After 16 Years I Finally Discovered the Secrets to Playing Fast and Clean Guitar!

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Tom's Rockin Guitar

Tom's Rockin Guitar

Күн бұрын

I always wondered how some guitarists could play so fast and clean. It wasn't until I had this 5 minute guitar lesson that everything changed for me. For years I struggled with playing faster guitar. I'd put in tons of practice and get nowhere. It's as if I my speed hit a plateau. I was playing fast enough to play the big stage but I was feeling outclassed by many players. There was something they were doing that I was missing. Then I found it, the secret to fast and clean guitar playing. It's so backwards that I never expected this. This video shows you fast and clean techniques I've learned over many years of playing guitar professionally.
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@leskobrandon691
@leskobrandon691 9 ай бұрын
Bro...i love seeing a young man not only familiar with players like Hughie Thomason but incorporating their licks & style into your playing. The outlaws were unbelievable. GG&HT is a virtuoso's showpiece. The rhythm work is as impressive as the lead. I've run into many of the same roadblocks over the years. Im old enough to have seen the outlaws & skynyrd, with Stevie Gaines, live! Thanks brother. Took me down memory lane!!
@Red1Actual
@Red1Actual 8 ай бұрын
Steve Gaines was an absolute LEGEND. Gone far too soon... I've always never had the patience to learn licks slow. Just at speed and repeat until it's cleaned up, but I never thought about trying to play it even faster than at speed! Great lesson for us hybrid Saguto Golfers/Guitarists! Thanks, Tom!
@rgstargalaxy955
@rgstargalaxy955 9 ай бұрын
Great lesson my friend! Your way of genuinely talking to your audience is why people love your videos. I was really soaking in your teaching because of the vibe you put out. Amazing concepts- thank you for sharing.
@billymccoy782
@billymccoy782 9 ай бұрын
Your a natural born orator, teacher, and guitar player! Thank You for the videos, Your style really helps me. Hope You keep putting them out.
@doctorfloc
@doctorfloc 11 ай бұрын
May you be blessed with GREEN GRASS AND HIGH TIDES FOREVER
@witchfindergeneral13
@witchfindergeneral13 7 ай бұрын
I remember seeing a video of Shawn Lane and he said something similar. It’s been a long time since I watched the video so I could have some inaccuracies. I’m paraphrasing. He said he didn’t believe in starting slow and gradually getting faster because it trained your brain to play slow. He said play fast even if it’s sloppy and your hands and brain will catch up.
@in2livinit
@in2livinit 11 ай бұрын
Great Lesson Tom ! I know a little is a masterpiece of Steve's playing. You're 100% right, I play faster and more relaxed when I practice and let muscle memory take over. When I think about it too much, it becomes choppy, and stuff vs fluid.
@jebnc
@jebnc 11 ай бұрын
Thanks, that was a perfect lesson bro. It woke me up musicly. Your hard work is appreciated
@iadorasjourney
@iadorasjourney 10 ай бұрын
Bravo! Not everybody shares their process in developing guitar skills, but you do! Precious suggestions and tricks I'll definitely check to play smoother and faster. Thank you for your effort in explaining this!
@haraldmack2665
@haraldmack2665 10 ай бұрын
Best video I saw about playing fast in at least 16 years! Improved playing after practicing only 5 min at 200bpm. You really start feeling the inefficiencies of your right hand. Simple as that. Thanks for that! Liked and subscribed
@jfo3000
@jfo3000 9 ай бұрын
Great video. Truth is spoken here. I stumbled onto this as a teenager way back when none of this knowledge was available anywhere. Then Shawn Lane said he always played fast and worried about cleaning it up later. Ah! Confirmation from a legendary player! Yes, start fast with the intention to get clean, it will get clean per your intention. Another thing I would add is to observe the more conserved motion your hands make at high speed, no string hopping/changing pick angle and for the left hand replace almost all pull-offs with hammer ons. Then practice THESE motions at slower tempos to ingrain them. Youll find that hardly any sound comes out of the strings and be tempted to introduce more velocity be reverting to the larger motions allowed and required at slower tempos to obtain some volume. But do not revert! Stay with the fast tempo-minimalized motion techniques, but practicing at the slower tempos. This will help to burn them in and make them more consistent.
