Just a word of warning: If you use an aggressive style you will end up with tendonitis, as I did. Now I'm working on a relaxed technique.

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

That's a great point!

@tylercoltonwpg

Жыл бұрын

Luckily tendonitis is pretty easy to self treat

@user-kd9sc8yb3d

10 ай бұрын

​@tylercoltonwpg mate my tendinitis took more than one nd a half year to heal... i couldn't play guitar for at least 3 years ... dont talk abt stuff you seemingly don't know enough about .... tendinitis is one of the worst thing a guitarist can get

@daynemin

8 ай бұрын

Yep tendonitis is just an inflammation and will heal in a week with some rest. More so tendinosis is a misaligned restructuring of the tendon fibres. It needs a careful rehab. Too little exercise won't heal it; too much and it starts over again.

@BoGuest2571

8 ай бұрын

@@daynemin you’ve clearly never had a real case of tendinitis…no one with real tendinitis heals in a week…it takes months, up to a year or in some cases longer and you constantly have to adjust your technique and be hyper vigilant to it or it comes back. I fuckin wish it was that easy, it’s literally heartbreaking

I love this channel! No boring stuff.. just “this is how you metal”

@jasonstallworth

7 ай бұрын

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Wow, I did exercise one. I learned it neatly. This is my first riff. Thank you. You just made my night. I gained some much needed confidence.

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

Really awesome to hear this!

amazing, seems helpfull for black metal riffs

@jasonstallworth

Ай бұрын

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"relax" that's all I needed lmfaoo thank you.

@jasonstallworth

3 күн бұрын

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I use the typical pick grip technique but thanks for sharing where you rest your pinky. Next time I practice trem picking, I’ll do that. Thank you 🤘🏻

@jasonstallworth

2 ай бұрын

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Love this video. As someone who gets super discouraged when the “right way” doesn’t feel right, your laid back approach is inspiring. Subscribed

@jasonstallworth

7 ай бұрын

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Bro the wrist advice helps so much. I was getting so frustrated these last couple of days and now my tremolo picking doesn't sound completely terrible. Tysm!!

@jasonstallworth

3 ай бұрын

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Hey man, you mentioned that if we don't have a guitar in our hand go get one. I then asked myself "when don't I have a guitar in my hand?" Haha. Great fucken video as always man. Keep rocking.

@jasonstallworth

2 ай бұрын

Yep, go grab it!!

I like that Jason is well informed of rock guitar music history. A wise man

@jasonstallworth

13 күн бұрын

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I hold the pick the same way as you, thank you for all of your words about the fact that everyone has their own way! My friends told me it's not good and that I can't do some things in this way and i got sad, but I feel happy about your words! Thank you again, i needed this and you got my follow!♥️

@jasonstallworth

8 ай бұрын

Thank you...yes, the best way is always going to be the way that's best for you, and discovering that is part of our journey

I've been going through picking exercises from other channels for a while, and while they do help to build new skills, your approach to this topic was the most useful. Hearing you talk at the beginning was enough to motivate me back into the mindset that I'm learning and that's why I don't sound like those guys that play two minute solos every time they explain something to "demonstrate". Your exercises were a lot of fun, too! Gave me a confidence boost and also challenged me. Thank you so much, Jason! :))

@jasonstallworth

7 ай бұрын

Awesome to hear this and thank you 🙏🏻🤘

thx, im struggling with this one, but those exercises will sure help

@jasonstallworth

11 ай бұрын

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Thanks for this video,short,straight forward👍I need to work on my tremolo picking and these excercises are the best

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

Gad this helped! Also, if you don’t have it already, be sure to get my free practice guide that I give to all my subs here: www.jasonstallworth.com/guitarist/

Ty my fav guitar teacher 🫡

@jasonstallworth

Күн бұрын

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Sweet! Like all your other instruction vids, very useful and well explained. Thanks for your efforts! The courses and videos are amazing!

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the support! 🙏🏻🤘

Awesome lil exercise keep them coming Jay !!!! Thanks

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

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Thanks for the share Jason.

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

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You really rule Jason, thanks for all your videos, you are my favorite teacher dude, thaks so much.🤘

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

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Good video Jason, the exercises are really effective, thanks.

