10 LEVELS OF SHRED GUITAR | (beginner to pro)

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Let's check out the 10 levels of shred guitar today! In this video, we work on alternate picking, sweep picking, legato, and some other awesome guitar techniques :) Make sure to download your files on Patreon to practice all of this effectively!
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00:00 Intro
00:29 Level 1
01:04 Level 2
02:07 Level 3
02:44 Level 4
03:38 Level 5
04:30 Level 6
05:13 Level 7
06:02 Level 8
07:06 Level 9
08:14 Level 10

[@Bernthguitar]

What's YOUR shred level? Share it in the comments :) Get your video play-alongs, tabs, and guitar pro files for this video here: www.patreon.com/bernth 🔥

[@Chrsly]

I'm level 2, but working hard thanks to your videos.

[@Bernthguitar]

@Juan Sebastián Franco Cervera That's awesome, great job! 🤘

[@Bernthguitar]

@@Chrsly Thanks for sharing, hope I can help on your shredding journey! :)

[@EvanAngelos]

Level 7 slowly transitiong to level 8 thanks to your videos and since i joined the Patreon community. Can't believe the progress i've made in 4 months (since i started a practice routine). You are a great teacher Bernth. Keep up the good work. 🤘

[@apocalypticangel3256]

Most likely max out at Level 7 Becuase im lazy!😉

[@MultixGamePlayer]

Some cool suggestions: - How to mute string noise while shredding - How to dial the perfect shred tone - How to start recording guitar (some things to know before trying it)

[@alquimista1972]

Nice suggestions because tone is key.

[@KingpinCrazy]

@@alquimista1972 Agreed!

[@JakeTillman]

Especially the string noise one, I can’t get that down when playing fast

[@Astral_Wave]

I'm certainly no expert. As far as tone, neck humbucker (or single too) and a mid scoop is a start. Lot of gain or compression. A noise gate would help with a tiny bit of the noise but if used too generously it'll kill decay of notes when you do decide to let one sing. REVERB and or short delay. Neon color guitars and clothes are a plus. Hairspray. Do you have long hair? If so, make sure that shit is blowing with a fan. Dress like a musketeer if possible. Other than that, like all things, take it slow, be patient and consistent and ignore most of whatever I typed. ✌

[@Astral_Wave]

@@JakeTillman is certainly a balancing act of muting with both hands without killing the notes you want to hear. 😑 (I think Jason Richardson has a video about it here on yt. He's clean)

[@user-cg2lq8zy5c]

Bernth: shows what level 8 is Me: I'd stick to G,C,D

[@Bernthguitar]

It's not as hard as it looks, I promise :)

[@pascalw4300]

Same here 😂😂✌🏽

[@ainsleypeters9215]

I like this comment keep working on your technique

[@jasonday8334]

In Forest Gump voice: “He was Shreddin”

[@quinetastic]

🤣😂🤣

[@mattb6646]

Gotta put the g on it...he was shredDING

[@Musiconly5934]

R u talking to me???

[@fulfillkhongkiang2513]

😆😂🤣

[@SubbuJunior]

He waasss shreeddinggaa 😂

[@hirakjyotipathak7775]

The most down to earth Guitar teacher I ever found on KZbin ✨

[@JasonMisterDude]

I'm somewhere between level 4-7 but your videos have helped me break through a plateau I've been stuck at for the past few years. Thank you for all that you do and give to the music community!

[@laszlodrubi2614]

What I really like in Bernth's videos is that I always realise something about my playing. Like now when I thought I'm at lvl6, but suck at some earlier levels. So now I will go back and slow down. Thanks @Bernth!

[@missinglinkrecords9783]

missinglinkrecords.com/shred-guitar/

[@metalshred1569]

Bernth is the best YT guitar teacher for sure ! I'm really bad in english speaking & comprehension, but i've still really progressed with him in guitar shredding ! Thanks to him i reach level 8 of shred, i need to work more to reach 9 and 10 level Thank You Bernth !

