I'm adding 15 minutes of this exercise as part of my daily routine (2-3 hours of practice per day) day 1 (27/01/23): 130 bpm START day 2 (28/01): 140-150 bpm day 3 (29/01): 150 bpm day 4 (30/01): 150-160 bpm day 5 (31/01): 160 bpm day 6 (01/02): 160 bpm day 7 (02/02): 160-170 bpm FIRST WEEK day 8 (03/02): 170 bpm day 9 (04(02): 170 bpm day 10 (05/02): 170 bpm day 11 (06/02): 170-180 bpm day 12 (07/02): 170-180 bpm day 13 (08/02): 180 bpm day 14 (09/02): no routine due to sickness SECOND WEEK day 15 (10/02): no routine due to sickness day 16 (11/02): 170-180 bpm day 17 (12/02): 170-180 bpm day 18 (13/02): 180 bpm day 19 (14/02): 180-190 bpm day 20 (15/02): 190 bpm day 21 (16/02): 180-190 bpm THIRD WEEK day 22 (17/02): 180-190 bpm day 23 (18/02): 180-190 bpm day 24 (19/02): 180-190 bpm day 25 (20/02): 180-190 bpm day 26 (21/02): 190 bpm day 27 (22/02): 190 bpm day 28 (23/02): 190 bpm FOURTH WEEK this was very good, and i'm not a lover of insane speed exercises, i will be back to this to reach the 200 bpm goal
When I first started this workout, I was really struggling even with 110 BPM. After 2 weeks or so without any progress, I happened to watch your video on picking technique and I realised that my picking was seriously wrong. Literally two days after I fixed my technique I found myself able to do 150 BPM!! Thanks a lot Bernth!! Your video saved me years of practice!
One unexpected thing that helped me massively improve my picking technique, literally immediately, was to play in front of a mirror. That way I was able to fix the amplitude of my picking motion, and to correct the position of my right hand and forearm in a way that I was able to pick cleanly and consistently. Give it a try y'all!
Day 1 (28/11/2022) : sloppy 100bpm Day 2 (29) : slightly better at 100bpm, still struggling with the 2nd pattern Day 3 (30) : same results except the 2nd pattern feels a lil bit less hard now (at 100bpm) Day 4 (01/12) : getting used to moving fingers in synchronization Day 5 (02) : again Day 6 (03) : tried 110bpm but its currently too fast (also can somewhat fc 100bpm if my fingers move quickly enough) Day 7 (04) : smoother on 100bpm, still struggling on 110bpm Day 8 (05) : same as yesterday Day 9 (06) : 120bpm is too fast for me rn, 110 is kinda ok and 100 feels better Day 10 (07) : 100 almost FC'd, 110bpm on the way Day 11 (08) : 100 clean, 110 with some misses, 120 kinda meh Day 12 (09) : same Day 13 (11) : feeling better on 110 (and a tiny bit on 120 as well) Day 14 (12) : didn't had that much time to practice, but a lil bit better at 110 Day 15-16 (13-14) : training 110 and 120 Day 17 (15) : mastering 120 and pushing myself to 130/140 Day 18 (16) : same Day 19 (17) : 110 clean, 120 almost, 130 kinda good Day 20 (18) : 120 FCable, 130 nice, 140 kinda sloppy Day 21 (19) : same Day 22-28 (20-26) : went on vacation, but still played guitar Dayu 29 (27) : 120 clean, 130 same, 140 a lil bit better ... Day ___ (18/11/2023) : 160 and 170 mastered, working on 180
@@Sparkey4646 in general, you should pick 3 to 5 exercises to do each day, then allocate 15 mins to each exercise Also, I'll suggest you to change the type of the exercises each day ; that way you'll progress smoothly on more topics (legato, sweep picking, string skipping...)
When I started 160BPM was my peak. Today is my 6th day doing this challenge and 180Bpm is where I struggle so I have high hopes to reach 200 because so far its been showing results little by little. Now It’s my 20th day doing the exercise and I can reach 220 but not clean. I’m pretty sure that in the 10 days that remain I’ll be able to do my 200BPM over clean. Update: Today is my 31st day and I can do it til 220 and 230 is where I stuggle a bit but it was amazing improvement. Thank you Bernth for the amazing lesson.
You deserve more subs than you currently have man, your helping me loooaaaads. I will soon be a shredder. Seriously let’s get this guy into the millions for subs on TH-cam! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Best instruction on the toob. Even if it's a bit advanced for some, there's something to take away. Between Bernth and application and Shred teaching theory you can go beast mode. Bernth is Paganini reborn, Shred I think is Bach. Crossed on a drunk Viking. Yeah.
