Spider Routine (Do This DAILY!)
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- Опубликовано: 14 сен 2017
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Our very first E.P.A. (Extended Practice-Along) Track. This is not to just be watched but to be played. I find this exercise syncs up my hands and makes everything else easier to play.
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me finishing the eigth notes: "phew glad thats over"
mike: now 16th notes
me: *uninstalls windows*
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if you are still "young" on guitar there's no shame in feeling "challenged" by this exercise in 16th notes, but if you apply and take care about hand posture, rhytm and clean sound you'll get there, even further, in no time, it's really not a hard goal
Fucking hard. (I'll remember this comment when I finally get it!)
This seems like a really good to way annoy my friends, and family.
Yes! Muhaha
Yeah by the 16ths my wife took her heading aids out.
haha yess i can attest to that
that’s why guitar players all around the world love it
Kkkk
I'll add this jazz fusion lick to my repertoire.
Haha!!
Whoever is doing this to practice, i suggest you also do it backwards starting on the 12th position and begin by using your pinky finger
Simpson, you are diabolical
@@iriartef1 Hehe my teacher told me to try it this way, it's fucking hard
@@Gentamoru For this version of the spider(ish) walk I would definitely agree. For the "normal" spider-walk technique it's impossible to do it in reverse. I also am confused how this really helps even beginners, because I always learned the whole purpose of the spider-walk practice is to get your hand more accustomed to being able to I guess fly through the fret board, and do it cleanly. I thought the whole purpose of this exercise was to not move your fingers until whatever finger's specific note, so all four fingers are on their respective frets the entire time, and only move to the next string on that specific fingers "turn" on said string.
@@brandoncooke6564 this is how I see any guitar exercise.
Can you do it?
If the answer is yes. Great, move on with your life.
If the answer is no, then do it until you can. Worst case scenario: you have only learned how to play the exercise. Best case scenario: it helps in other areas too.
After you finish do it again at with the video speed at 1.25x . This helped me alot syncing both hands
Holy Crap man. I thought I was at least HALF decent until I saw this lol. Really threw me into perspective on the many things I was doing wrong. I did great in the beginning until I realized that my hand wasn't staying stationary on the strings, so I fixed that. then you started tossing eight notes in there, and my alternative picking started goofing me, and the 16th notes were the nail in the coffin. I really appreciate the video!
Just turned 60 and just picked up my guitar after a long time. "We're getting the band back together"
Awesome! I’m not experience I just started in March.
I have been playing guitar for 60 years and still find these exercises beneficial. You're one of the best teachers on the net! Keep up the good work young man! I wish I had know someone like you when I first started playing!
65yo and been playing since my teens and I feel the same as you.
@@andiestwo5 yall old ash🤣
It’s been a year...not a week since I started doing this routine daily come rain or shine. Slowly but surely I can attest to the power of this drill. I’m now able to do this exercise from beginning to end and my guitar playing has improved 10 fold. Thanks Mike!
Hello, how many hours a day you put into this exercise :)
15 minutes, I only do this excercise once a day, then I practice whatever else I’m working on. It’s a great warm up.
Just practice along with the video once a day. Its VERY frustrating at first, you have to be able to stick with it. It’s 15 minutes out of your day. Even if you don’t practice anything else, if this is all you do one day when you are feeling lazy, you’ll accomplish a lot. Even if you go day’s without doing it, go back, it’s a quick exercise and if you really want to improve on every aspect, and you want to be a good guitar player this routine gives you A LOT!
Get a good 7 hours of sleep every night. Your mind works on improving your playing while you sleep.
@@Tiago_007 do you have any video you recommend to start shredding apart from this one?
Do the same exercise but don’t lift your finger off the string until it is required to play a note. Harder ascending than descending. Really helped me with my “flying fingers”.
