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A note about fast picking. The way you are chunking the notes is exactly how I learned. However, I think with speed alternate picking, technique really matters here. To get faster, you can't continue traditional picking. You have to learn to push and pull through the string while using your wrist. Took me forever to figure this out, as I kept just trying to pick the strings really fast.
I recently started trying the electric guitar at 56, for the first time in my life, without any prior knowledge and skill, a true beginner. This guy is so far ahead that his view on what defines a beginner is still miles ahead of an actual noob like me......
Be reassured because you are exactly in the right mind set! You'll be playing in no time ;) I started playing at 43, I'm 46 and just getting past intermediate-beginner level, never too old haha. At the level I'm at now I can see how "intermediate" is such a vast range before getting to advanced and it's easy to get lost, if you do, get a real physical guitar instructor at least for awhile to help out with that. Good luck!
I'm 75..20 years ago, Satriani said 'put on headphones and play the neck for a few years' I'm been practicing 3 finger bends for 20..half step, whole step bends.. today for the first time I said well if I'm bending up from the 10th to 12th fret on the G string, that's the tonic of a 'g' chord..or make it the 3rd of a (?) chord..play a lot of stuff slow for a few months to progress on that stuff also! Aloha
Amazing video!! From my experience, what you're describing is not only effective but also somewhat inevitable - as in most great guitarists have at some point practiced in this manner, even if they never had the concept articulated for them, as highly technical music usually demands this kind of molecular discipline. I like the term "chunking" a lot!! I still think practicing structures at relatively slow tempos (or, more accurately - slow subdivisions) is extremely valuable for other reasons - fretboard mapping, developing time and pocket, gaining another perspective on the pick grips you discussed. It's important to remember that speed is not the only factor when deciding how to hold a pick. Also, a lot of music is played slowly.
Yes, you can't practice everything quickly, but guitar technique and other motor skills require such an approach to break through the wall. Thanks for the extensive comment :)
I've been doing these subconsciously since I started playing guitar a year ago, I've improved a lot and these work very well! In addition, you should also train and play things that are harder than your current skill level, so you get progressively and naturally better in general!
I'm glad somebody else is teaching groupings I'm going to tell you guys it really works he will excel your guitar playing I learned this in undergrad from my piano teacher
GREAT VIDEO!!! Breaking things down into small chunks and then connecting them is key. It's something I figured out many years ago and my playing improved so much quicker. If only we had You Tube and teachers like this back then it would have shaved a few years off my skill development. Thanks again for another excellent video 👍😎
This, and even for advanced riffs, soloing and coordination, very fast stuff, you can do intense burst and intense exercises even if it sounds sloppy and you have a lot of tension, just repeat, if you feel your hands and arm sore it means that you worked very well because you actually used the right muscles, tendons etc... the key here after this kind of workout of method is to rest 1- 3 days of this exercises, you can use those days to practice another things (learn new stuff, harmony, theory, etc) after 72 hrs of rest, back to intense mechanical practice and prolly you will feel your hands easy and your limit is now higher, this is the overcompensation principle about stimulus, do several repetitions of intense practice and resting and you will notice progress and improvement in almost no time compared to just gradually building speed/tempo... thats how you do real progress
I’ve recently been looking into Roy Ziv’s speed builder course and it’s basically this video. A little bit more in depth but exactly the same principles. Not posting this comment to promote someone else’s course but actually to highlight how well you’ve condensed all this information into one video (and for free!) Really well explained and a great player, thanks for sharing man!
As much as I love many of the popular TH-camrs out there and they all have great content. In terms of playing fast .. and couple other topics you talked about … it’s the best most succinct..to the point video. And it actually is helpful. Actually it’s how I learned to play many things .. using chunking and it’s great. In not very fast and that’s not a primary goal of mine but I can see how beneficial it would be as well !
