.
21-12 140 BPM. Need to get rid of the flying pinky and learn 'economy of motion'.
03-01 130 BPM. Remember kids, we all have good and bad days.
07-01 150 BPM, but very sloppy.
22-02 150 BPM, 160 BPM finally seems to be in reach.
10-03 150 BPM, quite a bit cleaner than before. Trying to change the pick grip for more consistent results.
12-03 150 BPM, getting more solid by the day.
How is it going?
@@topaziscringeverycringe8532 Still trying 150 BPM every now and then. Have been focusing more on technique in the last few days and 140 BPM is at least more consistent now.
@@topaziscringeverycringe8532 I've been out of it for quite a while sadly. I'm picking it back up again as of today. With some determination, I should be able to get to 150 bpm more consistently. 160 bpm still seems totally crazy to me.
@@topaziscringeverycringe8532Not bad actually, almost done with the challenge!
@@topaziscringeverycringe8532 Still trying! :D
Feb 14, 2023
I'm starting this workout; I haven't played my guitar for like 5 years. Here's my Dat 1 so far and will update it as it goes:
Day 1: Started at 50, struggling on the picking pattern and tabs for about an hour and got the hang of it. After being comfortable in about an hour, went from 50 to 60pm. I struggled at 60bpm and I don't even know why. Got stuck for an hour and just decided to turn it up to 70bpm on which I think is most comfortable with me. I can go 3 bars without any mistakes. I stopped cause my fingers hurt. Will try to practice 70bpm tomorrow and see if I can up the tempo.
Day 2: started at 70bpm then got comfortable to 80bpm. Tried 90bpm but can't get consistency, my right hand was getting stiff and my fingers hurt. tried to 100bpm but struggled. I'll let my fingers rest and practice 90bpm tomorrow and hit 100bpm.
Day 3: Practiced slow from 80-90bpm to actually getting the hang of 100bpm. I was struggling at first because I can't figure out why my left hand fingers are so tensed, gradually discovered that I was anchoring my index finger on the neck without any reason. Relaxed a bit and practiced my finger positioning and did 100bpm. I tried 110bpm but damn, impossible I may have to start 100bpm and gradually up it to 110bpm.
Day 4: Only practiced for an hour cause the blisters on my fingers ain't healed yet and it hurts like hell when playing. I was able to keep up at 110bpm (a bit sloppy though) which I thought was impossible. Can't play anymore cause my fingers hurt. I'll try to beat 110bpm tomorrow and hopefully to try 120bpm.
Day 5: Was trying to practice but I felt really off and hands are not in synch.
Day 6: Fingers don't hurt anymore and I figured why I was off yesterday. I was tensioning my forearm too much that it affected my picking hand. Worked on it for an hour and as soon as my forearm is tensed I stopped because its going to get sloppy anyway. I already broke my 110bpm wall and I was surprised that my first time on 120bpm was smooth but needs a little work. I'll continue to practice until all the notes are clear. I tried 130bpm, its doable but I need to work on relaxing my right arm.
Day 7: practiced for about 1hr and I'm stuck at 120bpm :( I feel like 130bpm is impossible. I'll again tomorrow if there's any improvement.
Started on 2022/11/12
day1: bpm50
day2:bpm60
day3:changing picking style to floating picking and play at bpm 70
day4: bpm80 and try playing bpm90 but not very clean
day5:bpm 90 cleared and try 100 damn
day6:bmp100 but left hand not stable
day7:right hand feel bad, back to bpm 90
day8:bpm 100
day9:bmp 100 cleared and try bpm 110 cant follow the beat
day10: still 100 but 110 can kind of catch up
day11:110
day12:110 can 75%
day13:110 almost finished & 120 front half can kind of follow
day14: 110 and 120 much better
day15: worked out today stuck on 110
day16:120 fuck left hand little finger
day17: 120 almost completed try 130
day18:120 left hand got better(? 130 still awful
day19:130 better try 140
day20: 120 much better 130 almost clean
day21:left hand fingers hurt can only play 120
day22:still 120...
day23:rest
day24:overcome 140 , 150 sloppy
day25:140 150 sloppy
day26:140
day27"140 150
day 28:140
day29:rest
day30:can play 150 and 160 sloppy...