@stricknine8623
@stricknine8623 11 ай бұрын
Concentrate on relaxing and breathing. That was what helped me....One day, many years ago,..I realized when I was playing or attempting faster guitar licks and phrases,...I was holding my breath a lot...this creates tension and fatigue QUICK. Lots of players do this and do not realize it.
@midnightflyer7510
@midnightflyer7510 11 ай бұрын
Yup! That’s so funny! I found myself actually getting dizzy, LOL!
@Michael420-mh7dd
@Michael420-mh7dd 11 ай бұрын
I catch myself doing it
@stingylizard
@stingylizard 11 ай бұрын
Good stuff,Hombre. We really appreciate your efforts! Regarding the Southern pickers,I learned some valuable lessons from my only guitar instructor at age 16...he was very close to Bob Wills,the King Of Country Swing. It was late 1976,early 1977 and I wanted to learn Ted Nugent-style but he refused me and made me learn Green Onions,instead. Grrr. Thing is,after getting a copy of One More From The Road I played him T For Texas. That old feller came alive! He said Steve and Skynyrd were legit,he was surprised and happy. He said you gotta learn to swing in your leads,like Roy Clark! But mostly he taught me to enjoy learning and playing guitar. That ol feller would SO dig this channel. Salute,Don Tolle🥺
@jamesferris6131
@jamesferris6131 11 ай бұрын
I always knew L🐊S version of T for Texas was unique especially in R&R of the 70s, in that you didn't see slot bands tradin' off licks, maybe, Black Oak Arkansas, Foghat, Wishbone Ash. I'm glad to see more people remembering back to this special window of time and even revising that style , like Roger Daltrey sez, Long Live Rock!!! 🎶✌️🐾jf
@freeslave8824
@freeslave8824 11 ай бұрын
One of the best guitar lessons I've ever heard! Blessings my friend!
@jstro-hobbytech
@jstro-hobbytech 9 ай бұрын
This isn't a lesson. It's a mediocre player masterbating and completely missing the personal connection to the instrument. Good players are a dime a dozen. Even myself. I don't play for others, I play to calm the demons in my mind.
@lincoln_marriner
@lincoln_marriner 9 ай бұрын
Tom. Your golf vids are unreal. This is equally awesome. lol. Love it.
@xenophonkirby
@xenophonkirby 11 ай бұрын
You're absolutely right !
@ericbitzer5247
@ericbitzer5247 11 ай бұрын
My right hand has been really good from early on. I was lucky in that regard. Lynyrd Skynyrd is one of favorite bands. I remember the hours spending with the free bird tablature learning that solo.
@walkawayjoe
@walkawayjoe 11 ай бұрын
Great lesson dude . The light bulb moments are great . I had a old dude teach me i know a little and a bunch of other stuff as a young teen . That was about 90 or91 when i begged my parents for a knockoff strat at the guitar shop. That guy worked at the little shop We would go in the back and hed play all those Skynyrd boogie tunes. It's a good feeling when you start to figure stuff out eh . In Georgia about all you heard was southern rock music and I wanted to be like those great pickers . They sure could play fast. Keep it up buddy you got it
@sidewaysrain7609
@sidewaysrain7609 5 ай бұрын
BRAVO!
@bobjose5855
@bobjose5855 10 ай бұрын
This idea of just playing fast and not worrying about it being sloppy when you start completely makes sense. Thank you for showing how inefficient and differently your picking hand operates when slowing it down. I think that demonstrates why that method is ineffective. You still have to think about picking method in terms of angling the picking hand and things like that, but the details of the movement, the hand will just learn as you do it.
@CensorMeIDC
@CensorMeIDC 10 ай бұрын
You’re giving guitar lessons now?! Your golf videos have helped me and have been struggling with guitar speed my whole life so guess I’ll give this a shot too!
@dwightruffin9461
@dwightruffin9461 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the hint! This video is what I've needed. I had it backwards and this opened a brand new approach in my playing! Thank you, again! PS I loved your video on I need you by skynard.
