Thanks everyone for watching! What do YOU suck at that i should cover on the next episode of TiWYSaG?

@blodder

6 жыл бұрын

Sounds silly but could you do a part on the metronome? For years I practiced without and last couple of months I try with metronome. Problem is that I play the notes with each tick and just speed up the metronome to go faster. I struggle with eight and sixteenth notes, not to mention how to play with metronome when you are not playing notes constantly... Really appreciated!

@shodus

6 жыл бұрын

Tremolo picking, please!

@johnnyboy1232

6 жыл бұрын

Sweep pick with multiple notes on each string.... like let’s say you have 2 notes on your high E string, 1 note on the B, 2 notes on the G, 3 notes on the D, 1 note on the A, and 2 notes on the low E..... The problem is not my fretting hand it is my picking hand. The main issue about the picking is having to pause on a string with multiple note on it and then moving to the next using the sweeping technique...... Can you help me?

@CrackoorZ

6 жыл бұрын

This is a really good exercise for guitarists. You could do the same thing with scale and integrate the learning scales. I am practicing it with that. Have you got lessons on how to sweep?

@Jn1spion

6 жыл бұрын

Legatos, How to get good sounding and consistent pull-offs and hammer-ons would be really useful

I just tried the punisher for the first time and my hand packed up her things and left me

@Jonathan-L

4 жыл бұрын

Think yourself lucky, things could have been worse. She could have taken your house and your last name as well!

@sinnisyt

4 жыл бұрын

I think you literally just described my biggest fears. Including my hand leaving me and not wanting my last name. Tha fuq. I FED YOU.

@barberologycollegeofbarber3366

4 жыл бұрын

Jonathan L ooooooojooooooo

@barberologycollegeofbarber3366

4 жыл бұрын

Jonathan L oojoooooooooooojooooojotttrtt

@JPJamster

4 жыл бұрын

LOL, try the spider exercise as well haha

Exercise: 6:40 ascending 8:47 descending 12:19 variation

@basementmicrowave3989

4 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment, thanks.

@-AdiKsOn-

4 жыл бұрын

You are my hero No homo

@blizzbee

4 жыл бұрын

This exercise sounds like an upset giant mosquito flying around in the room.

@mosadni

4 жыл бұрын

R&R has no P

@arnabghose5441

4 жыл бұрын

thanks man

Uncle Ben is officially my unofficial guitar instructor, officially.

@shruumcotapotom3003

3 жыл бұрын

Nice

I’ve been playing for 7 years and I’ve always struggled with alternate picking. I watched this video along with the chunking one, and it all finally clicked and I am making massive gains within hours. I cannot thank you enough Ben, your channel is a treasure.

@bobravenscraft5376

4 жыл бұрын

Alternate picking should be second nature. Keep it up its as easy as breathing. Peace

@anjanakottaiveedu6416

4 жыл бұрын

Omg same. When I was first learning I hated it so never practiced. Now 10 years late I really regret it

@paulcasilio1119

4 жыл бұрын

AzzalFox hang in there. Honestly, repetition and patience will make all the difference.

@shredit_nyc

3 жыл бұрын

Can you share the title of the "chunking one"? Very curious. Thanks!

@gamingseason4252

3 жыл бұрын

You ain’t gotta lie to kiss ass bro

...so that's why my legs are still skinny!

This can easily drive one to the edge of insanity in no time.....

@snogglemonkey

6 жыл бұрын

I hear you ! It's about as melodic as a car crash...heheheh

@naycnay

6 жыл бұрын

Add some delay and a phaser. That'll help.

@danilobatista1329

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, ! but keeping Focus you achieve ZEN That's the challenge, and thats where practice growth happens.

This Guy Just Directly Told Me That I Suck.

@stephengreico2810

3 жыл бұрын

Hes not wrong in my case

@behindthen0thing

3 жыл бұрын

But you do suck

@mschecter0078

3 жыл бұрын

@@behindthen0thing Says mr blyat

"chromatic 4 string exercise your step-dad showed you" lmao

@dobermandude2522

4 жыл бұрын

No it was my Grand dad....LOL!

@fiachoconnor

4 жыл бұрын

Later he's say "if you want your real dad to respect you again...." f**kin hilarious

@szymonbalcer

4 жыл бұрын

But John Petrucci showed it to me :((

@jamiebakos816

4 жыл бұрын

THE river shen? Its an honor, sir!

@behindthen0thing525

3 жыл бұрын

@@szymonbalcer he's a hack!