What an amazing speed run. I was kind of bored with the same alternative picking exersizes. This is really cool and i do love a challenge. :-). 120BPM for me so far. 🤘
January 22 - 100bpm after 5 playthroughs. I'll definitely be practicing this all day. it's amazing what a difference 10bpm makes. Been playing for 25 years but never learned how to play lead, only rhythm and singing. Thanks a ton, I feel like this is gonna help a lot.
I appreciate all the efforts that a lot of you teachers make to help us increase our speed. Most of the time, the challenge is perceived as being a picking challenge that can be resolved by good control of the picking hand. In my case, picking hand is the easy part. Whichever exercise I try, I am always stuck at about 85 bpm for 16th Notes (or even less, and I've been playing for years!) because of my left hand! My pinky is pretty small (much smaller than yours, Bernth) and it forces me into a position that has a serious limit it seems. I was wondering: does your Alternate Picking Masterclass take into account the left hand? I don't know what to do anymore and I practice hard!
@Strat Abuser Thanks for your input. Mentioning some time targets also puts it in perspective. I'll remember your words...
day 1: first 10 minutes just trying to learn all the notes at 30 bpm, preparing to start at 50 bpm now. it's been around 40 minutes now and i'm kinda able to do it at 50 bpm but it doesn't sound clean. 60 fucks me really hard, my brain cannot think that fast. brain doesn't work anymore, going to bed.
day 2: after sleeping, it seems like I’m better. I can do 60 sometimes, and I even managed to get 70 working ok. Will focus on 60 tomorrow to be perfect.
day 3: i got to 70. Sometimes I still miss but I'm much better than yesterday. I even started playing with 80 bpm, but the descending sections are hard at this point for me.
After a day, I’m stuck at 90. I’m completely humbled. I thought I was much faster than that. I’m gonna keep practicing. Thanks Bernth
You got this! Just keep chipping away at it. When I practiced this a few months ago, I could only play up to about 110 after a week or two; the first day was pretty rough. I never thought I'd be able to play anything faster than the first two solos in Metallica's Sanitarium, but with (mostly) consistent effort over the past few months, I surprised myself the other day by nailing some of the fast parts of the Bark at the Moon solo.
It's that thing that all of us hate to hear, but it's really just all about practice - even when you feel like you can't play very well, by literally just playing new things on the guitar, you'll get better over time, even if you don't notice it in the moment.
Im able to manage 120 bpm but Ive noticed that I cant play other patterns ( already known) at the same speed. Is this because of the muscle memory developed for this particular exercise? Looking for some advice folks
I consider myself a slow learner so this will be interesting
Day 1 : Can barely do the 50bpm version, it's not really because of the speed but because I need to memorize the notes well
Day 2 : Could do the 50bpm as soon as I woke up, managed to do 70 bpm after 40 minutes of practice
Day 3 : Cleaned up 70 bpm and can do 80 bpm pretty sloppy
December 30, 110 bpm. I'll be stuck here for a loooong time 😂
Yo man how far are you now?
I’m in the same place!
July4,2023
-50BPM (had a hard time memorizing the exercise)
July5,2023
-60BPM
-70BPM
-80BPM
-90BPM (can do the exercise cleanly till 90BPM)
July6,2023
-100BPM (left hand isn't cooperating very well)
July7,2023
-A bit of improvement on 100BPM (can play it with ease)
-working on 110 BPM
July8,2023
-resting
July9,2023
-100BPM still
July10,2023
-Still perfecting 100BPM
July11-14,2023
-no practice
July15,2023
-100BPM still
July25,2023
-bought a jazz III pick and it improve my picking speed
(110bpm)
Day 1: Can do 80 cleanly easily enough. 90 is a challenge. Left hand stops working and i skip a few notes.
Day 2: 80 is a breeze now. I did 90 a lot cleaner today. Starting messing up a bit towards the end but still cleaner and overall an improvement
Day 3: Skip
Day 4: 90 is very clean now. Almost perfect other than a few errors here and there. Can sorta do 100 but I just lose coordination between the hands.
