How To Play Guitar Fast - The Magic Of Chunking
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- This weeks lesson teaches you how to play guitar fast using the the magic of chunking. In this lesson we will look at how you can play guitar faster, using a strategy called chunking. Anyone can learn how to play fast , so if you want to increase the speed of your alternate picking, sweep picking, tapping, legato, or any technique watch this guitar lesson to learn how the magic of chunking is the secret to shred guitar.
📚 Lesson Chapters
0:00 Intro Jam
0:33 Lesson Overview
1:28 What Is Chunking?
3:27 Why Chunking Matters?
6:09 How To Use Chunking
8:09 Step 1: Learn The Chunk Slowly
9:05 Step 2: Find Your Open Loop Tempo
11:30 Step 3: Get The Chunk Up To Speed
14:39 How To Use A Metronome
17:10 Step 4: Repeat For Each Chunk In The Phrase
17:31 Step 5: Add The First Note Of Chunk Two
19:13 Step 6: Connect The First Two Chunks
20:42 Step 7: Add Chunks To Build The Full Phrase
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This is a brilliant example of how to translate state-of-the-art understandings from Neuroscience into applied guitar practice! Well explained and presented and all required aspects covered. I find it very motivating when there is an idea about why certain advice would work and how exactly it would work. I’ll try it out immediately and hope to see more content from you on that basis. Thanks a lot!
Thanks! I hope you find success with it. I'm the same and prefer advice that's backed up with evidence. I've got more lessons like this one in the works 🙂
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I've watched 100s of hours of guitar TH-cam in the last year and frankly, if someone wanted me to boil it down to my top 5 or so, this would be in it. I knew about chunking, but you've laid it out so plainly and simply that now I feel I can use it much more effectively.
That's awesome! Glad you found it helpful 🙂
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I would like to hear your top 5😅
Do you want to see a video on picking technique?
Yes.
Certainly 🤩
I would love to.
Certainly would! Not only related to picking (at any speed!), but also strumming. I have trouble finding the grip/pressure /position/angle etc combination that prevents the pick from rotating, so the pick usually ends up presenting a rounded tip or even just the part between the tips....this happens both with picking & strumming. And yes, I have a huge array of picks!!!
Thanks for your tutorials - great content & clearly explained. Top job!
Absolutely!
I can't believe how precise,analytic and smooth is the way you teach my friend.Hats off. You are a phenomenal teacher. I wish you come back and make more videos.Thank you!
Love the analogies. I caught this video at the right time when I am in the process of learning how to play fast. I realized the best way to learn is start with the mind to understand why it works like this. Thanks a lot. I'm a subscriber 🤘🏾
Thanks for subscribing, glad it was helpful 🙂
This honestly a much deeper video than I expected. This is a must watch for any physical endeavor.
Clear, concise, scientific. This is a phenomenal lesson! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Literally one of the best guitar classes on youtube, thanks for this
Your lessons are amazing. Please don't stop and make more and more videos.
Thank you. Such a helpful video.
Brilliant lesson...thanks a lot
Great lesson thank you 😊
Thanks for the lesson Olicana!
Great lesson!
Good bless you for this video!
This fellow makes everything so clear and simple. One of, if not the best, of these types of clips out there!
very good lesson Thank you!!
Clear, methodical analysis of the secret to fast playing. Phenomenal !
Thanks man, this is really helpful. I definitely have found learning stuff in little bits and gradually putting it altogether a lot easier but this has really helped me apply it to everything I learn now in the best way. You deserve way more subscribers.
Thanks! I'm glad you found it helpful!
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Hi, thank you for sharing this info, excellent video :) The theory of this has been extremely useful.
I'm really glad you found it useful!
Excellent. It is nicely explained. This is very helpful. Thanks.
You are welcome!
Brilliant. Crosses over to so many other activities besides guitar or musical instruments.
I caused me to look into my thinking about how I learn, mistakes, adjustments, perseverance through practicing, etc. Simple concepts are underrated in the big picture of things. Thanks you!👍
Excellent video man, this definitely helped me a tonne. I like that you explained it in such detail
Glad to hear it!
Excellent explanation, detailed and really understandable even for the less experienced. Thanks!!!
Fantastic lesson, I am amazed by idea behind how brain manages open chunk and loop chunks.
Love how you present the lesson.
Keep up your amazing work.
This is really nice lesson, i hope you make more videos of this kind.. This kind of video really motivates me to practice more..