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

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Very explanatory! Excellent video 🤘

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

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TY Jason! You're the best!🤘🏽

@jasonstallworth

5 ай бұрын

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Came here to learn how to play tremolo; ended up getting life advice along with it. 😅 Really cool video, thanks for making things so simple.

@jasonstallworth

2 ай бұрын

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I really love the way You said about finding own preferenses about technique ;D

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

That's what it's all about

As always, you bring valuable tips and take your time to convey them. No BS just the good stuff, easily deliivered. Never change! Any new metal guitar courses on the horizon?

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I am putting together a lead course soon! I also just helped Ken upgrade his Metal Music Theory course by adding some guitar parts (that was a free upgrade if you already have that course)

thank you! Ive been struggling with keeping consistent pace cuz my arm likes to lock up. Ill def have to try out some new picks and holding styles that work for me. I realized how trapped in the box i can be! amazing video, Jason!

@jasonstallworth

7 ай бұрын

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I'm a super beginner and your videos have helped me alot jason thanks and keep making them. And by the way cool t shirt.

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear that! Also, if you don’t have it already, be sure to get my free practice guide that I give to all my subs here: www.jasonstallworth.com/guitarist/

wonderful video!!!

@jasonstallworth

8 ай бұрын

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Thank you for all your work on this channel, to help people like me have joy of learning guitar playing. Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱 Thanks

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

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@user-yi5ip9eg9z

2 ай бұрын

Behemoth is pretty cool though 🤘

@hilltroneye

2 ай бұрын

@@user-yi5ip9eg9z Thanks Man;)

idk if you're gonna read this comment but i do want to really thank you for this great video. it really helped me A LOT in matter of seconds.

@jasonstallworth

26 күн бұрын

Awesome to hear that 🙏🤘

G'day from Australia. Awesome job there mate. Just love that Ibanez RG.🤘😊

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

It's a cool guitar!

Kick ass!!! Thanks!!

@jasonstallworth

9 ай бұрын

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Great stuff as always Jason

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

I certainly don't agree with him that sweeps are easy. The technique is an advanced one and it's proven to be more difficult to some than others. I'm not going to knock him for that; heck, maybe he had a bad day. We all have them and sometimes say things we don't mean if we're defending something (like an album where people are trashing our solos). So I get it, sort of. Could the solos have been better? Sure. But at the end of the day is it really as big of a deal and many are making it out to be? I think some folks are probably just tired of the constant criticism and 'experts' out there. I'd love to sit down with Kirk and just have a conversation with no agenda, not trying to prove or disprove anything but just see and hear where he was during those moments recording this album.

@wo0dy62

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonstallworth you must have been commenting on another post....still good job Jason)

Trying to learn six by all that remains. Thanks for the helpful video

@jasonstallworth

6 ай бұрын

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Hey Jason. I am not a "Metal Guy", per se. I grew on Sabbath, Deep Purple, Van Halen, AC/DC, Ozzy, Scorpions, UFO, Rush, Pink Floyd, Yes and many others in the late 60's,70's and 80's. So I am probably more of a hard rock kind a guy. But, you give a lot of good tips in your videos and I enjoy watching and learning from them. Keep up the good work!

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

Man, I like all of those bands, too. And those really laid the foundation for heavy metal and other sub-genres of metal

Litterally pulled this up because im really rusty and the emphasis purely on how we all have weird ways of holding pics and stuff made me feel more confident lol

@jasonstallworth

2 ай бұрын

Glad this helped. Yeah, there's no right or wrong way...just the way that works best for you!

I don’t even play that much metal but I’m learning this to get better at the Free Bird solo

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

That’s a cool solo to learn

Nice tutorial 👍

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

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@Alpot83

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonstallworth 👍🤍🤍🤍💯

Ps, great instructional. I'm normally not a big metal player although I do love listening to it. I decided I wanna explore more trem picking in my playing just to spice stuff up. Side note, I can play a handful of old Metallica songs but I alt pic EVERYTHING. I know Hatfield is all about the down strokes but let's face it, it sounds the same both ways. I don't think I'll put myself through the fast downstroke torture anytime soon haha

@jasonstallworth

2 ай бұрын

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BRO WE USE THE SAME PICK!!!!!

@jasonstallworth

4 ай бұрын

Love the Dunlop Max Grips

Today I just had the weirdest experience in my 10 years as a guitarist, I picked up an lesson and found out that I already knew how to do it.

