Absolutely amazing! I followed the main exercise for a bit, which really loosened up my fingers. I then continued running back and forth with this A minor scale, and I was able to play it a lot faster and cleaner than I ever have before! Thanks Claus!
You are a superb teacher!Thanks for all your information! I have been playing for years , and felt like I needed more. Your legato lessons have improved my playing as well as how I approach the guitar in general. My audience has responded accordingly.
Ok. I found this video very effective in my speed building. Thanks greatly for the exercise. I have viewed many videos on alternate picking but this one has been THE ONE that has given me the motivation to practice. As you said I have tried for a while and this is your time. Thx greatly. You now have an avid viewer.
Thank you I’m a slow hand trying to speed up my picking tech & got so stuck many years. Hoping your lesson is going to lift up my mind to get this speed velocity!
Excellent video, it's these insights that can help people break through plateaus! People put so much focus on just the movements instead of breaking down what is actually going on. It took me a while to figure this out (too long ha)
Hi Claus! I love your lessons! You ARE the real deal! I have been doing this sporadically without even realizing it~. Emphasizing different notes when I am playing! This exercise gives you a structure on which to base your picking, getting it right every time! Thanks! I really need to do this more!
Hey Claus, i really like your lessons! I'm playing the guitar quite a while but never thought about that. I also like your aggressive teaching style ;) keep on the good work
I don't give praise out at the drop of a hat but... this dude is teaching some of the finest of fine points for truly advanced players. I know it kinda sucks to have to hear it broken down into such a rudimentary brain/hand/muscle memory fashion but it's dead on right. And don't be afraid to check out his wiz shred web site, there are tons of free useful lessons. Never once did I hear him say check out my paid-X, no pop ups either and there is quite a fair amount of content there. TY sir!
wow... again always a pleasure. after practicing with your lessons I fly on the grey board and really amaze myself. my problem is translating this information on the fly. But I am working on it. what would be nice is to hear a song and use these techniques applied. maybe in a fast metal array of riffs. blending the harmonic minor with the gippsy scale or a major flat key. descending 2-5-1 .Thanks again
+ClausLevin It looks like your wrist is not swiveling at all, but instead is rocking back and forth with no forearm rotation. Would you discourage alternate picking with a wrist swivel?
Really like your vids.Could you do a video on how to figure out guitar harmonies?This is something I struggle with.Say how to do arpeggio harmonies as well as short phrases.Thanks that'd be great.You seem to have an excellent way of explaining things that I can easily understand.
Well all I can say is ""Outstanding!!" What a great teacher you are !! Love your approach !! Excellent. Just Excellent !! Wish I knew where to go to cultivate a technique with my picking hand. can't get the speed I want with right wrist. Anyway, Great lesson. thank you so kindly !!
I've done this before, but never really appreciated how important it is till now; think in groups of notes per click focusing on stressing the 1st beat and the other 3 notes (I like to think in groups of 16ths) will be played on the brain's autopilot.
can you please make a video about outside and inside picking.....cuz when I have to move strings after a downstroke I tend to string hop which is confusing.please help!
It took me five years of playing more or less systematically until I started thinking of triplets as of separate groups of notes about a week ago. Sir, where have you been all that time.
Dear Sir .......So what im doing with the guitar is alternate picking on the G-string (12-10-9) just like shown in the video.This is what happens when i increase my speed,........when i strike the 12th note and then remove my pinky so as the 10th note is struck, the striking happens just before i remove my pinky completely hence the 10th note sounds muted.Now does this have anything to do with the distance btw the fret and the strings?........by the way im trying this on an acoustic. Acoustic soloing is what im desperate for. Any thoughts about my doubt? I've seen like 30-40 videos of yours as your way of teaching seems very appealing. Thank you so much sir. Lots of love from India!
Hey there , great lesson btw . Can you tell me if 10 52's in e standard for electric will aid in structure development or hinder it with respect to alternate picking ?
you are a great teacher (and player). i'm trying to be able to play fast on a clean channel without any distortion at all and still have problems with picking as i used to play on a high distortion where the most stuff was done with hammer-ons and pull-offs. your lessons helped me a lot.
Great lesson. Question: When I palm mute ala Al Di Meola, it makes it much harder to pick fast because of the added resistance. I have more freedom when my right hang isn't touching the strings. When you play fast, is your right palm contacting the strings?
Jeez, you wonder how bands like metallica were able to make up and play their music as teenagers and early 20s when apparently simple alternate picking is so complicated. I would bet money none of them ever went through this and they just practiced and played
Hi guys, i appreciate your videos really but as I am french it's very difficult to understand you because you speak very quickly so is it possible that you make some videos with a language more simple, i don't know il it's possible but for a little french guitarist that will be the paradise ;-) Thanks Bruno
Absolutely amazing! I followed the main exercise for a bit, which really loosened up my fingers. I then continued running back and forth with this A minor scale, and I was able to play it a lot faster and cleaner than I ever have before!