Damn it Bernth, I’ve been playing guitars for 34 years now! Never been great at it, just ok for what I did, using a lot of “cheap” uncontrollable techniques! But today, after watching many of your videos the last few months months, I downloaded a metronome to my phone, tuned my acoustic down to “all” drop D, and started a 60 bpm for all that I use as my warmups! And I’m trying to figure out those things I can make “sound” as if it’s fast playing, into something I actually can play! I’m now exited to see if I can progress my guitar skills at the age of 47! Really wished TH-cam and someone like you was around 34 years ago! You’re inspirational!
Been playing over 20 years and never really learned the right things to get where I have always wanted to be. 05/28/23, day 1, I made it to 140bpm and it fell apart at 150. Getting ready to get started on your lessons on Patreon. Thanks Bernth.
On my first day (3 days ago) I was able to reach 140 with relative ease, 160 struggling and not even pick as fast as 190. Now, my 4th day, I can get to 150 easily, 170 with not so much struggle and 180 struggling hard. And at least I can pick as fast as 200bpm (even if my left hand do not follow. Thank you, Bernth! PS: I'm praciticing no more than 30 minutes per day.
Awesome exercise technique to build speed picking. Thanks you BERNTH. Keep posting these technical videos so that we can also improve our guitar journey under your guidance.
Day one: 140 bpm Day two: 150 bpm Day three: almost 160 bpm Day four: almost 160 bpm Day five: 160 bpm Day six: 160 bpm Day seven: almost 170 bpm Day eight: 170 bpm Day nine: 170 bpm Day ten: almost 180 bpm
Doing this exercise made me realized that my fretting hand and picking hand are clearly not in sync lol way harder than it looks lol (sthird day 120 - 140 bpm). You are insane sir! hopefully one day I will be able to shred like you
No worries, much more important to play it clean, there is a lot of fast guys where you can barely tell what they play through the dist pedals, the mix etc..that is boring. Just start where you can play it clean, that is all anyone can do. That is how everyone starts this stuff.
Alternating strings was the breakthrough for me, 3 on one, 1 on the next, back to 3 on the first. So pattern of four, puts the upstroke on the next string which I was missing before. The triplets are great because the first note of the pattern alternates top/bottom
140 BPM - June 16th. At faster bpms, i sense a lot of tension coming from my left hand, (my right hand is alright, keeping the tension under control). I am starting to get the grip of the "economy of motion". Next week, i gonna make 150BPM.
150 BPM - July 7 This challenge was harder than i thought it would be. Almost one month has passed and i managed to increase my BPM by 20. I see this as a big win! Thanks again, Bernth!
Started on 27.8.22 Day 1: Warm up Day 2: 110bpm Day 3: 120bpm (I also reached that speed today for other challenge that published by @BERNTH. I mixed between them when I training)
@@willroland9811 I got you, and I think that's the way, but I meant realizing the fact that at a certain point my mind was already strugling and like "okay, just throw some notes, I can't stand this"; which I hope and know that by practicing more it will be easier
Ight, starting the challenge today, Sat 29th July 2023, stuck on lvl 4, thank you though Bernth, all your exercises are fantastic! Day 2 turns out the lvl 4 was me deluding myself, stuck on lvl 2 Day 3 - I'm regressing, can't even do lvl 2, will try to push tomorrow Day 4 -120bpm reached again, barely Day 5 - same as day 4 Day 6 - Even though I was losing it, I pushed onto 130+140bpm, gonna try and really push over next few days, see what happens Day 7 - I've lost a lot of motivation since holidays, been big gaps between practice, need to stay motivated, and get through each day as it comes, I'll improve so long as I stick to it, 130bpm pretty rough but kinda there Day 8 - same as day 7 Day 8 - Same as day 7, god this is hard Day 9 - What if i told you I was never gonna improve?
Day 2: Made it to 170 but just like the first try, not really feeling that it sounds perfect. 160 has been achieved though. Tried 180 once and it sounds like a cat fight at midnight.
Day 3: I like the way 170 sounds and 180 is sounding better, however decided to return to 160 and keep improving from there, no moving forward until it sounds perfect.
Day 5: 170 started feeling normal but still, some room for improvement there. Tried 180 and it makes more sense now, like I was able to finish it at least, sound ugly though. 190 is a joke lol
Also, I tried to match the way his picking hand is and the lesson he gave on it. I’ve played 20+ years with more of a Hammett/Dimebag style where my bottom three fingers stick out. Not sure if I should stick with how I’ve always done it or dedicate myself to completely changing my technique 🤔
29-01-23 - 175 bpm - 200bpm (very sloppy) .. i just recently restarted playing guitar after almost 20 years, never used a pick before (i played when i was 14-18 and always fingerstyle) and now im able to alternate pick @175bpm on 2 strings after about a month (or two) of practice, to be continued. 06-05-23: dropped @190 bpm but it's hard to do the whole challenge in one set my hand are tired super fast ..
