How to build picking speed FAST (just do THIS!)

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  • Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
  • Download your play-along videos, tabs, guitar pro files, backing tracks, and 20 other courses here: / bernth - happy practicing my friends! :)
    Techniques in this workout: alternate picking, finger exercises, picking exercises, and much more!
    #guitar #guitarlesson #guitarlessons

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  • @BERNTHGuitarAcademy
    @BERNTHGuitarAcademy  Рік тому +17

    Download your play-along videos, tabs, guitar pro files, backing tracks, and 20 other courses here: www.patreon.com/bernth - happy practicing my friends! :)

    • @satchrules101
      @satchrules101 Рік тому

      Hey Bernth I was wondering if u have any lessons on how not to swipe 3note per string picking ? Thanks

    • @tiberiuspit9050
      @tiberiuspit9050 Рік тому

      Hello, I also want to buy that Guitarist practice set, I'm from Romania, is it possible to get these products too?

    • @simonr6643
      @simonr6643 9 місяців тому

      I know what I doing wrong thanks Tensing up my arm my whole arm. So I have to retain myself and say relax and that is what my problem has been for many years thanks

  • @Crambo2
    @Crambo2 Рік тому +125

    I’ve spent 30 hrs over the past 48 playing 15 min bernth videos over and over and over. I feel truly alive

  • @trashmai
    @trashmai 11 місяців тому +38

    I practiced this about 20 minutes every day of the past few weeks and I got so much improvement of my picking speed (120 => 150bpm and still going) and my left- and right-hand synchronization. Thank you very much!

  • @iBoss818
    @iBoss818 Рік тому +220

    Here's a tip to make this workout even more fun: instead of just playing the exact same thing as Bernth, do what he's doing, but harmonize with 3rds. It sounds epic. Thanks for the vid, Bernth!

    • @AbbieGreenMusic
      @AbbieGreenMusic Рік тому +4

      Thanks! i might try this today! 🤘🎸

    • @KingNuma.k82
      @KingNuma.k82 Рік тому

      Great idea!

    • @rmcf3972
      @rmcf3972 Рік тому +6

      I am a beginner. How to do, harmonize the 3rds?

    • @zombieteenager007
      @zombieteenager007 Рік тому +38

      ​@@rmcf3972 - you need to play the note that's a third away from the original. For example, in G major, the third of G is B (a major third), the third of A is C (a minor third), and the third of B is D (a minor third).
      Bear in mind that a major scale has the following pattern: major third, minor third, minor third, major third, major third, minor third, and minor third. I hope this helps.

    • @Lennyplays234
      @Lennyplays234 Рік тому +34

      ​@@zombieteenager007i don't think a beginner will understand that 😂

  • @smallguitardude
    @smallguitardude 11 місяців тому +2

    For the past month i have been struggling with level 4. Then i came back to this video after a week or so to practice some more and found myself actually playing level 4 and struggling with level 5! I was so happy to see that my practice have paid off. Thank you so much for these types of videos! :D

  • @clueless12345
    @clueless12345 Рік тому +16

    I was so desperate for something like this! Danke Bernth, du bist unser aller Held!

  • @mattfairfield9007
    @mattfairfield9007 10 місяців тому

    this is the first BERNTH academy video I've watched and saw improvement in the first 3 sections of this workout. I am 32 an have been playing acoustic sparingly since i was 16. after playing a few open mics with my self taught style, i decided i wanted to get good at the electric guitar. just the first couple of tips about keeping fingers close to the fretboard and where to keep my hand on the bridge immediately made playing the fast section of seek and destroy(rhythm) easier. i had been practicing for a month with little progress and already saw improvements in 20 mins. my bad habit is i never learned o alternate pick! when learning riffs i have been breaking them down and forcing my brain to learn them alternate picking. this workout got my brain more ready than ever for alternate picking. thank you