I do this daily and I fkn hate it. Not lifting the fingers hurt as fuck and that pinky is almost always in the way or bending strings. Either way it hurts lol but Ill keep on doing it. Maybe one day itll pay off
@@tunod- If it's hurting, it is NOT good for your hands and could leave you with inflammation wherever it is hurting and do far more harm in the long run.
Do NOT believe these fools who talk about "no pain, no gain" because I grew up an athlete and when you've many different types of coaches, physical therapists, and even vocational therapists (often the most knowledgable on how NOT to do long term damage to your body), they will tell you that if something is hurting *while* you're doing it, STOP IMMEDIATELY, as you're doing possible long term, irreparable damage to that area.
I feel like a moron stating this but pain is your body's way of telling you to STOP. It is meant to deter you from harming yourself so that you can no longer protect yourself (meaning you wouldn't survive long trying to escape a predator). This is so basic I can't even believe I'm typing it, but since it seems some people have never had actual coaching, training, physical therapy, and vocational therapy I'm stating it here so others won't be harmed. (and yes, sociopaths love to HURT OTHERS so don't believe everything you see posted as if it's the blind truth)
Here is what IS normative. To be sore the next day. That means you exercised your muscles/tendons/joints in enough of a way that is making them rebuild stronger. You build that up over time. Think of a baby learning to walk. It doesn't happen all at once, they wiggle and wobble around and hold onto things until they build up enough muscle and many days of practice over time (and yeah, learning to roll over and crawl is part of that process...it takes almost a year to get there as those muscles develop, it doesn't happen from their parents forcing them to try again to the point of pain and tears).
Do not take my word on this. Consult a vocational therapist who treats professionals who HAVE harmed themselves from overstrain (or from an accident from which they're recovering) and they will help you with how to NOT do irreparable, long term damage to yourself. Even vocalists have to do this or they blow out their vocal chords and get nodes on them and have to have surgery.
If you want to end up an old person with stiff, painful hands where you can barely play at all, keep on doing what you're doing. You can just wear hoodies, sweat pants, and slip on shoes for the rest of your life when you can no longer button your shirts, jeans, and tie shoelaces.
PROTECT YOUR HANDS, wrists, and all the joints and tendons in them. Heck, some pros won't even shake hands with people because some agro guys give the death grip when they shake hands and hurt their fingers.
1:55 to start the exercise (for you daily visitors).
Imagine not remembering how to do something so simple
I know I sound like a bad infomercial here but I was a bit smugly skeptical at first and after doing this almost every night for a while now, it specifically helped me tighten up my sloppy picking immensely. It also became strangely addictive and exciting to be able to nail each run without a single mistake. I really recommend this to anyone who found themselves here in the first place and thanks a ton for posting this for us.
I love that metronome sound. So satisfying.
Best metronome sound i've heard, apart from actual drums. Haha
Fr haha
Lol it sounds like a clock
1:55 Quarter Notes - 1 Pick Per Note
5:05 Eight Notes - 2 Picks Per Note
8:12 Sixteenth Notes - 4 Picks Per Note
11:27 Eighth Notes - 1 Pick Per Note
13:10 Sixteenth Notes - 1 Picks Per Note
I've been doing this before every practise session for about 2 weeks now and I finally did the 16th notes without messing it up. Proper buzzing cheers mate
Thank you so much. One of the most underrated channels on RUclips. You are great
Thanks! Becoming less 'underrated' each day. :))
The-Art-of-Guitar Without a doubt. You're ACTUALLY a practical help unlike most of the people just talking jargon baloney
oh my gosh. this is exactly what i needed. i am still a newbie four months in with my acoustic guitar. this will help me so much..
I've been doing this technique for the last month or so everyday. Found out about it from Miles Dmitri Baker from Rings of Saturn on one of his videos where he talks about how he warms up. Cool to see it here as well and to know that what I've been doing is such a good exercise. It has increased my playing speed like crazy and has gotten me really comfortable fretting notes and moving around the fret board. This routine works well.