Best explanation I've ever seen on this subject. Finally someone put it into something that can be practiced effectively. Liked & subbed.
Thanks!
Absolutely fantastic video. Now THIS is a guitar lesson!
Thanks! Glad you found it useful!
Great tutorial
Great stuff… thank you for sharing thos with us all
My pleasure!
Great video and channel man, extremely helpful!
Glad you think so!
GREAT Video, thank you so much.
You're welcome!
Terrific lesson! This is the only video exposing the real secret to speed with a scientific approach. Thank you, your work is very much appreciated.
Incredible explanation. Blew me away.
Very good. >Thank you
Wot a brilliant lesson thanx you dude 🤘
This makes a lot of sense.. thanks
I'm glad it was useful for you!
Awesome video man!
Thanks for watching!
fantastic GREAT VIDEO!!!!!! wow 🤩 thanxxx
Great to hear, glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Thank for the info 🎸👍🎵
You're welcome!
Thanks man! I'm so thankful I saw your video
Glad I could help!
Well done my friend. Hope your channel grows quickly!
Much appreciated!
Excellent
this video explained why speed bursts are so effective, practicing groups of notes at a tempo out of your comfort zone.... wow, open/closed loop environments... everything just clicked for me. you are godsent, thank you
Such a good technique for learning aanything, not just guitar, great video as always keep them up!
Thanks! Will do!
Your Guitar Player’s Advice Exchange group post brought me here. Many thanks for sharing 👍
That's great to hear! Glad you like it!
A great lesson which was really clear. Nice job! I will be sharing this video. I predict a very successful youtube channel.
Thanks! I really appreciate the share!
Thx ,great vidéo, yes we want thé vidéo about picking !!
Coming soon!
Great content. This channel deserves more sub. Please include on your next content the picking technique.
Thanks! A picking technique lesson is in the works 🙂
man this guys videos are soooooo good, I wish he'd make more 😢
Nice explanation
Brilliant explanation especially at 12:37
Never this concept until now…THANK YOU
This is the most useful instructional video about practice approaches I've ever seen.
Same man
You don’t post much, but when you do, it’s all killer, no filler. A very sincere thank you. Subbed. 👍
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The detail you got into in order to explain why practicing a phrase slow will never perfect itself at higher speeds was outstanding. Subscribed for more wisdom!
I subbed as well. One of the best lessons I've seen in a while.
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Wow, best class ever
Thanks! 😀
Smart young man!
Not gonna lie, I went into this video with very little faith in not only myself but in you too haha. This is only the second video I've seen of yours and the first was the one about speaking with the guitar. That is a skill I have already developed fairly well and has been one of my most important and valued breakthroughs on my own personal lifelong journey with this incredible instrument....I almost didn't watch this. I am somewhat horrified at how narrowly I almost missed this brilliant gift of knowledge that will no doubt lead to a wildly better version of myself as a guitarist. The me in an alternate timeline who arrogantly did not watch this video has no idea what was missed out on here. You have blown my mind wide open, and greatful to be the version of myself that stuck around for this haha. I haven't even finished this video and you have earned my upmost respect and a new subscriber for sure. Seriously, all that's left for me to say is thank you. And holy shit. hahaha
The way you intruduced how information goes to the brain was a key to learn this
I agree!
Excellent video
Thank you very much!
that rings so true to my experience in trying to gradually speed a phrase faster - at some point I can't play it the same way at a faster tempo. I guess intuitively I just would tweak my technique or approach to work at a bit faster tempo, but I always felt kind of guilty :D. Like I needed permission :D. but it's really good having your full methodology laid out - thanks much for this. And actually, I'd given up (again) on trying to get faster, but your video has reinspired me to try again - thanks again for this.
Great lesson🤝i always want this guitar😅hard to find now.Have a great day.
Thanks, they're great guitars I'm sure you'll like any of the S series Ibanez's though!
