Dude, I doubled back to thank you again. After 30 + years of playing guitar, this one video solved a huge glaring hole in my game. This is like the biggest personal break through in like a decade.
This is hands down the best lesson on twps straight to the point and clears all misconcepts even though troy grady made this concept to be more accessible uncle ben is definitely the better teacher
I don't like to say this but it's not. Its pretty much a copy with worse production value. Sorry Ben, I like you but some of these vids are getting too close of being a copy.
I've been watching Troy Grady's videos for the longest time and I've never been able to grasp the concept of pickslanting. This changed everything for me. I just wished I was at home when I watched this (currently in the office) so I could start practicing. Thank you so much, Uncle Ben!
Grady's videos are entertaining and fantastically produced, no doubts.. But this cuts to the chase. There's no gloss or drama. It's just...useful. Thanks mate :)
Great video... and I'm stepdad age. ;) Seriously though I've been teaching for 28 years and while Troy Grady's videos are excellent, your video distils the content down to 15 minutes. I've been recommending Troys videos for ages but this is my go to now because my students will now spend less time watching videos and more time practising with new information. Great job! P.S.: That tip at 8:30 is the most important for those with string crossing issues.
Before I discovered Troy a few years back and realised what I was doing (and the theory behind two way pickslanting) it was something that naturally developed for me from learning and problem solving a load of Paul Gilbert licks. This was after years of frustration getting stuck between strings and over exaggerated hops trying to get out of them. Two way pickslanting also gives you a real aggressive attack/snap on upstrokes which you can hear a lot in Paul's playing, which really gives you some dynamics at hyperspeed that most players don't have.
I mastered 4 way pickslanting and now I'm trapped in multi-dimension cubic time intersection like in the movie Interstellar - and all because I dropped my pick.
Ben, now I understand after 35 years why some phrases sometimes come out to me and other times they don't. 100000000% WORKS THANK YOU! BE ALIVE AND HEALTHY!
Uncle Ben, You are by far the best guitar teacher out there. You make it look easy rather than mythical. A true guitar hero is born! And hey, even at 53 years old, your humor is thrilling :)
Uncle Ben, i don't know how to thank you enough. Not just for helping me correct the wrongs in my picking and sweeping, as well as helping me lean a lot of thins trough the Weekend Wankshop! Just thank you so much You helped a frustrated guitarrist get on his way to playing shredelicious licks the right way! Cheers, man!
I've been doing 3 notes per string across 2 strings to really iron this out. (ABC DEF ABC DEF etc.) If you gradually change your pick slant, it's a lot less jarring. So during ABC, i'm gradually slanting, and by the time I get to C, i'm already prepared for the string change. Then I gradually start to change my slant after I pick the D on the second string. By the time I've made it to F, i'm ready for the string change back to A. It's dead simple once you have the muscle memory down.
can this be further applied for general alternate picking? or do you need to go back to more inefficient techniques when there are string changes (like 5 notes on E string, 1 on B, 1 on E, then 5 on B again and so forth till the low E string)
Guys, as most of you know this is the real deal. I kept trying to see if it was effective by trying the 3 note per string slanting, but the constant pick slant changes weren't giving me enough of a chance to see if it was working. But the even numbered (6 note per string) exercises Ben gave us allowed me to do an entire ascending run with one slant, and an entire descending run with the opposite slant, and after 20 years of playing guitar, these runs never felt so effortless. It's definitely going to take a LOT of time to get the 3 note per string switches down, but this was a huge eureka moment.
Far far better than cracking the code. CTC went on too much with a boring story. You just got straight too the point , thumbs up and subbed cheers Ben.
The best on the net kids! Thanks for another great exercise and explanation Uncle Ben! I can almost single handedly tell you that this channel is why I continue to improve at my instrument.
Uncle Ben, the man. Thanks for clearing up the part about switching pick slant directions depending on either using an upstroke or downstroke. I used to think it was if you were ascending or descending. Now it’s clear.
Fantastic! I've seen Troy's stuff months ago and it really helped me a lot, had me playing UWPS as well as DWPS lines pretty safely at high speeds, but I've always had problems with using both in one lick. And then uncle Ben shows up, at my birthday even, and gives me something to practice (which I felt Troy was kind of missing out on) exactly that. Thanks man! One thing though... I don't get how some players manage to switch between the two slants so quickly, as in three note per string lines or this famous Paul Gilbert lick. That's just beyond me.