I definitely wanna get 2 birds stoned at once. I’m not the best at book learnin but I got my grade 10.

@sethride9042

6 жыл бұрын

Cameron Fisher you think season 12 was the last season

@danielgrohl6971

6 жыл бұрын

i would much rather be Uncle Bens 49 year old kid than pick like a step dad for all my days to get the respect of my real dad when attempting to do something harder than Chinese algebra ;)

@fullmetalmma

6 жыл бұрын

the fukn way she goes

@AlanJWatkins

6 жыл бұрын

my fav rickyism

@outallnightTV

6 жыл бұрын

Time to turnips in heat boys

Shows us a practice exercise... plays the riff Slayer has been trying to compose for thirty years.

As a guitar teacher myself, I greatly benefited from this. Never ever too late to stop learning new things. Well done.

I usually practice unplugged while watching series or movies.

@Nomadicsage1

5 жыл бұрын

I do the same thing,kills the monotony of picking exercises.

@stoOberp

4 жыл бұрын

you should be concentrating on the muscles your using, but practice is still practice

@benparsons4979

4 жыл бұрын

@@stoOberp it should become muscle memory after a while

@stoOberp

4 жыл бұрын

@@benparsons4979 it will become muslce memory alot faster if you dont watch TV Haha

@dalvoenriquescarpa

4 жыл бұрын

me too!

I like the Punisher because not only is it extremely useful to practice, but the dissonant melody is a lot more intresting than just straight chromatic.

@clarkfeeley1959

5 жыл бұрын

It's not chromatic, he's missing a note on every string change except G to B. It's also a complete waste of time.

@matthewboyea

5 жыл бұрын

@@clarkfeeley1959 i wouldnt say its useless, maybe for you, but its really good for separating the fingers, and also good for practicing string skipping and alternate picking (obv). and it is technically chromatic, cuz the notes dont follow a scale and they are in ascending order (doesnt matter if he skips a note except g to b).

@clemclemson9259

Жыл бұрын

@@clarkfeeley1959 he said its more intersting than just chromatic bro not that is was chromatic LMAO-

This is also a great combo exercise for 2-finger bass technique. “Index or middle finger” is similar to “up or down” problem. I call the skill of moving easy in all direction “symmetry”. Been practicing “The Punisher” (damn, such a cool name) in different variations for several years, and it keeps my hands in shape, especially when I can’t practice a lot (well, it’s always now). Thanks for the video, Uncle Ben!

@RadityoPramAdi

6 жыл бұрын

I see your point! I will try this.

@Cthulhu_Awaken

6 жыл бұрын

Andriy Vasylenko I've always wondered if there's a channel like yours but about guitar. I think Ben is fine, but sometimes also too specific and covers stuff a beginner like me can't relate yet.

@recipoldinasty

5 жыл бұрын

Andriy Vasylenko hi frrrriend

@bryanlettow4389

5 жыл бұрын

Love your videos!

I'm revisiting guitar playing after 5 years break, have alot of work to make up. This channel is a bliss! Thanks!

Thanks a lot man. I can't wait to practice this and see what comes out of it.

I feel so bad for you Uncle Ben. You had to practice those crappy exercises for hours back in the day. Us kids are lucky to be born in a time where we can have Uncle Ben and Master Troy Grady to give us the secret to shred awesomeness.

@BenEller

6 жыл бұрын

Mr. Metalhorse hahaha I suffered so you don’t have to!!!

@serph2951

6 жыл бұрын

True

@vlt873

6 жыл бұрын

Ben Eller guitar Jesus

@furryz666

6 жыл бұрын

Dude I’m so sick of Troy Grady I’m 55 and have met many stylists that play with great speed and articulation I often show struggling pickers that you can plat this stuff flat picking thumb and forefinger, thumb and middle finger, thumb and 3rd or 4th even holding the pick between any 2 fingers and fanning, no pick legato, hybrid, round picks, coins, palm mounting at the bridge, finger mounting like Michael Angelo Batio, no mount float, whatever, I once used the “stylus” pick for over a year it was probably the time of my cleanest and fastest playing and there was 0 tilt or goofy rules you just do it till it sounds like a balloon in the spokes of your bike to quote Paul Gilbert

@MrMetalhorse

6 жыл бұрын

Furryz I'd like to see that. I bet that we would be able to see that you don't actually use a flat picking angle when you shred you just think you do. The movements are necessary man.