Day 5: 90 is a breeze now. 100 is a bit cleaner but still room for improvement
Day 1: 60 BPM
Day 2: 70 BPM (Kind of)
Day 3: 70 BPM (Completed both sequences)
Day 4: 70 BPM
Day 5: 80 BPM (Almost)
Day 6: Still at 80 BPM :(
Day 7: 80 BPM COMPLETED!
Day 8: Struggling at 90
Day 9: Still struggling
Day 10: Kinda getting there
Day 11: 90 BPM
Day 12: 90 BPM
Day 13: 90 BPM
Day 14: 90 BPM
Day 15: 90 BPM
Day 16: I guess I’m just stuck at 90
Day 17: 90BPM
Day 18: 90BPM
Day 19: I took a pause
Day 20: 90 BPM
Day 21: I actually saw progress today, I think few more days and I will make it past 90 BPM
Day 22: 90 BPM
Day 23: 90 BPM
Day 24: I think I’m gonna call it completed and move on to 100 BPM
Day 25: Working on 100 BPM
Day 26: Now I can actually do 90 without much difficulty, very proud of myself that I kept pushing
Day 27: 100 BPM still a challenge
Day 28: 100 BPM
Day 29: 100 BPM
Day 30: 100 BPM
I completed the 30 day challenge, but I’m not stopping here, I’ll update my progress once every month until I’m satisfied. From other peoples comments I can see that I achieved less than most people did for 30 days, but that doesn’t discourage me from practicing even more. I’m glad I found this video and started practicing!
Where u at now. I'm stuck at 80-90
@@colgate4646 Yea, I’m also there around 90, but I feel that I’m improving so just keep on practicing don’t give up.
Don't give up, buddy! Rome wasn't built in a day and speed doesn't come from one day or the other. If you're hitting a plateau, try to evaluate your technique and really focus on having that right. On the other hand, as I've found out myself, don't be afraid to push yourself, and disregard technique every now and then just to see what it feels like to play faster. For me a big limiting factor was being very cramped in my left hand, having way too much tension. As soon as I addressed that, I went up 10-20 bpm. Trying to work my way up now from 130 to 140 bpm.
Wasn’t even planning to give up! But thanks for encouraging words and tips. I’m not just planning to practice this for 30 days, but until I’m satisfied with the results, even if it takes 5 years. Good luck to you too tho!
@@dvaesjedan Way to go man, good to hear the motivation! With the help of some coffee, I finally cleared 140 bpm today without too many mistakes :D
I'm an absolute beginner when it comes to shred guitar and guitar in general. Here's my practice journey:
- Day 1: 90bpm safe, 100 possible but with a few mistakes
- Day 2: 100bpm has become more fluent.
[more to come (hopefully 😅)]
Thank you so much Bernth for the amazing video content!
Greetings from Germany 😃
Day one 90 bpm, but dirty. 80 bpm clean.
Day two much cleaner 90 bpm, still with mistakes.
Day 3: decent bpm 80, almost perfect 90 bpm, managed to do first half of bpm 100 without mistakes.
Day$ 4: 90 bpm with some mistakes, done 100 bpm almost perfectly ( maybe 1 mistake), first 2 phrases of 110 bpm (my brain cant keep up with hands lol xD)
day 5: 100 bpm with somewhat more mistakes (second loop last phrase cucked) but easier to manage 110 bpm (at least it not feels impossible), even pushed myself to 120 bpm and got right some first phrases.
day 6: cleaner 100 bpm, 110 bpm with some mistakes at the end of first and second loop, easier to handle 120 bpm, but still dirty.
day 7: way worse 100 bpm, cant handle 110 bpm, thinking about slowing tempo to 50 maybe 40 BPM and work at this speed for a while.