Switching between three notes was one of the most tedious things I have ever had to learn. I do DWPS down and sweep string changes and just switch at the very last note and pick normally starting at an upstroke. UDU change pick slant DUD, change pick direction UDU and so on It really is the most efficient way to play 3 note per string lines. Now since the string changes are swept playing that clean, as in not hearing the actual string change is extremely obnoxious as well as getting used to starting with an upstroke. Paul just forces a string change with a legato note or when he's determined to pick everything uses exclusively DWPS.
Great distillation of a Troy's downward and upward pickslanting. Clear and to the point!! Also a very clever exercise to work on switching between the two. Thanks! I will direct students to this.
Uncle Ben, this video is amazing. after watching cracking the code I thought that a downward pick slant meant turning the pick in your fingers like you would turn your car keys and keeping it straight up and down from the guitar body. this clearly shows what pick slanting is and now I need to relearn everything I know...
Ben Eller i watched troys video and i watched ures .ure version of this tecnique is superb and even more simplified .i almost gave up totally on this technique but u have given me new inspiration to attrmpt this technique again.i can feel the diffirence now and im sticking to this thing now.youre an awesome teacher.Thanku
Ben awesome video. Pick slanting came for me by accident I didn't even know there was a term for it I just started doing by trying to find most efficient way for me to cross strings. This very informative!
Best Video on two way pickslanting ever. Especially when you show how to tilt your hand to change pickslanting. Much clearer than in Troys Videos. Cheers, Michael
This is what I've been trying to tell people. "Do not overshoot the string during alternate picking. These are *_electric_* guitars, you can use a tiny force to pluck the string. Let the amplifier do the work." Most players still over-rely on legato and not too much alternate picking. Your video close-up of your picking technique, which shows you do not overshoot the string during alternate picking, is wonderful. A Federal law should be passed requiring all guitar teachers to teach that, and show that close up, to new guitar students, because the technique is valuable. In the past, I've told guitarists "look at Yngwie Malmsteen's picking hand. IT DOESN'T MOVE when he is alternate-picking. He did the right thing, he forced himself to: 1) become aware of how much he was over-shooting the string during alternate picking 2) decided "all the time I waste when I pluck the string hard, and over-shoot it, requiring I move my hand to bring the pick all the way back to the string, is burning time, and slowing my picking down" 3) "I will focus on keeping the pick *_right next to the string_* at all times" I did this as an experienced player and my left (fretting) hand then also had to adjust, to keep up with how much more quickly I could get notes to sound during alternate picking THANK YOU for this video, if guitarists knew how valuable this technique is, they'd drop everything to fix their alternate picking over-shooting issues. There are two famous players who showcase what is possible (besides you and Yngwie): 1) the solo for the Whitesnake song "Here I go again" - the very tail-end of the solo is enabled by not overshooting the string during alternate picking 2) the tail-end of this George Lynch live instrumental that comes right before the live version of "Paris is Burning" - when guitarists heard how fast and accurate that final ascending alternate-picked run was, it was new. Most players relied on cliche' guitar techniques in those days. Here is George from the live version in Germany: th-cam.com/video/L8RHKNyvYuc/w-d-xo.html .
Thank you so much! This video brought me milestones further than I was! I never knew my sloppy string switch problem was due to holding the pick flat, and I had so much trouble building any speed at all
Uncle Ben, you have made sense of this, I get it now. It’s like I’ve been driving half blind my entire life. Thanks so much. We owe you a great debt of gratitude, you and Troy are Qui-gon-Jin and Obi-one of guitar teachers.
Coincidentally, knowing this helps with my beginner problem of anchoring my wrist. When I started guitar my right hand just stuck itself into an upward pickslanting position by overdoing it and fully tilting the wrist into the body of the guitar, anchoring it. Now I've just got to rotate my hand and learn downward pickslanting. Thanks for the lesson, Ben!
Hey Ben, I've seen Paul Gilbert picking from very close and he often does what you call "curved picking" in this video at crazy speeds. The curve is tiny though. He does down and up pick slanting too. Great video as always, thank you!