Two birds stoned at once. And doing the piledriver and reverse cowgirl had me dying. Love your videos

@adamprovo5964

5 жыл бұрын

Trailer Park Boys made that saying popular. Hilarious.

thanks man, this is much better than other variations that I've seen on the tubes, and it has done wonders for my reverse cowgirl.

Thank you for saving my time and changing my direction. I'm excited to watch all of your videos.

....I was literally doing the typical chromatic exercise a few moments ago when I decided to practice while watching your video. Ah well, time to reaffirm how much I suck with good ol' Uncle Ben! :D

Been using this picking pattern as a warm up for years, and I usually follow it up with this one. A ---------------1--------------2---------------3---------------4- E ---1-2-3-4----2-3-4--1----3-4--1-2-----4--1-2-3-----After this "set", move it up to the A and D strings, and then the D and G strings, and so on. To descend, just play the thing in reverse.

@marcelsenkowski8566

5 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thanks man!

@digitos000

5 жыл бұрын

That's a great warm up for the hand that goes on the fretboard thank you!!!

String skipping, upstroke downstroke variation..great exercise. Thanks for sharing!

That gym reference hit way too hard.

@hhattingh

5 жыл бұрын

Everyday is chest and arms day bru

@yeetspageet5679

5 жыл бұрын

hph081000 The Brofessor just confirmed that every day is in-fact armday.

@asdfghjkldfghjhgcgyuigfyui9792

4 жыл бұрын

not me. I have massive legs

@adls04

4 жыл бұрын

Ypu arent reading the swoly bible

@spartacus09ful

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget leg day johnny bravo

I hate you for this. Thank you.

@Gottiline_Ace

5 жыл бұрын

He saved me a whole lot of brain cells and hours of coming up with my own little "exercise" to get me to the next level. They are definitely PUNISHERS!!! LOL

The one thing that really struck me the most in this video is how you brought up practicing with distortion. I always remember the 'rule' when I started guitar was 'always practice clean, the distortion will cover up your playing!". Let me tell you, I played only jazz for close to a decade, I didn't even buy a gain pedal until about 3 years ago, and what struck me first was that I sounded TERRIBLE the moment I turned it on. Like a decade of clean, practiced picking went out the window and I was baring every technical deficiency I had to the world.

@ScottMartinD

4 жыл бұрын

So you're saying the exercises you played clean for a decade sounded fine, but when you bought the gain pedal it made you realize what? That you actually play sloppy? And somehow the distorted sound made that apparent? Have I got that right?

@truedarklander

4 жыл бұрын

@@ScottMartinD yes

@FacePomagranate

4 жыл бұрын

If you really think about it, distortion will bring out more imperfections than it will hide. Distortion compresses your sound, so quiet mistakes get louder, plus it amplifies non-linearly, meaning unwanted frequencies will be created anytime there's a stray open string or harmonic ringing out.

@derekcampbell4209

5 ай бұрын

Same here! I played mainly cleans and lately have been getting into a lot of metal guitar. And there’s just minor little things that having high gain has made me realize I do. Just little sloppy imperfections I wouldn’t hear when playing clean. But I like the “think AC/DC” tone. Not to distorted. Not to clean.

This is exactly what I needed man! Thanks!

Very good stuff, as always, thanks!

Thanks Uncle Ben for reminding me again why I suck at guitar.

About time you made more video's on this series, I've learned alot, keep up the great work.

hey man I've been doing that petrucci chromatic exercise for like 12 years and never even realised I was only working the V and never the Λ - thank you so much it's lessons like this that are game-changers!

I have started to notice some improvements in my playing already w only a few days subscribed. Appreciate your channel. Thank you

GREAT metaphor with the gym there. This definitely explains my lack of technical improvement lately.

It's true, i already did knew the PUNISHER exercise before this video and it's AMAZING for your picking precision. Great content Uncle Ben!

Subscribed! Love the channel Ben. You really know what's up. Discovered the channel with your video on the "fight fire with fire" riff and the rest is history.

I just started learning the punisher and I've gone though it at least 10 times so far and I can see the method to your madness! Thank you for this, it will be a tremendous help!

This time you really gave to the masses a great guitar lesson.B y far one of the most useful videos about guitar practicing on youtube!ty so much!

The "Never ending story" song low key in the background, nice work! Quite ironic as well, as we guitarplayers always will find new ways to practice, complain, practice again. It's a never ending story! Cheers

Thats huge man! great excercises!

just did the alt as well.. you sir are a bad man.. and I love it! man this hurts so good! this channel is great!