Day 1 (21.02.2023): good 110 Day 2-3: practice without video Dat 4: can do 140bpm but need practice Day 6: i'm sick but can do 150bpm Day 23: A couple of weeks passed which I spent lerning mostly raining blood and I hit 200bpm but still need practice
it is hard than it seems lol Ive been playing guitar for two months, and I can reach only the warm up. Lets see how it goes Thanks for the lesson anywsy edit I: 23/12 120 BPM ( have not trained so much these days) 28/12 - 130BPM. Increased the speed and the sound is cleaner. 31/12 - 140BPM. 01/01 - 150BPM - happy new year!! 12/01 - 160BPM- finally
Day 1 (2/20/2023): Stuck at the warmup. I had to change the speed to .75 Day 2(2/21): Kept practicing at .50 speed and got past the warmup. Stuck at 110 bpm
Day1 15/04/2023 not even at the warm up speed. 16/04/2023 getting comfortable with the pattern 17/04/2023 if tried to go faster, the string strikes first and the fret is tapped later. 18/04/2023 1 or 2 times it reaches almost 100beats per sec 21/04/2023 reaching warmup speed, cant play along the beats and slow in reverse order
Just watched this video some days ago and tried same idea but with another triplet that Kotzen uses, dude… couldn’t do on 170bpm, bought 5 different new picks and finally the jazz iii 1.5mm fitted so sweet and now 190 bpm is possible.
Day 1: (15/01/23) 100 BPM warm up Day 2: Didn't play this Day 3: Didn't play this Day 4: Played a bit and managed to reach 110 BPM only. 120 seems a little bit hard 5 months later, I am able to play 140 bpm but 150 is sloppy
Day 1 (09/02/2023): 130bpm Day 2 (16/02 but practicing other stuffs): 140bpm/150bpm sloppy Day 3 (18/02 but practicing other stuffs): 150bpm still sloppy
day 1: 110bpm day 2: 110bpm. 120bpm, sloppy day 3: Rest Day 4: 120bpm Day 5: 130bpm, sloppy Day 6: 130 bpm sloppy Day 7: Rest Day 8: 130bpm sloppy Day 9: 120bpm Day 10: 120/130bpm Day 11: 130bpm Day 12: 130 sloppy Day 13: 130bpm 3 day break day 16: 120/130 bpm day 17: 130 sloppy Day 18: break Day 19: 130bpm
forgot to write down days 1-3 feb 17 day 4: 160 feb 20 day 5: 150 feb 21 day 6: 160 feb 22 day 7: 170 feb 23 day 8: 170 (so close to 180, maybe tomorrow) feb 24 day 9: 170 (once again, almost 180) feb 26 day 10: 170 (less clean than day 9, and my pinky is on fire) feb 27 day 11: 170 (pinky is melting) feb 28 day 12: 170 (pinky is still melting) march 1 day 13: 170 (pinky is) 2023 may 19 day 13: 190
Is this a good one when someone is first trying to learn how to do speed picking? I have played a good while just never got any good at sweeps, or serious alt. speed picking.
Day 1 - 130 bpm Day 2 - 130 bpm Day 3 - 130 bpm Day 4 - 140 bpm DaY 5 - 140 BPM Day 6 - 150 bpm Day 7 - 150 bpm Day 8 - 150 bpm Day 9 - 150 Day 10 - 160 bpm Day 11 - 160 bpm Day 12 - 160 bpm Day 13 - 160 bpm Day 14 - 150 bpm
Clean enough until 160bpm for today, but after 170 it gets very sloppy. Would be nice to have a similar speed exercise where different strings are combined, for a more "realistic" use case. Still very helpful in getting a burst. Thank you!
Having a lot of fun with this. Thank you very much! As a follow on, what would you recommend for taking this concept and applying it to crossing strings? (As opposed to just playing fast on the one string) thanks again!!!
Day 1 : 120 clean ,130 ascending part is clean struggling in descending part ( quick update lol ..after 20 minutes of practicing I can play 140 fluency both ascending and descending . After another 20 minutes 165 clear at 170 some notes I miss .. enough for today It took some time to understand the task ..I think I can go upto 200 in 1 month)
08.01.2022, after significant warm up and other exercises: 140 - OK 150 - OK 160 - on limit, not totally under control 170 - bad, mistakes 180 - unreal, no hand sync 190 - right hand not fast enough. Impossible for now.
