Best 5-Minute LEGATO WORKOUT! (For Intermediate Players)

[@Bernthguitar]

Share today's practice results below! ⬇️ My brand new 30 day legato online course is finally available here: www.patreon.com/bernth 🤘

[@Lesmore187]

I like how around 110 BPM and above it looks like time can't keep up with your finger's on the video😂

[@sultanmamat7661]

I think imo your legato lesson series would be perfect if you explain and demo to students about what is 'half-roll' and 'full-roll' legato.. so they would know/understand the technique alot better. Just my suggestion/opinion. Anyway great legato lesson though! Thanks Bernth!😎😊🎸🤘🤘🤘Hails and salutes from Singapore!

[@jasonday8334]

Saturday May 13th 2023 120 and climbing clocked 150bpm

[@lawyerlawyer1215]

Pre disclaimer- been playing for 17 years , I’m currently 28 , but always self taught, many of this “techniques” I notice that I’ve been sort of applying and or developing them instinctively in some sort of way here and there , when composing solos or learning covers. Even tho I have never studied guitar in the way of : doing exercises. I do have been playing around 4 hours a day for the last 17 years And up to 7 hours a day on gigs season , wich here in Spain is from June to October. My progres here was: 1st day: up to 100bpm 2nd day: same 3rd day: 110bpm 4th and 5th day also 110 6th day a solid 120 7th day , surprisingly 130 8th ,9th,10th day stuck at 130 too 11th day , a quite chunky 140 12th day a clean 140 Stayed there for 6 more days trying to jump to 150 18th day , a very dirty , but all the notes played 150 19th day similar 20th day very acceptable 150 21th day same 22th clean 150 6 days trying it on 5 different scales at 130 And rehearsing this same one at 150 Day 28 , i can play 6 different scales at 140 and this one at 150 , all across the guitar. Day 29 same Day 30 got the other ones up to 150 , but a few of them need some cleaning up. Day 31 just a little improvement Day 32 got them all clean Day 33 trying to use this techinique improvising over backing tracks , while recording me. Ray 34: it’s amazing to hear the recordings and think it is me , but they need cleansing up. Using it with taste is very different from scale up scale down 35,36,37 similar. Day 38. I’m playing some pretty fast 150bpm legato solos while improvising , and it sounds clean , precise and smooth. I’ll keep practicing, but I consider skill aquired. -to all the guitarist out there , that have been playing for many years , self taught , and get depressed with , all this children , playing this techniques , like fats legato , sweep picking, hybrid picking , and make you think “you wasted so much time being lazy not practicing “ Not true , you have spent thousands of hours learning how to write tasteful music in the guitar , finding your sound , gaining experience , learning to play with other musicians , acquiring taste. But also developing a lot of strength in your hands , after so many years of playing. It took me a bit over. A month to learn how to play legato at 150bpm (because it’s doubled , the real speed you are playing blacks at is 300) Do you think a young guitar student , with 1 year of experience can achieve a 150bpm clean legato , in many different scales , all across the guitar neck , in just a little over a month? Nope , his fingers and his wrist will hurt after each 10 minutes of practice Go for it you older guitarists. They’ve got nothing on us!

[@Rennyyl]

Everything you said is so try, and inspiring

[@jocastello7]

Good statement, it is hard to find motivation when you've been self taught most of your life and get stuck at a certain point. I think Berth is a real good teacher when comes about breaking through this condition. I also tried this class and my results are very similar, i am not 100% satisfied with almost 200bpm playing triplets (wich is the fastest i can go playing almost full clear with high distortion when im completely warmed up. I am not capable of just grabbing the guitar and hitting this speed), but this improved hugely my left hand motion. Consistency is everything even if you can practice only 1 or 2 hours daily. Do it with honesty and dedication and we'll get there :)

[@guitartuber]

Really appreciate this comment. I’m self-taught and playing on/off (mostly on) for 20 years. Never learned to shred, still play pretty slow, and only recently decided to give in and start working on speed drills with a metronome. Eager to give this a go and see how many of my wasted years will actually pay off 😀

[@clubpaloma9127]

bro, you are an absolute frickin humanoid. Rspect

[@FrankyFeedler]

Wow. The empathy and perspective in that statement really triggered me in a good way. So many online "teachers" make it seem like you wasted your entire life not following their structured courses while in reality, you've been developing your skills every time you picked up the guitar. Bernth's stuff helps take it to the next level and I love how Bernth also showed himself applying more and more structure over the years. It's the reality of how you develop yourself over time. You wouldn't even be doing this exercise if you hadn't played quite a bit already.

[@dikaiosd583]

Day 1: 60bpm Day 2: 70bpm Day 3: 80bpm Day 4: 80 bpm Day 5: 90 bpm Day 6: 90 bpm Day 7: 100bpm (pattern 1 only) Day 8: 100bpm (pattern 1 only) Day 9: 100bpm (both patterns)

[@ottopoika8525]

Thats some great progress, and just in 9 days!

[@dikaiosd583]

@@365daysgone Its been a while so im not quite sure, but about 10-15 minutes a day

[@dikaiosd583]

​@@365daysgone I dont know what to tell u bro, thats how long i was practising for. I practised with the slower tempos for 5 minutes and then tried to increase the speed for 10 minutes. The lick itself is short and quite easy so its not that hard to progress

[@mcshreddy7125]

Love this workout!! I've spent a lot of time with it. Here's something that really helped me: if you're stuck for a while at a certain level, it's probably the pull-offs. In this workout, you exercise hammer-ons and pull-offs equally, but most people find the pull-offs harder and more difficult to speed up. If that's you (it was me), then you might want to dedicate more practice time to just the pull-offs. Try this: set a metronome to just below the speed you are stuck at, and *only* practice the pull-off run from the exercise, over and over. Do this for five minutes, gradually pushing the speed up. Then come back to the video. Doing this really helped me break through plateaus.