Hello, how many hours a day you put in that exercise?
this shit so fucking hard my hands are not that big! how can I do this? i really wanna do this this but at the same time its frustrating.
@@angeshbasnet1320Get a mandolin
That last bit is a test! rather than be put off I've been using my own metronome. Started at 60 bpm and have been working my way up one bpm per day. In a couple of weeks I'll be playing along with the video!
hope you are still playing guitar, Paul.
Hope you are still playing guitar, Paul .
Hope you are still playing guitar, Paul.
Hope you are still playing paul, Guitar.
Hope you’re still Pauling guitar, playa.
Must be painful on a 9 string
Julius C hahahah
Apparently you don´t know what a 9-string guitar is....?
could be worse, coming from someone who's had a nine string for a few months now lolol
this exercise would suck on jared's 18 string
I bet it sucks more on bass.
I exploded laughing when you said keep breathing lmao bc you caught me lol and Im not a beginner.....Thank you for knowing your shit and tightnin me up.
Mike and Marty Schwartz are my jedi masters bc they make style gumbo with all the guitar gods moves
You're so right! After a week u just suddenly notice yourself being able to do the exercise so much smoother and cleaner, one of the best teachers on RUclips for sure 🤘
Did this for about a week and found a bunch of holes in my technique. Playing has improved immensely cause of those problems I didn't know I had. Finger strength and coordination has improved quite a bit as well. Used the suggestion of playing before bedtime and right after I get up and boy has it helped. Great Idea!!!
With the plethora of content out there for guitar learning, I have found your videos to be special. You are a good educator and of course a good guitar player. It's inspiring to see how you have been able to meld your passions into something unique and what appears to be rewarding. I'm sure the vision of what guitar playing means to you has morphed since the first ever time you did the spider routine to the most recent, but your candor and calm demeanor at once transmit the underlying framework of perseverance and discipline, while highlighting how along the way you have been able to find joy -- even if it has come in unexpected ways. Thanks for sharing!
Hi, I been doing this routine every day since 6th April 2020, I up the speed to .25 every time I could, today 20/11/2020 I can do at 2.0 speed, I just wanted to let you know that it is helping me a lot to play almost any song, Thank you very much
I swear this is the first video lesson where i really feel like im learning something. Thank you so much your channel is awesome!
I've seen a lot of instructors i've taught guitar myself before the internet i.e. YT & I have to say Mike is one of THE BEST on YT he's neck & neck w/another Instructor. I know this stuff but I still watch & listen because as a teacher it helped me to teach others same w/Mike he will have a new way of seeing an old thing that causes me to be inspired to go w/that lil nugget & make a exercise or song idea from something very simple. I've spent a lot of money on VHS tapes books DVD's magz…learning guitar when I was younger & what Mike gives out for free blows most of that stuff away. It's always good to go back over the basics. I'd pay for his course he's the real deal excellent teacher he's gifted to teach.
A lot different than my Metallica/Megadeth routine
what u exactly practice ? nice Pic btw
Good. It's good to do something that isn't ass.
When I read the title of this video, Ithought he would teach the Mustaine's spider chords, too much Megadeth on my mind xD
Haha same!
SgtRyoseirui what do you listen to fusion jazz
My hands are now uncomfortably numb!
Was that a Pink Floyd reference?
I have 'high hopes' about getting better at guitar and playing 'a great gig in the sky' but for that I need to spend my 'time' practicing while I keep working my day job for 'money'. Dexterity lessons don't yield immediate results so I tend to bang my head on 'The Wall' and 'run like hell'. Guess I just need to loosen up and 'breathe'. And this guitar lesson is one of the lessons that 'speak to me'.
Megadeth guitarist Kiko Loureiro has a video on his channel about pressing the fingers on the strings too hard. I really recommend watching it, it helped me a lot!
Been doing this for about a week give or take and man this is THE exercise that’ll give you the agility & confidence to move up and down the neck with ease! Never thought I could improve so much in so little time! Awesome!