09.01.2022 140 - OK 150 - OK 160 - almost OK 170 - better, still no full control 180 - mistakes, no hand sync 190 - right hand not fast enough. Impossible for now. 200 - even worse than 190
Yeah, I made it to the end of this workout. One day I might even try it with a guitar.
lol it's 14 June and I am starting at 80 bpm
🤣
Hahahahahaha you made my day :D
Does air guitar not count? My fingers were moving pretty fast...
It’s july 4.. I didn’t even started lol
I'm adding 15 minutes of this exercise as part of my daily routine (2-3 hours of practice per day)
day 1 (27/01/23): 130 bpm START
day 2 (28/01): 140-150 bpm
day 3 (29/01): 150 bpm
day 4 (30/01): 150-160 bpm
day 5 (31/01): 160 bpm
day 6 (01/02): 160 bpm
day 7 (02/02): 160-170 bpm FIRST WEEK
day 8 (03/02): 170 bpm
day 9 (04(02): 170 bpm
day 10 (05/02): 170 bpm
day 11 (06/02): 170-180 bpm
day 12 (07/02): 170-180 bpm
day 13 (08/02): 180 bpm
day 14 (09/02): no routine due to sickness SECOND WEEK
day 15 (10/02): no routine due to sickness
day 16 (11/02): 170-180 bpm
day 17 (12/02): 170-180 bpm
day 18 (13/02): 180 bpm
day 19 (14/02): 180-190 bpm
day 20 (15/02): 190 bpm
day 21 (16/02): 180-190 bpm THIRD WEEK
day 22 (17/02): 180-190 bpm
day 23 (18/02): 180-190 bpm
day 24 (19/02): 180-190 bpm
day 25 (20/02): 180-190 bpm
day 26 (21/02): 190 bpm
day 27 (22/02): 190 bpm
day 28 (23/02): 190 bpm FOURTH WEEK
this was very good, and i'm not a lover of insane speed exercises, i will be back to this to reach the 200 bpm goal
When I first started this workout, I was really struggling even with 110 BPM. After 2 weeks or so without any progress, I happened to watch your video on picking technique and I realised that my picking was seriously wrong. Literally two days after I fixed my technique I found myself able to do 150 BPM!! Thanks a lot Bernth!! Your video saved me years of practice!
Hows it now
@@armanj4514 yeah
What video exactly?
Which video, give me link
After 10 days of practicing I've reached Bernth's warm-up speed. I think, 4 weeks won't be enough to make it to 200BPM. :D
@YaBoiChinx Dont laugh. Everyone starts off like this.
How is it going now? :)
me too man, me too (took me 11 days to be able to play 100bpm smoothly)
110 seems okay for now... (but definetly not perfect)
One unexpected thing that helped me massively improve my picking technique, literally immediately, was to play in front of a mirror. That way I was able to fix the amplitude of my picking motion, and to correct the position of my right hand and forearm in a way that I was able to pick cleanly and consistently. Give it a try y'all!
I made it 🎉🎉🎉 200bpm completed with clean execution
Thank you Bernth
Great job 👏🤘
The warm-up it's already a challenge for me!!!
No problem man. Don't forget to learn songs too they help so much. I'm almost to the solo in John Petrucci's glasgow kiss
Day 1 (28/11/2022) : sloppy 100bpm
Day 2 (29) : slightly better at 100bpm, still struggling with the 2nd pattern
Day 3 (30) : same results except the 2nd pattern feels a lil bit less hard now (at 100bpm)
Day 4 (01/12) : getting used to moving fingers in synchronization
Day 5 (02) : again
Day 6 (03) : tried 110bpm but its currently too fast (also can somewhat fc 100bpm if my fingers move quickly enough)
Day 7 (04) : smoother on 100bpm, still struggling on 110bpm
Day 8 (05) : same as yesterday
Day 9 (06) : 120bpm is too fast for me rn, 110 is kinda ok and 100 feels better
Day 10 (07) : 100 almost FC'd, 110bpm on the way
Day 11 (08) : 100 clean, 110 with some misses, 120 kinda meh
Day 12 (09) : same
Day 13 (11) : feeling better on 110 (and a tiny bit on 120 as well)
Day 14 (12) : didn't had that much time to practice, but a lil bit better at 110
Day 15-16 (13-14) : training 110 and 120
Day 17 (15) : mastering 120 and pushing myself to 130/140
Day 18 (16) : same
Day 19 (17) : 110 clean, 120 almost, 130 kinda good
Day 20 (18) : 120 FCable, 130 nice, 140 kinda sloppy
Day 21 (19) : same
Day 22-28 (20-26) : went on vacation, but still played guitar
Dayu 29 (27) : 120 clean, 130 same, 140 a lil bit better
...