Cool idea man, I've never looked at it from this perspective, makes a lot of sense

Reverse Cow Girl :).... I;m 54, this stuff is brilliant.... just quit my job so I can do more of this stuff!

@thehonkening1

4 жыл бұрын

no more picking like a stepdad!

Awesome video. Thanks uncle Ben

Thank you so much for this. I'm good at chromatic exercises and needed a change. This is perfect.

You and me both. Damn you, Petrucci!

@UrbanPlumbers

6 жыл бұрын

Rock Discipline - got a feeling it was all done on purpose ;) Hold the suckers back.

@guitarnoob4568

6 жыл бұрын

To be fair, rock discipline did cover quite a lot of string changing and skipping picking exercises

@vinlander8484

6 жыл бұрын

the speed bursts helped me though

@m15t3r_n8

5 жыл бұрын

The major arpeggio exercise, hitting the same note multiple times that was just after the chromatic excersize on RD was a way better picking excersize... if you had just watched the whole video... Edit: Example 4; about 17 minutes into the video, great exercise. I'm still gonna blast my digits with "THE PUNISHER" tho, looks sweet. Another great exercise for string-skipping alternate picking is Jeff Waters' Spiderwalk excersize... what a finger destroyer kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKZ51LydisStoNo.html

Thanks, Uncle Ben! You're the best.

So clever way of training and warmin' up !!! Thank you so much !

Thanks Ben.Needed something to improve my picking. This is it.Great teacher!

I think this exercise has really impacted my playing. Over the past year my alternate picking has transformed from something my stepdad would not approve of to something that may bring my biological-stepdad back from the corner store. Once I get sweeping down I may actually be able to nail some of those intense Dethklok songs. Thanks Uncle Ben.

“2 birds stoned at once.” Lol dude I was laughing so hard when you said that. Love you brother!

This is crazy good advice!! Thank you so much for putting this out there for Dr

Thank you. I appreciate the time you put in to these videos. I have been doing the 1234 chromatic for a while now, and noticed a drop off of progress for a while and just figured i needed to put more time in the same warm up exercise. This helped big time when I found it, and a couple of people I know found it useful as well. Thanks again.

That punisher thing is a lot like an exercise Guitar World published from Steve Vai's legendary 8 hour practice regimens. Great type of exercise for sure and worthwhile to share! Now I need to go do it again...

So brilliant. I can feel it working already 😁👍

Thanks for posting this video 4 years ago- I was looking for a new finger exercise for this year and for whatever reason this video came up on my feed today. Thanks for your impeccable timing Uncle Ben! Seriously though. Thank you for all the videos- they’re really helping me not suck much more better

Great exercise, what I’ve been missing in my playing. Thanks.

You can kill three birds by doing this with actual scales/modes. And again with chord tones. Nice exercise!

@majestic_717

5 жыл бұрын

get 3 birds stoned*

it is back, excellent

Hell of an exercise. I’m gonna get started tonight on it. Thanks.

excellent exercise - thanks Ben!

Gracias Tio Ben.

@BenEller

6 жыл бұрын

LycanElite de nada!

@lautix

5 жыл бұрын

Hablas español? Jaja

@MoztrOsauriO

5 жыл бұрын

Ben Eller made a spanish tuto

@franagustin3094

5 жыл бұрын

@@BenEller Sos un capo che

I think the expression "Practice makes perfect" is deceiving. "Perfect practice makes perfect" is more accurate IMO.

@abstractheory1

5 жыл бұрын

So profound and deep. You’re blowin’ minds, kid.

@FuzzCHRISYFuzz

4 жыл бұрын

I made that up 😒

@squeece

4 жыл бұрын

My orchestra teacher in school always used to tell me that lol. Practice doesn't make perfect, only perfect practice makes perfect.

@xx-knight-xx2119

4 жыл бұрын

My band director used to say all the time "practice makes habit." So you can practice and pick up bad habits that have to be undone later.

@tonydegregorio4895

4 жыл бұрын

Practice doesn't make perfect, practice makes permanent.

I so needed this!

Thank you for sharing ben. 😊😊

I actually came up with that exact same exercise when I was visiting in Serbia back in 1993. Except I named it the confusion breaker because of its complex pattern. I used it for a long time as a warm up. What a coincidence! Lol

@DaveTaste

11 ай бұрын

Lol

tried the punisher down and was like oh ok that's pretty easy, tried back up... nope

MR. ELLER.... good suggestions for technique....Thanks for sharing most appreciative

Killer technique lesson. I will be using this from now on for warmups and just getting much better. Thank you!

