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#266 - My Favorite Alternate Picking Workout!

🕑 Added 2023-03-24 15:30:01 +0000 UTC

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Bernd Brodträger

Hey there, I think this will help a lot: https://www.patreon.com/posts/182-this-finger-53895697 Team Bernth

Roberto Marzio

How can I fix the problem with the pinky?

Michael Locke

Keeping both my ring finger and pinky finger close to the fretboard is very difficult

Unkwown One

Banger workout, thank you !

Dariusz Bartosiewicz

I've just started great exercises, but I feel that this is the right direction. Thank you.

Jeff Fleming

Could anyone point me toward a lesson where he talks about when to use which picking angle?

Mainak Roy

I’m trying to hold the pick like bernth. Was playing using an open hand position for years. I just noticed that the tip of my index finger is hitting the string while picking. Gosh so difficult to change that habit now

Ronnie

@Brendin du Plessis, watch this video for your question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igJSTWbcEiM&t=286s&ab_channel=BERNTH I have a very similar grip

Brendin du Plessis

Probably a very common question, what's a good way to grip the pick? I've started gaining some good speeds but I start running into problems at around 120+.. I realised that it might be how I hold my pick. It's pinched between the tips of my thumb and index. I also realised that I have slight movement of fingers, slightly up/down motion along with the wrist so they work against one another. How do you guys grip it?

Brian

day one and i can get up to 80bpm clean, stay tuned

Scott Walden

Nice workout. You make 180 bpm look almost effortless.

Alex

check exercise #182 there are some exercises for finger control, keeping them close to the fretboard

Zandy Owens

Love this exercise! really forcing me to keep the pinky down. I know i'm a bit late to the convo, but how much space should there be between my finger and the fretboard for my pinky(it keps flying away haha)

Jeff Zorn

This has been great for getting started with warm ups - enjoying putting this into the beginning of my practice

GEORGII

Appeared to be harder than expected.

Sylvain Huard

Oh yess, i keep going to finish the lessons ... 160bpm it faster than i can ride for todays, better than yesterday. I progress really well and i like it.

Chris Nixon

Ha ha! I read the bpm on that thumbnail as "808."

GEORGII

It's awesome - today is my third attempt to make it, and it's actually significantly better than two days before!

John Michael Plume

So I’m up to 90-100… but I’m dragging my thumb. I’ve been working to stop this with scales and other exercises that go up the neck. Anyone have tips for me besides greasing the neck?

Jonathan Garrison

Awesome thank you this was what i was just thinking about Bernth, going from one string to another in one note. My question is could you cross pick just the string transition and then go back to single escape as an good approach, since crossing escapes all the time basically? Also i been thinking about situations were you have one single notes on each string, like transitioning from one string then another in a single note back and forward which would require constant change in picking escape with only one note to change it? One note per string stuff where want to not sweep it. Thank you Bernth in advance for advice 😃

Stefan Halbritter

Usually I stick several months on some exercises (e.g. 30day sweep & picking challenge, pretty hard to play without any side noise and nailing every note value on point). But it feels so good that the previous alternate picking exercises with angle switching are now paying out playing this exercise from the hip on 180bpm with ease. Thank u Bernth 🙏

AlexM

Love this workout, definitely gonna use this for working my fretting hand and picking. Got stuck at 80 but I'll try and break that tomorrow

istillsuckatguitar

Thanks, Bernth. You are the best.

Bernd Brodträger

My goal is to show you the exercises that have/had the biggest impact on my personal progress, with the goal of hopefully making all of you better - and this is a huge one due to its many benefits (make sure to rewatch the introduction if you missed it). If you don't want 5-10 minutes of chromaticism in your practice routine, just pick one of the recent Paganini workouts instead, they are also good :)

John Michael Plume

Haha. I crashed at 80. I has work to do! So fun!

Scott Ring

This was amazing!! I fell apart at 130.

Paul Jenkins

Would you advise also trying this starting with an upstroke? I'm finding a lot of my current instructor's lessons have me doing the same routines but starting with upstrokes the 2nd time through the routine makes it that much more impactful/challenging....