[@JarrettMackinnon]

Thanks for that.thats the part that's hard for me.i will do this for next few days

[@urdanoff123]

Bit late to the party here! Day 1: couldn't get 30bpm, fixed thumb position Day 2: 30bpm, 40 but really struggled Day 3: 50bpm Day 4: 60bpm Day 5: 60bpm clean, fumbled through 70. Never been a legato player by any stretch of the imagination, but this is totally helping so far!

[@isaacharp8020]

doubled your speed in 5 days nice work

[@liamartinproductions]

Day 1: 140 bpm (Stopped playing guitars for 5 years) Day 1700: 30 bpm

[@Mateo_Romero]

110bpm was the limit to my comfort, barely made it to 120bpm, great exercise, you can feel the burn

[@ApacheX11]

This is a bit late to your comment but for your next exercise in trying for speed (for example 160) try half time then double it. Its a way of working towards a higher bpm while engraining that muscle memory at the same time

[@FrankyFeedler]

@@ApacheX11 It's never too late. Always share hints!! I just started, day two, 110bmp, now reading this, so I will try your hint. Thanks!

[@3dohd]

*bern

[@KFXG]

​@@3dohdI see what you did there

[@cpol4391]

Bet you didn’t

[@AndyFwler]

60 BPM - 18/5/2024 70 BPM - 21/5/2024 80 BPM - 23/5/2024 90 BPM - 25/5/2024 100 BPM - 4/6/2024

[@thomasberserk9889]

day 1: 50 (barely 60) day 2: 70 (almost 80) (yeah, worked out 3 hours tday) day 3: 80 clean MONTH 10: 110bpm clean. Can't thank bernth enough, this with other workouts as complements improved my skills a looot, can now shred solos I never thought I could. My guitar level is skyrocketing since I decided to work my guitar for real.

[@dpeters3398]

Wow, I have been doing your 5 minute workout videos for only 3 days and I can actually see observable improvement! It has been so long since I could actually see myself improving, thank you Bernth, this is helping my guitar playing a lot!

[@justsomeguy727]

As someone who stopped playing for 5yrs due to life stuff getting in the way I'm VERY happy to have found your channel recently now that I wanna pick up where I left off on my guitar journey. Now your workout videos have become a regular part of my daily routines and I genuinely couldn't not be any more grateful for all the hard work you put into making these for us. Keep up the amazing videos man ❤️

[@shhivanshh]

Day 1: 19/03/2024 9:25AM - 9:43 AM can play up to 40 bpm, tried up to 50 bpm. Day 2: 20/03/2024 9:00 PM - 9:20 PM can play up to 50 bpm, hammer ons at 60 bpm but not pull offs Day 3: 21/03/2024 10:57 PM - 11:12 PM can play up to 50 bpm, pull offs at 60 bpm triplets are difficult, otherwise I can play up to 60 bpm Day 4: 22/03/2024 3:55 PM - 4:05 PM same as yesterday Day 5: 23/03/2024 5:43 PM - 5:54 PM reached up to 70 bpm but cannot do pull offs at triplets. Day 6: 25/03/2024 12:05 AM - 12:21 AM reached up to 70 but can play only hammer ons and can play hammer ons at 80 bpm but not in triplets. Day 7: 25/03/2024 1:56 PM - 2:11 PM same as yesterday. Day 8: 26/03/2024 8:27 PM - 8: 45 PM with metronome - facing difficulty in pull offs, can play comfortably up to 50 bpm, 60 is difficult with pull offs Day 9: 27/03/2024 6:59 PM - 7:13 PM with metronome, can play up to 60 bpm, 70 hammers ons, pull offs are difficult. Day 10: 28/03/2024 10:23 PM - 10:34 PM - can play up to 50 comfortably, difficulty in pulling off from 60 bpm. Day 11: 29/03/2024 10:14 PM to 10:39 PM - up to 60 bpm, hammer ons at 70 but not pull offs. Day 12: 31/03/2024 3:10 AM to 3:22 AM - up to 70 bpm comfortably but not proficient at 70 bpm triplets. Day 13: 31/03/2024 4:45 PM to 4:55 PM - up to 80 bpm but not comfortable in triplets. Day 14: 01/04/2024 10:00 PM to 10:12 PM - up to 70 bpm Day 15: 03/04/2024 02:15 AM to 02:22 AM - up to 70 bpm Day 16: 03/04/2024 11:54 PM to 12:19 AM - practiced with metronome, up to 75 bpm comfortably 100% control Day 17: 04/04/2024 11:44 PM to 12:05 AM - practiced with metronome, up to 75 bpm 90% control Day 18: 05/04/2024 11:30 AM to 11:47 AM - same as yesterday up to 80 bpm, pull off triplets at 80 bpm are a bit difficult Day 19: 06/04/2024 04:53 PM to 05:11 PM - up to 80 bpm, triplet pull offs after 70 bpm are difficult Day 20: 07/04/2024 DID NOT PRACTICE Day 21: 08/04/2024 11:33 PM to 11:49 PM - up to 80 bpm, triplet pull offs over 70 bpm are difficult Day 22: 09/04/2024 09:10 PM to 09:30 PM - up to 80 bpm Day 23: 10/04/2024 4:20 PM to 4:28 PM - up to 80 bpm acoustic guitar Day 24: 11/04/2024 10:35 PM to 10:39 PM - up to 80 bpm acoustic guitar Day 25: 12/04/2024 11:35 PM to 11:40 PM same as yesterday 13/04/2024 DID NOT PRACTICE Day 26: 14/04/2024 11:05 PM to 11:13 PM up to 90 bpm without triplets on acoustic Day 27: 15/04/2024 10:38 PM to 10:43 PM up to 90 bpm with triplets on electric Day 28: 16/04/2024 11:42 PM to 11:47 PM up to 90 bpm without triplets electric 17/04/2024 DID NOT PRACTICE Day 29: 18/04/2024 11:16 PM to 11:23 PM up to 90 bpm without triplets electric Day 30: 19/04/2024 11: 58 PM to 12:03 PM up to 80 bpm electric 20/04/2024 DID NOT PRACTICE Day 31: 21/04/2024 11:30 PM to 11:34 PM up to 80 bpm electrick Day 32: 22/04/2024 11:22 PM to 11:29 PM up to 80 bpm electric 23-24 DID NOT PRACTICE Day 33: 26/4/2024 12:18AM to 12:22 AM up to 90 bpm without triplets electric 20/05/2024 `10:42 PM to 10:46 PM up to 80 bpm