Day8 ^ practiced at 40.50.60 bpm.
day 9 sweep picking practice.
day 10 skipped practicing
day 11. got to 100 bpm but dirty again
day 12: skipped 1 day
day13: kinda meh bpm 90, awful. barely handeble 100 bpm
day 14 skipped this one
day 15 skipped guitar practice
day 16 cleanest 90 bpm so far, but 100 bpm barely handeble (slightly better than at day 13)
Summary for 2 weeeks from dirty 90 bpm to perfect 90 bpm. Gonna update my progress weekly, not daily from now on.
Day 1 6/4/24: got to about 80bpm without too many mistakes. got tricky at 90bpm.
Day like 5-6 7/29/24 got to 90-100 bpm without too much difficulty. got hard at 110-120
Day 7 - 8/1/24 got through 50-100 again, 110 felt ok. 120 had a decent amount slip ups and 130 was a shit show
Idk what day it is. got a really good run of 110 bpm until the end where i messed up a bit, 120 and 130 were rough but better.
Started on 26/01/2024
Had to start really slow as I've put off Alternate picking for years so gotta train out bad habits
Day 1: Had trouble to begin with but after 20m got to 30 bpm with little errors still feels stiff though
Day 2: (took a break over the weekend) Did about 10m today and improvement was crazy think alot of it was remembering the riff, can do 50bpm now with some errors think imma stick here and focus on correctly picking technique for a couple days before trying to go higher
Day 3: Stayed on 50BPM Doing a lot better feeling better, still feel a little stiff and missed a couple notes with picking hand couple times
Day 4: 60BPM! Have some runs where I do it near perfect and other runs where I miss some notes every so often again with picking hand so need to look into picking technique make sure I'm keep correct form!
(Had to skip a day due to work) Day 5: Hit 70BPM with some errors although it feels forced/stiff 60BPM feels good though!
Day 6: I can sense this is a sticking point Still feel stiff and forced on 70BPM although potentially a little less (need to focus on making sure my fretting hand is making as little movement as possible As I keep lifting my pinky waay of the strings)
Day 7: 70BPM slightly less forced
Day 8: returned after the flu 😵💫 70BPM but making mistakes, need to get back into rhythm
Took a huge break to focus on music theory lmao
30/05/2024
Day 9: 80BPM (noticed my trouble is with going back up the scale my fretting hand has trouble removing the fingers one at a time with proper technique
Once I finally made it past 100 I started ZOOMIN
Day 1: 60 BPM without any problems
Day 2: 70 BPM without any problems
Day 3: 80 BPM with mistakes in the end
Day 4: 80 BPM perfect
Day 5: missed
Day 6: 80 BPM with mistakes in the end
Day 7: 80 BPM perfect, 90 BPM with mistakes in the end
I think one of the challenges I’m having with something like this is, believe it or not, playing it at 50bpm. I guess my Brian’s and hands feel like they’re waiting eons for the one to come back around again. Lol Maybe it’s just me trying to sync with metronome when I begin practicing.
Can I throw in a random German word here? How about Käsekuchen? 🙂
Awesome word, thanks 🤘
two months ago i've almost completed the "4min shred challenge", for the next month I'll switch all my daily routine with other challenges from this amazing channel
26/03: 100 bpm
27/03: 100-110 bpm
28/03: 110 bpm
29/03: 110 bpm
30/03: 110-120 bpm
31/03: 110-120 bpm
01/04: 110-120 bpm
02/04: 110-120 bpm
03/04: skipped
04/04: 120 bpm
05/04: 120 bpm
06/04: skipped
07/04: 120 bpm
08/04: 120-130 bpm
09-10-11: skipped
12/04: 120-130 bpm
13/04: skipped
14/04: 130 bpm
Ive been playing guitar for about 4 years, but was stuck in progress
decided to do this exercise, and about a month and a half later im now at 150 bpm!!!!111 HELL YEA!
DAY 1: 50 BPM
DAY 2: 80 BPM
DAY 3: 90 BPM
DAY 4: Stuck at 90
DAY 5: Slighty 100
DAY 6: still 100
DAY 7: 110🎉
Updates?