Day ___ (18/11/2023) : 160 and 170 mastered, working on 180
Great progress
@@Sparkey4646 thanks
I just finished my daily practice session :
170 good, 180 a lil bit sloppy, 190 and 200 meh
@@ajbs_alexo_713 wooh awesome dude. how long each day on this exercise?
@@Sparkey4646 in general, you should pick 3 to 5 exercises to do each day, then allocate 15 mins to each exercise
Also, I'll suggest you to change the type of the exercises each day ; that way you'll progress smoothly on more topics (legato, sweep picking, string skipping...)
@@ajbs_alexo_713 ok thanks :)
When I started 160BPM was my peak.
Today is my 6th day doing this challenge and 180Bpm is where I struggle so I have high hopes to reach 200 because so far its been showing results little by little.
Now It’s my 20th day doing the exercise and I can reach 220 but not clean. I’m pretty sure that in the 10 days that remain I’ll be able to do my 200BPM over clean.
Update: Today is my 31st day and I can do it til 220 and 230 is where I stuggle a bit but it was amazing improvement. Thank you Bernth for the amazing lesson.
I started my max at 160 BPM, After a few weeks, 180 BPM is my new personal record! Thanks Bernth, slowly but surely, we will get there!
You deserve more subs than you currently have man, your helping me loooaaaads. I will soon be a shredder. Seriously let’s get this guy into the millions for subs on TH-cam! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Best instruction on the toob. Even if it's a bit advanced for some, there's something to take away. Between Bernth and application and Shred teaching theory you can go beast mode. Bernth is Paganini reborn, Shred I think is Bach. Crossed on a drunk Viking. Yeah.
Get your kicks on route 666
Damn it Bernth, I’ve been playing guitars for 34 years now! Never been great at it, just ok for what I did, using a lot of “cheap” uncontrollable techniques! But today, after watching many of your videos the last few months months, I downloaded a metronome to my phone, tuned my acoustic down to “all” drop D, and started a 60 bpm for all that I use as my warmups! And I’m trying to figure out those things I can make “sound” as if it’s fast playing, into something I actually can play! I’m now exited to see if I can progress my guitar skills at the age of 47! Really wished TH-cam and someone like you was around 34 years ago! You’re inspirational!
After first try I stuck at 140 bpm with relaxed hands. Good exercise, hope one day i'll be able to play Hangar18
Holy wars is a MUFUKER, every day all day.
same!
same here..always suck in 140 bpm not only in this exercise. However, I used to be stuck in 110-120bpm. Is it I an improvement on me?🤔🤔
I want to do blood of the scribe
Play coat hanger 16
Been playing over 20 years and never really learned the right things to get where I have always wanted to be. 05/28/23, day 1, I made it to 140bpm and it fell apart at 150. Getting ready to get started on your lessons on Patreon. Thanks Bernth.
Get the FULL 30-day picking workout & practice plan here: www.patreon.com/bernth 🤘 Challenge starts at 01:52 - where's YOUR current limit?
On my first day (3 days ago) I was able to reach 140 with relative ease, 160 struggling and not even pick as fast as 190.
Now, my 4th day, I can get to 150 easily, 170 with not so much struggle and 180 struggling hard. And at least I can pick as fast as 200bpm (even if my left hand do not follow.
Thank you, Bernth!
PS: I'm praciticing no more than 30 minutes per day.
Mixed at 140. This is gonna do wonders for my left and right hand coordination
Saaame lol
Awesome exercise technique to build speed picking. Thanks you BERNTH. Keep posting these technical videos so that we can also improve our guitar journey under your guidance.
Wooohoo! .. just surpassed 20bpm .. well on my way! .. I was so relaxed I fell asleep! .. going to work on this every day until I can get to 250!
Day one: 140 bpm
Day two: 150 bpm
Day three: almost 160 bpm
Day four: almost 160 bpm
Day five: 160 bpm
Day six: 160 bpm
Day seven: almost 170 bpm
Day eight: 170 bpm
Day nine: 170 bpm
Day ten: almost 180 bpm
Doing this exercise made me realized that my fretting hand and picking hand are clearly not in sync lol way harder than it looks lol (sthird day 120 - 140 bpm). You are insane sir! hopefully one day I will be able to shred like you
I will try! Struggling at 130- 140 bpm...
Playing this at 0:75 right now, coz I have trouble even at 100 bpm :)
Just starting to shred.