Great explanation of when to use downward vs upward. I didn't know I was an upward style picker until I watched this. Time to learn the downward style.
At 12:04 you start talking about the "somewhat curved motion". I tried that method for a month or so and I agree that it does have a speed limit. However, I started doing it because I saw it on the Lisa X interview from Troy Grady. For some reason she is able to pull it off with high speed, but it looked like she sacrificed a little accuracy at high speeds. Although it didn't turn out for me, it did prepare me for two way pick slanting by getting my hands used to switching back and forth. Thanks for the informative lesson, great stuff!
Great vid! When you start doing small sweeps for uneven notes per string skipping, it kind of make sense to start associating ascending (low E to high E) with downward slanting and vise-versa.
I like this technique, especially because it feels natural to implement, I love it when you find a little adjustment that almost immediately changes the way you play. Sometimes you have to force your brain, and sometimes its just clicks instantly.
Ben, turtle speed old guy here, self taught to date, vids like yours have helped me a lot so thanks. I have no,as in zero, electric experience at all even though my Martin is electric. So I guess the approach is a bit different, will soon see I hope, shopping for one now, again,thanks Uncle Ben! Turtle speed guy.
Been digging your lessons for years Uncle Ben, thanks. Just a respectful heads-up... beyond Troy Grady's youtube channel there is a series of his lessons called "Masters of Mechanics" where he establishes roughly three main picking styles. There is "cross-picking" which is the curve that you explain which, while efficient, does have a speed limit. There is "two-way pickslanting" which is used by Paul Gilbert for example and you explain very well in the video. There is also however "downward pickslanting" used by the likes of Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai. Here, you consistently slant your pick downwards. While ascending, if you end on a downstroke, you "swipe" through the next highest string as if it wasn't even there and then begin on the new string with an upstroke. While descending, you use pull-offs to ensure that you leave each string on an upstroke. Cheers!
Hey Ben, awesome video. I took your advice with filming my own picking motions and learned that I had inadvertently been doing a version of downward and upward slanting when sweep picking. It's interesting that the minute I realized this it became harder to actually slant the pick. I think the our psychological resistance to change our sloppy habits is half the battle in our quest to improve our technique. Keep doing what you're doing man!
Between watching Troy's videos and watching your coverage of the topic. I changed my picking style and it changed my playing life. It's not just the speed increase, but the accuracy is life-altering. I can play slow songs so much more articulately and accurately with very little effort. In the last year I've learned at least 15 songs I previously thought were far beyond anything I'd ever do and I'm finding it easier and easier to do quickly. I can't help but wonder how different my playing life would have been if I knew this 30 years ago.
@@cpamiseso I'm not sure that everyone has to, but I can tell you for my own playing that I went from two decades of trying to get faster and more accurate and completely failing to being able to play almost flawlessly as fast as my hand will move is a matter of less than a year using this technique. If you watch his full video he tries to explain why the slant technique works better than just moving your hand side-to-side, but I can't speak to the physics of what he's saying. I can only tell you that I went from an almost completely legato player someone picking Vinnie Moore, Yngwie, George Lynch, and anyone else I've tried pretty much flawlessly doing it exactly how he's describing. It just makes everything easier and more repeatable.
O ditado "uma imagem vale mais que mil palavras" fez sentido nesse vídeo. Não entendi o que você disse, mas aprendi bastante sobre palhetada apenas com essas imagens incríveis. 👏👏👏
A lot of thing that u say on youtube i already have figure it out by myself , but this one make me go from 120 bpm to 150 on alternate pick instantly, why i never thought about it before lol. thankyou very much.
You explain this insanely well. Very clear for a somewhat complex concept (as a fairly new guitar player looking to improve their technique). Thank you for your service.
Great video Ben, thanks for taking the time to explain. I have been working my way through Troy's excellent stuff as well... in fact, I'm about to buy the Pickslanting Primer video series based on your recommendations. Keep up the good work!
At first I was playing this wrong, with an extra three notes at the end - but this enhances it by starting the whole sequence on an upstroke every other time you repeat it. Essentially, every other time you have reverse the pickslanting. Either way, thanks Ben for this awesome exercise.
one of my favorite videos and subjects you've covered Ben. sure , a lot of people cover similar material educating people on many subjects, and I could follow the series directly. what is also important, is your presentation and guitar skills. those I enjoy. this will help my picking accuracy, after weeks of working on it , of course. Thanks. we never get to see you let it out nearly enough. can you do a video on Jeff Loomis technique, and show some of his magic ? "tell her I said hi" .. classic and classy
Ah...that'll be the reason I've not been able to pick fast for the past 40 years then. Time to learn something new. It's great that this information is out there for players now.