[@cxrmelo_]

I picked up my guitar after a few years of not playing or practicing and your videos had made me improve at a super fast rate! I appreciate every-single workout and lesson you post. I feel like I’m actually controlling my fingers like never before lol. I will be subbing on your patreon soon too! Lots of appreciation for the work you put!

[@cxrmelo_]

Also noticed you’re hybrid picking while ascending, will definitely practice that too

[@PrinzDerSchatten]

Guten Morgen, Lehrer. It's me again, sorry for not having introduced myself before. My full name is Bryan Stephen Wilhelm, I'm a vocalist, guitarist and composer indigo, who performs gothic, technical death and progressive metal and wishes a band since child. I do many other things but this is our space to play magic in guitar. 🎸🎶🌌🤘🏻 Your exercises to solve my dancing pinkie finger are working and now it's behaving better! Can't wait to be really fast! ⚡ Greetings from Costa Rica... although I'm German-Costa Rican hihihi. 🇩🇪+🇨🇷

[@Malloch95]

Day 2, august 4th 90bpm Day 3, august 5th 100bpm Day4, august 6th 105bpm Day5, august 11th 110bpm Day 6, august 12th 115bpm sloppy Day 7, august 13th 115bpm Day 8, august 15th 115bpm Day 9, august 16th 120bpm sloppy Noticing from tapping on random things with my left fingers how much more strength there is on them now Day 10, august 17th 120bpm sloppy Day 11, august 18th 120bpm getting better Day 12, august 19th 120bpm Day 13, august 20th 120bpm Day 14, august 21th 120bpm Day 15, august 23th 120bpm Day 16, august 24th 120bpm Day 17, august 25th 120bpm Day 18, august 26th 125bpm Day 19, august 27th 125bpm Day 20, august 29th 125bpm Day 21, august 30th 125bpm Day 22, august 31th 130bpm Day 23, sept 1st 130bpm Day 24, sept 2nd 130bpm Day 25, sept 5th 120bpm Day 26, sept 6th 120bpm Day 27 sept 8th 130bpm Day 28 sept 9th 130bpm Day 29 sept 10th 130bpm Day 30! Sept 11th 130bpm

[@itskenivelnow8418]

I want to share my journey here, and i'll update it until im done, so i have this comment motivate me to keep it up!. I'm a 19yo guitarist i started with acoustic at June 2020 and i've got an electric like 6 months ago, before that i had no experience with electric guitar techniques like bendings or legato, as the time passed i've learned a little legato by covering my favorite songs and writing my own. I pick up the guitar every single day and play from 2-6 hours a day, but i don't have any strict practice routine, so this is my journey on this challenge: Day 1: 60bpm (comfortably) Day 2: 80bpm doing pretty good, 90bpm pushing it (pattern 1) Day 3: 80bpm getting more comfortable with it, still barely get to 90bpm Day 4: 80bpm, same as day 3, keeping the practice Haven't got much practice time, still picked up the guitar daily and played, i got really happy seeing that now i can apply legato to my normal playing without an effort, something i couldn't do before attempting this workout. Currently focusing at the technique and to get every note to ring with clarity and presence rather than increasing speed, really getting my hand to play with a good technique before speeding it up, need to relax my fretting hand a bit more. Very happy with the results so far :) Day 11: 90bpm

[@ravens01]

Enjoying these 30 day workouts uve been doing. Never seen myself improve so fast in my life lol.

[@alex-ellsworth]

Day 1 12/19: 100BPM Day 2 12/20: 110BPM Day 9 12/27: 120BPM - most of the time Day 11 x/28: 120BPM - a bit messy Day 12 x/30: Complete After days of practicing this one, I was able to pull off (no pun intended) with pull offs not sounding like bending. Took very focused practicing, but very happy to say I did it!