It's very nice to read such nice words! My goal is to strip the lessons of everything that is unnecessary. So that the time you devote to me (which is the greatest value to me) gives you satisfaction and the feeling of using it optimally. Good luck in your guitar adventure, and make yourself at home here :)
I am really shocked by this video. Didn't ever heard about this system. But somewhere in my mind I dimly suspected something alike... I will try it! Thanks!
Hi Bazok. I hope you see this. I want to thank you for this video. It was a game changer to me. Everything you said unlocked my brain or hand, not sure yet. :) I took about 6h practicing what you shown here. For me it was important only play one note and after two, three and so one. It worked for me. And as you said: if you want to slow down because you can’t play, try to change the angle or something else. It was very important. Now I am playing much faster and clearer, specially on fast runs. My sincere thanks. 🙏🏼
Yes Bro! You have hit the nail on the head square on. Why are people telling me to play slow when i want to play fast🤨 It makes perfect sense what you say scientifically as well. If you are learning how to ride a bike everything falls into place at speed whereas if you are riding slow you are more likely to fall off.
Really good video, and I've always been saying the same thing, but you articulated in a perfect way. Playing fast and playing slow is simply not the same thing. The same technique does not necessarily work for both, and if you just practice slowly you will never be fast.
What a great video. I've been struggling with the start slow thing for a while, but made some serious progress recently (coincidentally practising Technical Difficulties). I'll start applying chunking to my Dream Theater passages, as that tends to be a worthy challenge.
I'm so glad to know that I was not wrong!! I have a tik tok video explaining this method and a lot of people said that I'm wrong, that the only method that works is playing slowly and increasing speed progresiively, thanks for this great video,you are so right!!
I didn’t realize how sloppy and inefficient my technique really is. I will attempt to correct this based on your suggestions. Thank you for the lesson!
Hey, coincidentally after decades of being unable to play fast solos I started to learn the solo from cowboys from hell doing exactly this method, I haven't learned it yet but I'm progressing faster than I had at any attempt before. Cheers!
I totally agree with this method. It works 💯 but I want to add one thing if I may. The balance of the tightness you hold the pick. The balance of your fretting hand fingertips matching the picking hand stroke. A 💡 will go off in your brain when practicing a familiar 3 note per string pattern experimenting with different pick thicknesses. Try it for a month and you’ll become a sniper when you go back to old faithful. Feeling the strike of the pick per note CHANGES LIVES.
Good advice. People get too focused on playing clean and "perfect". To push beyond your current limits, it'll get a little sloppy - but so what? you're just practicing. Same goes for difficult chords/chord changes as for picking speed.
Completely agree, though it might be different for everyone. I know a lot of people follow Justinguitar and he usually advises that beginners focus on accuracy first to develop muscle memory and let speed come later. Didn’t really work for me because it just got me stuck whenever I tried to pick up the pace or use hammer-ons and pull-offs in place of picking. Now, I think that you need to just dive in and learn the movements at full speed. In fairness to Justinguitar, he is probably saying the same thing but in a different way.
Bazok, świetnie, że robisz content w j. angielskim. Tak mało Polaków to robi. Nie wiem czy to kompleksy czy o co chodzi. Życzę powodzenia na szerokich wodach anglojęzycznego YT.
What I liked most about the video was that you used a Squire which in itself is a brilliant guitar and not tried to show off by using a prohibitly expensive or custom guitar. I have 3 Ibanez, 2 Gibson Epiphones (one an original 25 year old Les Paul) and an original genuine Squire. I consider as a show off anyone that comes to me with a guitar costing more than £750. My most expensive guitar was bought second hand at £200.
Hey man thank you so much for this. I have a question, Is it better to get faster by learning solos or just do these bunch of exercises on youtube? While talking about solos , I am talking about shredded solos. So, ultimately my goal is to get fast enough to play those solos which require fast alternate picking, tapping, sweep picking. So do I practice different exercise or practice that solo by chunking method? Also please do me a favor by creating a video on how to hold the pick. There are many opinions on the internet but I wanna listen from you. Please make video on this topic.