Thanks Bernth :) !
No worries, much more important to play it clean, there is a lot of fast guys where you can barely tell what they play through the dist pedals, the mix etc..that is boring. Just start where you can play it clean, that is all anyone can do. That is how everyone starts this stuff.
Stuck at 120 for now, But I'll try to keep at it, Thank you for these excercises! You deserve more recognition! -10th june
Alternating strings was the breakthrough for me, 3 on one, 1 on the next, back to 3 on the first. So pattern of four, puts the upstroke on the next string which I was missing before. The triplets are great because the first note of the pattern alternates top/bottom
130 BPM...for now
let'see how much i will improve until next month.
Thank you so much for making this content, Bernth.
Looking forward to following the progress, Rafael! 🤟👏
140 BPM - June 16th.
At faster bpms, i sense a lot of tension coming from my left hand, (my right hand is alright, keeping the tension under control).
I am starting to get the grip of the "economy of motion".
Next week, i gonna make 150BPM.
150 BPM - July 7
This challenge was harder than i thought it would be.
Almost one month has passed and i managed to increase my BPM by 20.
I see this as a big win!
Thanks again, Bernth!
@@thega2198 can we get an update
@@thega2198 how's it going
Started on 27.8.22
Day 1: Warm up
Day 2: 110bpm
Day 3: 120bpm (I also reached that speed today for other challenge that published by @BERNTH. I mixed between them when I training)
March 3: warm up
April 13: 130 bpm
May 22: 150bpm
it's funny how your middle finger is imitating the actual string touch at high speed with reverse pattern movement :) thanks for the video.
Made it to 200, working on getting it clean from there and beyond!
Same! But it took me 27 days hehe.
December 7 2021 170 BPM what an amazing work out to help with speed can't wait to come back tomorrow and try to best it my old score
110 is too fast for me... guess I have a lot of work to do to get serious at playing guitar!
same here...
You don't have to be fast to be serious about it, my friend.
@@PJF1981 true, true
A good guitar player can play slow AND fast... don't believe in that "you don't have to be fast" thing.
@@matheusibanez True, but a sloppy fast player is worse than a solid slow player. Practice technique slow and then speed will develop naturally. :)
This is great shredding exercise. I managed to do it till the end but perhaps not so clean. Need some time to practice shifting between patterns.
I could tell that my comfort zone with this one would be 130 bpm. After that, I no longer could understand what my mind was trying to do hahaha
NO THINKING WHILE PLAYING BRO. Flow state only...
@@willroland9811 eaiser said than done...
@@willroland9811 I got you, and I think that's the way, but I meant realizing the fact that at a certain point my mind was already strugling and like "okay, just throw some notes, I can't stand this"; which I hope and know that by practicing more it will be easier
Day 1, 120 BPM. Day 2, 160 BPM. Day 2 170 BPM. Day 3, 190 BPM. Day 4, 200 BPM. Thank you Bernth for this amazing exercise!
Ah, I have a choice, Homework or bernth 🤩
its the same
wow that great helps me no ends as I have time problems. PLEASE do more on timing and working with metronome
Maybe with this I’ll finally be able to tremolo pick
You can do it!! :)
Ight, starting the challenge today, Sat 29th July 2023, stuck on lvl 4, thank you though Bernth, all your exercises are fantastic!
Day 2 turns out the lvl 4 was me deluding myself, stuck on lvl 2
Day 3 - I'm regressing, can't even do lvl 2, will try to push tomorrow
Day 4 -120bpm reached again, barely
Day 5 - same as day 4
Day 6 - Even though I was losing it, I pushed onto 130+140bpm, gonna try and really push over next few days, see what happens
Day 7 - I've lost a lot of motivation since holidays, been big gaps between practice, need to stay motivated, and get through each day as it comes, I'll improve so long as I stick to it, 130bpm pretty rough but kinda there
Day 8 - same as day 7
Day 8 - Same as day 7, god this is hard
Day 9 - What if i told you I was never gonna improve?
Day 2: Made it to 170 but just like the first try, not really feeling that it sounds perfect. 160 has been achieved though. Tried 180 once and it sounds like a cat fight at midnight.
Okay, I think 170 is sounding better now, but I need it perfect grrr
Day 3: I like the way 170 sounds and 180 is sounding better, however decided to return to 160 and keep improving from there, no moving forward until it sounds perfect.
Day 4: switching between 160 and 170. Started combining this challenge with the scale fragments (example 11) from John Petrucci's rock discipline
Day 5: 170 started feeling normal but still, some room for improvement there. Tried 180 and it makes more sense now, like I was able to finish it at least, sound ugly though. 190 is a joke lol
Day 6: Felt a bit tired today and 170 was bit harder to perform. I will start using metronome as well and not just the video.