I’d found other explanations of this really confusing but you explained it with so much clarity so thanks! I have arthritis so practising (and guitar in general) is a bit tough, but understanding this has helped clarify things a lot, so thanks!!! Subscribed!
Those cracking the code series... really making amazing guitar playing less mysterious! What I keep doing is... when downward slanting... whenever I need to change strings on a down stroke... I end up just sweeping into the next note and continuing downward slants... I don't seem to find as many uses for the upward slant.
the most helpfull advice and instruction for my newbie ass. At 48, I said f..k it , i wanna play. Been a metal head since 1976, and its about time to learn to play some stuff ive always loved. Bad ass video uncle Ben.
Hi Ben, İ watch Troy's video too but his video's too compicated for me. But you explained these up, down and combined pickslanting is so simple. Whole thing is protect the same picking angle and avoid the stay between strings. This really helps Me and thank you sincerely.
Thanks!! grady's video had me slightly confused. thanks!! all good now! i was very stuck on a few licks now that i can work out with some new knowledge!!
You just explained more in a way I understand for free in fourteen minutes than I got out of what I paid for in a years time. Thank you.
Dude, I doubled back to thank you again. After 30 + years of playing guitar, this one video solved a huge glaring hole in my game. This is like the biggest personal break through in like a decade.
As usual, Uncle Ben’s way of teaching makes concepts perfectly clear. Thank you for clearing this up!
the best guitar instructional TH-cam channel, period.
GAry more guitar licks
Is Troy's lol
and Troy xdd??
Steve stein and shred master Scott and Ben Eller are at the top
This is hands down the best lesson on twps straight to the point and clears all misconcepts even though troy grady made this concept to be more accessible uncle ben is definitely the better teacher
This sooooo much clearer than the Code vids alone. FANTASTIC Job. Thank you Ben!
Exactly! I have a hard time sifting thru the website trying to find the exact technique. Good job right here!
I don't like to say this but it's not. Its pretty much a copy with worse production value. Sorry Ben, I like you but some of these vids are getting too close of being a copy.
@@Danksix I didn't get the Grady one. This one here helped me a lot. And Ben doesn't have to reinvent guitarplaying.
@@Danksix lol the code is 90% useless rambling and at best 10% valid info. all of his videos could be maximum 5 minutes long
Troy grady goes into this geekiness overload
I've been watching Troy Grady's videos for the longest time and I've never been able to grasp the concept of pickslanting. This changed everything for me. I just wished I was at home when I watched this (currently in the office) so I could start practicing. Thank you so much, Uncle Ben!
Grady's videos are entertaining and fantastically produced, no doubts..
But this cuts to the chase. There's no gloss or drama. It's just...useful.
Thanks mate :)
Great video... and I'm stepdad age. ;)
Seriously though I've been teaching for 28 years and while Troy Grady's videos are excellent, your video distils the content down to 15 minutes. I've been recommending Troys videos for ages but this is my go to now because my students will now spend less time watching videos and more time practising with new information.
Great job!
P.S.: That tip at 8:30 is the most important for those with string crossing issues.
Before I discovered Troy a few years back and realised what I was doing (and the theory behind two way pickslanting) it was something that naturally developed for me from learning and problem solving a load of Paul Gilbert licks. This was after years of frustration getting stuck between strings and over exaggerated hops trying to get out of them.
Two way pickslanting also gives you a real aggressive attack/snap on upstrokes which you can hear a lot in Paul's playing, which really gives you some dynamics at hyperspeed that most players don't have.
I mastered 4 way pickslanting and now I'm trapped in multi-dimension cubic time intersection like in the movie Interstellar - and all because I dropped my pick.
3rd way pickslanting allows you to go in the future, 4th in the past. Coupled with Petrucci’s guitar rig you can build a time travel spaceship
To get out of there you need to master 2 way fingering and 2 way nail slanting and then you can be present in all (5×6) 30 dimensions at once.