What if pushing the speed and chunking causes bad technique and only playing slowely keeps it correct? For example, staying on the finger tips? When i push the speed my fingers try and flatten on and stick up .
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A note about fast picking. The way you are chunking the notes is exactly how I learned. However, I think with speed alternate picking, technique really matters here. To get faster, you can't continue traditional picking. You have to learn to push and pull through the string while using your wrist. Took me forever to figure this out, as I kept just trying to pick the strings really fast.
This guy with his pink Hello Kitty guitar then shreds better than any metal head I've seen. Great vid!
Haha 😝
I would hope it shreds lmao, its a $1200 guitar
i use a cheap aliexpress copy which is hard to play tbh
@@bazokguitarLike Jack White recorded most of his White Stripes albums using plastic 20£ second hand guitar
@@maovi7652 And its sounds like shit, but some people like that, I dont though.
You are one of the most efficient guitarists I've ever seen...your fingers barely move. Great lesson!
Wow, thank you 🙏
Bro for real, I thought it was into music playing in the background and then saw his fingers fluttering
This is one of the best tutorial of thousands video on YT!
Wow, thanks! 🙀
1 week after doing this exercises in 30 minutes daily,, it's way more better than the other exercise!
Awesome! 🔥
This works 100%. Doing these exercises since 2018.
Thanks for your comment!
I recently started trying the electric guitar at 56, for the first time in my life, without any prior knowledge and skill, a true beginner. This guy is so far ahead that his view on what defines a beginner is still miles ahead of an actual noob like me......
Keep going! I believe in you! 🔥
Be reassured because you are exactly in the right mind set! You'll be playing in no time ;) I started playing at 43, I'm 46 and just getting past intermediate-beginner level, never too old haha. At the level I'm at now I can see how "intermediate" is such a vast range before getting to advanced and it's easy to get lost, if you do, get a real physical guitar instructor at least for awhile to help out with that. Good luck!
I'm 75..20 years ago, Satriani said 'put on headphones and play the neck for a few years' I'm been practicing 3 finger bends for 20..half step, whole step bends.. today for the first time I said well if I'm bending up from the 10th to 12th fret on the G string, that's the tonic of a 'g' chord..or make it the 3rd of a (?) chord..play a lot of stuff slow for a few months to progress on that stuff also! Aloha
Works for a lot of disciplines. Did the same years ago lesrning pieces in the sax. Works the same in other hobbies too. Great vid.
Thanks!!! 🔥
I watch Troy Grady explaining Chunking before but this video made it so clear to me. Thank you
One thing I've never seen on other speed videos is relaxing after each chunk, game changer
This is exactly what we do in classical piano technique - the part about relaxing tension at the end is key. Great video!
Yes! Thank you! 😻
This man really knows how to practice. This is the way to practice most hobbies. Great video!
I appreciate that! ❤️
One of the most useful and crystal clear guitar lesson.
Wow, thanks! 🔥
where have you been all my life? In no time, I learned a song that I learned the old way for several weeks. Thank you so much!!!
🙏🙏🙏
Great exercise executed by division of the picked notes slow motion and build up gradually increase the speed control of both hands ...
Amazing! Thank you, definitely trying this approach
You got this! 💥
I just watched like 5 videos on picking and I'm so glad I decided to watch one more and saw this video. Super useful tips thank you sir :)
Absolutely brilliant. Just spent 10 minutes trying this and I was able to play a lick I had been struggling with for weeks. Thank you!
Awesome 🔥
Amazing video!! From my experience, what you're describing is not only effective but also somewhat inevitable - as in most great guitarists have at some point practiced in this manner, even if they never had the concept articulated for them, as highly technical music usually demands this kind of molecular discipline. I like the term "chunking" a lot!! I still think practicing structures at relatively slow tempos (or, more accurately - slow subdivisions) is extremely valuable for other reasons - fretboard mapping, developing time and pocket, gaining another perspective on the pick grips you discussed. It's important to remember that speed is not the only factor when deciding how to hold a pick. Also, a lot of music is played slowly.