[@danalowry500]

What an excellent lesson. It all made sense and was very easy to grasp. 40 years ago I was a "level 10" guitarist, playing in Greenwich Village and having a blast. Unfortunately, I was a level 10-addict as were many of my friends. I dropped out of the music scene in '82 so I could have a chance at getting clean and subsequently live. Finally, I succeeded in '85 and have stayed clean ever since. But a casualty of this process was my guitar playing. By the late '80s my chops had begun to atrophy and within 10 years I was unrecognizable as a musician. It was a very difficult transition, but a no-brainer considering the alternative (everyone I used to know has long since died...and what a shame that is). I've recently toyed with the idea of getting some of my skills back. I'm going to follow your plan and see what happens. Thanks so much for such a concise and effective video!🙏

[@tommytaylor622]

I really loved how the end was specific to the user. Seems very humble to bring up what you think you need to work on. But I do believe I'm going to start adding this to my practice. I've been trying to get faster but still sound good. Thanks for the video man

[@ltsaltsa2474]

I've never seen such a humble good guitarist like you.I love watching your videos and I never missed your videos. 🤘🤘🤘

[@lostthepick]

Another amazing video! Your skills are unbelievable!!

[@Bernthguitar]

Thank you! Not satisfied yet but better than last year already :) I'll keep working!

[@antondiatonikk2256]

Great video, thank you. So many videos out there with people shredding at 'level 10' then yapping for 30 minutes about the pentatonic scale, or something. This breaks it down to a practical idea of how that progress looks, and what you are listening to when people dance across the fretboard at blitzing speed. THANK YOU!

[@thedragonofthewest5789]

Dude your videos are super high quality, loved it. I have been practicing the level 1 and 2 but didn't know that it was that important. Now imma get serious

[@josephpessano]

I really appreciate your lessons, I’m struggling with high tempo alternate picking.

[@irishpotato9298]

This was the best guitar lesson I e seen on KZbin because you go through all the steps clearly instead of saying like 3 words and showing it.

[@nielrohit4710]

Bernth this is Kanad from India....I can't shred like you but you inspire me to keep playing guitar...someday I might be able to shred like you...By the way, your tips and tricks help me a lot...Do keep up the great work...Love n Respect from India..😊😊

[@prafulla9774]

been 3 years. have you learnt it (shredding) yet?

[@nclsytb]

I was not expecting that jump in difficulty between level 6 simple Dorian scale to level 7 A Dorian 4 fingers per string with string skipping 😅 I just enter my 10th month of guitar 🎸 and I really want to thank you for these exercises. It’s refreshing to practice this between 2 jazz songs !

[@VLKV_loves_you]

bernth, thx u so much for giving me a new relationship with the guitar after 20+ years. i thought i had developed to about level 7 but without a tight level 4, it's never felt natural. back to level 4 for me.

[@nadimmourad3208]

Very well explained, it really makes sens now. You're a great teacher

[@crthompson5930]

Love ya Bernth, always great watching your videos

[@kaic8177]

I love your videos so much, you give me more motivation to practice!

[@mikeivey8471]

Great workout today !! Your lessons always hit me right where I need the most work !! Incredible !! Thank you !!

[@Bernthguitar]

Thanks for sharing Mike, happy I can help with these :)

[@smoothvibes6083]

Love u man u know how i feel ... I was tired and did not knew what to do now

[@AntoniOrszykowski]

Finally I know what it means and thank you for your professional approach unlike some other lessons when people spend to much time on pointless comments.

[@don_huzan]

I subbed, this is a very thorough and straight to the point tutorial and great explanations as well bravo

[@kaustubhchaudhary6463]

Just discovered you today man , only a few hours ago ! And here you are with just the kind of vid I needed . I started learning in 2010 and it was all mainly acoustic guitar songs with some singing . While I truly love the acoustic my heart's urge for an electric made me pick up one soon in 2012 . Learned some fav riffs , picking patterns but since I have always been so passionate about shred players like Zakk , Dime , Gus , Yngwie , Jason , Paul Gilbert you know the list goes on and on , I started trying really hard to get closer to the kind of speed I love, listening to . By the next year my work schedule became intense and at the same time I became so frustrated with my fretting hand , I just gave it up eventually . Finally picked it up again in 2021 Jan to build it up slowly and patiently . I'd say I would be around level 4-5 , any faster my picking hand goes , my fretting hand is unable to keep up ! But I am trying again , after all these years 🙂

[@Bernthguitar]

Thanks so much for taking the time to share your journey! And WELCOME to the channel :)

[@kaustubhchaudhary6463]

@@Bernthguitar Thanks bro ! You are an amazing player and your teachings and instructions are just as good ! So happy to have found you and to become a part of your channel 👊🏼

[@arboflix9523]

Wow! This is great excercise. I can say that I'm only at level 7. When it comes to clean shredding and sweeping, that another thing. Thank you.