Sorry bud we’ve moved on to 5 way pick slanting at a minimum. Most of have mastered 6 way, bu 5 way is a baseline at this point.
Even more when its 5 by 8 lol
I've dropped mine loads of times so I'm well and truly fcuked.
"And I'm wasted, and I can't find my way home."
Though Troy Grady makes his videos very entertaining your video made it more clear - thanx.
And he's a funny ...t, Troy isn't.
Ben, now I understand after 35 years why some phrases sometimes come out to me and other times they don't.
100000000% WORKS
THANK YOU!
BE ALIVE AND HEALTHY!
Uncle Ben, You are by far the best guitar teacher out there. You make it look easy rather than mythical. A true guitar hero is born! And hey, even at 53 years old, your humor is thrilling :)
Uncle Ben, i don't know how to thank you enough. Not just for helping me correct the wrongs in my picking and sweeping, as well as helping me lean a lot of thins trough the Weekend Wankshop! Just thank you so much You helped a frustrated guitarrist get on his way to playing shredelicious licks the right way! Cheers, man!
I've been doing 3 notes per string across 2 strings to really iron this out. (ABC DEF ABC DEF etc.) If you gradually change your pick slant, it's a lot less jarring. So during ABC, i'm gradually slanting, and by the time I get to C, i'm already prepared for the string change. Then I gradually start to change my slant after I pick the D on the second string. By the time I've made it to F, i'm ready for the string change back to A. It's dead simple once you have the muscle memory down.
can this be further applied for general alternate picking? or do you need to go back to more inefficient techniques when there are string changes (like 5 notes on E string, 1 on B, 1 on E, then 5 on B again and so forth till the low E string)
Guys, as most of you know this is the real deal. I kept trying to see if it was effective by trying the 3 note per string slanting, but the constant pick slant changes weren't giving me enough of a chance to see if it was working. But the even numbered (6 note per string) exercises Ben gave us allowed me to do an entire ascending run with one slant, and an entire descending run with the opposite slant, and after 20 years of playing guitar, these runs never felt so effortless. It's definitely going to take a LOT of time to get the 3 note per string switches down, but this was a huge eureka moment.
Finally I get to understand this. Best explanation I have seen this far on pick slanting. Many thanks!
The best and easiest to understand instructional vid about pick slanting that I have found so far. Thx for sharing
Uncle been you are the best teacher on TH-cam!
Far far better than cracking the code. CTC went on too much with a boring story. You just got straight too the point , thumbs up and subbed cheers Ben.
The best on the net kids! Thanks for another great exercise and explanation Uncle Ben! I can almost single handedly tell you that this channel is why I continue to improve at my instrument.
You are my hero. I haven't played in years, but you have motivated me to pull the ax back out and learn some new techniques. Kudos!
“....find your sister, tell her I said ‘hi’....”
Lol
Uncle Ben, the man. Thanks for clearing up the part about switching pick slant directions depending on either using an upstroke or downstroke. I used to think it was if you were ascending or descending. Now it’s clear.
Fantastic! I've seen Troy's stuff months ago and it really helped me a lot, had me playing UWPS as well as DWPS lines pretty safely at high speeds, but I've always had problems with using both in one lick. And then uncle Ben shows up, at my birthday even, and gives me something to practice (which I felt Troy was kind of missing out on) exactly that. Thanks man!
One thing though... I don't get how some players manage to switch between the two slants so quickly, as in three note per string lines or this famous Paul Gilbert lick. That's just beyond me.
Switching between three notes was one of the most tedious things I have ever had to learn. I do DWPS down and sweep string changes and just switch at the very last note and pick normally starting at an upstroke. UDU change pick slant DUD, change pick direction UDU and so on It really is the most efficient way to play 3 note per string lines. Now since the string changes are swept playing that clean, as in not hearing the actual string change is extremely obnoxious as well as getting used to starting with an upstroke. Paul just forces a string change with a legato note or when he's determined to pick everything uses exclusively DWPS.
Great distillation of a Troy's downward and upward pickslanting. Clear and to the point!! Also a very clever exercise to work on switching between the two. Thanks! I will direct students to this.