I've been doing this everyday for a few days. For those struggling with the 16th notes, the picking hand is what you've gotta train. Do the 16th notes with 4 notes per fret, but even before doing that, start with just getting the picking rhythm correct on a muted string. Make sure you use a metronome if you're not watching the video, you won't get the picking evenly spaced without it.
Even if you cannot do it at 90BPM-- DO NOT taper down to lower BPM and then build up. I tried it and It just didn't work for me, as it didn't get me used to picking quickly. I know the standard advice is play slowly and build up, but for picking this fast you gotta throw yourself in the ocean. You actually just have to train your brain to listen and subdivide that quickly. Relax into it mentally and physically, if you tense up mentally you'll not be able to enter into the mental "flow state" you need.
Also, Watch a video on speed picking, make sure your picking technique is as efficient as possible and don't take huge pick strokes. Make sure your pick has a 35-45⁰ angle and slides across the string without catching. Also, big tip, I switched to a Jazz pick from standard shaped picks and it helped immensely this as the sharper tip gives you a way better degree of control.
thank you for the tips!! i've been struggling with the 16th notes for a while now
Bro, thanks for uploading this. I just started playing guitar about a week ago, and this exercise really helps. It's only been a week, but I can feel that my fingers are getting stronger and more comfortable while actually playing. This really makes a difference.
Mike your channel is literally the best Channel I've ever watched on RUclips.
I'm finally happy to practice again and feel like I'm making progress and I know where I am now thanks to you. Because of your videos now I can think about playing my guitar on the beach and know that I'll have the strength because your videos help me so much.
I've been playing guitar since I was eight and now I'm 31 and I was a little depressed because of my tendonitis but I've done some stretching and running my hands underwater and taking it easy the last week or so and finding your videos has just made everything so perfect, you deserve lots of credit for your work
I was making excuses for myself (my hands are small) for learning some harder chords and just playing comfortably, I've been using the hand stretches from your channel and this exercise and I cant beleive how quickly my hand got comfortable in positions I couldn't make before
This is one of the few channels that actually teaches you to play with good instructions
that's what i've done in the very beginning. it was suggested to me by my cousin. i couldn't play a single riff or anything, he just told me "you have to do this before you can learn to play anything." i started altering this exercise, doing it 1234 in the beginning, then 134, then 124 and so on until all "3 finger combinations" were through, the with two which helped me moving my pinky seperately from all other fingers and get it stronger, especially when my cousin tought me to do this with triller technique. after about six weeks doing nothing but this i learned my first riff which was seek and destroy by metallica.
And so now you can play Metallica riffs ??
Intro riff? Thats a good one
I didn't know John Cusack could play guitar this good
Excellent! I remember my guitar teacher showing me this back in the early 80's!
Been playing guitar for more than 4 yrs. Cant even do one part without messing up, and cant do the last part at all. Shows how much i skipped practicing
Thanks for you comment, it motivates me to start to use those practices exercices again after a long time without doing so. I can do the first two, but it gets really messy at the Four stroke per note part haha.
Me too...
I joined your course because of this lesson. I really hope you create more follow-along lessons like this.
I love how fluid your hand looks at the last practice round!
The big flaw in doing this is that you only ever switch strings with a downstroke from the pick, which in the long run is bad if you really want to have good alternate picking. You need to also be able to upstroke on string switches fluently. There are variations on this exercise that do this
True. The variation is playing 4 notes on one string then 3 on the next then 4 on the next, then 3 and so on.
@@OcelotDAD Thanks for this, can do the 16ths at 95bpm like in the video no problem, but tried doing this variation and I can barely do it at 75bpm. Something new to work on.
I do this as a warm up every time I practice and it has helped me improve dexterity! Thank you so much for this :)
I was always holding my breath while playing hahahahaha im never gonna do that again
Thanks Mike. I just recently joined and for me this is the best way to practice, learn and remember. I had a head injury years ago and it kind of effected my short term memory so repetition is a must and with your lessons I can go over them as many time as I need to get them to sink in. Thank you again for this great way of learning. It's informative, relaxed and of course fun... Peace
Great, we're coming out with a ton of these very soon. :) Best wishes on your healing.