[@Ffcb45]

Great video. Started playin 6 months ago. 1-5 got down. Goin to work on level 6. Thanks for the great content 🤙🏼

[@Guithulhu]

My personal nemesis is are two-fold. One is staying relaxed. As I speed up, I tense up. Also keeping my thumb from creeping up over the top of the neck as I get higher up the neck. Both seem to happen without me even being aware and both KILL proper execution.

[@ares8991]

Thanks.. I've been waiting for this.. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@antoniomicellomusic]

Awesome lesson! My favorite shredder teacher, you are the number one

[@Shinaneganz19]

I cant believe how cool your level 10 sounds!!

[@knightsaha]

Level 4 demo = Intro of Guilty all the Same by Linkin park..It just sounded very close.. Hello Bernth, Please keep offering us such wonderful lessons. You are awesome. 🤟

[@missinglinkrecords9783]

missinglinkrecords.com/shred-guitar/

[@sunsetpoet-songwriter8323]

Excellent video. Best I've found.

[@voronOsphere]

Great Lesson, Bernth! Thank you!!!

[@Aron77777]

This is great! It makes me want to practise all day long.

[@nathandunn1851]

I'm on 6 my self, I'm really just working on slowly increasing the speed. 5-10 min is normally how long it takes for me to to move to the next speed. although right now I cant do anything cleanly across all the strings much past about 110bpm. I can already sweep and my chord transitions arent terrible. I've even done a lot of studying of music theory practicing scales modes progressions cadence etc. I feel like studing theory and song composition really help you get the most out of practice because you start connecting dots at the same time.

[@L30NGuitar]

Really good video! This really helps me🔥

[@numocron]

Wow man this is such an interesting & awesome guitar lesson right here I love it.😃👍

[@Nick-gu4pg]

Thanks for this guide

[@RollTideRising]

Great lesson and great teacher

[@raymondho2405]

Well, you convinced me, I just joined up as a Patreon and If I can get to level 4, I'd be a really happy player.

[@djscythe6507]

Quality content as always :)

[@lukemonte1044]

I swear bernth's vids are so good

[@noobasaurusrex9608]

I think I'm between level 7 and 8. Great video! ☺️🤘

[@Bernthguitar]

That's really awesome, thanks for sharing! :)

[@apocalypticangel3256]

Nice! Thanks for Sharing😉

[@mkpgedion9079]

Congrats on the 500k sub. Been with you since those 40 50k

[@jnandeepkalita292]

You play like a god... But so down to earth... Not a metalhead but I watch your vids..

[@Siddatha]

Sehr gutes Video. Danke danach habe ich gesucht :)

[@quocthai_le]

this video help me visualize more, thanks sir

[@mattb6646]

A 10 minute video that will take years to master..

[@davidhossain1988]

Thanks man

[@morker8931]

You really are a great guitar prodigy, my friend !!! Congratulations !!! (new subscriber)

[@denizg2653]

Level 11. Shredding double neck guitar. Michael Angelo Batio style.

[@pat_mc_fly]

lvl 8 reminds me on the serrena arpegios by Jason Becker. Really nice sounding

[@drianingenson920]

Level 5 and working to get to 6 and eventually to 10. Thank you Bernth.

[@markgoodwin5306]

I picked up sweep picking, took me about a week to get comfortable with six string sweeps. I think killing or muting the previous string is the real challenge for me. I’ll roll right through sweeps, then I’ll end up not positioning my fingers correctly and I’ll have two notes going off. I’ll get good eventually.

[@jorgealbertonapolescabrera5499]

Wow amazing 😎 thanks for te vídeo

[@riversbetweenus6676]

Very helpful thanks

[@mdg7214]

The technique where I work the most on these days is sweep picking/arpeggio's

[@bouroboumambaye2270]

thanks,what a very informative video...

[@shredwithmeg8080]

I just found am old video of yours of 10 awesome shred licks and I am loving them, just like this lesson Btw I will probably buy your 10 steps modern shredder in a few weeks😄

[@Bernthguitar]

Happy you like the licks, hope you have fun shredding them! :)

[@nathandrew2557]

Level 7! all thanks to these videos. Great work 🔥

[@Bernthguitar]

Awesome, thanks for sharing! Happy I can help with these videos :)

[@LarsBauer74]

awesome video! thank you for posting this, Bernth! pardon this nerdy question, but what picks (type and gauge) do you use and what string gauge are you using?

[@nadhilafiq]

tq for give us this practice...

[@philkon5643]

Hey dude, I am currently trying to master Level 5 and my biggest tecnhique challenge is not giving up my will to live and diving deep into the abyss of chaos. Cheers!

[@Bigboilacroix]

Awesome video 🎸

[@DanielGomez-mv4gw]

I need practice now!!