Yes, you can't practice everything quickly, but guitar technique and other motor skills require such an approach to break through the wall. Thanks for the extensive comment :)
I've been doing these subconsciously since I started playing guitar a year ago, I've improved a lot and these work very well! In addition, you should also train and play things that are harder than your current skill level, so you get progressively and naturally better in general!
Yes, you're right 🔥
I'm glad somebody else is teaching groupings I'm going to tell you guys it really works he will excel your guitar playing I learned this in undergrad from my piano teacher
Cool, thanks!
You're welcome
I never watched my guitar from this perspective...amazing, really captivating...
GREAT VIDEO!!! Breaking things down into small chunks and then connecting them is key. It's something I figured out many years ago and my playing improved so much quicker. If only we had You Tube and teachers like this back then it would have shaved a few years off my skill development.
Thanks again for another excellent video 👍😎
Thanks Bro! 🔥
my man, so happy to finally meet somebody else who uses Takadimi system!
Konnakol is a beast! :)
@@bazokguitar We should perhaps add some words of gratitude to the Indian musical tradition who developed this very useful system.
I'll make a video about it :)
Exactly correct! Shawn Lane recommended a similar approach. Thank you Maestro.
yup, he's my big inspiration for this one!
very solid advice, the way you explain things makes it easy to follow.
Thank!
Great lesson. Very helpful. I think this might get me past a plateau.
Thank you for this video, I really like the idea of Chunking as well as speeding up my picking.
Share your results! 🔥
@@bazokguitar I'll see what we can do. My wife and I set up a music room in our house, and we plan on starting jam sessions this summer.
sounds great! ❤️
This, and even for advanced riffs, soloing and coordination, very fast stuff, you can do intense burst and intense exercises even if it sounds sloppy and you have a lot of tension, just repeat, if you feel your hands and arm sore it means that you worked very well because you actually used the right muscles, tendons etc... the key here after this kind of workout of method is to rest 1- 3 days of this exercises, you can use those days to practice another things (learn new stuff, harmony, theory, etc) after 72 hrs of rest, back to intense mechanical practice and prolly you will feel your hands easy and your limit is now higher, this is the overcompensation principle about stimulus, do several repetitions of intense practice and resting and you will notice progress and improvement in almost no time compared to just gradually building speed/tempo... thats how you do real progress
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I’ve recently been looking into Roy Ziv’s speed builder course and it’s basically this video. A little bit more in depth but exactly the same principles. Not posting this comment to promote someone else’s course but actually to highlight how well you’ve condensed all this information into one video (and for free!) Really well explained and a great player, thanks for sharing man!
Thanks!
As much as I love many of the popular TH-camrs out there and they all have great content. In terms of playing fast .. and couple other topics you talked about … it’s the best most succinct..to the point video. And it actually is helpful. Actually it’s how I learned to play many things .. using chunking and it’s great. In not very fast and that’s not a primary goal of mine but I can see how beneficial it would be as well !
It's very nice to read such nice words! My goal is to strip the lessons of everything that is unnecessary. So that the time you devote to me (which is the greatest value to me) gives you satisfaction and the feeling of using it optimally. Good luck in your guitar adventure, and make yourself at home here :)
Nice Hello Kitty guitar and excellent lesson mate, Subscribed!🔥
Thanks!
I am really shocked by this video. Didn't ever heard about this system. But somewhere in my mind I dimly suspected something alike... I will try it! Thanks!
I wish I had this video when I started playing guitar 15 years ago. Thank you!
You're very welcome!