19:15 This is half what I do when I connect things up, but I use this exact same method. Play chunk 1 and the first note of chunk 2 to get the connection to be as smooth as the chunks are separately. But I also practice the 2nd chunk by starting on the last note or two of the 1st chunk, basically coming at the problem from the other direction also with the exact same methodology. This allows me to approach smoothing out the connection from both directions...if you get what I mean. You describe the 1st half of the transition, which is moving into chunk 2 from chunk 1. This forces you to perfect entry into the transition between them at the end of chunk 1. I add some additional focus on the 2nd half of the transition as well, which is moving from chunk 1 through chunk 2. This forces you to also perfect exit out of the transition at the start of chunk 2. For me doing this greatly reduces the "stepping' required to get it smooth, that you demonstrated by continually adding one additional chunk 2 note to the end of your chunk 1 transition practice until it "cascades". 3-4 notes is much more than it ever takes me. Usually chunk 2 falls out after only 1 or 2 if I have also practiced chunk 2 from within chunk 1 the same as I have practiced chunk 1 going into chunk 2.
Hard to explain what I mean. I hope I have done it. Maybe I can just say that you are looking at connecting the chunks together from a viewpoint that stands within chunk 1 looking forward moving towards chunk 2. For me it also helps to connect them by looking from a viewpoint that stands within chunk 2 looking backwards moving away from chunk 1.
Another technique I would use with the specific lick you are demonstrating would be to divide up the chunks differently. So you have all the chunks as distinct from each other in the overall picture. All of chunk 1 is followed by all of chunk 2 followed by all of 3 etc. In a long string of triplets or 16th notes you can also easily delineate chunks that overlap with one another. So, you end up with all of chunk 1 followed by a chunk that is half chunk 1 and half chunk 2 followed by all of chunk 2 followed by 1/2 chunk 2 + 1/2 chunk 3 followed by all of 3 etc. This also helps with connecting the whole thing together in the long run since you have turned all the transitions between the chunks into separate chunks themselves. It can aid in improving your ability to lengthen the chunks as you learn and connect them, ideally leading to the entire lick becoming one huge single chunk. Another bonus with doing this is that it expands your vocabulary. Referring back to another video you did concerning phrasing in which you compared it with spoken languages, every chunk you master amounts to another word added into your phrasing vocabulary. In particular, your high-speed vocabulary. When you overlap chunks, you learn twice as many words.
I like this! It feels like this is instinctively what you tend to do when learning but it’s nice to see a bit of the rationale behind it and reassurance that i’m doing the right thing. I saw someone once say “you’re not going to learn to run by walking….” I also like the weightlifting analogy - it’s all about marginal gains, you don’t go from lifting nothing to deadlifting 200kg, you up your weight periodically by small amounts, so it makes sense for guitar too 😊 thanks for the video!
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
I also have an Ibanez Prestige, they are truly some amazing guitars
Very useful. Thanks.
Awesome! Anything in particular that you found helpful?
@@OlicanaMusicGuitar The idea of focusing on the first note of the chunk.
@@pramodkhera9520 Thanks! That's really useful to know 🙂
Great video. As for one that speed has always been a challenge, just going faster and practising has been the way. If you want to learn running, you have to run. Great examples and explanations. Cheers.
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In my 40 years of playing I have never heard nor seen this concept. The breakdown and explanation are so thorough and easy to understand. I would have expected to pay for such a valuable lesson. I'm most grateful for this!
Thank you
You're very welcome!
Awesome video my friend ! Big Like!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💯
Glad you liked it! 😄
Excellent, at last real precise advic eon how to practice and not just a bunch of exercises! Thx! The website seems to be down tough?
Glad it was helpful! The website is back up now, had a technical hitch this week 🙂
This was really great. Almost apples to any learning..
I learned about "chunking" in my graduate studies (Adult Education). I didn't realize how broad the application is for this idea. I also reveals something about how the mind organizes and anchors information during the process of memorization.
nice intro dude and video of course
I'm glad you like it
Really great lesson. It will change my practice. In the past I tried to learn too many notes at a time. : )
Subbed
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Wow! This a neurologically-based information processing lesson that just happens to be applied to the guitar. Fantastic. So tired of lessons that detail every up- and downstroke, the name of the mode employed and the like. The general principles discussed here are going to allow me gain speed on everything from playing metal licks to chicken picking. Enough with the commenting-I’m grabbing my guitar and having at it!
This must be the least rock n’ roll tutorial I’ve ever seen on how to become a shred monster😅 but yeah, it’s all extremely well explained and the video should be saved in a playlist of every aspiring guitar hero 🎸
A big question I have is regarding picks. There are soooo many variations. Thick, Medium, Thin, Large. Small, sharp point, regular point, etc. It seems the small stiff picks may be better for speed picking but no bueno for strumming chords, and vice versa. Do you have any recommendations?