@petemarron6677
@petemarron6677 10 ай бұрын
That's cool, I know a little. That song has been on my bucket list for over forty years. I gotta start playing more.
@shanejur
@shanejur 9 ай бұрын
I actually did this with SRV's Mary Had a Little Lamb solo. There is a triplet blast that I concentrated a month on and could not get it at speed. One day, I put it at tempo and I messed up.BUT, when I cut back a little, I was nailing it. I did that a couple days and then I was at tempo
@michaelcrenshaw4387
@michaelcrenshaw4387 11 ай бұрын
Good lesson. Outlaws, Molly Hatchet, Blackfoot and of course Skynyrd. The best guitar bands. Charlie Daniels was a pretty good picker as well.
@ericbitzer5247
@ericbitzer5247 11 ай бұрын
Southern Rock is the best!!
@jfo3000
@jfo3000 9 ай бұрын
Allmans and Marshall Tucker too!
@jeffro.
@jeffro. 11 ай бұрын
Tom, i enjoy watching you and listening to what you have to say. You remind me of myself at your age, same build, same mannerisms. BTW, i like your tie. I should tell you that I'm 67 years old, and i just restarted playing after 30+ years NOT playing. I started playing guitar when i was 17 or 18 and played for just over 10 years. There was no YT, no Internet. I played mostly what i learned by ear. That is, if i heard it, i could play it. I got damn good! I played some classical as well, and i had to learn ro read music for that, but I'm not that great at it. I had a nice acoustic, a classical guitar, an LP electric, and a 12-string acoustic. My hands were really strong, cuz i "worked for a living." If I'd known anyone in a band, i prolly would've played in a band, but since i didn't, i didn't. But ppl were always telling me i should. (By this time, i was in grad school (neuroscience & medicine), and that was my main focus.) Anyway, i didn't plan it, but i stopped one day, and didn't play again for more than 30 years. (LSS, I met my wife to be, and we went away for a hot weekend. I was going to serenade her, when i pulled out my guitar, she said, "I'm not really into guitar." That killed it. I should also tell you that many years later she informed me that she didn't mean to kill it, she just had other plans at that moment! She felt bad about it, and decades later, she encouraged me to start playing again. By this time, though, i no longer had my guitars, so i had to start over with everything. When i first started back playing, i had nerve impingement in my neck that affected my left hand. I finally got that fixed with surgery, and noticed improvement the very next morning, but i still couldn't play more than 1-1/2 to 2 minutes before my hand would cramp up. I couldn't even play enough to build calluses. I did hand exercises every day, but got nowhere. Finally, 7 months after my surgery, i was trying to play, and suddenly realized I'd been playing for 40 minutes. Wow! It finally "stuck!" Now that I've started back, I've been playing every day. I gotta say, I'm getting good again. Maybe even better than i was. But i need to play every day to keep my hands in shape. I mostly play acoustic to keep my hands strong, and because it's just easier. I keep my guitar on a stand, and i can just grab it and play. Anyway, I've noticed that i hardly ever think about my right hand. It's very relaxed, and I hold the pick very loosely. I can alternately pick easily, and just pick any way that i need, it works, including "hybrid" picking. I'm gonna try what you said. I've noticed lately that i started practicing scales for the first time a couple weeks ago, and after a few days i could pick much faster than i could before. So, I'll try practicing "I know a little." THAT SONG is one I've lusted over! I want to play it so bad! (Truthfully I'd forgotten about it until i saw this video, but it's been activated again, lol.) Keep up the excellent work, i mean FUN! 👍 👌 Take care, dude.
@00725817
@00725817 5 ай бұрын
Weeks ago i accidentally found this channel and found it very interesting, that there was differnt content than on most other channels. I like LS, Molly Hatchet, Allmans, etc a lot. I grew up with "one more for the road", "fillmore" and "flirtin..." . I i startetd visiting your channel more and more. Very different content and teaching style, very practical tips. With no PDFs or Backing tracks (incl. in Membership?), but speaking about your own ways, how you learn. "Start with speed" makes sense for me.... One question: i always wonder, if you are a fulltime guitar teacher/musician? Or do you play golf or are in a different business and guitar is just a hobby? And i love the underrated Variaxes...