[@johnytrohde]

Day 1 (March 14) : 30bpm Day 2 (March 15) : 50bpm Day 3 (March 16) : 70bpm Day 4 (March 17) : 80bpm (pattern 1 only)

[@fierabrass7589]

Day 3: 30-07-21 made it fo 80 bpm 90 was unconfortable 100 unplayable, but 3 days ago I was stocked on 70 bpm, so it's a matter of time Thanks for the material bernth!!! \m/

[@francescoasuni8238]

two months ago i've almost completed the "4min shred challenge", for the next month I'll switch all my daily routine with other challenges from this amazing channel 26/03: 90 bpm 27/03: 100 bpm 28/03: 100 bpm 29/03: 100-110 bpm 30/03: 100-110 bpm 31/03: 110 bpm 01/04: 110 bpm 02/04: 110 bpm 03/04: skipped 04/04: 110-120 bpm 05/04: 110-120 bpm 06/04: skipped 07/04: 110-120 bpm 08/04: 110-120 bpm 09-10-11: skipped 12/04: 110-120 bpm 13/04: skipped 14/04: 110-120 bpm

[@sawsibrai7709]

3:40 day 1 : 50 bpm 4:19 day 2 : 60 bpm 4:50 70 bpm 5:18 5:42

[@jsoye]

This is a nice benchmark to use. I have been working on my legato every day for 3 weeks in a way that I think works for me, about 15-30 mins per day. Previously I was getting to 70bpm, today I got to 90. I find that very encouraging!

[@rushikeshnene7110]

Thank you so much for this video. As an intermediate who's avoided legato for so long, this is a perfect kickstarter. Been doing it everyday for 5 days now and my fretting hand is already cleaner than before

[@kunhankokeilen9068]

Background: Intermediate player who started to really learn lead techniques about half a year ago. Have used some guitar solo parts as legato practise but haven't done it consistently Day 1: 40 bpm, a bit sloppy but the worst part is guitar noise. thought I was already rid of that! Day 2: 50 bpm with less noise :) Day 3: 50 bpm Day 4: 50 bpm Day 5: 50 bpm still but more smooth Day 6: 50 bpm again... anyway, I think doing this everyday helps to not use too much force. I played one song with a simple legato riff that used to get my fingers tired but now it was a lot easier Day 7: 50 bpm Day 8: 50 bpm Day 9: 50 bpm. tried without the video only with a metronome and found the triplets quite tricky Day 10: 50 bpm, could almost do the next level Day 11: 50 bpm Day 12: 60 bpm 🥳 Day 13: 60 bpm. playing felt lighter and easier today than before, could almost do the next level ~a few days break~ Day 14: 60 bpm Day 15: 60 bpm Day 16: 60 bpm, can do the slow part of the next level Day 17: 60 bpm, stuck at this but sounds better Day 18: 60 bpm Day 19: 60 bpm Day 20: 60 bpm... I see improvement in technique again and quite close to nailing the next level Day 21: 60 bpm Day 22: 70 bpm 😺 Day 23: 70 bpm &first part of the next level Day 24: 70 bpm Day 25: 70 bpm Day 26: 70 bpm Day 27: 70 bpm Day 28: 70 bpm. still trying to make this level sound clean. I don't even feel like pushing the speed today. I'll save my fingers for the last 2 days just in case Day 29: 80 bpm 😼 managed the next level after taking it easy for a day Day 30: 80 bpm After 30 days: I'm very glad with the results! Not fast yet but for me there was a lot of progress. This has improved my legato playing a lot and just fretting hand in general. I'll now try to find a similar exercise with a different pattern because this was just what I needed. Thanks a lot!

[@Eric-vd7ne]

Love this exercise. I like playing along in C Major for the harmony as well as A Minor an octave higher. Lots of fun

[@kraig800i]

I'm not too sure how far I'm going to get but I appreciate this content being here. 1:42 I'm not sure if this is how I'm supposed to do it but I set a 10 minute timer and limited myself to those ten minutes since I clrealy needed to repeat the video, otherwise I could be here all day at this rate. Day 01; 50 BPM any faster and my notes were getting buzzy and slurred.

[@complicity99]

bro keep going, Rome wasn't built in a day

[@MikaelLV]

That clap at the beginning and "legato!" makes me pumped every time. Legato is my weakest lead technique and for the past week or so I have used this exercise and I can really feel the improvement already. From being stuck at around 70bpm I can now reach 100bpm convincingly and 110bpm with some sloppiness. My focus is now to reach 120bpm and after that play it as clean as possible. Thanks for this!

[@armanj4514]

any update

[@MikaelLV]

@@armanj4514 Sure. I'm doing this exercise three times a day. I'm reaching 120bpm every time and I notice I don't tire as easily anymore in my fretting hand. I play both exercises convincingly clean on 110bpm. I'm still not able to play it cleanly at 120, but I'm working on it. The results I've had in 3 weeks has been beyond expectations so I highly recommend this exercise.

[@MikaelLV]

My final update on this is that after about 4 and a half weeks I can play the exercise all the way through cleanly. I'm still keeping it in my daily warm up routine, but I can safely say that this exercise is legit and you see daily improvements.

[@twodogstar2565]

Been playing this workout for about a year on and off and I just barely made it to 120 bpm, playing most of the notes consistently and evenly, although my triplet pull-offs could use some more clarity and the last triplet section is still a bit too fast for my fingers. I was playing this exercise daily for over 3 weeks and I was stuck at 100-110bpm. After not practicing this for a couple months and then coming back to it, to my surprise, I could actually get most of 120bpm to sound clean. Weird how that works when you put something down for awhile then come back to it later your mind has a different perspective. Thank you for all that you do Bernth!