The cream of the crop, really helpful and well explained lesson, thanks Uncle Ben
Uncle Ben, this video is amazing. after watching cracking the code I thought that a downward pick slant meant turning the pick in your fingers like you would turn your car keys and keeping it straight up and down from the guitar body. this clearly shows what pick slanting is and now I need to relearn everything I know...
Ben Eller i watched troys video and i watched ures .ure version of this tecnique is superb and even more simplified .i almost gave up totally on this technique but u have given me new inspiration to attrmpt this technique again.i can feel the diffirence now and im sticking to this thing now.youre an awesome teacher.Thanku
Thank you for the consistently spot-on, clearly-explained - and funny - tutorials.
Thanks for summarizing Troy's technique in a quick and essential form. Great exercise!
I have been playing guitar for years, this might quite be the 15 most well-invested minutes ever. Awesome job, as always! Thanks a lot
Vinnie Moore uses an upward slant?! Totally makes sense now. Your point at 8:35 really made it click for me, thanks!
Ben awesome video. Pick slanting came for me by accident I didn't even know there was a term for it I just started doing by trying to find most efficient way for me to cross strings. This very informative!
Best Video on two way pickslanting ever. Especially when you show how to tilt your hand to change pickslanting. Much clearer than in Troys Videos. Cheers, Michael
Ben thanks! much faster and better explanation than cracking the code... you just explained it well thanks Uncle Ben!
Guitar playing improved vastly in my last 2 practice sessions from this video alone, thanks man.
This is what I've been trying to tell people. "Do not overshoot the string during alternate picking. These are *_electric_* guitars, you can use a tiny force to pluck the string. Let the amplifier do the work." Most players still over-rely on legato and not too much alternate picking.
Your video close-up of your picking technique, which shows you do not overshoot the string during alternate picking, is wonderful. A Federal law should be passed requiring all guitar teachers to teach that, and show that close up, to new guitar students, because the technique is valuable.
In the past, I've told guitarists "look at Yngwie Malmsteen's picking hand. IT DOESN'T MOVE when he is alternate-picking. He did the right thing, he forced himself to:
1) become aware of how much he was over-shooting the string during alternate picking
2) decided "all the time I waste when I pluck the string hard, and over-shoot it, requiring I move my hand to bring the pick all the way back to the string, is burning time, and slowing my picking down"
3) "I will focus on keeping the pick *_right next to the string_* at all times"
I did this as an experienced player and my left (fretting) hand then also had to adjust, to keep up with how much more quickly I could get notes to sound during alternate picking
THANK YOU for this video, if guitarists knew how valuable this technique is, they'd drop everything to fix their alternate picking over-shooting issues.
There are two famous players who showcase what is possible (besides you and Yngwie):
1) the solo for the Whitesnake song "Here I go again" - the very tail-end of the solo is enabled by not overshooting the string during alternate picking
2) the tail-end of this George Lynch live instrumental that comes right before the live version of "Paris is Burning" - when guitarists heard how fast and accurate that final ascending alternate-picked run was, it was new. Most players relied on cliche' guitar techniques in those days. Here is George from the live version in Germany: th-cam.com/video/L8RHKNyvYuc/w-d-xo.html
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Thank you so much! This video brought me milestones further than I was! I never knew my sloppy string switch problem was due to holding the pick flat, and I had so much trouble building any speed at all
Uncle Ben, you have made sense of this, I get it now. It’s like I’ve been driving half blind my entire life. Thanks so much. We owe you a great debt of gratitude, you and Troy are Qui-gon-Jin and Obi-one of guitar teachers.
Now after this , no need to watch any other video about alternate picking and speed , great stuff, thanks Ben
I agree with some of the comments. Ben explained pickslanting in a way that was easier to understand than Troy. Finally got it!
Coincidentally, knowing this helps with my beginner problem of anchoring my wrist. When I started guitar my right hand just stuck itself into an upward pickslanting position by overdoing it and fully tilting the wrist into the body of the guitar, anchoring it. Now I've just got to rotate my hand and learn downward pickslanting.
Thanks for the lesson, Ben!
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This comment is underated !
Had to check the comments to see if anyone else felt this.
Agreeing here in 2020
Hey Ben, I've seen Paul Gilbert picking from very close and he often does what you call "curved picking" in this video at crazy speeds. The curve is tiny though. He does down and up pick slanting too.
Great video as always, thank you!