@GoldSeals
@GoldSeals 11 ай бұрын
Great! Thank You!You play very well and clean.
@MrSDFD18
@MrSDFD18 11 ай бұрын
Good info. I’m not sure the, “learn it fast”method works for everyone. I know when I learn a lick, it’s more economical time wise for me to learn a lick slowly. By going slow, my left hand hits all the notes and provides a reference for my brain to know where each note is. By hitting each note precisely from the very beginning, it eliminates sour notes and bad habits. Unlearning bad habits is an added factor that holds back the progress of playing fast. Playing fast is accomplished by hybrid picking. No matter where your brain is, you still need to use more fingers to cover more notes. Trying to flat pick every note is ultimately limiting.
@solocam1962
@solocam1962 10 ай бұрын
Same concept as a bow hunter I practice at 60-70 yards. When a 20 yard shot is needed .. slam dunk, almost easy to do. Great idea with guitar practice.
@pennywise4843
@pennywise4843 10 ай бұрын
This is a fantastic video.
@theimaginactionfaction4707
@theimaginactionfaction4707 10 ай бұрын
Totally right on about just going for it. I’ve never actually heard anybody say that before, but it’s definitely how I learned to play faster. That and I used to like to sit and practice picking while I’d watch TV or listen to Keith Richards’ or Anthony Kiedis’ audiobooks. Keith said rock n roll is all in the right hand. I agree. It’s amazing what you can do while barely even using the left hand. In fact, now that I think about it, my best playing is done when I barely use either hand. Just sort of let other people’s music kinda bounce off it and pretend I’m doing something to contribute greatly. Anyway, I’d just practice picking fast and rhythmically either on open strings or while doing next to nothing with my left hand. And I’d try lots of different rhythms and try to get fast and clean and even, often playing megadeth riffs actually. And I would make tiny adjustments to my picking style and experiment. I did something similar to get faster and more even and cleaner with finger picking too. These things and just trying to play fast picking songs at full speed or faster are what worked for me. That and I always warm up by playing Led Zeppelin “Black Dog”, followed by “Heartbreaker”, and sometimes followed by “Livin’ Lovin’ Maid.” Black Dog is pretty much the perfect practice and warmup song. And no, “next to nothing” is not a euphemism or pet name for anybody. Or any thing. Damnit, now I have a mental image of me wearing a gray ball cap that has a drawing that appears to show the inside of my head with only the words “nothing” in an otherwise empty cranial cavity. And also I’m wearing a gray, hooded sweatshirt with the words “I’m with Next to Nothing” printed on it. Situated front and center beneath the words is an arrow pointing down. (I didn’t say “Simon says.”) And now I have a mental image of me just wearing a gray ball cap. But sadly I cannot describe it, because I don’t even understand what I’m looking at here. You’re weird. What, I’m not the one reading it!
@mikereynolds3294
@mikereynolds3294 11 ай бұрын
Green Grass opening lick. Love it.
@skot373
@skot373 9 ай бұрын
Thats a nice Hartley Peavey series guitar. Own one for a few months about 10 years ago.
@badenhill1487
@badenhill1487 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for that Tom .Just met you.I can tell A nutter when I see one. You're right, lets get it on, love it , I'm subscribing now. Cheerz .x
@johnmerrill4717
@johnmerrill4717 11 ай бұрын
Great lesson.
@bill74ish
@bill74ish 11 ай бұрын
Tom the golf guru shredding. Love it
@LivingInNorthGA
@LivingInNorthGA 10 ай бұрын
I go from golf lessons to guitar lessons and here you are again. ✌️
@davidgerowmusicchannel
@davidgerowmusicchannel 9 ай бұрын
great lesson man, seriously. thanks a lot!
@Arsalan-Pervez
@Arsalan-Pervez 10 ай бұрын
By working on some techniques, especially, I actually messed up some of the things I was already capable of doing. And I now wonder what I was doing back then. I agree so much!!
