3 EXERCISES I Wish I Knew As A Beginner Guitarist!

[@Bernthguitar]

Get your exercise play-along videos, backing tracks, guitar pro files, and PDF tabs for this lesson here: www.patreon.com/bernth - happy practicing 🤘🤘

[@dimitrismalatos7403]

Insel brotherrrr

[@jasonday8334]

I’m getting married on an Insel 👍🏼

[@Thrive-Off-Grid]

Dude you need to do a video on the importance of stretching. Beginner guitarist are not adapted ergonomically to the guitar. It takes years for your wrist, muscles and tendons to become adapted to the guitar. This is not automatic and when a beginner starts to improve it is partly because of this and not so much in just advancing in skill. A new guitarist should never ever pick up a guitar without first stretching and some may need to stretch additionally during a practice session. Always stretch first, you will be much more nimble and reduce the chance of injury. You can damage and tear your tendons especially fast lead guitar techniques. Lots of ways to stretch the hands, wrist and arms. But one important stretch is to use a baton and hold it in hand making a fist around it. Use the other hand to twist the wrist and forearm radially. Do this stretch in both directions. After a while some that experience discomfort reaching certain parts of the neck this will go away. Some of the issues are not skill related they are discomfort and movement restricted issues. Once these issues are alleviated advancing in playing will come much more rapidly. Ive played for over 30 years and broke a finger on my fretting hand. So I built a left hand guitar and am starting all over from square one. This is the first thing I realized in this journey. Ever pick up a left hand guitar? Feels weird and awkward right? This is why you are not adapted for left hand and when you started right hand it more than likely felt exactly the same however, you did not know any better then. All guitar teachers need to get left hand guitars and teach lessons to themselves. 10 years of playing you have long forgotten what it was like to be a beginner guitarist. Other than that great videos, you are one of if not the best on youtube. Cheers!

[@udayanmustafi3963]

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There is something about you that is sadly missing in many amazing musicians: you have a VERY humble attitude that gives the feel that as you are teaching people,,, you are growing with them and I think that is VERY important to the journey of your students and contributes so greatly to their growth and success and I think that’s one the most important attributes of a teacher😎😉🤜🤛🤘

[@OrangutanTradeSalesmen]

Totally. Music is fun!

[@christophrichter2612]

Yes, I agree 100%

[@moogmanxandersmotovlogs29]

you mean unlike ol Yngwies instructional video? "Lesson one arpeggios" plays a blindingly fast solo that covers the entire neck at 300 BPM "Now I will play it slower so you can see how to do it" * plays it at 299.75 bpm "Just do that and youll play like me in no time.... now on to Lesson 2...." lol

[@shrednoob5233]

This channel is a gold mine.

[@Bernthguitar]

Thank you, happy to help out with these videos :)

[@warriorforchrist1652]

It sure is, don't forget to subscribe.

[@devosious7085]

@@Bernthguitar Agreed, you're channel is amazing and after playing for 20+ years and having a break You have inspired me to play again and I am loving it

[@allboutthemojo]

@@Bernthguitar the exercise at 5 minutes into the video. The B string keeps ringing because the ring finger touches it slightly so as to a small pull off. Have tried to keep the fingers precise but am not able to figure out how to mute that string

[@johnblume4500]

I've been a Marketing Director for one of the largest companies in North America for 20 years, and I can tell you without a doubt that the most neglected market are those people who are in between the beginner level and mid-intermediate level. Most tutorials are either for absolute beginners or for advanced players, which leaves out those in between. Your tutorials are actually wonderful for this neglected segment - you're helping the "in-between" players advance to another level and that's great!

[@deanpaul8478]

While doing the 30 day alternate picking challenge you have managed to correct my picking technique which i didnt realise was that bad hahah. Now playing from the wrist instead of the arm. Love the content. Insel

[@nahidhsiddique]

I'm so lucky to find you in my beginner guitar playing stage :') Thanks a lot BERNTH for making effort to make wonderful videos like this.

[@themichaelalden]

I have gotten more value out of your videos in the nearly 40 years I have been playing than any other source. You're an exceptional teacher -- and your mastery of guitar speaks for itself. Many thanks :)

[@TerribleTalesUntold]

Hey man, thank you so much for everything. This entire gig you have must be an immense amount of work. As a striving guitarist, I am exceedingly grateful.

[@obama8187]

I love how much of a nice person you are, I dont think many people think about that but maybe I'm wrong. Anyways, as always, very very good job🤘

[@AlleGomesOficial]

This vídeo really describes me Bernith, begininng my guitar jorney! Everyday I found myself stuck at those INSEL of tecnique mistakes! Furtunatly I wake up for it and I agree with all you told here 🤘🤘🤘

[@RayBohtz]

The first exercises I can actually play. Never thought this would happen...next stop: Sweeping ;) Thanks for the amazing content. Rock On!