Great explanation of when to use downward vs upward. I didn't know I was an upward style picker until I watched this. Time to learn the downward style.
Excellent demonstration Uncle Ben... as expected.
At 12:04 you start talking about the "somewhat curved motion". I tried that method for a month or so and I agree that it does have a speed limit. However, I started doing it because I saw it on the Lisa X interview from Troy Grady. For some reason she is able to pull it off with high speed, but it looked like she sacrificed a little accuracy at high speeds. Although it didn't turn out for me, it did prepare me for two way pick slanting by getting my hands used to switching back and forth. Thanks for the informative lesson, great stuff!
Great vid! When you start doing small sweeps for uneven notes per string skipping, it kind of make sense to start associating ascending (low E to high E) with downward slanting and vise-versa.
I like this technique, especially because it feels natural to implement, I love it when you find a little adjustment that almost immediately changes the way you play. Sometimes you have to force your brain, and sometimes its just clicks instantly.
Ben, turtle speed old guy here, self taught to date, vids like yours have helped me a lot so thanks. I have no,as in zero, electric experience at all even though my Martin is electric. So I guess the approach is a bit different, will soon see I hope, shopping for one now, again,thanks Uncle Ben! Turtle speed guy.
Been digging your lessons for years Uncle Ben, thanks. Just a respectful heads-up... beyond Troy Grady's youtube channel there is a series of his lessons called "Masters of Mechanics" where he establishes roughly three main picking styles. There is "cross-picking" which is the curve that you explain which, while efficient, does have a speed limit. There is "two-way pickslanting" which is used by Paul Gilbert for example and you explain very well in the video. There is also however "downward pickslanting" used by the likes of Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai. Here, you consistently slant your pick downwards. While ascending, if you end on a downstroke, you "swipe" through the next highest string as if it wasn't even there and then begin on the new string with an upstroke. While descending, you use pull-offs to ensure that you leave each string on an upstroke. Cheers!
Hey Ben, awesome video. I took your advice with filming my own picking motions and learned that I had inadvertently been doing a version of downward and upward slanting when sweep picking. It's interesting that the minute I realized this it became harder to actually slant the pick. I think the our psychological resistance to change our sloppy habits is half the battle in our quest to improve our technique. Keep doing what you're doing man!
Between watching Troy's videos and watching your coverage of the topic. I changed my picking style and it changed my playing life. It's not just the speed increase, but the accuracy is life-altering. I can play slow songs so much more articulately and accurately with very little effort. In the last year I've learned at least 15 songs I previously thought were far beyond anything I'd ever do and I'm finding it easier and easier to do quickly.
I can't help but wonder how different my playing life would have been if I knew this 30 years ago.
Pardon but why we need to change the slanting angle? I must be doing it unconsciously, but I haven't noticed how I play yet.
@@cpamiseso I'm not sure that everyone has to, but I can tell you for my own playing that I went from two decades of trying to get faster and more accurate and completely failing to being able to play almost flawlessly as fast as my hand will move is a matter of less than a year using this technique.
If you watch his full video he tries to explain why the slant technique works better than just moving your hand side-to-side, but I can't speak to the physics of what he's saying. I can only tell you that I went from an almost completely legato player someone picking Vinnie Moore, Yngwie, George Lynch, and anyone else I've tried pretty much flawlessly doing it exactly how he's describing. It just makes everything easier and more repeatable.
O ditado "uma imagem vale mais que mil palavras" fez sentido nesse vídeo. Não entendi o que você disse, mas aprendi bastante sobre palhetada apenas com essas imagens incríveis. 👏👏👏
A lot of thing that u say on youtube i already have figure it out by myself , but this one make me go from 120 bpm to 150 on alternate pick instantly, why i never thought about it before lol. thankyou very much.
fannnntastic....soon as I saw uncle ben with troy's camera rig I got psyched! Plus the FF7 background tune!
You explain this insanely well. Very clear for a somewhat complex concept (as a fairly new guitar player looking to improve their technique).
Thank you for your service.
So concise! Ben you did it again you... excellent teacher!
Great channel, Ben! Thanks a ton for the lessons, you rock.
Great video Ben, thanks for taking the time to explain. I have been working my way through Troy's excellent stuff as well... in fact, I'm about to buy the Pickslanting Primer video series based on your recommendations. Keep up the good work!