  • @samtaylor454
    @samtaylor454 6 місяців тому +1

    I decided to buy a new guitar and come back to playing after a 2-3 year break because of work and life. Never really had a practice routine in the past and ended up in a rut with my playing speed and I've only been practicing this exercise for 30 minutes a day over the last 4 days but I already feel like I'm seeing an improvement. This and a few other videos of yours pointed out some mistakes I'd been making without even realising like holding my pick wrong and having way too much tension in my arms.
    one tip I'd give to anyone else practicing this is: don't stop when you start to mess up. keep playing (or trying to play) until it's pretty much a coordination nightmare between your hands and then that is where you restart and go again. This is how I've been doing it and now some quicker parts that were a mess a few days ago are starting to come together so I can play even further into the exercise and then repeat this and hopefully I will eventually be able to play the whole thing. Thanks Bernth and good luck to anyone else using these videos :)

  • @HalvyRiffs
    @HalvyRiffs Рік тому +4

    Made it about halfway through the second to last repeat. Was hard to keep up with those down picks! Thanks for providing this to work on!!

  • @trevorlynn1021
    @trevorlynn1021 Рік тому +1

    took a 20 year hiatus from playing! found you and this video and has alone helped me the most! thanks!

  • @SuperJohan64
    @SuperJohan64 Рік тому +26

    3:10 - Beginning of exercise
    5:08 - 2nd Pass
    6:29 - 3rd Pass
    7:34 - 4th Pass
    8:24 - 5th Pass
    9:08 - Final Pass

  • @shellavdkroft8938
    @shellavdkroft8938 2 місяці тому

    This is by far the best alternate picking exercise i ever came across

  • @Lassef3k
    @Lassef3k Рік тому +5

    Thank you so much. This is what I needed. I‘m just on the first day of the workout but even after 20 minutes I can see slight improvements. Love from Frankfurt

  • @namesurname4624
    @namesurname4624 5 місяців тому

    I practiced this almost every day and got to the last level within a month. One of the best exercises imo

  • @supcharecords9054
    @supcharecords9054 Рік тому +1

    Before start practicing, this video already help me getting more understanding on 5/4 time signature. Many Thanks!!!

  • @Lawrance_of_Albania
    @Lawrance_of_Albania 11 місяців тому

    I am mounth and a half into practicing guitar. I satrted on a 1st of January this year, and i already feel some great results.

  • @federicoaragon2915
    @federicoaragon2915 7 місяців тому

    llevo solo una semana practicando el ejercicio y mejore bastante la velocidad, al principio tenia muchos problemas para sincronizar la mano derecha con la mano izquierda a pesar de hacerlo con el video reproduciendose, personalmente lo que mas me ayudo fue separar cada patron individualmente y practicarlo lo mas rapido que puedo, esto hizo que mi sincronizacion mejorara mucho mas rapido dandome mejores resultados, luego hacia el ejercicio completo. hace 1 semana llevo practicando esto de 1 a 3 hs por dia.
    TREMENDO VIDEO VIEJO

  • @shhivanshh
    @shhivanshh 9 місяців тому +2

    Starts at 3:11
    22/4/2024 Day 1: 11:09 PM to 11:14 PM up to 7:00 D string
    26/4/2024 Day 2: 12:06 AM to 12:19 AM up to 7:32 3 rounds

    • @younggriff4703
      @younggriff4703 9 місяців тому

      what about now

    • @shhivanshh
      @shhivanshh 9 місяців тому

      @@younggriff4703 Haven't practiced after that. Will start again in a week or two

    • @jszanko
      @jszanko 6 місяців тому +1

      @@shhivanshh Way to stay dedicated and consistent 😂😂

    • @shhivanshh
      @shhivanshh 5 місяців тому +1

      @@jszanko hahaha😂😂, I started practicing from other Bernth videos, that's why didn't update here

  • @demonicon1
    @demonicon1 Рік тому

    Dudes opening speech for the first 35 seconds felt like he was talking directly to me

  • @TheMLMRocker
    @TheMLMRocker Рік тому +1

    I practice this for 30 days. Today is Day 2. Your stuff is da shit bro. Fucking rock on.

  • @angelito5322
    @angelito5322 7 місяців тому

    wooow! great work, i feel the movement...thanks

  • @Myrblyl
    @Myrblyl 8 місяців тому

    I wish I stumbled upon this exercise a long time ago. It's a gem !