[@Stretch09]

As with others that I see who've been in the same camp as I am, I haven't truly played guitar in over two years due to life and health stuff getting in the way, and I've only just, JUST recently started back into it. I'm so thankful for all the videos and workout challenges that you create, because I would honestly be lost without them. In only a week my playing and techniques have dramatically improved from where it was before, just by following your exercise routines. Your videos are some of the absolute best I've seen through hours of scouring KZbin for exercise clips. Thank you so very much for all the hard work and dedication you put into making these, they are truly blessings! ✌️

[@CollinLongboards]

I started following along these videos over the weekend.. I’ve been inconsistently playing since the 8th grade and often discouraged. I’m 28 now.. Since I’ve started these videos I’ve leapt bounds that I’ve only dreamt of. Thank you!

[@nevarcruz4852]

way to showing how completely efficient a practice session can be!! You did alot of work in that small time!

[@DipankaraBuddhist]

There are guitarists who help you learn legatos. Then there is Bernth. You are such a help. Floored absolutely.

[@luciantoro13]

Day one: almost 80 bpm Day two: 80 bpm Day three: almost 90 bpm Day four: almost 90 bpm Day five: almost 90 bpm Day six: 90 bpm Day seven: 90 bpm Day eight: almost 100 bpm Day nine: almost 100 bpm

[@Relicit_]

Day 1: 30 BPM: Started sloppy, slowly starting to get it Day 2: 30 BPM: Good (Hand tends to cramp) 40 BPM: Good 50 BPM: Good 60 BPM: Good 70 BPM: Speed is making the descending part sloppy Day 3: 70 BPM: Good 80 BPM: Good 90 BPM: Sloppy Day 4: 90 BPM: Still sloppy Day 5: 90 BPM: Good 100 BPM: Sloppy Day 6: 100 BPM: Good 110 BPM: Barley squeaked by Day 7: 100 BPM July 16th I can breeze through this no problem Thanks Bernth

[@octomacsmcs5183]

Day 1: 80bpm Day 2: 80bpm Day 3: 90bpm Day 4: 90bpm Day 5: 90bpm Day 6: 100bpm (pat 1) Day 7: 100bpm ( pat 1) Current progress

[@thomasanderson8266]

October 21: 70 bpm (need to work on pull off technique with pinky) October 23: 70 bpm Ocotber 25: 80 bpm

[@scottreader7033]

This is fantastic. Seriousky considering the patreon, I don't normally shell out money to youtubers, but 3 days in i can feel the improvement daily.

[@vanlaatummusic]

I love it! Started playing guitar again after a 2 year break and using your 5 minute workout sessions to get fast again. Already at 110bmp again! :D You are the best!

[@chacaabbaylee768]

Its really cool to see how much that roll was always missed by me, finally broken down. As im sure many guitarist are seeing. Big speed unlocker to throw with my decent quarter century of exp

[@kcconnor2636]

30bpm is all I can muster right now, and I'm not content with the sustain/clarity of my notes as I descend the scale. I need to work on ensuring I have the upcoming note fretted before pulling off the prior one. Good drill! I'll keep with this and see if it improves over a week.

[@julianstbye3821]

Did you improve?

[@kcconnor2636]

@@julianstbye3821 Sorry I haven't posted! Been sick a few days this week. I'm struggling to keep up with 50bpm now, but have improved to do 30 and 40 cleanly. I'll keep working, it's a neat exercise.

[@kcconnor2636]

I'm able to do it at 50bpm now, struggling with 60. Haven't practiced enough for the last couple weeks, too many other distractions in life.

[@arslanyounas8367]

Day 1: couldn't even do 30bpm pull-offs were hard Day 2: getting easier to play at 30bpm Day 3: 40bpm Day 4: 50bpm Day 5: 60bpm Day 6: 70bpm Day 7: 80bpm Day 8: 90bpm Day 9: 90bpm Day 10: 90bpm Day 11: 100bpm Writing this down really shows the progress I made. Thanks Bernth

[@hoiachoi]

day 1: 60bpm day 2: 70bpm day 3: 60bpm day 4: 70bpm (hand felt dead in the end) day 5: 80bpm (kinda ugly) day 6 and 7: didn't play (not good..) day 8: 80bpm day 9: 80bpm day 10: 80bpm day 11: 80bpm day 12: 80bpm day 13: 70bpm (my fingernails were a bit long and it made it harder I guess) day 14: 70bpm (I think I cut my fingernails a bit too much..) day 15: 70bpm (I'm just getting worse lmao) day 16: 70bpm day 17: 70bpm day 18: 70bpm

[@FrozenFrost]

Day 1 - 18 June 2023- Just took time to learn the notes Day 2 - 30 bpm (I realized that ascending legato speed is good but not descending. So I can play ascending much faster than 40 bpm but I did not since, I want to increase speed of both at the same time. Day 3 - 50 BPM both patterns 20 June 2023 Day 5 - 60 BPM both patterns, 70 BPM attempted pattern 1 but not able to play descending properly 22 June 2023 Day 8 - 60 BPM both and 70 BPM pattern 1 only Day 9 - 70 BPM both patterns, 80 bpm pattern 1 (26 June 2023) Day 20 - 80 BPM both patterns (pattern 2 sloppy) 90 bpm only pattern 1 with ascending Day 36 - 90 bpm pattern 1 only. pattern 2 sloppy but can manage to do 100 bpm pattern 1 only Forgot the day but its 9 aug 2023 and I can do pattern 1 100 bpm

[@abhinabhnayak7431]

You are making me better and better every day in 🎸 Thank you so much ❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥

[@rotatingdriveline3466]

2021-07-29: Made it to 120 BPM today. It was sloppy as hell but I ended at the same time as BERNTH! One thing I've noticed is how he has mentioned in another video his pull-offs are very distinct and he has practiced them not hitting the neighboring string. It is very evident here and something I need to work on, too.