Hi Bazok. I hope you see this. I want to thank you for this video. It was a game changer to me. Everything you said unlocked my brain or hand, not sure yet. :) I took about 6h practicing what you shown here. For me it was important only play one note and after two, three and so one. It worked for me. And as you said: if you want to slow down because you can’t play, try to change the angle or something else. It was very important. Now I am playing much faster and clearer, specially on fast runs. My sincere thanks. 🙏🏼
Of course I read! And it's comments like these that I work for. I am glad that I can help! Share and feel at home here ❤️
Impressive and helpful
Absolutely magic !!
great video man . keep going
Thanks, will do! 🔥
I got better by learning harder songs I couldn't perfectly play
Where you getting better fast or normal rate
Yes Bro! You have hit the nail on the head square on. Why are people telling me to play slow when i want to play fast🤨 It makes perfect sense what you say scientifically as well. If you are learning how to ride a bike everything falls into place at speed whereas if you are riding slow you are more likely to fall off.
Bro u r the real instructor 100/100
Very interesting concepts, thank you for sharing. Excellent production too!
Thanks!
This is great! Thanks for the content, you sir have earned a subscriber.
Welcome aboard!
Not blocked. Will definitely try this method. Thanks.
Share your results! ❤️
Thank you!
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to be honest, I like your method. its easy to catch it and study/practice.
Glad to hear that! 🙌
Dude!! Very Rad lesson this will help me to finally be able to play that modal run section that Jake E Lee does on bark at the moon thanks man!!
Happy to help!
I wished you had posted this video 25 years ago... But I'm glad you did it now.
I wish i knew that 25 years ago! 😄
really like your channel and personality !
Fajnie Bartku, że teraz dajesz się poznać zagranicznej publiczności jako świetny gitarzysta i nauczyciel :).
Dzięki 🙏
Really good video, and I've always been saying the same thing, but you articulated in a perfect way. Playing fast and playing slow is simply not the same thing. The same technique does not necessarily work for both, and if you just practice slowly you will never be fast.
Wow, thanks!
What a great video. I've been struggling with the start slow thing for a while, but made some serious progress recently (coincidentally practising Technical Difficulties). I'll start applying chunking to my Dream Theater passages, as that tends to be a worthy challenge.
Yeah! You got this 🔥
This guy directy to the point, more tutorial please
Sure thing! Thanks! 💥
Very interesting approach!
This make perfect sense sometime in fighting game you do 15 very quick and perfectly timed input just like with guitar
Yup
Thank you so much for this video ❤️❤️❤️ i Will practice in this way for the rest of my life! Instantly subscribed 😁
Awesome! Thank you! 🩷
Depois de 25 anos tocando.... resetei meu sistema e agora r voltando a aprender com vocé 🎉
Parabens
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This is blowing my mind.
Ok, your approach might make me into a passably good guitar player yet. Just found you, plan to look deeper. Subbed. CYA
Welcome aboard!
I'm so glad to know that I was not wrong!! I have a tik tok video explaining this method and a lot of people said that I'm wrong, that the only method that works is playing slowly and increasing speed progresiively, thanks for this great video,you are so right!!
Glad I could help! ❤️
Great video dude and awesome content :)
Thanks a ton!
I'll be trying this. Thanks for the video
great!
I’ve been learning bass exactly like this.
Great advice thank you
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Good lesson
Thank you!
You need more recognition!!!❤
I'm glad you think so 🥹. Please share this somewhere and help me 💜
@@bazokguitarI am sharing you with my friends❤
Thanks a million!
Really cool. Good luck with the channel - it rocks :)
Thank you so much! 🔥
I didn’t realize how sloppy and inefficient my technique really is. I will attempt to correct this based on your suggestions. Thank you for the lesson!
You got this! 🫡
Bazok bro, can you do one for sweeps? 4-5 good sweeps that sound good together and has a good key.
Yup
Hey, coincidentally after decades of being unable to play fast solos I started to learn the solo from cowboys from hell doing exactly this method, I haven't learned it yet but I'm progressing faster than I had at any attempt before. Cheers!
That's awesome! 🔥
Great tutorial, thank you for this..