@rhatid
@rhatid 10 ай бұрын
This is such a good video. Realising that the brain is a fundamental constraint and working out how to overcome that, by essentially just doing what you want and giving the brain time to adjust, is an amazing realisation. I had a similar realisation when it came to learning Chinese. I could approximate the sound using English sounds but when I tried to make Mandarin sounds by shaping the tongue and lips, it sounds rubbish at first but eventually the muscles, the ears and the brain catch up and the sounds become clearer and we can hear the subtleties of the sounds and the brain is behind it all as the mouth and ears do their thing. Great lesson. Doing slow and doing fast is not necessarily the same thing at different speed. What a great thing to realise! Nice one!
@tuanhuynh2493
@tuanhuynh2493 10 ай бұрын
GREAT, GREAT, Thanks
@Sm0kn
@Sm0kn 11 ай бұрын
Truthfully Spoken👻 Yay Huey👏 Every plateau in playing is like being reborn 🛤️
@NotBenCoultry
@NotBenCoultry 10 ай бұрын
Starting at speed: I discovered the same thing working with piano, then if you can nail the passage at speed 4 times it feels to me almost like the neurons talk to each other to say "yeah we can do this thing." I literally feel a subtle wave of energy hit my hands, pretty sure because of the functions synapses perform it's new information being written into the nervous system. I gained what must be 5 years of speed and dexterity in a month that way and figured out a 4 step process to be used at each bpm plateau using the Hanon piano course "virtuoso pianist in 64 exercises" from 1903. It's definitely about finding the speed before finding the precision, then once you know you can move that fast you tune it.
@petercino6972
@petercino6972 9 ай бұрын
as a Bass player with my practice I have discovered i need to ignore 'where' my left hand is. When I have to jump 5ths or 4ths or even Maj 3rds on a single string I stop reading the notation and try to find my hand. It never works. Of course I am always trying to play at speed, I would imagine I would still use a bpm phase as you mentioned when the parts become more difiicult. I am rethinking this and when I am learning the new part I do it at "My" Speed and have never tried phasing or working up. I guess I lucked out on that approach to practicing
@giocowie8009
@giocowie8009 11 ай бұрын
Your guitar lessons are as good as your golf lessons! I stumbled upon this video and recognized your face and thought to myself…….WHAT?
@allyourmoney
@allyourmoney 9 ай бұрын
I think I inadvertently used a metronome when I practiced scales & jammed to tapes & the radio. That timing tool was always there & you just had to catch up to it. Or slow down for it. But I guess your fingers just take over & you naturally learn about melody & harmony when you solo over random music.
@eugenejoseph7076
@eugenejoseph7076 10 ай бұрын
I'm never convinced why learning to play 'fast' is the goal of every younger guitar player. Its not a race! I've been playing guitar for 50 years and undoubtedly I could be better. When I started playing I also wanted to be fast!! But as I grew older and a little wiser (don't ask my sweetie about that, she would disagree ;) Anyway, what I realized was the reason I wanted to play fast was to build up my ego and not really feeling the gift of music I was given. Now, at 65 I play for my friends during a bible study, a dinner party, for my honey and see the smile on their faces when I play one of their favorite songs. Music is something you give to others from your heart. It is not a platform to show off YOU!!
@ChristianoSts
@ChristianoSts 10 ай бұрын
Actually I think that many great songs have solos that are played at really challenging tempos, like stairway to heaven solo is a bit hard to me, and it's about 94 bpm which many say it's not fast
@AndySalinger33
@AndySalinger33 10 ай бұрын
Amen to that. Never understood the point of playing fast. It’s a pursuit of the ego. And contrary to what music is about.
@yak9147
@yak9147 10 ай бұрын
I agree with your comments , only for me its about seeking the satisfaction of overcoming a very formidable and frustrating , challenge.
@giuseppezambotti8576
@giuseppezambotti8576 10 ай бұрын
Because it's cool and people who can't just disagree.
@onemancarnage
@onemancarnage 10 ай бұрын
Not to mention, just about any arpeggio or run sounds better , slower . You can hear the melody .
