Frank Gambale has a video where he uses economy picking and sweep picking as opposed to alternate picking and if you are advanced enough that's fine, but if you are in the beginner stages i would do as Chris advises us and pay attention to use alternate picking exclusively.. It can take many years to if not a lifetime to pick like Gambale so i choose not to put the cart in front of the horse!
Your are really a great teacher bro. This is honestly the best video on this I've seen by far, and all your solo tutorials surpass anybody else's also. Your definitely the best I have found on youtube, thank you for all your hard work.
Josh Dotson I totally agree. I once saw one of his Videos on Ultimateguitar and I appreciated all of them ever since! If you are reading this, Mr. Zoupa, please keep up the good work!
I don’t think there’s a better guitar instructor here on UA-cam. And that’s HUGE. Thank you very much for being here, sharing your time and knowledge with us, Chris.
It's been a year since my last check into this post. In the past year I've learned more about playing guitar from Chris than any other source in my life.
Dude I love watching your guitar playing. Just when it feels like I'm stuck at a stand still, I can watch your playing and it gives me so much inspiration. Thank you.
Hey man. Just wanted to let know the positive impact you've had on my life. Not only are you a talented player you're also an excellent teacher. Thanks from one teacher to another.
I wish you had more subscribers , because I think you're an awesome teacher. Not only do you break down the solos, you also explain the certain techniques. When I search a solo lesson, I will always look for your solo lessons first. Thank you for all your videos.
I never thought about maintaining the same picking movement while practicing by using Pentatonics and the Chromatic scale. And you're the 2nd person I've seen mention subdividing metronome beats into "pulses." The first was Al Joseph, who's a pretty mean shredder himself. Thanks for the brilliant ideas!
This is the most important guitar lesson video in my collection of favorites. This is the one that got me started on my shred quest and I return often to make sure I have the concepts clear.
Excellent. I frequently have friends or their kids asking me for advice on learning to play. I unfortunately have zero patience (a flaw, I know). I usually recommend checking out YT videos, but now I'll specifically turn them on to yours. From one player to another, you not only have gifted skills on the fretboard, but also as a communicator/teacher. Hats off to you!
OMG! Middle finger nail! Why hadn't I tried that before!? For me this changes everything! I've tried numerous plectrums and the finger nail of my first finger, and have been struggling to decide which works best for me. But thanks to you I just realised that my middle finger nail feels so much more natural, and gives me the precision and speed I've been aiming for. Woohoo! :) This also means I can now jump between styles, incorporating strumming, taps, finger-style, and may be able to finally learn to be a good shredder too. I just tried some basic scales and found myself going so much faster than usual, and yet it seems to take much less effort, almost as if my finger has a mind of it's own. This really does change everything. I feel like I've been awakened or reborn, lol. Thank you!
Straight & to the point. Great information too....ain't that always helpful! Glad to see somebody who knows what they're talking about & also how to teach. Keep up the the great work!
Just now discovering your channel in 2024 while getting back in-touch with my metal side and your channel is fantastic. I'm very excited to take this advice and apply it to my own practice. Thanks!
Very intuitive and comprehensive! If you want to get to that "elusive" high up place on the guitar, well then, this place has to be it...Chris Zoupa is key: he comes in right at that hard last hurdle (the one you can't seem to get over) and brings it home. Brilliant stuff
A very good attempt indeed at the space-age-old problem of helping the masses shred. The most impressive lesson you teach me is just observing how relaxed you are, seeing no tension at all to restrict anything. Thanks for taking the time. BTW, the super-imposed tab gives your lessons the edge. More old school, please! LOVE IT!
If you were a professor in a university, no student would ever miss any class of yours .. And everyone stands top .. Awesome explanation .. Every video I watch you're just awesome..
Ive been playing guitar with my nails from the first time I pick my guitar,I thought picking with nails doesnt worth it.But then there you are.playing guitar without pick and shred like a boss.You inspired me dude.Thanks \m/
My vibrato has only just started sounding not shit. Every video I made in 2012 someone is giving me shit about it. I watched BEN ELLER WHY YOU'RE VIBRATO SUCKS and it changed my life. Ben is awesome.