Sorry been very busy just continued again today
Level 4 3:40
Level 5 4:08
Level 6 4:32
Level 7 4:53
Level 8 5:12
Level 9 5:30
Started Aug 8 2022
d-1 80bpm / 90bpm abit sloppy
Thank you:)
05.07.23: Just started learning the practice routine: I can play it more or less at 60 bpm
06.07 60 okay, 70 slightly sloppy, 80 very sloppy → 60+70
07.07 60 too fast to play it clean → 50
08.07 70 slightly sloppy but okay, 80 already better but far from clean - 100 impossible
10.07 80 still way too sloppy - 90 very sloppy 100 impossible. practice 75 again until 7x right
11.07 75 7x not succeeded but was already good ,90 already a bit better, 100 extremely sloppy but not impossible anymore
12.07 break day, wrist pain
13.07 75 and 80 already pretty good but not 7x correct in a row, 90 slightly sloppy but already quite good, 100 still very sloppy
14.07 75n, 90 a bit better again
15.07 75 done → 80, already okay but mini sloppy, 100 still terrible
17.07 80 not 7x right - 100 still kind of impossible → 80n
18.07 80 was okay but again
19.07 80 still okay but not 7x right still
20.07 80 again, 5x right but slightly sloppy still
21.07 80 raise to 90 7x right with mini slopiness but I think its okay, 90 already pretty good surprisingly, 100 doable but still very sloppy - Sort of focused on really doing cross picking with my right hand and always do the arch picking motion so I could escape the strings for transitions
22.07 90 2-3x right in a row with mini sloppiness, 100 already possible but sloppy and 110 possible for the first time but GIGA SLOPPY
25.07 90 still not very good, 80 is still okay
26.07 90 not optimal again
28.07 90 still feels the same, 100 is still quite sloppy. I feel like I didnt progress the last week and am quite frustrated
29.07 90 feels almost comfortable today, im moving on to 100 - I feel like the string transitions between the b-&e-string and the g-&b-string where you have to switch strings a lot really throw me off so I am going to work on that
30.07 ok the problem is where the pick is between be or gb string and has the alternate between the strings while being between them
31.07 90 okay, 100 not very good again, 110 possible but sloppy, i can now attempt to play 120 although i miss at least half of the notes
01.08 still cannot do 100 bpm cleanly, i think i will quit this challenge soon :D
02.08 i did 90 7x correct so i consider 90 as completed - 100 still doesnt work
03.08 just working on the pick being inbetween two strings isolated today
04.08 no progress
07.08 Final result: I made it from 60 - 90 bpm
100 bpm is not clean yet, 110 is very sloppy and 120 is impossible - I quit now because I don’t progress any more
Edit:
31.08.2024 (one year later!)
I tried the exercise today, and still cannot play it faster than 100 bpm. The last year I practiced every day (although other exercises) and now I feel like crying. Might come back tomorrow.
2-4-2023
Day 1: im still stuck on 50 bpm cause i started at 10PM and is currently 10:53 PM. Will try again tmrw :)
Day 2: 70 BPM
Day 3: 80 BPM
Day 4: 90 BPM
Started 23 Dec
Day 1: After 2 hours was able to play 50 bpm at 0.75 properly. Took a rest and after 20 mins could play 50 bpm at normal speed.
After learning the pattern could play upto 70 bpm with some problem in between.
Day 2: Lazed off
Day 3: Can play 70 bpm properly with some mistake and can barely pass throught 80bpm. My fretting hand can't keep up. After some practice my fretting hand is getting used to the speed. Can do it better than before
Day 4: Watched some of his videos on fretting hand technique and picking technique(mainly the upstroke and downstroke escapes). Helped me a lot and now can do 80 bpm pretty easily. Practices for an hour or so. Started learning those techniques at 50 bpm and up to 80 bpm I could keep up.
24 Jan 23
Day 1: Still at 80 bpm. Took a long break but I'm back at it.