Thanks Claus!
This one piece of information changed my playing over night. Your the Best THanks
Heaps!!
Goodness gracious. This video is packed with solid GOLD. Thank you! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
You are a superb teacher!Thanks for all your information! I have been playing for years , and felt like I needed more. Your legato lessons have improved my playing as well as how I approach the guitar in general. My audience has responded accordingly.
Ok. I found this video very effective in my speed building. Thanks greatly for the exercise. I have viewed many videos on alternate picking but this one has been THE ONE that has given me the motivation to practice. As you said I have tried for a while and this is your time. Thx greatly. You now have an avid viewer.
Fascinating the way you visualize these concepts and then break them down into useful building blocks and drills. Thanks! I have just subscribed.
Thank you I’m a slow hand trying to speed up my picking tech & got so stuck many years. Hoping your lesson is going to lift up my mind to get this speed velocity!
Thank you for share your knowledge for free. That's what world needs. And you seems like enjoy it. Guitarists of all the world thank you.
Finally some free lessons:)
You got a subscriber!
excellent video claus I just love the way you explain things and make alternate picking makes so much more sense
Excellent video, it's these insights that can help people break through plateaus! People put so much focus on just the movements instead of breaking down what is actually going on. It took me a while to figure this out (too long ha)
Absolutely!
Great simple lesson for beginners. No flashy show off. Just good advice and a great practice routine. Thnx.
Just found your lessons this afternoon. Great advice. I'm diggin' that Hot Rail in the neck position as well.
Servus,
MK
Hi Claus! I love your lessons! You ARE the real deal! I have been doing this sporadically without even realizing it~. Emphasizing different notes when I am playing! This exercise gives you a structure on which to base your picking, getting it right every time! Thanks! I really need to do this more!
Thanks, needed to brush up my technique after a few years of slacking, your lesson helped a lot.
Hey Claus, i really like your lessons! I'm playing the guitar quite a while but never thought about that. I also like your aggressive teaching style ;) keep on the good work
wow great explanation! Thanks Bro. you are really well at breaking down and showing how to sync hands. best I have heard
This is such good advice! Thank you so much for sharing.
Fantastic videos! Definitely gonna apply these concepts to my practise routine!
Dude, I get it! Yes, thank you!!! You're the best :)
I don't give praise out at the drop of a hat but... this dude is teaching some of the finest of fine points for truly advanced players. I know it kinda sucks to have to hear it broken down into such a rudimentary brain/hand/muscle memory fashion but it's dead on right. And don't be afraid to check out his wiz shred web site, there are tons of free useful lessons. Never once did I hear him say check out my paid-X, no pop ups either and there is quite a fair amount of content there. TY sir!
Holy shit. Most informative tutorial in years
Excellent teacher..👍👌🎸
I've been doing this same thing to lock in with the metronome. It works really well.
Thanks a lot.
You're amazing, ClausLevin.
wow... again always a pleasure. after practicing with your lessons I fly on the grey board and really amaze myself. my problem is translating this information on the fly. But I am working on it. what would be nice is to hear a song and use these techniques applied. maybe in a fast metal array of riffs. blending the harmonic minor with the gippsy scale or a major flat key. descending 2-5-1 .Thanks again
You’re awesome, you are a great teacher !!!
Damn, I'm synchronized in my picking. Thank you so much Claus!
Talented teacher! More ppl like you please
good lecture! we want more :D
***** Thanks. More coming!
+ClausLevin It looks like your wrist is not swiveling at all, but instead is rocking back and forth with no forearm rotation. Would you discourage alternate picking with a wrist swivel?
Really like your vids.Could you do a video on how to figure out guitar harmonies?This is something I struggle with.Say how to do arpeggio harmonies as well as short phrases.Thanks that'd be great.You seem to have an excellent way of explaining things that I can easily understand.
Amazing information! Thank You very Much!
Well all I can say is ""Outstanding!!" What a great teacher you are !! Love your approach !! Excellent. Just Excellent !! Wish I knew where to go to cultivate a technique with my picking hand. can't get the speed I want with right wrist. Anyway, Great lesson. thank you so kindly !!
I've done this before, but never really appreciated how important it is till now; think in groups of notes per click focusing on stressing the 1st beat and the other 3 notes (I like to think in groups of 16ths) will be played on the brain's autopilot.
This is one of the best Fender sound
i just subscribed. your'e a good teacher! i am learning so much from you. thank you!
Very good advice and to the point! Many thanks! :)
This really made something click for me. Looking forward to watching more.
Hi Sonya
Looking forward to seeing you in some of our other videos!
Really nice lesson!! Great work!!!
can you please make a video about outside and inside picking.....cuz when I have to move strings after a downstroke I tend to string hop which is confusing.please help!
When are we getting the Claus Levin Beatbox Remix?
Very good always learning with him
Thanks for the great lesson Claus!