I taught myself how to play guitar 19 years ago and this is something I've always tried to teach myselfthe reason I could teach myself how to play was because when you're younger you have all the time in the world to sit in your room and jam but as you get older it's hard to find time I think this video will really help me out though I want to learn that second scale you did that sounded badass !🤘🏻nice video
Hey Chris, been watching you for a couple years now. Learned lots of solos from you and other techniques. But lately I've been exploring the sweeping technique, I saw your video specifically on sweep picking and picked up good info from it. But there are still some things I'm just not getting, any chance we could see another video, touching on the "progressive palm muting" technique and other aspects of sweep picking? Thanks again for such great content, and for being such a good instructor!
my father used to do it all the time with no pick...but my father, being self-taught, developed a REALLY bad habit of anchoring his hand on the bridge ALL THE TIME, regardless of guitar, he's got Les Paul's (Tune-O-Matic/Stop Tailpiece), he's got Strat's (Modern American Standard 2-Stud, Vintage 6-Screw Synchronized & he's gotta '92 SRV Signature Stratocaster that's got a Left-Handed Synchronized 6-Screw Bridge/Tremolo on a Right Handed Strat like Stevie Ray Vaughan), Telecasters (vintage or modern, telecaster bridges are mainly the same in this context). & more, my point being, it's a habit he developed early-on, & I took lessons (NOT from him) & I asked him last year why he does that & what he said made a lot of sense...he said to me "I anchor my hand as a reference point, so I can tell which string is where so I don't have to look at my picking hand while I'm playing...that's a big mistake I saw a lot of my friends who played making early-on...they'd look at the fretting hand and then check their picking hand and then double check their fretting hand & it takes TOO LONG...so I developed that habit by playing with a lot of different other musicians over the years"... But, I've gotten away from my original point here...the way he anchors his hand requires my dad to play with his picking hand in that shape and motion weather he has a pick or not...& my dad's thumb nail is like .88mm (LOL)
+Charlie Kapp You could just take your nail and sharpen the tip of it, take your ringfinger and hold it on your nail and then your thumb on your finger like a normal pick, works alright ;).
This is awesome, on top of what Chris said I'd say make sure you're always as relaxed as possible, unneeded tension can have a lot of negative effects.
Chris didn't really go over any technique on the fret hand. Here's a tip, your left hand shouldn't be tense, it should be loose. You thumb placement also has something to do with it. If your thumb(obviously behind the neck) is placed between your middle and ring finger try placing it towards the left ahead of your index. That should help with finger dexterity.
clugokillscluco dude i was paying attention to my fretting hand and i noticed every time i did a solo my thumb would be in the middle, i moved it left to the index and i noticed a HUGE difference in the tension, thanks a lot dude
Thank you Chris. From Alice in Chains to Iron Maiden solos, you have made me a much better guitarist, Your authenticity and teaching methods are the watermark, Please keep up the great work. KPH Yorba Linda Ca. USA
Chris I have an observation that does not alter what your saying because I got the groove of the motion to return to the upper string immediately as you played it. In the first attempt at the pattern I found I angled my pic to keep from making the big arc. and this minimized the updown motion is ths part of your lessons here. I was simply amazed that it all came together in one effort. Its not the quality of fast picking at this time but it made a major influence to getting to and being immediately faster. I angle the pic and this kept the nose of the pick from going in deeper. Allowing the tip of the contact point to rebound faster and not having to use my wrist to retract back to the upper string when moving back one fret and continuing. Is this the effect you feel is appropriate for the whole of the lesson
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Wow, he knows that I suck at guitar AND he knows that I suck at talking to chicks!! this guy is a genius!!
LMFAO
Frank Gambale has a video where he uses economy picking and sweep picking as opposed to alternate picking and if you are advanced enough that's fine, but if you are in the beginner stages i would do as Chris advises us and pay attention to use alternate picking exclusively.. It can take many years to if not a lifetime to pick like Gambale so i choose not to put the cart in front of the horse!
totalmente cierto
You suck at talking to chicks because you suck at guitar.
@@VincentFink yes sweep picking helps. Alot.
I see that cheeky lemon oil in the background Chris
Piss bottle
You're honestly the best guitar teacher I've found on the web. Keep up the good work :)
Thanks dude. That's a big call... But I'll take it!
@@chriszoupa7898 and best choice of guitar by the way. SE dave navarro
my parents think i've lost it, sitting in my rooms chanting "pineapple pineapple pineapple pineapple pineapple pineapple"
Good. In time they will understand.
Lol awesome
Alan Amey -2354627592x-362548- there u go
Lmfao hahhaha
Your are really a great teacher bro. This is honestly the best video on this I've seen by far, and all your solo tutorials surpass anybody else's also. Your definitely the best I have found on youtube, thank you for all your hard work.