[@spencerharding5919]

Liked before watching , I love this channel and am serious for my guitar journey. Thank you so much.

[@Bernthguitar]

Thanks for the support Spencer, happy you're part of the community here! :)

[@spencerharding5919]

No thank you 🙏. I swear I feel like you made this video just for me and I can’t express my thanks as soon as I get a amp and an actual electric guitar my real guitar journey will begin, and will be even that much more committed. I been practicing everyday for 10-15 minutes, along entertaining my daughters and being a father. But man this channel is fire so thank you again!

[@ethanpederson]

Bernth, your videos are always super helpful for me.

[@krzysztofgoebiowski2958]

BERNTH great material and exercises! Thanks for this! Maybe a video, about how you make a drum sample? Perfect sound of toms and cymbals for me!

[@xxmusicmanxx135]

Great video! I personally am trying to unlearn my horrible straight arm right hand with my lesson teacher, and these exercises really helped make a connection for me.

[@fndrn8]

i played with a horrible picking hand for years until i really watched closely how my fav guitar gods picked. Your lesson def opened my eyes further to how bad i still play lol. Thanks!

[@broheal207]

Bernth.... Du hast lässige tipps. Zwar bin i kein metal fan, aber diese tipps san gold wert. De zeigt dir koa mensch.... Danke

[@lipittysplit8722]

Bernth your videos are awesome and I am no longer an arm picker thanks to these very simple but still fun exercises. I've become a completely different guitar player in 5 weeks just unlocking that wrist.

[@sofiashamanova7127]

Bernth, thank you for your videos. I started to play guitar from 13 years, but didn't feel any real progress in technic and speed, but after 2 days of watching your channel my playing became much more better! You're the great teacher! I watch you from Saint-Petersburg, and my english soooo bad ;(( but you explain very comprehensible😘🧠💫 shredding is my big dream, and with your lessons I know that it will be realised soon

[@alxrx]

Jedes mal wenn du ein Video hochlädst hab ich richtig Lust zu üben, danke dafür Bernth! 🙏✌

[@squidly2112]

I'm subscribed! .. and a Patreon !! .. because you are worth it Bernth! .. thanks so much for your AWESOME material. Now that I broke the sound barrier with one of your other exercises, it looks as though I need to back off and stay under the sound barrier at about 120bpm .. thanks man .. my wife will probably appreciate that too!

[@marcuseviltree6304]

Been playing for 25 yrs and im always picking up real usable tips here. Learn something new everyday

[@bedroomguitarist5396]

I love you Bernth! You’re the best guitar teacher I ever know!

[@phasln777]

Thank you so much Bernth for these extremely valuable lessons.. I started to play your lessons and seeing my improvement a lot.. Thanks again..from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 🙏

[@Bernthguitar]

Thanks for sharing this! Greetings to Sri Lanka :)

[@cluelesscosmos5410]

My only regret is not finding you sooner. I LOVE how you don't put others down for either not knowing or just ignoring basics. As someone who played drums for years and is now trying to expand my arsenal, your videos do a great job of teaching as well as explaining why the basics are helping you get better. Keep it up! You're doing great!

[@GuitarLover218]

Man the timing on the 3rd one is crazy! I loved these!

[@vayne92]

These are fantastic exercises. Even as an intermediate player it's an incredible warmup. Will definitely try playing these exercises for 5-10mins before my regular practice begins!!

[@rasmadrak]

It's like I've been on an insel of ignorance all these years, since every week you discover things I didn't know I was guilty of until you pointed them out. :'D Definitely going to add these to my daily routine. \m/ ( Haha, that outro! )

[@DoppeD]

Who are you, mystery man?

[@Behemoth138]

Great stuff as always, Bernth

[@Bernthguitar]

Thanks David, happy this is helpful!

[@blZjNnY333]

Anybody have a recommendation for a ‘sticky’ guitar neck. Thank you for the informational videos bro!

[@unityindiversity8750]

Bro! Ur awesome and amazing and the way you help others it's mindblowing. U will achieve much more than everyone else in the history of music. This is my wish 4u as well as the Truth.

[@jamessorro4661]

The first time I saw this channel I was afraid because it was nominated in red and black. But after seeing it several times, it turns out that this channel is very good, sharing guitar knowledge and always updating. thanks Bernth. Good people with good channels too.

[@thenutells6893]

Awesome! All newborn guitar players from Brazil salute you!