Also, I tried to match the way his picking hand is and the lesson he gave on it. I’ve played 20+ years with more of a Hammett/Dimebag style where my bottom three fingers stick out. Not sure if I should stick with how I’ve always done it or dedicate myself to completely changing my technique 🤔
nice one i manage to get it in the first try !
25th October
190 BPM
29-01-23 - 175 bpm - 200bpm (very sloppy) .. i just recently restarted playing guitar after almost 20 years, never used a pick before (i played when i was 14-18 and always fingerstyle) and now im able to alternate pick @175bpm on 2 strings after about a month (or two) of practice, to be continued.
06-05-23: dropped @190 bpm but it's hard to do the whole challenge in one set my hand are tired super fast ..
Day 1
Max speed at 140bpm.
Thank you Bernth for this great exercise for speed and precision
waou, i've made it ! long work but successfull! Thx
October 13: 130 BPM
October 14: 130 BPM
October 15: 130 BPM
October 16: 130 BPM
GREAT Workout!!! Thank you, brother!!!
Day 1 (21.02.2023): good 110
Day 2-3: practice without video
Dat 4: can do 140bpm but need practice
Day 6: i'm sick but can do 150bpm
Day 23: A couple of weeks passed which I spent lerning mostly raining blood and I hit 200bpm but still need practice
it is hard than it seems lol
Ive been playing guitar for two months, and I can reach only the warm up.
Lets see how it goes
Thanks for the lesson anywsy
edit I: 23/12 120 BPM ( have not trained so much these days)
28/12 - 130BPM. Increased the speed and the sound is cleaner.
31/12 - 140BPM.
01/01 - 150BPM - happy new year!!
12/01 - 160BPM- finally
Day 1 (2/20/2023): Stuck at the warmup. I had to change the speed to .75
Day 2(2/21): Kept practicing at .50 speed and got past the warmup. Stuck at 110 bpm
Dude, I made it all the way to the end first try, I'm impressed with myself
Dec 13th - 140BPM let's go!
Good one Sir. Take care and good wishes .
After 3 days I've reached the warm up speed, I'll keep practicing
Day1 15/04/2023 not even at the warm up speed.
16/04/2023 getting comfortable with the pattern
17/04/2023 if tried to go faster, the string strikes first and the fret is tapped later.
18/04/2023 1 or 2 times it reaches almost 100beats per sec
21/04/2023 reaching warmup speed, cant play along the beats and slow in reverse order
Sir, I have completed this exercise 🥰🤘
Love from India 💞💖🇮🇳
Just watched this video some days ago and tried same idea but with another triplet that Kotzen uses, dude… couldn’t do on 170bpm, bought 5 different new picks and finally the jazz iii 1.5mm fitted so sweet and now 190 bpm is possible.
Day 1: (15/01/23) 100 BPM warm up
Day 2: Didn't play this
Day 3: Didn't play this
Day 4: Played a bit and managed to reach 110 BPM only. 120 seems a little bit hard
5 months later, I am able to play 140 bpm but 150 is sloppy
Start in Feb 09 2022
Day 1: Lvl 3
Day 2: Lvl 4
Day 3: Lvl 5
Day 4, Lvl 5
Day 5: Lvl 7
Day 6: lvl 7
These are great.
5-23-22 made it through again but my hand and forearm are more sore today. No pain no gain.
day1: barely 120
day2: 140
day3: close to 150
day4: 150
decided to do this exercies with my pinky and withou my pinky
day5:n p=140, np=150
day6: p=150. np= 170
day7 p=150 np= 170
day8: p=150 np= 170
day9: p=160 np=180
day12: p=170 np=190
day13: p=180 np=190
day15: p=190 np=190
Day 1 (09/02/2023): 130bpm
Day 2 (16/02 but practicing other stuffs): 140bpm/150bpm sloppy
Day 3 (18/02 but practicing other stuffs): 150bpm still sloppy
Day 1: 110-120 bps before it becomes unintelligible.
Day 2: getting more comfortable at 140-130
1:55 GO PRACTICE
You help me a lot
September 11: 110 bpm
September 17 : 130 bpm
Grazie per i tuoi suggerimenti sei fantastico.
200 bpm done!✅
180 bpm! (Super Clean) i still working on 190 & 200!