[@sergiomendozaangeles7989]

Genial máster Bernth vamos a copiar esos 10 ejercicios y ponerlos en rutina diaria y practicar gracias por compartir saludos desde Ciudad De México Máster Berht eres el mejor

[@ettoredellagatta4205]

Nice video and good way to practice and understand your level as if it were a game. I have reached level 7. If I commit myself I can also do level 8

[@theferdztv2503]

Thank you BERNTH 🤘

[@Pausang703]

Very nice

[@jayaristonlim4244]

Thank you Sir😊 I am learning level 1 and 2😊 Godbless Sir

[@as0259]

Helpful for practice.

[@Bernthguitar]

Happy to help :)

[@M.C.R.SYNTRN]

its all about the feel!!

[@starboy3741]

My favorite shred pattern is going up and down on the last 2 strings and moving it around a bunch it’s really fun

[@caydondavis7950]

More videos of this style plz

[@juliocarloscorrea3745]

MUITO bom. Toca MUITO . Tecnica excelente.

[@ainsleypeters9215]

I used to be maybe level 7 or 8 but have fallen to 3 or 4 lol (life stuff) Thanks for the great inspiring videos!🙏

[@theanimenaut]

Aww dang it just when I left home for the weekend without my guitar.

[@Bernthguitar]

Enjoy the weekend - Monday will be SHRED day! :)

[@joshuamichael4312]

Taking a few days off is good every now and then.

[@mircearusu3788]

Wow, an actually great lesson. Hot damn, this is useful.

[@ryancampbell5246]

I can do level 1,2,3,4,5,6 I am more of a rock shredder currently but I do love to do tapping all the time.

[@Luke_Lumberjack_Music]

I honestly love how you set up your videos and how much thought runs into your musicals ideas, snippets and exercises. It's really inspiring to watch and listen and also comforting to know, that it's okay to have a plateau-phase and that it will eventually pass if you just stick with practicing. Speaking of... I think I'm stuck somewhere in level 6, but nowhere near your precision 😂

[@EthanPhangcho]

Damn!!! Slick Bernth

[@Bernthguitar]

Thank you Ethan!

[@tomerdaraby9251]

Question: is the 10 weeks to modern shredding still relevant? I'm sure it's helpful but does it have value that I can't get in patreon? Also want to say huge thank you, I don't have a lot of time to play recently and thanks to your videos I still manage to feel like I'm improving (especially like the follow along ones)

[@audiofreeq1]

I've beenb playing for a long time off and on but feel like I need to start over, beginning with hand placement

[@maurovalentini2530]

My Nemesis Is the tapping. For sweep picking and alternate picking I feel comfortable

[@robbiegarnz7732]

That jump from 7-8 though! Wow! It’s going to take me awhile to make that jump! Lol!

[@iateilangpeteriawbor1564]

Yeah I enjoy it

[@mbdev]

What bpm I should aim for before moving to the next level?

[@Marshallangelo]

Wow! I did a lot better than I thought I would. Made it to about 7.7, but once you hit the sweep picking I really fell apart.😅🤘🏻

[@viniciusrochamoraesbastool5683]

Same here,sweep picking is quite tricky and takes effort to master(even more than scales IMO). Malmsteen's and Jason Becker's tunes are great for mastering sweep picking

[@johnb382s]

You did an awesome video on left hand 🖐 position but can you do one solely on thumb position??

[@andystanton7695]

your videos rule, thanks!

[@henies_sxftie7525]

Are you no.1 guitarist of this world? From nepal

[@RandomeGuy872]

@Berthguitar I think your alternate picking is quite good, have you tried incorporating clean legato harmonics to your shredding? It's doable, not easy, but doable.

[@DamYankee-yx6go]

Whats some good distortion pedals? I'm thinking of going with the MXR Fullbore metal because of the eq controls and can scoop mids

[@martijnvanderark4117]

My biggest challenge right now is getting everything to sound clear. I'm playing guitar for a bit over a year now, and I can play a lot of stuff but when it gets really fast all the notes just mashup and it just sounds like a mes.

[@quit293]

I be happy getting to level 9

[@colinsmith5879]

I got everything up until 9 (8 was right at the edge of my limit lol). I better get to practicing 9 and 10 🤣 thanks for including the tabs here, haven't seen your vids before but this made me wanna practice, cheers 🖖

[@TinyLegs15243]

Me too brother me too.

[@missinglinkrecords9783]

missinglinkrecords.com/shred-guitar/