[@nicolasforfant484]

> 60% not subscribed… Because they think that the channel deals only with what/who you look like, though it is completely wrong. I don’t care about shredding, but I landed several times on some of your videos where it was NOT about shredding, instead: smart and wise tutorials about guitar technique and music theory, applicable to any style. I still don’t care about shredding, but I subscribed. You are doing a GREAT job. Thanks.

[@adisGRANIT]

Your free videos really help me to know things faster , better , I'm a 39yo stuck player somewhere between intermediate and just need to get better cause i have wasted so many years learning ... I'm a click away from getting yours teaching seriously. Thx Bernth for All that You are doing .. 🤚from PL 🤟🔥

[@mrmartinbonsall]

Between this, the 30 day shred and sweep picking challenges, I now have a pretty full 1 hour daily routine for my guitar Insel!

[@RocketTrolley]

This is something I learned 10 years after I started playing. I switched to bluegrass and all acoustic and learning cross picking plus alternate picking -- it was impossible without economy and a loose wrist motion. Great examples here

[@anthonystark5412]

I think exercise #3 might be the answer to a technique problem with which I've been struggling for a while. Insel!

[@RyuJinsoku]

The tempo portion reminds me of that scene in metalocalypse when they tried to learn blues but couldn't slow down, so they had to hang cinder blocks on their hands lol

[@Bernthguitar]

😂😂

[@osvaldolowlands2504]

Como siempre tus contenidos son de gran ayuda y me han ayudado a mejorar como guitarrista, gracias Bernth 🤘🤘buena suerte!!

[@maryalferez4204]

Love you sir bernth, from the philippines!😊

[@bryscorpio]

Great stuff!!! I sometimes feel like I'm on an insel all by myself when I get into the patreon VIP group on Facebook. I need to get to work. everyone is sooo good lol Seriously so much info in there to learn from and it is easy to understand. Files for guitar pro as well..loving it!! I still suck, but its fun learning lol

[@papamurf7653]

INSEL!!🤘🤘🙏

[@elektromeister4938]

One Island, two guitars and amps and a teacher like you. Doesn't that sound like perfect holidays?? :)

[@caelenselke-minogue]

A song which has a good alternate picking part is Frakctured by King Crimson.

[@2gigahijau]

Again thank you Bernth...nowadays when you look talents in KZbin and started to feel sucked at playing, you make me wanna go practice and practice more with your great contents.

[@tonybodell8096]

This is really helping to join some of the missing jigsaw pieces together, thank you

[@gregfredericks351]

Really love your videos Bernth... I'm an older player, and should really be much better than I am - you're really helping me to identify where I've been going wrong for so many years! Thanks mate, legend... Greetings from Australia, we love our guitars down here as well... 😁

[@HOLD1]

Still watching! You Rock

[@jorgeguitar2540]

I love how the exercises sound like a song when they speed up!

[@matthieukabaradjian9297]

Bernth thank you so much to care about young beginners like me.. There is si much exercices in this channel I dont know where to begin. I home it will bring me one day to tour level. M'y goal is to make of it my work.

[@matthieukabaradjian9297]

*I Hope

[@matthieukabaradjian9297]

*There is so much.... Sorry Im french

[@matthieukabaradjian9297]

*your level

[@Bernthguitar]

You can do it!! Hope I can help on this journey 🙂

[@matthieukabaradjian9297]

@@Bernthguitar have a nice day and continue like this that's sick bro. Even if I cant do Everything I look anyway with plaisir and Dreams for future. Waiting forward for the next others. 💪🏻🖤

[@erikberg8352]

Great stuff! We can practice for years and still benefit from these lessons. And it reminds me that I need to keep practicing Cowboys From Hell.

[@MrLaffel]

I can't seem to wrap my head around the first exercise with the pm going on. This pm on, off, on, off is killing me :D

[@beddypk2778]

Thanks man, as a beginner these help a lot. Much love!

[@bdbeats7209]

The 2nd and 3rd exercise are great!

[@verdugoisme159]

This technique helped me a lot, and now I realize I always do shredding with bad movement. Thanks for the content

[@veranazarenko8514]

thank you so much Bernth. Been following your advice and doing your exercises for quite some time lately. It's been super helpful, incredible that you share all this! Cheers

[@Bernthguitar]

Happy to help, thanks for sharing this :)

[@aaronliquid6864]

Insel!!!🤘 thanks for another handy video man!

[@davidbrannon363]

Hey buddy just wanted to thank u for all the great in depth tools u give us I feel like u are pretty much a Insel to yourself when it comes to great practical workouts like this just wanted to thank u man

[@ianbruce9960]

Great lesson!