@daverobinson2157
@daverobinson2157 9 ай бұрын
Dude great video thank you 👍
@peteolinski7471
@peteolinski7471 11 ай бұрын
Awesome Video! So glad I found someone that loves that Skynard sound!
@petercino6972
@petercino6972 9 ай бұрын
Green Grass and High Tides is a rockin tune, Tom.
@petercino6972
@petercino6972 9 ай бұрын
Castles of old stone and glory
@deddiev1718
@deddiev1718 10 ай бұрын
Love the southern rock licks
@kennyg63
@kennyg63 11 ай бұрын
Guitar version of over speed training used in golf. Using the metronome as you described. Not enough time to practice golf and guitar. Lol😂
@chronicinsomnia
@chronicinsomnia 11 ай бұрын
If you keep most of your weight on the neck side. Don't shift and lift.😂 Seriously though, you are a terrific teacher. I use a lot of economy picking in my playing. I highly recommend listening to players who are way faster than yourself and improvising over their lines. Not learning their licks but mimicking the phrasing. Over time, learn the actual notes, but you will already have learned the timing. That instills confidence.
@randallhaney7909
@randallhaney7909 10 ай бұрын
Makes Sense.. Thanks Boss,
@raywalters243
@raywalters243 11 ай бұрын
Thanks Tom, I've followed you for years my friend. 👍🏻
@frankortega4280
@frankortega4280 11 ай бұрын
Love the Outlaws licks you played there. Awesome playing as always Tom.
@demej00
@demej00 11 ай бұрын
Opposite of what everyone else is saying who say to play it slow first and build up speed but it makes sense.
@BDarOZ
@BDarOZ 10 ай бұрын
makes sense until you try and compare the results with the ones you get by practicing properly. starting slow will get you there faster and actually playing cleanly.
@demej00
@demej00 10 ай бұрын
@@BDarOZ I just do both now.
@keithrheault5110
@keithrheault5110 11 ай бұрын
Looks like a young Tom Hanks .awesome player.
@billyshane3804
@billyshane3804 11 ай бұрын
Right On Brother 👍
@Joey.Darkwoods-Studio
@Joey.Darkwoods-Studio 11 ай бұрын
great vid Tom! And that Peavey hp signature is killer!
@RJ-lf8ex
@RJ-lf8ex 10 ай бұрын
It finally came to me. Took me a week but I swear I've seen you before. Now I know. Danny Noonan in Caddyshack
@firedup2000
@firedup2000 10 ай бұрын
Did Troy Grady advocate actually practicing (not just trying it out for a few reps) whole phrases or licks at target speed, or practicing just one note at target speed?
@frankscutari9516
@frankscutari9516 10 ай бұрын
I think you might be related to Mycroft and Sherlock. Your skills of observation are incredible! LOL, great job.
@guitarman430
@guitarman430 10 ай бұрын
Tom great lesson on right picking techniques! What brand and model is your guitar? I like the look of its proportions.
@caseysniper308
@caseysniper308 11 ай бұрын
thanks i love playing green grass too great song and great band
@JamesRebeccaKSTeamVenturesLLC
@JamesRebeccaKSTeamVenturesLLC 7 ай бұрын
I really like your guitar. What brand of guitar are you using?
@strugglingguitarist
@strugglingguitarist 11 ай бұрын
Tom you have probably answered this a thousand times but did you and a lot of other youtubers change you're channel name because of copyright issues, just curious
@stephenkrus
@stephenkrus 10 ай бұрын
Oh.... Jazz Guitarist👑are insane virtuoso shred maestros!
@jfmax2000
@jfmax2000 11 ай бұрын
Killer Stuff Bro.. And Great Instructional/Advice/Pointer Video Upload ☺☺😎👊💯
@MyGuitarDoctor
@MyGuitarDoctor 9 ай бұрын
you should look into shredding and combine it with your style. you can hold the pick more efficiently to get max speed.
@sseltrek1a2b
@sseltrek1a2b 10 ай бұрын
good vid...playing fast has at least one major component: "relax"...the more you tense up, the harder it is...lighter touch on the strings also makes a world of difference...(Pat Metheny confirms this...)...