@jasonstallworth

4 ай бұрын

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This sounds so cool and heavy. Which amp do you use 🤘🤘

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

I just started using this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/foVqmsubXdXWedY.html

Any tips for tremolo picking double notes? A great example of what im talking about is Transilyvanian Hunger - Darkthrone.

@jasonstallworth

10 ай бұрын

It's just being consistent with playing and practicing, and being patient with yourself

I use Dunlop jazz 3s and been working on a technique where I mix wrist motion with up and down motion of my thumb and finger holding the pick, really improves flow for shredding, eg fast scale runs, or any real fast licks and shapes, arpeggios, sweep picking, I’m trying to incorporate it with trem picking although it’s not really feeling right so maybe for trem picking I’m just gonna use and focus on wrist motion, it’s weird tho sometimes. when I do my finger and thumb motion will creep in, which is a habit I don’t want to stick, my main goal it’s to just be able to trem pick consistently without fatigue in my forearm.

@jasonstallworth

5 ай бұрын

I used the .88 for the past few years (.60 for decades before that) but lately have been using 1.5

@aaroncicanese

5 ай бұрын

@@jasonstallworth I’m loving the 1.5s lately myself, I’m not the biggest fan of really thin flexible picks, imo they can hold you back, even though they make great picks to start off with as it makes alternating up and down individual strings easier, but having something more solid allows you to focus more on your physical motion and not so much the picks individual movement.

Most agressive metal player ever (they're good people)

@jasonstallworth

8 ай бұрын

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Hi Jason and thank you for your wonderful channel. Is it wrong if i start picking in upstroke?

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

It's not wrong but it may not feel as natural

@matt8214

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonstallworth thank you Jason! In exercise 2 if I start picking down it's difficult for me not to miss a stroke when i skip strings! 😭

@jakobjakob7189

3 ай бұрын

Try slowing it down and focus on playing it clean. Speed will come over time as you practice. It may sound counterintuitive, but this will actually help you to improve faster. Also you do want to be able to change strings both ways, as some riffs may force you too, or transitions between riffs may be really awkward if you have to switch. There are rare occasions though, where it's actually beneficial to start the other way around, for example with pinch harmonics, where you need to downstroke. So take that advice with a grain of salt.

Do you palm mute your trem picking or let it jangle? Black metal sounds jangly to me, I like that

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

I have a very light off and on palm mute that I occasionally use to keep things tight. I have a more advanced black metal tremolo picking riff coming out tomorrow

Do you hold the pick differently when playing other techniques? I've always used just index and thumb for the pick, but the middle finger gives me a bit more strength and control over the tremolo. Do you find that you're switching grips for different parts of songs?

@jasonstallworth

3 ай бұрын

I hold my pick the same; it’s more of the natural direction that of picking that changes and have more on that here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/noRkp6WoibTIXbA.htmlsi=2JeyCWoNiPwc8ow0

Can you in future tutorials tell us the BPM to play at. I would like to know what BPM you are playing. I have been practicing recently to EZ drummer at 150BPM and next week I will be practicing at 160BPM. I am slowly increasing my speed every week until I get to 200.

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

Yep, the BPMs are in the every beginning of the each riff (granted, they only show for a couple seconds before the riff starts)

I have just started guitar playing metal in particular and having trouble finding individual stings without constantly having to look Any suggestions on practicing techniques?

@jasonstallworth

10 ай бұрын

There's really no special methods...it's just being consistent with playing and practicing and being patient with yourself

The physical man’s picking. I use a 1.0-1.14mm ultex pick because it has the right level of attack without feeling like I’m plowing through the string. Also doesn’t dissolve from playing.

@jasonstallworth

11 ай бұрын

I’ve got some buddies that like those thicker picks and another buddy that plays out using super thin ones. I used .60 for most of my life but went to .88 several years ago

@BillHesse

11 ай бұрын

@@jasonstallworth I have some .88s around. I use them for standard tuning sometimes. They have a very classic feel to them. I like the Dunlop sharp picks so tend to go thicker as the tip holds up better. I also angle the pick too so it doesn’t give me too much resistance. The ultex has a nice attack on the strings I like. It’s all a system and you make choices based on how you feel comfortable as you say.