How much Time Can I spend on this exercices ?
What About if I spend 4 hours?
Thank you. Breathing reminders and little things like that are hallmarks of an experienced instructor. Definitely hanging around.
Great exercise! And playing all along with you improved my picking. I always always anticipated the upstrokes, now I'm getting better
three days in, already feeling better, thank you!
very nice video Mike ..I've been playing for 20 years and I still do these exercises daily..I just subbed your channel and look forward to more helpful videos..also thanks for taking time and making these videos for us fellow guitarists.
Thanks for this man, really helpful!!
This is very excellent technique. Thank you
This exercise has worked wonders for me. Thanks a lot. Everything is appreciated.
Great help! It’s really helped my fingers to “flow”.
Thanks for sharing!!
congratulations. in a world of more and more confusing drill combinations, its refreshing to see recognition that most shred licks are, in fact, up and back down. nice to see a drill that has practical application in real world performance. kudos!
You are awesome Mike! Thanks!
Great practice routine 👍🏼🎸
Awesome as always! Thanks again Mike! :)
I am really benefited with this exercise. I do it every day and enjoy it a lot!
I cannot thank you enough, Mike. I will be ever grateful to you.
I watched the whole video and nothing about it was boring 😴, I loved 😍 it and learned much from it.
I like that you are very knowledgeable and also very patient. Two qualities I admire in an Instructor. Thank you for the lesson.
From mike to mike thank you bud I watch you everyday your my favorite on youtube
Always been a drummer , self taught since 9 yrs old. But i started on guitar , and recently ive picked up playing the guitar again. I started adding this to my daily routine and was amazed how helpful it was! Definitely helps for that stubborn pinky.. Thanks!
A challenging (for me) but excellent drill!!! Thanks for posting this!
My issue is my picking hand more then my fretting hand. I keep missing strings.
You don't understand how much this exercise helped me! Thanks alot man your videos really help me!
Thanks for this great exercise, strength and more accuracy 👍
Great exercise especially to me, coz im a beginner at picking, i love it! Keep it up
Wow this is a straight workout for sure!!! I love your videos man thank you
Brilliant as always.
This has helped me so much with my picking technique. Also your course is so good. Very recommended!
I'm on my third day doing this. Getting better every time.
Amazing lesson, thank you.
I totally screwed up the end.
same
i did too at first and thought it was impossible but after around 2 weeks i found myself able to do it albeit sloppy. hopefully in a few more weeks i'll be able to do it clean and precise. just keep practicing homie
picodes how is it now 1 year later? :0
@@pic0des how is it now 2 years later? :0
This video has really helped me alot. When I first tried thus the fasted run at the end was as fast as I could go and it was challenging to keep pace. Now I can play it not only with the video at 1.25x video speed but I am able to do it at 1.50x video speed, although not very cleanly yet. The difference in my top picking speed while having both hands completely in since is on its way to doubling thanks to this and the other woodshed style training videos you made. I really appreciate you and all you've done for my playing. Thank you.
Another great lesson! I will have to practice first, be back home for a while with my guitar and then sign up for your lessons.
I am a drummer trying learn guitar and your channel is very very helpfull.
Thanks
After practicing this for 2 weeks, I can finally keep up through this entire EPA with almost no mistakes (like 4 or 5 small mistakes, this will be eliminated soon). What's best thou, is the fact that I kept seeing small improvements after each day, that really kept me motivated.
Thanks Mike, I am really glad I found your channel!
Awesum...best lesson ive seen so far
This guy is inspiring me every time I put on RUclips. That sixteenth note exercise is where you find out where you’re at!
Wowwww my speed in tapping really improved too because of this!! Thank you very much and keep up the good work! :)
this is a great routing. can't wait to grind it out as much as I can.