Josh you cut that out! Now I'm blushing!
Josh Dotson I totally agree. I once saw one of his Videos on Ultimateguitar and I appreciated all of them ever since! If you are reading this, Mr. Zoupa, please keep up the good work!
Thomas Sauter I am dude. I offer you a virtual running high 5 from Australia. Thanks heaps man
Chris Zoupa ive just been going through the C ionian scale trying to eco. pick, but I'd really like it better if i had real songs and just not scales
I don’t think there’s a better guitar instructor here on UA-cam. And that’s HUGE. Thank you very much for being here, sharing your time and knowledge with us, Chris.
Omg miss a note please so I won't feel alone
You aren't alone
Isaac Baquerizo ur not alone
Isaac Baquerizo vnnh
Haha, that Law and Order theme in the transitions is awesome :D
It's a gavel hammering
I was going to comment the same thing too hahah
I thought it was from X-files. Thanks!
AFunnyMeme watch the show🙄
Dude! Talented laid back just a cool guy. Love watching you! Keep it up
Mitch from Montreal, Canada
Mitch Holmes Thanks Mitch. Your a gentleman. I envy your supply of pancake condiments.
+Chris Zoupa (Learn That Solo) ela re patriwth !
+Kevin Picton anoother way:turn on radio and act you are playing
+Chris Zoupa (Learn That Solo) Chris... what are those tissue doing there on the background
Qq khn Portuguese last name.
It's been a year since my last check into this post. In the past year I've learned more about playing guitar from Chris than any other source in my life.
Dude I love watching your guitar playing. Just when it feels like I'm stuck at a stand still, I can watch your playing and it gives me so much inspiration. Thank you.
5 year's later and this video is still helping people, thanks Chris
Hey man. Just wanted to let know the positive impact you've had on my life. Not only are you a talented player you're also an excellent teacher. Thanks from one teacher to another.
Bro I really appreciate your teaching.. You are a perfect example for an awesome guitar teacher... You are really
awesome dude...
I wish you had more subscribers , because I think you're an awesome teacher. Not only do you break down the solos, you also explain the certain techniques. When I search a solo lesson, I will always look for your solo lessons first. Thank you for all your videos.
I never thought about maintaining the same picking movement while practicing by using Pentatonics and the Chromatic scale. And you're the 2nd person I've seen mention subdividing metronome beats into "pulses." The first was Al Joseph, who's a pretty mean shredder himself. Thanks for the brilliant ideas!
Congratulation on hitting 100k after so many years on youtube. Hardwork does really pay off.
This is the most important guitar lesson video in my collection of favorites. This is the one that got me started on my shred quest and I return often to make sure I have the concepts clear.
Excellent. I frequently have friends or their kids asking me for advice on learning to play. I unfortunately have zero patience (a flaw, I know). I usually recommend checking out YT videos, but now I'll specifically turn them on to yours. From one player to another, you not only have gifted skills on the fretboard, but also as a communicator/teacher. Hats off to you!
Your videos just keep getting better and better!
"Grumpy colon after Indian food"... You made my day dude !!!
The 1st solo learned from Chris was hotel solo and it was my 1ST U TUBE experience.thanks.much love.
Fantastic teaching and playing! Thank you!!!
Thank you!! By far.. this was the best lesson video that i have found from the internet!! Thanks!!
Another GREAT lesson thank you Chris for making your channel!!
OMG! Middle finger nail! Why hadn't I tried that before!? For me this changes everything! I've tried numerous plectrums and the finger nail of my first finger, and have been struggling to decide which works best for me. But thanks to you I just realised that my middle finger nail feels so much more natural, and gives me the precision and speed I've been aiming for. Woohoo! :)
This also means I can now jump between styles, incorporating strumming, taps, finger-style, and may be able to finally learn to be a good shredder too. I just tried some basic scales and found myself going so much faster than usual, and yet it seems to take much less effort, almost as if my finger has a mind of it's own. This really does change everything. I feel like I've been awakened or reborn, lol. Thank you!
Straight & to the point. Great information too....ain't that always helpful!
Glad to see somebody who knows what they're talking about & also how to teach.
Keep up the the great work!
You are a very disciplined guitarist and effective teacher. Thanks for posting.
Best guitar video on the internet this is, by a mile! Thanks Chris.
The metronome part is superb, answers a lot i didnt know amd haven't found anywhere else on the internet ! thanks !
EASILY the best of its ilk I have seen on you tube.
Brilliant lesson, Chris. Much appreciated.