Day 268, 1.5 Playback speed :) Today's my Birthday n yet here i am
I would love a longer version with +5bpm.
day 1: 110bpm
day 2: 110bpm. 120bpm, sloppy
day 3: Rest
Day 4: 120bpm
Day 5: 130bpm, sloppy
Day 6: 130 bpm sloppy
Day 7: Rest
Day 8: 130bpm sloppy
Day 9: 120bpm
Day 10: 120/130bpm
Day 11: 130bpm
Day 12: 130 sloppy
Day 13: 130bpm
3 day break
day 16: 120/130 bpm
day 17: 130 sloppy
Day 18: break
Day 19: 130bpm
holy shit that was hard!! my left forearm is on fire!! feb. 5
I’ve been staying at 150 for two months now. No further
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140 BPM - November 13 (Day 1)
forgot to write down days 1-3
feb 17 day 4: 160
feb 20 day 5: 150
feb 21 day 6: 160
feb 22 day 7: 170
feb 23 day 8: 170 (so close to 180, maybe tomorrow)
feb 24 day 9: 170 (once again, almost 180)
feb 26 day 10: 170 (less clean than day 9, and my pinky is on fire)
feb 27 day 11: 170 (pinky is melting)
feb 28 day 12: 170 (pinky is still melting)
march 1 day 13: 170 (pinky is)
2023
may 19 day 13: 190
Is this a good one when someone is first trying to learn how to do speed picking? I have played a good while just never got any good at sweeps, or serious alt. speed picking.
My left hand is definitely the problem! There's too much wasted movement in my pinky!
Day 1 - 130 bpm
Day 2 - 130 bpm
Day 3 - 130 bpm
Day 4 - 140 bpm
DaY 5 - 140 BPM
Day 6 - 150 bpm
Day 7 - 150 bpm
Day 8 - 150 bpm
Day 9 - 150
Day 10 - 160 bpm
Day 11 - 160 bpm
Day 12 - 160 bpm
Day 13 - 160 bpm
Day 14 - 150 bpm
Did you get 200 yet?
@@maJastoL .men, there's a lot of time that I don't practice this, but I'm going to try and I'll tell you
@@maJastoL Men today I get 180 bpm clean and 200 but not clena at all
Now this is what I need
Well this has highlighted my issue is runs going down lol
coming back from injury.
26/04 - 120 bpm
and this is because my pinky comes off too far.
5-26-22. Still got through. My forearm muscles are so freaking sore. Ugh.
Ill try to do this exercise for the next couple of weeks lets see how I'll do!
day 1 - 120bpm cleam/125bpm sloppy
Clean enough until 160bpm for today, but after 170 it gets very sloppy. Would be nice to have a similar speed exercise where different strings are combined, for a more "realistic" use case. Still very helpful in getting a burst. Thank you!
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Having a lot of fun with this. Thank you very much! As a follow on, what would you recommend for taking this concept and applying it to crossing strings? (As opposed to just playing fast on the one string) thanks again!!!
Day 1 : 120 clean ,130 ascending part is clean struggling in descending part
( quick update lol ..after 20 minutes of practicing I can play 140 fluency both ascending and descending .
After another 20 minutes 165 clear at 170 some notes I miss .. enough for today It took some time to understand the task ..I think I can go upto 200 in 1 month)
On my 5th day or so and can already see progress! Level 6 was starting to get hard and by 8 I was in pain lol.
Just started stuck at 140, wow this is way more difficult than It sounds.
01/02/2023 150BPM hardly, but 140 bpm with ease
Day 2 : 160 bpm but kinda struggling with the 2nd pattern
That last darn note in each bar is the hardest to hit right, isn't it everyone?!?!
Just hit 130!! 5/20/22
Day1(22/01)- clean 160wpm , almost 170
Day2(24/01) same
6/9/23 - The descending pattern started to fall apart at 180bpm and then soon after it all fell apart! haha. I'll be back!
Day 1 and i can
play at 120.... comming back tomorrow🤘 hope i stay consistent till i can play at 200
5-24-22. A little less sore today.
great
First day I tried this, 07.01.2022.
140 - OK
150 - tough, on limit
160 - bad, with mistakes
170 - cannot cope with this tempo
08.01.2022, after significant warm up and other exercises:
140 - OK
150 - OK
160 - on limit, not totally under control
170 - bad, mistakes
180 - unreal, no hand sync
190 - right hand not fast enough. Impossible for now.
09.01.2022
140 - OK
150 - OK
160 - almost OK
170 - better, still no full control
180 - mistakes, no hand sync
190 - right hand not fast enough. Impossible for now.
200 - even worse than 190
12.01.2022
Still the same: 160 is the limit, 170 almost, 180 full of mistakes
160 from the wrist, 180 from the elbow. It's coming.