[@rotatingdriveline3466]

2021-08-02: Feeling pretty good, still at 120, getting less sloppy! Now I am not sure if I am getting better, or if the previous sweep and shred challenges were just that much harder, lol.

[@armanj4514]

@@rotatingdriveline3466 what about now

[@rotatingdriveline3466]

@@armanj4514 Had a kid, chops went to hell, lol! Will get back on the wagon eventually.

[@d8vxlium532]

Day 1: 50bmp Day 50: 100BPM almost clean. I havent been doing this consistently due to being sick and not focusing on guitar. But still some good improvements i think :)

[@custicles]

Yesterday I was stuck at 30, today I am stuck at 30, I’ve been playing 15 years and I keep telling myself to listen to you and try to unlearn all the bad habits I’ve picked up. I’m doing 30 better now though!

[@louiscyfer6944]

if you are stuck at 30, that means you have major issues with economy of movement, so you need other exercises first. this is why you need a teacher. bernth can't analyze your playing and give you the right stuff to correct your issues. get a teacher. once you get to a certain level, you can start doing some things on your own.

[@Iluvemos]

@@louiscyfer6944 he said he been playing for 15 years fuck was he doing😂

[@fuk671]

@@xertiasstrat8957 please help me ,ive been playing like 3years ,only know chord shape and scale but never know to use them

[@fuk671]

@@xertiasstrat8957 on legato do i have to alternate pick on change string or do i used the same up motion on moving up and down on down

[@fuk671]

@@xertiasstrat8957 sir that will be hard without picking on on consecutive string, i have tried your without the right hand is very hard to emitted sound only the freting hand and it sound faded on moving down

[@ronikinnunen298]

I have never been able to play those descending 3 notes per string legato patterns on the lower strings but this exercise finally made it "click" for me. Thanks a bunch!

[@cianharold6696]

Day 1, 90bpm just about, lose it on 100bpm Day 2, 100bpm, needs a bit more work but can be done, and 90 a lot more fluently. Will push for 110 over next few days Day 3, same as day 2 Day 4, managed to get to 100bpm fairly fluently, 110bpm max, will try to clean up Day 5, same as day 4 Day 6, 100bpm still good, pushed for both 110 and 120, but lost it, seems within my grasp though Day 7, Took a break cause holiday, litte rough, so hopefully only a few days to get back to where I was though, comfortable up till 90 though Day 8, I've lost a lot of motivation since holidays, been big gaps between practice, need to stay motivated, and get through each day as it comes, I'll improve so long as I stick to it, 100bpm really rough Day 9, !00bpm still rough, previous tempos more consistent now though at least Day 10, felt a lot more comfortable at 100, and kind of got 110bpm, pushed onto 120 even though I lost it to really push myself Day 11, same as day 10 Day 12, Feeling a little rough after going back to school, so a little hard, but did my best, 100bpm max for today

[@alejandroangeles8587]

1:49 30 bpm 2:38. 40 bpm 3:29 50. bpm 4:10. 60. bpm 4:44 5:14 5:37 5:59 6:19 6:36

[@rod_official6166]

Day 1: 40 bpm - 30 mins Day 2: 50bpm - 30 mins Day 4: 60bpm - 30 mins Day 10: 80bpm - 1 hour

[@BlackoutDjent]

day 1: 60-80BPM Day 2: 80-130bpm my fingertips are in shreds Very fun to exercise, my legato technique has finally clicked for me

[@lyxanite3745]

@@blee3621 Maybe they used a metronome and not the vid? Idk bro lmfaoo probably not

[@chasingtrailproductions3689]

Started 12/12/21 This is an awesome exercise, fun as well. I'm using the 5 min alternate picking workout and now combined with Legato exercise as part of my workouts. 70 first day, but was able to get to 90 today, and sloppy 100. Ill do it for a month straight . I'll post result after 30.

[@SamuelBravo]

How are you doing with the exercises? Have you improved a lot or a little?

[@chasingtrailproductions3689]

@@SamuelBravo I'm still doing the 5 min Alt picking syncro daily and the 5 min Legato. I am able to do 120BPM every note, and starting to hit some of 130. It really works , I am doing better on speed for a lot of licks. Its just gradual, so I guess measuring by month is good for me. Legato is really a good workout but stuck at 80 and can do a little bit of 90 but I get tripped up . Are you doing some of the workouts?

[@pedrolantyer]

Day 1 - January 24th - 60BPM Done Day 2 - January 25th - 70BPM (pattern 1) Day 3 - January 26th - 70BPM Day 4 - January 29th - 70BPM Day 5 - January 31st - 80BPM (pattern 1) Day 6 - February 1st - Can do 80BPM but it's a bit sloppy, will continue to work on it Days 7,8 & 9 - February 2nd/ 3rd/5th - did the exercise but forgot to comment speed:( Day 10 - 80BPM, still sloppy, hands are really tired

[@kylewuttunee6201]

April 19, 2022 100 BPM. Great legato lesson. Decided to really get back into guitar again. After my last band split last summer I’ve taken a break from strict practice and music but I am back and ready to learn and improve. Hopefully substantially in a short period of time.