Just now discovering your channel in 2024 while getting back in-touch with my metal side and your channel is fantastic. I'm very excited to take this advice and apply it to my own practice. Thanks!
thanks for putting this out , it helps to see it in a different light.
Thanks a lot for putting the time in to all these videos
You Da Man! Thank You for taking time to make these videos and share with us....
this guy is a really good teacher,well spoken,patient,thorough.
John Cassar Thanks John. I owe you a running high 5!
Thanks, Chris. I've been a slow hand player all my life and this video has inspired me to pick it up, my speed that is.
pretty much the chillest coolest guitar teacher on youtube
Nice video! Speed comes with sence of pulse and rhythm as you pointed out so well.
Very intuitive and comprehensive! If you want to get to that "elusive" high up place on the guitar, well then, this place has to be it...Chris Zoupa is key: he comes in right at that hard last hurdle (the one you can't seem to get over) and brings it home. Brilliant stuff
Excellent video. Well laid out and well paced. Very clear and concise. Thank you
Great lesson !
Chris, great lesson, thanks for your time! cheers from Argentina.
Just picked my guitar back up after many years. This is just what I was looking for. Thank you Zoupa!
A very good attempt indeed at the space-age-old problem of helping the masses shred. The most impressive lesson you teach me is just observing how relaxed you are, seeing no tension at all to restrict anything. Thanks for taking the time. BTW, the super-imposed tab gives your lessons the edge. More old school, please! LOVE IT!
Best teacher i found on the Internet...just needed to say it.
Chris zoupa is the guy,the best teacher for learning how to shred!!
Great teacher...superb player...thanks for the vids - brilliant
I love this guy...
concise and excellent explanation. I just subscribed, Greetings from the Border. Baja.
If you were a professor in a university, no student would ever miss any class of yours .. And everyone stands top .. Awesome explanation .. Every video I watch you're just awesome..
Ive been playing guitar with my nails from the first time I pick my guitar,I thought picking with nails doesnt worth it.But then there you are.playing guitar without pick and shred like a boss.You inspired me dude.Thanks \m/
Love my jazz 2s. Love sweeping with them!
It would be cool to see more videos like these! Would love to hear your take on things like developing vibrato.
My vibrato has only just started sounding not shit. Every video I made in 2012 someone is giving me shit about it. I watched BEN ELLER WHY YOU'RE VIBRATO SUCKS and it changed my life. Ben is awesome.
Great Video Chris - Just bought your Ultimate Shred Machine book because of it. Great book too. Top work fella!!
I taught myself how to play guitar 19 years ago and this is something I've always tried to teach myselfthe reason I could teach myself how to play was because when you're younger you have all the time in the world to sit in your room and jam but as you get older it's hard to find time I think this video will really help me out though I want to learn that second scale you did that sounded badass !🤘🏻nice video
Hey Chris, been watching you for a couple years now. Learned lots of solos from you and other techniques. But lately I've been exploring the sweeping technique, I saw your video specifically on sweep picking and picked up good info from it. But there are still some things I'm just not getting, any chance we could see another video, touching on the "progressive palm muting" technique and other aspects of sweep picking?
Thanks again for such great content, and for being such a good instructor!
You're most welcome dude. Thanks for the kind words and gentlemanly manners. You'll win a lady's father's approval with that kind of etiquette.
Hi! Chris! I started to play solos from Metallica and other bands thank you!! don't stop uploading videos.. A huge hug from ARGENTINAAAA!!!
Awsome...i like the easy way you put things into context ...very easy to follow
Great video Chris, thanks again. Mark...
How in the holy hell do you play like that without a pick??
Agreed! Maybe it takes a certain shape of nail, but I can't do it at all!
He has a Nail That is 50mm in thickness.. Yeah !! haha
my father used to do it all the time with no pick...but my father, being self-taught, developed a REALLY bad habit of anchoring his hand on the bridge ALL THE TIME, regardless of guitar, he's got Les Paul's (Tune-O-Matic/Stop Tailpiece), he's got Strat's (Modern American Standard 2-Stud, Vintage 6-Screw Synchronized & he's gotta '92 SRV Signature Stratocaster that's got a Left-Handed Synchronized 6-Screw Bridge/Tremolo on a Right Handed Strat like Stevie Ray Vaughan), Telecasters (vintage or modern, telecaster bridges are mainly the same in this context). & more, my point being, it's a habit he developed early-on, & I took lessons (NOT from him) & I asked him last year why he does that & what he said made a lot of sense...he said to me "I anchor my hand as a reference point, so I can tell which string is where so I don't have to look at my picking hand while I'm playing...that's a big mistake I saw a lot of my friends who played making early-on...they'd look at the fretting hand and then check their picking hand and then double check their fretting hand & it takes TOO LONG...so I developed that habit by playing with a lot of different other musicians over the years"...