Thanks a lot for this incredible exercise. I’m Mo from egypt

Great stuff dude! I've also tried an exercise by Steve morse: do the chromatic, but use only 3 positions/fingers instead of 4. That breaks the symmetry and makes you once start from a downstroke and another string with an upstroke. Once again: great content, uncle!

Awesome video! Thanks buddy

This is super helpful Ben thanks dude.

Originally part of Steve Vai's 8 hour practice routine!

@KingTabor

5 жыл бұрын

gstube1 indeed

@breadyegg

4 жыл бұрын

boy, that is going back a bit

@richiekmusic-nottinghamgui6045

4 жыл бұрын

@@breadyegg Guitar World c1990.....or thereabouts

@SheaRecordmetal

4 жыл бұрын

Yup. I remember that. I have a book of tabs i printed out 15 years ago. VAI’s 10 hour workout is in there. This was the first exercise if i recall.

“The reverse cowgirl” I’m DEAD!!!

Thanks for your videos, you're giving me motivation to overcome all the problems I had for years playing guitar!

huge fan, thank you, mr. eller!

Hell yeah Ben, love your videos!

"Get two birds stoned at once," lol.

@blizzbee

4 жыл бұрын

ikr

this helped me A LOT, thanks uncle Ben!

Good video man. I like how you explain everything good detail thanks

Yes! I knew something was amiss in my life! It was Uncle Ben telling me I suck!

This is really a helpful exercise. I've been working on the punisher where you skip over a string and it's really a great workout. In fact it has an added bonus - - I have annoying neighbors who like to hang out right next to my house and they yell and scream and annoy the hell out of me. I just turn up my amp a little and 5 minutes of that string skipping exercise gets them to go somewhere else! Thanks for such a useful exercise!

@zenvideoscanada5245

4 жыл бұрын

LMAO@ 5 minutes of that string skipping exercise gets them to go somewhere else! That's funny :)

So simple, the explanation, yet so effective! Thank you, sir!

This video is over 1 year old, but I found it just now, and I will certainly be using that "modified" spider excercise instead of the old one I've been using. Thank you for showing!

Don't forget to play Mr. Scary you also need 7 or 8 additional guitar tracks as well. Keep rockin'. MK

EVH's "Hang 'em High" and "I'm the One" are other really difficult patterns, faster than Mr. Scary with I'm the One being a shuffle as well. Can probably pick anything if those are in your gig bag.

awesome info man!

great tutorial about picking I was doing all kind of exercise but this one is really great. thank you for this great lesson

The four notes per string exercise is still a great exercise and I use it with my students, but it's not for building speed in your picking hand. (At least it shouldn't be.) The point of the exercise is to create perfect LH/RH synchronization. Developing this technique with a metronome makes chord changes, jumping in and back out of solos, etc., much smoother and gives you a sense of spare time / space between changes.

That Punisher riff really reminds me of Erotomania.

Very helpful bro. Alternate picking is my weak point n fret tapping. Vids are very informative

This exercise is incredible. Thank you very much sir!

"Or you can get two birds stoned at once." Ha!

@tasosdiaforetico7377

4 жыл бұрын

It was great I know it in Chinese. Useful proverb. As a guitar teacher I have too say this is a great lesson. So we'll explained

@californiamonster8877

4 жыл бұрын

Trailer park boys Randy

@newthrash1221

4 жыл бұрын

Max Pinto It’s from trailer park boys. Ricky says it, not randy.

@stevet.4974

4 жыл бұрын

I caught that too

@zenistermister9695

4 жыл бұрын

It's a Rickyism. TPB! 🤘

Holy hell the ascending version of this is tricky as hell. This'll be a GREAT exercise to get down!

@Wren6991

6 жыл бұрын

Toby K. If you start on a downstroke, The Punisher is inside-picking on the ascent, and outside-picking on the descent, which might be why ascending is harder. You can experiment with starting this exercise on an upstroke, and confirm that descending becomes harder :)

Thank you. This is awesome. Something I've been looking for. Ur awesome

great video dude as always!

The reverse cowgirl part is still uncomfortable. Makes my capo tired.

@gustavofinkler1229

4 жыл бұрын

You said a capoo?

I see Steve Vai and Frank Zappa on the wall, i approve

Catch ya on the web.. much appreciate your work