[@Bernthguitar]

Thanks for sharing :)

[@emounstron8585]

Done. Part of my journey since today. I always love your vídeos🤗, even when the exercises becomes a little bit hardlely...Harley...Harry..Henry.. challenging..jejeje. Big hug for you, you're great 😄

[@shredkelvin8228]

Sensei Bernth , thank you for this one

[@vinnynguyen2506]

Thanks a lot Bernth! I learned many stuff from you!

[@polarpigs_oficial8808]

Thank u for teach os a lot of important stuff to be much better guitarrist

[@AurielPhoenixArt]

Every video you do is awesome! Those exercizes are really helpful and I love that they are just as challenging to kick me into my zone of proximal learning every time but allow visible progress soon. That's very motivating for learners! Love that you include outtakes now too. (And now I'll go back to my little ISLAND and do my homework for your shred guitar course now. Still got to master those spiced up chords. 😂🤘)

[@CoffinZ12]

Love your videos berth keep up the good work man

[@labonnebrandon9019]

This is what I was looking since months

[@alywillie1033]

Thank you so much for all the effort you put in every single video. Everything is just so helpful 🤘💖

[@bullhunter45]

Thank you so much fr a wonderful lesson, as always! Costa Rica listening and learning!

[@ewljr]

Thanks so much for this video! On one of your recent videos this is exactly what I was asking about!!

[@Prohvostproduction]

Thank you Bernth! Your work motivate very much! You are amazing!

[@Benjamin-vx2ot]

Hey Bernth! Thanks for that awesome content! I hope you can help me out to understand one thing in the first lesson, how (and when) do you mute the string? Since you mentioned "Fretting hand muting"

[@iduncanw]

Awesome stuff as usual. Wish I was on a desert insel right about now as we’ve just gone into another lockdown. At least I have my guitar and your lessons to keep me entertained.

[@vinny2459]

You are an insel all unto yourself good sir

[@Jack0trades]

Thanks BERNTH - Awesome lesson once again! Just what I needed to practice alone on my INSEL! Now, I'd love to hear you say 'Squirrel'. Three times fast. ; )

[@dimitarmoonshadow5908]

I just started! Headed over to the Patreon!

[@thomasVA9707]

Great exercises...thanks man

[@thomasVA9707]

I actually suck badly as a guitarist for years now but it fkn never gets old and I always have fun

[@chaoticneutral1090]

Thanks Insel bernth, good practices!

[@MoreMeRecording]

I'm not a "shrredder" per se - having come from learning lots of RR, Schenker JP stuff way back when - I really think you do a great job and provide some great content. If I was a metal shredder, I'd prolly sign up. Cheers!

[@bizzy8507]

Sehr geil bist echt Klasse bitte mach so weiter konnte so viel von dir lernen auch wenn mein Englisch nicht so gut ist :)

[@wombozombo]

I worked on this one this morning emulating your picking technique and it went better than I expected \m/

[@Bernthguitar]

Thanks for sharing, happy to hear this :)

[@pepethebull1]

Great lesson love it

[@C.H.Adrian]

Thank you for the lessons. P.S love the Red Bull mini-fridge :D

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Seen a few videos. They were really good. Subbed

[@matthewhall7548]

INSEL!! awesome as usual...thx for all the tips👍👊

[@butterflywing61]

Super Important Lesson! Delivered!

[@zaitona1814]

Best channel and best excises. ❤️

[@forza5evc]

wowowo, the number 2 is very challenging as well :D

[@shauncrissc]

Thanks !!!!!!!

[@alexandregarciamachado8438]

Thank you man! Awesome lessons!

[@clockpin785]

Hey Bernth, I love the channel and youve gotten me back into guitar. Think you could do a video on the dissonant style from your 10 Styles of Metal video??

[@eatman6511]

Insel 🤔 sounds like an insult 🤣 like me trying to do some of these techniques 😭. Thank you for your expertise and sharing your knowledge. You help me greatly.

[@bernabeperez8280]

Thank you! Your class! it was greates! 3 exersise! Wonderful!

[@kingofkingsVAR]

Thanks as always Bernth 🤟🤟 INCEL!!! 🔥

[@caliman5547]

Kine man est eine insel !! There, my years in Deutschland finally paid off !!!

[@gangster4896]

I love your videos, man.

[@eric4741]

Spot on!

[@fernandostranogtr]

Great excercises!! Thanks Bernth!💪

[@marlusmazer9799]

You are amazing dude!

[@stevenwilde207]

Thank you Bernth, that was very useful!!