@christopherberry8519
@christopherberry8519 10 ай бұрын
Troy Grady / Cracking the code has all this mastered - makes your alternate picking look like it's from the last century... The key besides pick slanting - you're hinting on - you don't need to pick at speed to remove the biggest 6 inches in guitar from your brain - you need to ingrain the complicated into the subconscious, which you can do at a slower speed and learn faster, cleaner - just switch your noggin off!
@cmonster67
@cmonster67 9 ай бұрын
🤔 Interesting....I'm going to see if I can get these concepts to work with a bass.
@paulyguitary7651
@paulyguitary7651 9 ай бұрын
Those thumbtacks in the wall had me rubbing my screen 😂😂
@stephenkrus
@stephenkrus 10 ай бұрын
Tom-my dude is a #ShredMaestro👑😎 Very counter-intuitiveAF! 💎✨👌
@doctorg2571
@doctorg2571 10 ай бұрын
😂 Brilliantly entertaining. I laughed so much mide sides are splitting. 17 minute video to make one point: ‘Start fast’. However, (I assume inadvertently because I believe he was genuine) showing us how forcing himself to play fast also forced him to undo a lot of bad technique which you just can’t get away with at speed. For example, to be able to play fast, you need to practise and become fluent in your scale work and transitions, you need to learn how to minimise the distances your hands have to move, you need good pick technique, both hands have to be coordinated, you need to feel it not overthink it, etc. With all these things, learning slowly and building up speed will give you greater control over your playing, but it was fun to see this way of breaking through barriers caused by years of poor technique. Its great to see when a guitarist breaks through a personal barrier - however vthey manage it. P.s. Loving the cool threads, Man! With that tie and hairdo you are unique amongst shredders 🎉😅
@davesims7917
@davesims7917 10 ай бұрын
Kirk Cameron really rocks!!!
@frankdardano3182
@frankdardano3182 10 ай бұрын
This is mostly muscle memory,and relaxing the mind. Like another comment I don't understand the quest for speed. Like guns where shot placement is key,it's not how fast,repeating scales.the most important thing is phrasing, and being creative!
@pcv262
@pcv262 10 ай бұрын
Are you the same guy from Saguto Golf channel?
@tumbleweedtumbleweed
@tumbleweedtumbleweed 10 ай бұрын
When you start slow it’s pretty easy to employ techniques that simply don’t work at speed. When you start fast there’s no choice but to employ proper mechanics. Best bet is to have as many tricks up your sleeve as possible and know which one will work best in a given situation.
@ScottPerratti
@ScottPerratti 11 ай бұрын
‘Hi just found your channel. Wow. What a great player. You’re playing everything I wanna and do play! Please do some lessons on these songs , ‘ I wanna know how to play these solos. ‘❤Dreams” Molly H. ‘I know lil. ‘Green grass’
@amsterdamned6209
@amsterdamned6209 11 ай бұрын
Even thrue uneven, on/off beat alternations. On the beat between the strings, off the beat outside the strings, syncopation.
@TarzanHedgepeth
@TarzanHedgepeth 11 ай бұрын
This is interesting.
@amsterdamned6209
@amsterdamned6209 11 ай бұрын
@@TarzanHedgepeth Arpeggiators sequensers, edm music, Oberheim Cyclone Greek music Bouzouki.
@TarzanHedgepeth
@TarzanHedgepeth 11 ай бұрын
@@amsterdamned6209 Bouzouki Banzai - there’s your band/brand name And Oberheim Cyclops… And I’ll completely lose my mind and throw R.P.G.ers out there… (aRPeGgiators)…
@johnCjr4671
@johnCjr4671 11 ай бұрын
Het Tom. I’m still in the late beginner stage and wanted to access some of your beginner stuff as a review and try to progress from there but not able to access beginner stuff through Utube ? Do I need to become a member for that stuff ?