Coming from an older generation of guitarists, this is intriguing. To old blues-rockers like me, playing the notes you mean and meaning the notes you play is fundamental, psychologically opposite of what you are doing here. Yet we have licks, i e stock phrases that we play the same way as single notes, that are effectively your chunks.
Nice concept. I think the real masters are combining closed loop with open loop phrases with taste
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Finally, TH-cam gave me a useful suggestion.
Glad I could help!
Wow, Wow I, Wow I think,Wow I think that was,Wow I think that was a great, Wow I think that was a great lesson, Wow I think that was a great lesson, Thank you !
Glad you enjoyed it!
Yes please make a video about how the pick hits the strings
It's currently in the works 🙂
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Yep... you got it right.
Amendments to Sir Oli! Amen lord bless you guys!
Very useful concept. Chunking is key to improving efficiency and speed. I first learnt this from one of Ben Higgins' videos. And later saw Troy Grady explain it in detail. It's a well documented concept in this day and age, but doesnt hurt to talk about it all the time simply because it is so so important. Specially for someone just starting out.
Nice job with the production quality and graphics too.
The only thing I will add is some feedback about how to connect chunks. In my opinion it's better to learn and practice two chunks separately and adequately before linking them. So the first set of sextuplets mastered then the second one. Then connect them in full.
Your suggestion that we should add one note at a time from the second sextuplet is a bit less efficient. Because the second set is broken in pieces and there it isnt a chunk anymore.just a suggestion.
Thanks! Just to clarify connecting chunks as maybe I didn't explain it adequately in the video. I do mention this point at 17:08 but it's fairly brief. Like you I would recommend mastering each chunk individually before trying to connect them together. There's not really any point trying to connect the second chunk one note at a time if you can't do it in isolation, because exactly like you stated, it isn't a chunk if it's broken into pieces!
Adding a note at a time (assuming you can play both in isolation) should help with connecting chunks if the student is finding them hard to link because it will help them find problem points in the connection. They can then target the problem point in practice 🙂
@@OlicanaMusicGuitar yes that makes sense. I didnt get that perspective from how you explained it in the video.
@@saadshah7857 Ah no problem, I will try to be clearer in future 🙂
@@OlicanaMusicGuitar you did fine, really appreciate the video. And nice to have a conversation about a topic we care so much about. I will be sure to share this with others. And best of luck with your new channel!
Y think you get extra credit for not using the word "Especially"
Great lesson! I think your guitar neck might have some backbow or there's a setup issue.
Thanks for the tip!
Well, anything that is faster and less painful than listening to the introduction of this video, could facilitate smoother and more legato lines
The area of the brain you're talking about is the premotor area. The premotor area is the, "Functional cortical area rostral to the primary motor cortex, involved in planning and initiating complex motor programmes."
I love a tutorial with less talking,
Gonna get the shoestrings sorted then nail that tricky A minor pentatonic..
Definitely the right order to go about it 😉
Does that scale have a name?
I'm a beginner and I don't know how to differentiate between syncronised and unsynchronized playing. How do I know I'm syncronised?
Unsynchronized playing is where the left and right hand don't play the same note at the same time. This will produce muted notes or wrong notes because you are picking to early or late relative to fretting the note. If you are synchronized the phrase will sound correct, if you are unsynchronized the phrase will sound wrong. Your ear should be your guide to figure out if what you are playing is right or wrong. Let me know if that is helpful!
@@OlicanaMusicGuitar no it sounds right to me but my friend says my playing is unsynchronized
@@bhaavanchauhan7251 Ah i'm with you, it's hard to diagnose without seeing or hearing you play. If you have any footage of what you''re learning feel free to DM me on instagram and i'll try help you out 🙂
So useful but I can not do fastly b/c now I'm 55 ys old, and not pro,is that right ,man ?
You're still young enough to tear it up
Where can i find fast licks like this one?
Best place is to copy the guitarists you like. However if you want a quick win taking a scale like natural minor and chunking it into a repeating pattern like groups of three, four, five, or five is an easy way to make new scalar lines 🙂
@@OlicanaMusicGuitar thank you man,my favourite guitarist is buckethead
Hello😁 sir how much you bought your guitar
Just under £1000 🙂
@@OlicanaMusicGuitar Thank you❤
It is very good lesson ☺
Your comment about practicing fast was apropos. Practice fast to be fast.
I learned chunking in psychology.
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Yes I remember ! No wonder I wanted an egg roll while watching this video.
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