I don't know if anyone else does this but when I play tremolo picking, I pick on the neck around 20th fret however my pick doesn't touch the fret board. If I am palm muting it I find myself picking closer to the bridge

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

If it sounds good and it works for you, that's all that matters. Very interesting technique

I tend to lose ALOT of speed and rhythm when I go down to higher strings? Do you have any tips for this?

@jasonstallworth

2 ай бұрын

It’s just a matter of putting more time into that specific area of the fretboard. I do have a recent exercise that will help: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mnd919uvfbGXedY.htmlsi=QVCocqQJtBbYlv8w

Are you playing 8th notes in the exercises?

@jasonstallworth

Ай бұрын

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I would love to see a person do tremolo picking with their arm and not their wrist I’d be amazed

@jasonstallworth

8 ай бұрын

You have to go with the technique that works best for you. Everyone is a little different

Hi Jason, thanks for the lesson. I see your name in Thai on your shirt, can you please tell me the story behind it? Greetings from Thailand

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

สวัสดีครับ Yes, my wife is Thai. We plan to visit again this year in November. I have been studying the language for several years (I need to study more!) We are planing to spend time in Chiang Mai, Pak Chong, and Bangkok again. Have you lived there your entire life?

@chinatosinthiti3076

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonstallworth สวัสดีครับเจสัน have fun and enjoy learning Thai! I'm actually from Chiang Mai and been living there for about 80% of my life. I spent a few years in the States, Bangkok, and Krabi.

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

@@chinatosinthiti3076 that’s cool. I’d like to connect with you. We’ve actually talked about moving there in a few years and curious to know what the music scene is like there. I also play live acoustic shows several times a week here and would be cool to continue doing that there

I dig them all in 140 mode.

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

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So this is same as alt picking?🤔

@jasonstallworth

9 ай бұрын

It's the same. Tremolo picking is just a fancy word for fast alternate picking

metal picks is all i use

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

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😢What strings are needed? I have hard ones, and it's not going well.

@jasonstallworth

7 ай бұрын

There's no right or wrong answer; string gauge is a personal preference. Some like heavier strings. I prefer super lights

I got my picking style from Papa Het when I was 15 in 1994 so any other way seems weird to me lol

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

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Why does my tremelo picking sound terrible, especially on the d string? There's an underlying ringing tone that follows no matter where I am on the neck. I have tried holding the pick different ways, aggressive, light, heavy picks, light, floating bridge, standard. Doesn't matter

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

First, get it out of your head that your tremolo picking sucks. Sometimes we can setup our own mental road blocks. Next, just dedicate a bit of focused practice on that one technique each day. It takes some longer than others but you will eventually nail it.

@briandoster1237

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason! You're my favorite guitar channel. I think palm muting is helping some. Just have to adjust my technique a little.

Awesome. Thanks.

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

Glad this helped...I have a more advanced tremolo picking lesson coming out tomorrow.

No matter how much I try, I get stuck when moving up the string

@jasonstallworth

11 ай бұрын

I recommend practicing slow and allow yourself to gradually build speed

less motion fast and not as exhausting

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

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I use .46 🤫

@jasonstallworth

Жыл бұрын

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Black metal is just distorted surf rock

@jasonstallworth

6 ай бұрын

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I've never seen anyone hold a pick like that. Pretty odd. Even when I'm picking that fast, just two fingers. Never put all this thought or anything into it, just did it. Best way to get really good is to find a truly awesome drummer and play with them, these videos just lead to over thinking and killing the "feel" of it all.

@jasonstallworth

6 ай бұрын

I think you misunderstood the intent. This is not based on overthinking at all. It’s also not telling you how to hold your pick. I simply share what works for me. My method may help some, and that’s the intent. Even if it doesn’t it may give folks ideas to find what works for them. So you must have missed that part of the video although I’m extremely clear

Not sure if youll ever see thus but just wanted to say THANK YOU! Between you and the guy The Art of Guitar, ive been getting insanely better in a matter if 3 months of barely getting my first guitar haha. Much love!🦾🔥

@jasonstallworth

4 ай бұрын

That is awesome to hear! 🤘

weirdly I'm watching this to be able to play a blur song

@jasonstallworth

11 ай бұрын

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