@DarkoP9.13
@DarkoP9.13 10 ай бұрын
Oz Noy , First class player
@mns8732
@mns8732 10 ай бұрын
Relaxation
@tonycoombes2281
@tonycoombes2281 11 ай бұрын
brilll lesson,,,,,,,iv got the same guitar ,had it from new ,,giged it lots stilll going ,,stilll plays well
@CBGypsy03
@CBGypsy03 11 ай бұрын
Which model is it ?? It's looks very nice
@tonycoombes2281
@tonycoombes2281 11 ай бұрын
hi ,bri lll vivs ,,,,,,, iv never seen this guitar ever on u tube ,,,im in uk ,,,i got in a shop new in romford essex england ,,,,,,im brittish ,,ha ha ,,any way its she same modle thy done one above this one and a cheeper one ,tigers eye ,,,,mid range,,one,,,that guitar fits my had like a cove ,,,,i tryeid lots at the shop and tat was that iv had lots ince and sold but kepted this one ,good to see one again being used,keep up the vids , @@CBGypsy03
@Ricky-Jones-1979
@Ricky-Jones-1979 9 ай бұрын
Great work, but I will add something else for you too add too your approach which will improve your playing even more!! Look at the way you pick & you will see that you are striking the strings with the pick really flat & little too zero pick tilt (forward & backwards tilting, which you should watch Troy Grady's you tube page!!) & when striking the strings, try with your pick striking the string with the edge rather than totally flat! This will make everything feel 100% smoother like a hot knife through butter!! I hope this helps you further!! Great work so far though!!!
@theroadrunners7703
@theroadrunners7703 9 ай бұрын
Are you Tom Saguto of SagutoGolf? So you are an amazing golfer as well? Wow.
@aminahmed2220
@aminahmed2220 11 ай бұрын
Awesome video have a good weekend ❤😊
@bdcava
@bdcava 11 ай бұрын
So the $64,000.00 question? Should we practice our golf swing at a faster tempo? (love your golf videos) . Btw I think Gaines may have played that intro with his fingers. It was easier for me than with a pick. Stay cool dude!
@PaulBradley-qi9ss
@PaulBradley-qi9ss 9 ай бұрын
Switch to.disc golf.😊
@mikesinger4154
@mikesinger4154 11 ай бұрын
Nice Peavey!
@tonesmith7972
@tonesmith7972 9 ай бұрын
I should have known this golf guru is a badass guitar player
@kieahn7588
@kieahn7588 11 ай бұрын
dude! you teach guitar too? love your stuff man
@jankypox
@jankypox 10 ай бұрын
I recently had a similar breakthrough, after more than 20 years of playing on and off. I’ve called it my “Yoda moment”. Where I don’t try. I do! Me: I’m going to try Muse’s Stockholm Syndrome… Yoda: Do. Or do not. There is not try.
@JDCUSA
@JDCUSA 10 ай бұрын
Have you ever played in a cow punk band? You have the perfect look. Grow your hair on top more and style it up with more volume and slick back the sides wear those old gentlemen cowboy suits like Unknown Hinson but you would look so cool and not weird like him. You are a talented guitarist. Listen to Jason and the Scorchers “White Lies”, “When the Angels Cry” “19th Nervous Breakdown” for inspiration. You can do it and do it successfully I believe. Cow punk is a cool genre in which very few bands have been able to perform successfully.
@aleksik4028
@aleksik4028 10 ай бұрын
What I've thought some times. You dont learn to run by walking forever. Of course you need to know how to walk before you can run. The hand movements are different when playing "fast" and needs strenght only gained by playing faster than you actually quite can.
@jimbinger
@jimbinger 10 ай бұрын
Do your speed development secrets work in developing clubhead speed?
@Steve-si8hx
@Steve-si8hx 11 ай бұрын
It's definitely much harder to play mid upper tempo speed like with bluegrass, because they're right where the string hopping happens that you're speaking of.
@wyattearpp9540
@wyattearpp9540 11 ай бұрын
I'm sure Steve was influenced by Alvin Lee's " I'm Going Home" intro. Listen to it again.
@wyattearpp9540
@wyattearpp9540 11 ай бұрын
The triplets sound like Flirtin With Disaster....😊
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