From 60Bpm to 120Bpm in maybe about 2 or 3 months of inconsistent practice. Still need to get a hang on my timing but it does work! Thank youuuuu!!❤
Beginner Electric Guitarist here :)
I played acoustic for 2 years-ish? Been doing fingerstyle so it's my first time using a pick
Day: 1 - 70 bpms, not clean but I can hit the notes at the tempo
Day: 2 - 80 bpms (but not clean)
Day: 3 - ____
Started on 02/01/2022
Day 1: I could easily keep up with 50 bpm but got stuck at 60 bpm
Day 2: Got to 80 bpm
Day 3: Got to 100 bpm
Day 4: Got to 110 bpm
Day 5: Struggling with 130 bpm
Day 6: Actually touched grass so I started practising at 9 PM, still stuck at 130 bpm
Day 7: Back at 120 bpm
Day 8: Struggling with 140 bpm
Day 9: Back at 130bpm, school started again, I am gonna try to stay consistent
Day 10: Got to 140bpm
Day 11: Can keep up with 150bpm, struggling with 160bpm
Day 12: Got to 160 bpm! I am gonna come back every day to maintain my speed
Got back to this after 5 months, I can accurately play along with everything up to 130 bpm.
I've played guitar consistently for 4 years (A month of total non playing days)
Here's my progress
-Day One: Barely Can do half speed let alone .25 speed and I can't remember any of the tabs.
-Day Two: To be unknown
this genuinly helped me a lot, ive been doing this for about a week and i went from 100bpm to 130bpm
wow this actually helped so much im almost at intermediate level of playing but im at a point of playing i never thought i would ever reach thanks bernth
June 3rd, 2023, Day 2. Stuck at 90 bpm.
Didn't comment the first day, but was stuck at 70.
PROGRESS!
Thank you, Bernth, for encouraging all of us.
continuou?
@@vicent5065 Thanks for checking up on me. I've been steadily making progress. Although not getting to practice as much as I want. I'm stuck at 100bpm still but it's progress. It's difficult but manageable and only a little sloppy. Still cleaning up before I move on. wish me luck.
@@drcidd8153 do ahead my friend, you can do it
this really help. i’ve been trying to remember all the notes on 10 minute and after 50 minutes i already can pick any string accurately. thanks so much
Started 4/29/23
A little on my background. Played for over 15 years. I can do chords/rhythm and some fingerstyle but I always struggled with lead/playing with a pick (on single strings). I had stopped playing guitar regularly for a couple years, only strumming it here and there. But in the past couple months I have been inspired and determined to learn lead style playing, learn scales, learn the fretboard, etc. Definitely having trouble getting my speed up to a reasonable level. I have a book I'm following to learn scales and it says "16th notes at 90bpm is ADEQUATE for now". I can't help but laugh because it seems impossible right now but it insists on getting to that speed before continuing the book. So, I came here looking for exercises to get better and this one seems pretty good! So without further delay, here's my progress.
Day 1 - Just getting the riff figured out. Kind of getting 50bpm somewhat.
Day 2 - 50bpm is getting clean. 60bpm seems attainable but I noticed that I am having trouble syncing up my fingers when going down. 9-8-7-6 (like that). Riff is better memorized overall though.
Day 3 - 70bpm is actually going okay. Sometimes I get it and sometimes I jamble it all to hell lol. I didn't attempt 80.
Day 4 - 70bpm improved. Still can't do it more than a few times in a row at best. 80bpm is a struggle but within grasp. I did slow down to 60bpm and it actually seemed slow to me, but it was good to improve my accuracy.
Day 5 - missed
Day 6 - 70bpm improved. Started gracing 80bpm. Attempted 90 but fall apart.
Day 7 - 70bpm is pretty comfortable. 80bpm somewhat consistent. 85 doable occasionally. 90 still not quite there. Struggling with my pick now. Feels like it's getting "caught" in the strings. Guess I'll review some "how to hold a pick" videos.
WEEK BREAK (went on vacation)
Day 8 - 90bpm! A little rough but I'm getting it! And I was able to do my C major scale at 90bpm too (also somewhat rough) but it's there! I have no idea where this came from. Idk if taking a break actually helped me? Is that a thing? Anyways, 100 is somewhat there. At 110 it falls apart. After 110 I keep picking without fretting notes to practice picking quickly.