But, I've gotten away from my original point here...the way he anchors his hand requires my dad to play with his picking hand in that shape and motion weather he has a pick or not...& my dad's thumb nail is like .88mm (LOL)
+Charlie Kapp You could just take your nail and sharpen the tip of it, take your ringfinger and hold it on your nail and then your thumb on your finger like a normal pick, works alright ;).
+jtp1389 Be a wizard
This is awesome, on top of what Chris said I'd say make sure you're always as relaxed as possible, unneeded tension can have a lot of negative effects.
hey Chris
i've been checking you for last 2 years for any kind of solo :)
this tips are really good to me .. Thank you !!boss!!
Thanks Chris. Great tips.
You are a really good teacher!!! Thank U!!!
Great lesson.
Love it man best teacher I've seen
You'r the best teacher that I never have!
greetings from México :D
Great lesson! I will be referring back to this 1!!
Thanks for your lessons Chris. Really learned a lot.
Great lesson/topics. You might be the best youtube instructor online. Thank you for posting this. Happy colon for you, Mister.
I'm late to the party, just want to say how much I enjoy your videos. This one was great man.
Solid teaching! Gonna get back to these fundamentals. I need to get my flat picking up to “Still of the Night” solo levels
Love all your stuff, Chris! Thanks for the video.
I could pick that fast, but i just can't get my fingers to move at the speed i want.
Chris didn't really go over any technique on the fret hand. Here's a tip, your left hand shouldn't be tense, it should be loose. You thumb placement also has something to do with it. If your thumb(obviously behind the neck) is placed between your middle and ring finger try placing it towards the left ahead of your index. That should help with finger dexterity.
clugokillscluco thnx man
clugokillscluco dude i was paying attention to my fretting hand and i noticed every time i did a solo my thumb would be in the middle, i moved it left to the index and i noticed a HUGE difference in the tension, thanks a lot dude
clugokillscluco that suggestion helped me alot!
I practiced exercises from a book called the guitar grimoire. I got pretty fast within only one to two months.
Thanks, Chris. Great POV.
Love your work sir!!!! THANK YOU!
you are my favorite guitar teacher!
I've watched alot of your videos and think you do a good job instructing as well as being a great player. Good on you.
love that racer x street lethal in the background love that song and the album in general
Love the Law and Order segment change!!!
thanks bro!!! you are THE BEST teacher!!!
That was extremely useful.Thanks a million
Very good video and that white PRS is killer.
Great Work, Chris. Love your lessons mate and havd learned a lot from them! 4:15 Example. 4:27 Tabs
Awesome Chris! Way above my skill level but I still learned - as another said you are the best teacher I've seen ... killer! Thanks
Thank you Chris. From Alice in Chains to Iron Maiden solos, you have made me a much better guitarist, Your authenticity and teaching methods are the watermark, Please keep up the great work.
KPH Yorba Linda Ca. USA
Thanks a lot for your videos, mate. The content is amazing! Really liked the "Pineapple cheat" for triplets.
Chris I have an observation that does not alter what your saying because I got the groove of the motion to return to the upper string immediately as you played it. In the first attempt at the pattern I found I angled my pic to keep from making the big arc. and this minimized the updown motion is ths part of your lessons here. I was simply amazed that it all came together in one effort. Its not the quality of fast picking at this time but it made a major influence to getting to and being immediately faster. I angle the pic and this kept the nose of the pick from going in deeper. Allowing the tip of the contact point to rebound faster and not having to use my wrist to retract back to the upper string when moving back one fret and continuing. Is this the effect you feel is appropriate for the whole of the lesson
Best shred teacher ever = Zoupa
Love your tone!!
thank you soo much Chris Zoupa. because of your lesson I'm a 100 times faster. You're a great teacher keep it up!
LOL at the indian food-part in the beginning.
Thank you very much Chris, i just disvored this lesson right now and it is very useful for me!!
Thank you this video helped me out tremendously
I loved the hail to the king tabs.
Thank you! Wonderful advice and was basically a lot of things i needed to hear.
An awesome lesson once again.
Great lesson...thanks
Great video very helpful