[@phasln777]

Thanks a lot. Was awaiting for this. Your workouts significantly improved my playing.. 👍🙏

[@Bernthguitar]

Happy to help, I'll keep them coming :)

[@dresdenwarlock7978]

been doing this for a couple of days. I'm ALREADY seeing improvement. Started OK at 30 BPM, but now I'm getting through 50 BPM fairly decently! Fingers start tripping over eachother after that, but in time!

[@IndyRockStar]

1:47 30 BPM 2:52 40 BPM 3:39 50 BPM 4:17 60 BPM 4:49 70 BPM 5:15 80 BPM 5:42 90 BPM 6:03 100 BPM 6:22 110 BPM 6:40 120 BPM I made this list for my own practicing convenience.

[@שלמהשלייפר]

Hello Bernth, you are AMAZING! You are truly talented and generous hearted. I cant thank you enough. Playing since 1985, now I begin learning how to play. I appreciate all the effort you put into all of these great learning experiences. - from Israel.

[@peakaybeats2207]

31.07: 60BPM 01.08: 60BPM 02.08: 60BPM 03.08: 60BPM 04.08: 70BPM!! 05.08: 70BPM 06.08: 70BPM 07.08: 70BPM 08.08: 70BPM 09.08: 70BPM 10.08: realizing i did it with alternative picking the whole time. With Legato: Going up 100BPM, going down stuck at 50BPM :/ 11.08: 50BPM 12.08: 60BPM 13.08: 70BPM!!! 15.08: 60BPM 16.08: 70BPM, Almost 80!!! 17.08: 70BPM 18.08: 70BPM 18.08: 80BPM!!! 19.08: 80BPM 20.08: 80BPM almost90!! 21.08: 80BPM 22.08: 80BPM 23.08: 70BPM 24.08: 80BPM 25.08: 80BPM 26.08: 80BPM 27.08: 80BPM 28.08: 80BPM 29.08: 80BPM 31.08: 90BPM (finally!) 01.09: 90BPM 02.09: 90BPM 03.09: 90BPM 04.09: 90BPM 06.09: 80BPM 07.09: 90BPM 09.09: 90BPM

[@jasonallen8849]

Dude your whole program is awesome. I enjoy how your metronomes sound like your still at band practice when you’re working on technique and it’s so reliving that practice doesn’t feel like practice.

[@FrankyFeedler]

Day 1: 110bpm barely Day 2: 120 barely, 110 fairly clean Day 3 (revisiting after long time): 110 clean Day 4 jan 03: 120 fairly clean

[@darthkermit8365]

day2: 70 bpm day3: close to 80bpm day4:80 bpm day5: close to 90 day6: close to 90 day7-14: 4 day break, still close to 90 day 15: 90 day 18: stuck at 90 I was doing without hammerons or pull offs cz my gate was mostly muting the sound. I switched to another amp and started doing it w hammer ons/pull offs day19: almost 100 day20: almost 100 day21: barely 100 day 22; barely 100 day24: 110 (only pattern 1) day 25: close to 110 (pattern 2) Day 26: back to 100 (was on a 5 day vacation) day30: 110

[@fernandostranogtr]

I've been doing this every day along with the ones from the video "3 exercises I wish I knew...", loving them. Thanks Bernth!! 🎸

[@MrMitter]

Your lessons are high quality and realistic.. Thanks so much for putting these up :)

[@WorkingWeston]

October 24 - 80 BPM October 25 - 90 BPM October 30 - 100 BPM November 10 - wow 11 days went by quick. Falling apart at 110 BPM November 13 - Clean at 100 BPM, sloppy at 110 BPM November 18 - 110 BPM

[@GuCrivelini]

finally got to push it over 80bpm. hopefully next week i'll beat the 90bpm.moreover, the stretching and rushing has helped me so much not only developing my legato but every aspect of my technique. thank u so much for your content, Bernth

[@clubpaloma9127]

day one: 90 bpm day two; still 90bpm but a little cleaner day three: 100bpm day four: sourt of 110, but missed notes everyware and not clean at all day 5: same as day 4 day8: 100bpm day9 1000bpm day10: 110bpm wooooohoooooooooooooooooooooo day11: 120bpm(only pattern one) day 12: same as yesterday

[@bryansandreaperez1712]

Day 1 barely 30 bpm Day 2 getting good 30 bpm Day 3 finally getting clean 30 bpm Day 4 up to 50 pretty clean, and dirty first pattern in 60, no second Day 5 getting a cleaner 60 BPM both patterns

[@macharlow3148]

I was in the same boat. Practice the triplets at a comfortable bpm. Then turn the bpm to somewhere uncomfortable, then go back to the bpm u we’re working on and you’ll see improvement.

[@mrGregus]

i do this excercise everytime i practice, and my legato and overall feel and strength in left hand improved a lot! i can say 100bpm is comfortable for me, 110 is challenging and i messing it up often, 120 is my goal for this year :)

[@arinthium4018]

60 bpm 7.1.23 90 bpm 7.4.23 100 bpm slightly sloppy 7.12.23 110 bpm slightly sloppy 8.13.23 120 bpm 9.2.23

[@Upallnightagainandagain]

Thank you. One of the best instructions I’ve seen.