Awesome explanation of this concept. Guthrie call it targeting and Troy Grady call it chucking. But it's the same thing.
i appreciate the information. am a novice guitarist. i find this very helpful. thank you
Very nice English indeed, simple but accurate. Great pieces of advice.
High quality lessons.
Thanks alot Claus :-)
Angel 😇 of music from above you have turned us into true believers i have been saved from the sins of my past hallelujah 🙌 🎶 🙏
plz would you mind explaining your wrist picking technique..... yjm tech..........your all vdos are awesome and effective........
It took me five years of playing more or less systematically until I started thinking of triplets as of separate groups of notes about a week ago. Sir, where have you been all that time.
Excellent instruction, thanks much! (Great player too!)
love this guy uses psychology too :)
This is good for left hand and syncronicing, but my problem is I get not to play fast just remaining in a note without cramping ;-(
What an incredible teacher you are. keep it up mate. God bless. Btw can I chunk the notes in groups of 6?
Deepak Eapen ye ya can ;)
PLEASE HELP.
Where do you buy that guitar stand? I need one really bad.
how long would you say it takes to become an intermediate player and what an intermediate player should know?
Dear Sir .......So what im doing with the guitar is alternate picking on the G-string (12-10-9) just like shown in the video.This is what happens when i increase my speed,........when i strike the 12th note and then remove my pinky so as the 10th note is struck, the striking happens just before i remove my pinky completely hence the 10th note sounds muted.Now does this have anything to do with the distance btw the fret and the strings?........by the way im trying this on an acoustic. Acoustic soloing is what im desperate for. Any thoughts about my doubt? I've seen like 30-40 videos of yours as your way of teaching seems very appealing. Thank you so much sir. Lots of love from India!
Hey there , great lesson btw . Can you tell me if 10 52's in e standard for electric will aid in structure development or hinder it with respect to alternate picking ?
whats the guitar model??
Fender Stratocaster
this will change everything !!!
Thank you.
you are a great teacher (and player). i'm trying to be able to play fast on a clean channel without any distortion at all and still have problems with picking as i used to play on a high distortion where the most stuff was done with hammer-ons and pull-offs. your lessons helped me a lot.
Very useful!
where does one buy that guitar stand? looks great for practicing without destroying one's back!
10:45 Accenting Exercise
Amazing!!!
Great lesson. Question: When I palm mute ala Al Di Meola, it makes it much harder to pick fast because of the added resistance. I have more freedom when my right hang isn't touching the strings. When you play fast, is your right palm contacting the strings?
And my fingers just don't pull off and hit on fast enough. I always thought my hands were too big for guitar.
you're very confident. you seem to really believe what you're saying. that's what sells it. it's that implied statement.
thanks a lot
killer lesson , thank you so much
Awesome...
this adds a lot to scale's we all learn.
Hi, Claus! Which pickups are you using in this guitar in the video?
THANKYOU UKULELE ATLANTA HOLLY
Jeez, you wonder how bands like metallica were able to make up and play their music as teenagers and early 20s when apparently simple alternate picking is so complicated. I would bet money none of them ever went through this and they just practiced and played
You can make great music with very little skills. And you don’t want to aim for Kirk Hammet’s picking…
Bundle of prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I lost it there :-)
Fuck it. I suck. Cant change strings without hitting the one I'm jumping.
+Von Milash Same shit was here. Just keep it up nice and slow, you'll eventually get there. Think of it as of building accuracy, not speed.
+Nick Key check troy grady man...amazin science shit
you need more downward pick slant
I know all of what you guys are saying. But some people just cant do it like others. Their brain isn't wired that way.
+Commodore Grayum Yes, I played incorrectly for ten years before learning how pick slanting effects string changing
all i can say is....'Thank you so much!'
nice
I'm not going in One Direction....anything but them! :D
whoa . his face isnt orange?
Great lesson and great teacher ;) thanks a lot for this course;jpascal
nice lecture. light bulbs went on. thanks.
After he made that flagelent noise with his mouth, I had to let out an accented fart!
Hi guys, i appreciate your videos really but as I am french it's very difficult to understand you because you speak very quickly so is it possible that you make some videos with a language more simple, i don't know il it's possible but for a little french guitarist that will be the paradise ;-)
Thanks
Bruno
bruno Nam hahahahahahahaha!!
10:45 is the start
He looks like the brother of Charie Sheen on Two and a Half men!!
P00TANARA are you here to learn or to jagoff?
rvz77 I guess faper is your middle name?
I'm an advanced musician/guitarist, but yet I enjoy watching videos such as this one. Why ?? I haven't a clue. I already have this information.
Thank you for the lesson, Elon Musk.
Jason Bourne is teaching a guitar lesson
Prase Muis it's Elon musk
Brad Pick
😁
Great stuff but....blablablabla...the whole concept could have been explained in +-1min.
he talks so much and very little guitar show.....
the explanation is important because tells you why it works.
Bundle of prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I lost it there :-)