The clearest explanation I’ve ever seen! Thank you a lot!
I enjoy this most of all guitar channels. It’s relaxed but still I learn most from it. Keep up the good work! 👍🍺🎅🏻🥳👍
At first I was playing this wrong, with an extra three notes at the end - but this enhances it by starting the whole sequence on an upstroke every other time you repeat it. Essentially, every other time you have reverse the pickslanting.
Either way, thanks Ben for this awesome exercise.
one of my favorite videos and subjects you've covered Ben. sure , a lot of people cover similar material educating people on many subjects, and I could follow the series directly. what is also important, is your presentation and guitar skills. those I enjoy. this will help my picking accuracy, after weeks of working on it , of course. Thanks.
we never get to see you let it out nearly enough. can you do a video on Jeff Loomis technique, and show some of his magic ?
"tell her I said hi" .. classic and classy
Awesome lesson. And also, mega points for the FF callback in the intro.
4 minutes in you can tell already how good of a tutorial this is
Ah...that'll be the reason I've not been able to pick fast for the past 40 years then. Time to learn something new. It's great that this information is out there for players now.
thank you i must say i watched a hole bunch of troy grady videos but after watching yours i finally got it thx alot
This is the best pick slanting instruction. Thank you!
Out of all the vids on this subject , you explain this the best...thanks
That close up helped me a lot with my picking technique
Best video out there on R.H. technique, in my opinion. Seen lots of them.
Also, cracking me up. “Find your sister, tell her I said hi.” 😂
Holly.... this is awesome! Thank you very much for this valuable lession!
I’d found other explanations of this really confusing but you explained it with so much clarity so thanks! I have arthritis so practising (and guitar in general) is a bit tough, but understanding this has helped clarify things a lot, so thanks!!! Subscribed!
Thanks for the lesson Ben. This is so incredibly helpful. I'm just learning about pickslanting and watching your videos as well as Troy Grady's.
I love how you explained this concept man !!! Thank you !!
This is the best video I have watched that has helped me on this subject. Thank you
Those cracking the code series... really making amazing guitar playing less mysterious! What I keep doing is... when downward slanting... whenever I need to change strings on a down stroke... I end up just sweeping into the next note and continuing downward slants... I don't seem to find as many uses for the upward slant.
I was watching this at work, i had no idea id learn the whole loop in 15 mins now i need to work on speed and technique 🤘🏼
This is excellent. I love exercises that can be looped!
the most helpfull advice and instruction for my newbie ass. At 48, I said f..k it , i wanna play. Been a metal head since 1976, and its about time to learn to play some stuff ive always loved. Bad ass video uncle Ben.
Great video...explains things so easily. Great lesson. Great to practice alternate picking as well!!
Ff7 riff in the intro, love it, soundtrack to that game is sweet
Great lesson, watched episode 9 of cracking the code a couple of days ago as well, but this has cleared up a couple more things.
Thank you for this
I've seen Troy's videos but the way you explained it made a lot more sense to me
Thanks so much man you showed me exactly what I was doing wrong now my speed has increased 10 fold in a couple of days mate you are a legend
Your videos are really helping. String "hop" has been an obstacle for me, thanks for the help!
i dont know if im just dumb but ive seen troys videos but i was still kinda confused but i saw this and it instantly made sense ! Thanks Uncle Ben !!!
Hi Ben, İ watch Troy's video too but his video's too compicated for me. But you explained these up, down and combined pickslanting is so simple. Whole thing is protect the same picking angle and avoid the stay between strings. This really helps Me and thank you sincerely.
Thanks for introducing me to Troy Grady's channel! Those videos are amazing
I too love those picks, and your lessons! Keep rockin!
You are the "Instructionator" dude. Outstanding version of 2 way pick slanting.
Finally...the "ahhh..., I get this", video. thank you immensely for this.
Cracking the code IS life changing!!
I'm one of the stepdads he is talking about and I'm learning so much from these videos. Thanks Ben, now go mow the yard son
Thanks!! grady's video had me slightly confused. thanks!! all good now! i was very stuck on a few licks now that i can work out with some new knowledge!!
Bruhhhh. Under the Rotting Pizza as an intro. I am super happy I subbed
I think this guy has the coolest intro in youtube!