Its a nice warm for sure. I love it.
Great advice, really clear!
awesome man!!!! thank you for sharing! pretty tuff stuff.
Great lesson, thank you
been doing this every day for like 6 mothns and the results are amazing! high recommends and a big shout out to The-art-of-guitar ! 🙂
Ive been doing this for about a month now and it really works. My playing is definitely getting cleaner!
Like this format, looking forward for more EPA's! Good for some structure
This was soooo what I needed. Thank you very much, In six days The difference is remarkable. It immediately allowed me to see and begin correcting a great deal. I'll be doing this for a long time.
The best thing about this video is that Mike is demonstrating how little pressure you need to apply to the strings for them to touch the frets so as to be able to play music. A lot of beginners hold their breath and grip the strings and neck as if they're strangling a snake and after 5 minutes their fingers hurt and their arms ache and that's it for the day. Just relax your fingers and breath - as is said in this video.
Wonderful thank you
first four sets weren't much of an issue.. the 16th notes.. neither hand cooperated :/
Aaron Clark lol i feel you
same thing
Do it slowly and it'll build up with metronome
Im here with you, with both hands cooperating just barely with max effort, we just gotta keep on practicing, that's all.
I've been playing for about 30 years. Very undisciplined and no proper training. I'm trying to change that now but I am very fluent with a lot of things. This whole thing was butter for me until the last exercise. I just completely failed. I spent the whole thing trying to catch up. LOL Keep jammin' everybody!!
After about 8 days I can do the very last part. Yes!! Thanks again!
Great Channel,
An advanced technique of the spider exercise for all levels of expertise is only moving one finger at a time while the others are fretted down. Pretty tricky going from the 6th string down, a tester of the brain which finger is what! Hope it helps and keep up the good work :)
I had this video playing in the background and I started feeling really weird because it was like rising suspense that never resolves. Lol, I like the fact that you went through the different note lengths. I'm learning to read lead sheets right now and that really helped to actualize the notes.
Great warm up . Back when I started .. I had no clue what a scale or a mode was so I figured .. Learn how to walk before I dance .So I did the 1234 on the E to the 1234 to the A . just like this lesson .. but I found I was conditioning my hand and brain to go in one direction .. So then 1234 on the E , 4321 on the A ,, 1234 on the D ,, 4321 on the G etc .. then into skipping strings .. in that forward , backwards pattern . E to D then A to G .. Kept on looking for things that would hurt my head and fingers .. I have often compared it to learning to tie your shoes , then learning to tie you shoes differently the next moment .. Then eventually I had the epiphanies of what scales /modes /chords where in the mid 80's and I was conditioned to dance .. I watch these videos today because they are so helpful to those learning and getting over those times of little progress ..
My fingers! Thanks for the workout, feeling the burn for sure.
Self taught guitarist here, been playing on and off for a few years. First time trying this exercise, I was going well until that last one it caught me off. Lots of practice to do, thanks man!
WOW! This gives me hope!
I played bass in a cover band many many moons ago. We were actually pretty good, always booked, made good money and had tons of fun. Now some 20 plus years after our last gig we all want to get together for a reunion gig, and if possible maybe book a gig here and there once or twice a month, mainly cause we love(d) jamming. The thing is, I have picked up and played a bass like 3 times in that 20 year hiatus. This exercise you've presented makes perfect sense as how to get the hands and fingers moving again for someone like myself. Thank you, I look forward to applying this lesson to my retraining.
Are my hands supposed to be physically incapable of stretching out this far at first cuz holy shit 😅
they stretch out the more you practice luckily i remember my first time doing this exercise i couldnt keep up and my left hand felt so stiff
After about a month I’ve gone fro, not being close to playing the 16th notes at the end to having something comprehensible. Goes to show it really does help. Thanks mike
My contact at my local shop talked me into geting that Snark tuner.....amazing...best tuner ive ever bought.