  • @MGR_Songs
    @MGR_Songs Рік тому +1

    What a good exercise, bernth!!! I got the three first levels at first, i'm so happy with it lmao

  • @angeloalcazar7355
    @angeloalcazar7355 9 місяців тому

    i get the idea that practicing makes you speed specially on sweep picking. what we need to understand and to learn is what scales or mode you guys use. i saw sweep pickers never used pentatonic scale is too boring to use and im stucked at my own improvising.

  • @greenpukeaudiolab7422
    @greenpukeaudiolab7422 Рік тому

    I found that when i tried to hold a second pick with my ring finger in my right hand, my right picking went more dynamic and precise it’s just like training wheels, I don’t expect to use it the rest of my life in that way. But it worked for me and may work for you too while you do this workout. Just a suggestion.

  • @geunbbang
    @geunbbang 5 місяців тому +2

    3:15
    5:06

  • @abnerweo
    @abnerweo 4 місяці тому

    Very good information and always the best tutorials video

  • @asra2729
    @asra2729 Рік тому

    This seems to be prettu good at helping with my horrid down-picking, def gonna include this in my technique practise

  • @bestrelaxationmusic5955
    @bestrelaxationmusic5955 Рік тому

    I see you do a really great job, so now i'm going to register on patreon to buy your courses someday, (cannot do this rn) but i wish you all the best alerady despite that fact i didn't learned anything yet from your courses 🙂

  • @fireberrytaco
    @fireberrytaco 8 місяців тому

    This is my first day trying this out. I'm really hoping this can help me.

  • @rjprivate
    @rjprivate Рік тому +1

    Respect to this guy. Although the beginning and end seem a bit sped up

  • @rickclick8359
    @rickclick8359 Рік тому +10

    Bernth thanks for releasing these fresh lessons, it keeps my practice sessions fresh. I managed to get through it first time but cheated on the strick down strokes only at the higher tempos lol.

  • @minkorrh
    @minkorrh 11 місяців тому

    Hey. your metronome has a mind of its own. lol. Great strategy....don't always practice slow....I found this out and it was hobbling me until I started to just 'go for it' and realized that playing fast requires practicing fast. Ramp it up as soon as comfortable.

  • @monsterzero1965
    @monsterzero1965 11 місяців тому +2

    And now it is time on Shprokets when we dahnce!!

  • @performanceshootingacademy7647

    Ugh. The last speed is pushing my limits for sure. I’m almost there!

  • @scavengergp6323
    @scavengergp6323 7 місяців тому

    Das Wunder von Bernth

  • @JffreNongzz
    @JffreNongzz Рік тому

    Thank you sir love from India 😍🇮🇳❤️

  • @EyesOpen369
    @EyesOpen369 8 місяців тому

    HOLY SHIT I DID IT MY FIRST TIME!!!! ❤❤❤OMG IM SO PROUD OF MYSELF!! 🙌🙌

  • @ds_on_strings
    @ds_on_strings Рік тому

    after playing along with it me be like - hell yeah , lets go man, oh yeahh 😎😎😎😎😎😎

  • @animeavatar2438
    @animeavatar2438 5 місяців тому

    IM GETTING FASTER. IM GETTING STRONGER.

  • @davy6516
    @davy6516 7 місяців тому

    i go to the end of the viedeo YES woohoo (my hand hurts lol) now to refine it a bit more

  • @rylanpowers1581
    @rylanpowers1581 Рік тому

    Hairs looking good man!

  • @cbrdow
    @cbrdow 7 місяців тому +1

    To make this even more fun, set the speed of the video to 2x

  • @insanityofgravity
    @insanityofgravity Рік тому

    will be added to my routine. thanks nice workout

  • @mrminicalico4579
    @mrminicalico4579 6 місяців тому

    day 1 120 bpm
    day 2 penultimate level decent , exercise until then even cleaner

  • @773Spair
    @773Spair Рік тому +1

    Besides the different positions your hands and fingers will be in, practicing on different strings will help with the varying picking techniques you have to use for the construction (usually only one or two on a given instrument) and gauges of the strings; which I'm guessing comes into play once you get to a certain speed. Playing on a .012" string will require a slightly different picking technique than playing on a .009" string. Picking a plain G3 vs. a wound D3 string will be more noticeable. Picking the highest notes of a D1 string (likely on a 9-string) at those speeds will require a greatly morphed technique relative to the first 2 strings on a set of 9s.