You're very welcome! 🫶🏻
Oh hell no one well one other named Tom saguto said basically same thing. I'm sold. New subscriber really enjoyed it
Welcome aboard! 🔥
I totally agree with this method. It works 💯 but I want to add one thing if I may. The balance of the tightness you hold the pick. The balance of your fretting hand fingertips matching the picking hand stroke. A 💡 will go off in your brain when practicing a familiar 3 note per string pattern experimenting with different pick thicknesses. Try it for a month and you’ll become a sniper when you go back to old faithful. Feeling the strike of the pick per note CHANGES LIVES.
Great tip 💪🏻
Fajnie Bazok, że rozszerzasz swoją bazę odbiorców. Słuszna koncepcja. Oczywiście nie zapominaj o swoich stałych rodzimych widzach :P. Pozdrawiam.
Dzięki! :)
Good advice. People get too focused on playing clean and "perfect". To push beyond your current limits, it'll get a little sloppy - but so what? you're just practicing. Same goes for difficult chords/chord changes as for picking speed.
Yup!
I really like your left hand. It looks so effortless playing Paul Gilbert's song
Thanks! This is how i do it
th-cam.com/video/WUnKyV4ord4/w-d-xo.html
Ushtrim fantastik, përshëndetje
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Thanks. That’s great advice.
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Wow.. Amazing.. Im definitely working on this.. Thank you so much brother ❤❤ just subscribed to your channel ☺
Awesome! Thank you!
Great stuff! keep it up!!
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Great video! Great tips! Great playing! Subbed.
Thanks for the sub! 🙌
Was synchronicity of life this is XD. I was doing this today XD. Gonna do it more and more! XD
U got my Abo! Thanks!
Welcome! 🔥
Mr Bazok, you are a legend ! 🤙
🙌🙌🙌
Absolutely how it’s done. Small chunks. And then add a note or
Two until you complete the run. It’s all rhythm.
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Completely agree, though it might be different for everyone. I know a lot of people follow Justinguitar and he usually advises that beginners focus on accuracy first to develop muscle memory and let speed come later. Didn’t really work for me because it just got me stuck whenever I tried to pick up the pace or use hammer-ons and pull-offs in place of picking. Now, I think that you need to just dive in and learn the movements at full speed. In fairness to Justinguitar, he is probably saying the same thing but in a different way.
Dammit, this is too good! Bravo.
Thank you! 🙌
Bazok, świetnie, że robisz content w j. angielskim. Tak mało Polaków to robi. Nie wiem czy to kompleksy czy o co chodzi. Życzę powodzenia na szerokich wodach anglojęzycznego YT.
Dzięki! 🔥
Great lesson! Man you’re playing is so clean. Good stuff
Thanks 🙏
All guitarist should watch this video
Wow! Thanks! Please share and make it happen! 😁
Thanks for sharing 👍
Great lesson! 🔥🔥
Thanks! 😃
What I liked most about the video was that you used a Squire which in itself is a brilliant guitar and not tried to show off by using a prohibitly expensive or custom guitar. I have 3 Ibanez, 2 Gibson Epiphones (one an original 25 year old Les Paul) and an original genuine Squire. I consider as a show off anyone that comes to me with a guitar costing more than £750. My most expensive guitar was bought second hand at £200.
lol. it's a cheap copy of squier
Best advices!!
Thanks 😄
Gret vid! And makes me miss my HK guitar!
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Awesome Dude! Aloha
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Hey man thank you so much for this. I have a question,
Is it better to get faster by learning solos or just do these bunch of exercises on youtube?
While talking about solos , I am talking about shredded solos. So, ultimately my goal is to get fast enough to play those solos which require fast alternate picking, tapping, sweep picking. So do I practice different exercise or practice that solo by chunking method?
Also please do me a favor by creating a video on how to hold the pick. There are many opinions on the internet but I wanna listen from you. Please make video on this topic.
If you wanna play solos - practice solos. Use youtube exercises as supplements.
Bro that guitar rocks.
Great tips.
What if pushing the speed and chunking causes bad technique and only playing slowely keeps it correct? For example, staying on the finger tips? When i push the speed my fingers try and flatten on and stick up .
So take your time and practice it slowly as you get it
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