  • @charley_161
    @charley_161 3 місяці тому

    Day 1: made it through Level 1 + 2
    Day 2: made it til Level 3 till the G-string
    Day 3: made it up to Level 4, A-String

  • @stefandesouza6994
    @stefandesouza6994 Рік тому

    Amazing exercise love it.

  • @lostinalbion4223
    @lostinalbion4223 11 місяців тому +5

    My daughter said it sounded like Hot Cross Buns.

    • @Ptcz3891
      @Ptcz3891 8 місяців тому

      😂😂😂😂

  • @Shredalist
    @Shredalist Рік тому +2

    What model Ibanez is that? Thank you for the video

  • @Drumming_Monkey
    @Drumming_Monkey Рік тому +1

    Thank you for the video. I am really struggeling with it but I'm trying and slooooowly improving. Realized my picking might be pretty shitty while trying to learn One by One by the Foo Fighters and having a hard time with those fast 3 chugs on the E string in the Verse there. But Oh well...back to practicing I guess. Edit: That left hand stretch is equally difficult though xD I just don't have the flexibility to keep all fingers cloase to the fretboard.

  • @TheDeadpedal
    @TheDeadpedal Рік тому +1

    I'm so envious of those long alien fingers...

    • @Sku11zDude
      @Sku11zDude 5 місяців тому

      Never realized how long history finger are

  • @neel4062
    @neel4062 Місяць тому

    My forearm starts getting sore around level 4 - is this a picking technique issue, or a matter of adapting? I've never really used a pick before at all while playing guitar and never played faster BPMs

  • @ptgameplaykh7
    @ptgameplaykh7 5 місяців тому

    I try many time but still the same before, not improvement then before,
    Could you show, How to learn fingerstyle for guitar?
    Thanks

  • @wolf30349
    @wolf30349 Рік тому

    this is good stuff, timings gonna be hard

  • @dannyurocks
    @dannyurocks Рік тому

    6:43 I’m currently out at this speed. But will try again everyday now.
    Seems difficult to me now. Definitely Very Challenging!!

  • @Nopenotreally.
    @Nopenotreally. 6 місяців тому

    For something like a floyd rose where the bridge is floating, how do you maintain control?

  • @tiberiuspit9050
    @tiberiuspit9050 Рік тому

    You can also translate videos for Romanian, I'm not that good at English and I'd like to learn from you

  • @jonathansingh_official
    @jonathansingh_official 11 місяців тому

    Right hand was damn pain

  • @gohgeofferyampingut7820
    @gohgeofferyampingut7820 8 місяців тому

    Nice❤

  • @christossigalos1842
    @christossigalos1842 4 місяці тому

    Does string gauge matter?

  • @kakanitapetra2074
    @kakanitapetra2074 4 місяці тому

    untuk mencapai kecepatan ini dalam 30 hari, kira-kira 1 hari berapa jam yang di perlukan untuk mencapai kecepatan yang anda maksudkan? terima kasih bro

  • @Metr01d3
    @Metr01d3 4 місяці тому

    I got to the penultimate level!!

  • @СергейМешков-л4ъ

    Its great

  • @ok-hh4xz
    @ok-hh4xz Рік тому

    Surprisingly i did this first try

  • @alexanderfamily
    @alexanderfamily Рік тому

    thx!

  • @charles-davidcorbin3341
    @charles-davidcorbin3341 Рік тому

    Thanks by the way for the free lesson, its a great video.
    I was wondering when you work at higher tempo, do you put the metronome lower and play it at the half step or the whole or you still make your groove at lets say 300 bpm at your metronome. My friend told me its easier to get the groove on bpm between like 60 to 150 ihh and just change the note value to make it correspond the speed ( so if its 300 bpm at the quarter note, 150 at the half note should work too) , than grooving at 300 bpm from your meteonome.

  • @সুমীবড়ুয়া

    BTW does this exercise works for acoustic guiter?

  • @Destroyer-jf3qz
    @Destroyer-jf3qz 10 місяців тому

    the final speed broke my brain lol hands just can't do it haha. practice practice practice

    • @Destroyer-jf3qz
      @Destroyer-jf3qz 10 місяців тому

      well 2 days later and I can consistently play final level to half before falling apart. progress feels nice

    • @Destroyer-jf3qz
      @Destroyer-jf3qz 9 місяців тому

      12 days into it after a day of skipping practice I can feel the difference in how I was and how I am quite clearly. Still getting better :D. Thx Bernth

    • @Destroyer-jf3qz
      @Destroyer-jf3qz 9 місяців тому

      3 weeks since this, final bpm high E string and B string are killing me haha. G also after trying for a while. but the rest is smooth

  • @UrzaTron707
    @UrzaTron707 Рік тому

    Good channel

  • @NikodemKowalski-p7i
    @NikodemKowalski-p7i 10 днів тому

    How many bpm +/- around every pass it is?

  • @JamieCarter-wv8rp
    @JamieCarter-wv8rp Рік тому

    Very cool....

  • @stephenroger2144
    @stephenroger2144 Рік тому

    it’s very useful to me
    Thanks man

  • @musisiPT
    @musisiPT Рік тому +1

    Sangat membantu kawan

  • @hierayku873
    @hierayku873 Рік тому

    I love the practice, but why do you have palm mutes in tabs if you don't use them?

  • @dnt7593
    @dnt7593 Рік тому

    Hello. What guitar do you Play on the video ?

  • @7am859
    @7am859 8 місяців тому

    i almost broke my finger, 3 to 7 fret is too crazy for my little finger XD

  • @HwKSouviK
    @HwKSouviK Рік тому

    which ibanze guitar do you use plz tell i want to buy plz

  • @HiThereFaceHere
    @HiThereFaceHere 5 місяців тому +3

    It drives me insane that i can tremelo pick like a maniac all over the fretboard but when it comes to picking arpeggios and scales i go completely stupid and everything slows down drastically

    • @Hulk_Jedi_A
      @Hulk_Jedi_A 4 місяці тому +1

      I was like this but recently I found some videos that helped me build it way quicker. Stuff from "Bradley Hall" or "Ben Eller" Ben Eller has a really good exercise that can build your alternate picking quick then id suggest doing these techniques. Just sharing this in case you still never learned alternate picking. Just looking out🙂

    • @HiThereFaceHere
      @HiThereFaceHere 4 місяці тому +1

      @Hulk_Jedi_A thank ya much! I've made some small improvements since this post, but nowhere near what it should or could be. I developed some terrible muscle memory habits being self taught and I'm trying to break them but man it's harder than originally learning

    • @Hulk_Jedi_A
      @Hulk_Jedi_A 4 місяці тому

      @@HiThereFaceHere I have to ngl. I made myself learn to stick my fingers out when playing and that's a mistake made. But anyway happy journey🙂

    • @ytsertd333
      @ytsertd333 3 місяці тому

      Play technical difficulties by Paul Gilbert, it will help you work on your alternate picking.

  • @davidmarin_co
    @davidmarin_co 11 місяців тому

    my downstrokes just aren't fast enough at the last level. does that mean i'm stuck?

  • @pabloandres007
    @pabloandres007 Рік тому

    My arm is dead!!!!🤣

  • @KingNuma.k82
    @KingNuma.k82 Рік тому +1

    Hello Bernth and fellow guitarist, I need some help. I need to build muscle i think or something. Had surgery on both wrists with years apart. The last one was this past sping on my picking hand. I need it to help with the pain after playing guitar. Most of my pain is in my fretting hand. Im a seasoned player so its not like im new and experiencing the usual pain a new player would. Ive even changed my posture for both hands thanks to Bernth 🙏 but im still facing pain after an hour or 2 of practice. Has anybody else faced this problem and overcame it? If so, please help a brother out.

    • @meljohnson5579
      @meljohnson5579 Рік тому +1

      Yep....left triceps tendon repair 30 yrs ago...bilateral L & R in the same year epicondyle tendon release surgery 8 yrs ago. Finally in the last 6 mths almost average every other day practice. I use ice packs etc...I know man it's a struggle. Played guitar since I was 12 yrs old. Let's not give up. We can do it!😊

    • @KingNuma.k82
      @KingNuma.k82 Рік тому +1

      @@meljohnson5579 that's where I'm at lol it's a day to day struggle, physically and mentally. I will give the ice packs a try. Especially after the bar chord days. Thank you my friend.

  • @ppang
    @ppang Рік тому

    If you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly.
    - Bee

  • @markdawsonziglar9436
    @markdawsonziglar9436 Рік тому

    I must confess: I cheated. I alternate picked the entire last run😬…just can’t down pick that fast.🤷‍♂️Great exercise.

  • @aa24-b2m
    @aa24-b2m Рік тому

    ❤❤

  • @matforsbon
    @matforsbon 9 місяців тому

    I hate stretching from fret 3 to 7, by the way it's very seldom used in actually riffs whether it's in Metal or Rock songs. So no I change the 7 fret to fret 2 on a string higher.

  • @khmerjamesgoodness8712
    @khmerjamesgoodness8712 11 місяців тому

    👍👍👍

  • @BinarySecond
    @BinarySecond 6 місяців тому

    So my fingers don't really seem to work when descending, they just...stop?

  • @JoymaeTrasmil-k7u
    @JoymaeTrasmil-k7u Рік тому

    Hi bernth

  • @Novato-w3v
    @Novato-w3v Рік тому

    Es fácil. Progresión de tiempo y dificultad con ayuda del metrónomo. Y repetir y repetir. Solo eso

  • @RuslanZhurbin
    @RuslanZhurbin Рік тому

    06:28

  • @vaudronphilippe5415
    @vaudronphilippe5415 10 місяців тому

    Tu peux aussi passer ton temps à bosser la musique tout simplement…
    Car quand tu écoutes dream theater y’a pas que la vitesse qui compte… et écouter toute sorte de musique 🎵

  • @cheesewonton7263
    @cheesewonton7263 Рік тому +1

    Me trying to black metal tremolo pick

  • @gaddam691
    @gaddam691 Рік тому

    3:08

  • @fazefusion2220
    @fazefusion2220 9 місяців тому

    My problem is not my picking speed it’s my left hand because my left hand is much slower but I can very easily tremolo pick

  • @zenkijoe9022
    @zenkijoe9022 Рік тому

    You have to like yngwie and whip yourself everytime you hit the wrong note

  • @ScottDMoore
    @ScottDMoore 6 місяців тому

    Ouch...

  • @michelepennisi230
    @michelepennisi230 8 місяців тому

    AAAh stuck on the penultimate level

  • @MuskanKaur-e7f
    @MuskanKaur-e7f 2 місяці тому

    day2:till 9:10...unclear

  • @YiffsterXenn
    @YiffsterXenn Рік тому

    Hell I can't even stretch that far without hurting my wrist ._.

    • @YiffsterXenn
      @YiffsterXenn Рік тому

      @@TheKlaun9 I don't have guitar friends... I've been trying to make them but I'm flying solo unfortunately. And don't have the money for lessons.

    • @YiffsterXenn
      @YiffsterXenn Рік тому

      @@TheKlaun9 I meant I wouldn't want to go to a class and not go two or three times. And a few of the teachers I met generally tell you that they do monthly payments so I can come in once a week and those turn out to be like a hundred or so cuz it's 4 payments. There's the online teachers but I'm afraid of going to them because if they don't specialize in the thing I want to learn then I feel like I'll be setting myself backwards instead of forward.
      No, I've had my guitar for a few years. Got a little assassin and even took it to a guitar shop to get the action adjusted as well as the bridge fixed up. Since then I understood how to do that myself, so I can set up my own guitar at my own pace when I get a new one. I also know how to get rid of the fret scratching if the guitar was hit with humidity by sanding the edges, and a bunch of other maintenance.
      I don't have guitar friends. I could probably afford a lesson (now) since I just recently got a job. I just don't want to go switching teachers repeatedly tbh.

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      @@TheKlaun9 I am recording a few practice sessions, I appreciate you talking to me about it. I'll see if I can't find some help with the technique issue soon.