[@martingugerbauer1633]

25.11.2022 Day 1: 50 BPM Day 2: 60 BPM Day 3: 70 BPM Day 4: 80 BPM Day 5: 80 BPM Day 6: 90 BPM Day 7: 90 BPM Day 8: 100 - Pattern 1 Day 9: 100 Day 10: 110 - Pattern 1 Day 11: 110 - Pattern 1 Day 12: 110 - Pattern 1 Day 13: 110 - Pattern 1 Day 14: 110 - Pattern 1 Day 15: 110 - Pattern 1 Day 16: 110 - Pattern 1 Day 17: 110 - Pattern 1 Day 18: 110 - Pattern 1 Day 19: 110 - Pattern 1 Day 20: 110 Day 21: 110 Day 22: 110 Day 23: 110 Day 24: 120 - Pattern 1 Day 25: 120 - Pattern 1 Day 26: 120 - Pattern 1 Day 27: 120 - Pattern 1 Day 28: 120 - Pattern 1 Day 29: 120 - Pattern 1 Day 30: 120 - Pattern 1 - Pattern 2 getting better

[@timothymilsom1392]

Seeing progress! Started out struggling with 30BPM, now managing up to 50 4 or 5 practice sessions later! Going all the way up!

[@eselon5206]

Day 1: 60 bpm Day 2: 70 bpm Day 3: 70 bpm Day 4: 80 bpm

[@gravekeeperslair1808]

Day 1: 70 BPM Day 2: 70/80 BPM Day 3: 80 BPM Day 4: 80/90 BPM Day 5: 90 BPM Day 6: 90/100 BPM (Sloppy first part 110 BPM) Day 7: 90/100 BPM (Sloppy first part 120 BPM) Day 8: 100 BPM (Sloppy first part 120 BPM)

[@HimelHbkHimu]

Such an amazing workout this is! Thank you so much Bernth! I have started this exercise recently and started to see the difference on my playing! Thanks for being there and giving us these helpful exercises!

[@milisnothere]

day 1: 30 bpm, going down on hammer-ons is easy, but coming back up on pull-offs is hard, i barely make a sound on the triplets day2: 30 bpm, still struggling with the pull-offs but managing to make the string sound better day 3: ?? bpm. set the video to 0.75 on the 30bpm part so I could take my time and really understand what my fingers are supposed to do, without rushing and making a mess day 4: 7 months later, coming back, 30bpm, smooth, but not good enough to reach 40bpm :)

[@diego.lopez_wav]

Day 1: 100bpm Day 2: 100bpm and 120bpm (pattern 1 only) Day 3: 100bpm and 120bpm (pattern 1 only) Day 4: 100bpm and 120bpm (pattern 1 only) Day 5: 100bpm and 120bpm (pattern 1 only) Day 6: 100bpm and 120bpm (pattern 1 only) Day 7: 110bpm and 120bpm (pattern 1 only) Day 8: 110bpm and 120bpm (pattern 1 only) Day 9: 110bpm and 120bpm (pattern 1 only) Day 10: 110bpm and 120bpm (pattern 1 only) Day 11: 110bpm and 120bpm (pattern 1 only) Day 12: 110bpm and 120bpm (pattern 1 only) Day 13: 110bpm and 120bpm (pattern 1 only)

[@dionysuswife]

I've read the title and still brace myself to watch this vid with awareness that I'm a beginner myself. This vid challenges me to practice more to this level! Hope I can make it someday.

[@brickexpert4867]

Hi, da ich ja weiß dass du Österreicher bist, schreib ich mal auf Deutsch ;) Heute hab ich die 120 BPM geschafft und bin dir einfach nur dankbar für deinen regelmäßigen Content! Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland!

[@123ddaanniieell]

Day 1: 60 bpm Day 2: 70 bpm Day 3: 80 bpm Day 4: 90 bpm Day 5:100 bpm Day 6: 100 bpm

[@alexanderdavis9636]

Thank you very much, I'm practicing❤

[@GuCrivelini]

I like that challenge format of the video. Once i started to play along the mistakes started to appear kkkkk and then the real challenge begun in my head

[@puneetsingh5118]

Day 1: 70 bpm Day 2: 70 bpm Day 3: 80 bpm Day 4: 80bpm Day 5: 90bpm Day 6: 90bpm Day 7: 90bpm Day 8: 100 bpm Day 9: 100 bpm

[@lukekeenan5893]

(Day one)February 26: able to play at 70bpm comfortabley, 80is inconsistent (Day two) February 27: able to play 80, 90-100 not well (Day six) Match 2nd: 70-80, but pinky is a little hurt (Day 8) march 4th: 70-80bpm, no matter now i practice Several months of working on legato later: I can't

[@lekatamur4451]

27.2.2023 I started this exercise the day before tomorrow but forgot to do this report, so i am starting today, standing at 70 bpm 2.3.2023 - 80 bpm 4.3.2023 - 90 bpm in pattern 1 3.4.2023 - 90 bpm in pattern 2, 100 in pattern 1 8.6.2023 - 100 bpm in pattern 2, 110 in pattern 1

[@TalonShreds]

Day 1: 90 bpm was the limit for relative comfort, once I got to 100, I felt the burn 🔥! Day 2: 90 bpm for pattern 2, but I got to 100 for pattern 1 haven’t been great about doing this every day.

[@martinbalcak8536]

Day 1: 70 Day 2: 80 Day 3: 80 Day 4: 90

[@蔡昇佑-q3o]

Day1 1/11: 80 bpm Day3 1/16: 90 bpm

[@Mithradriel]

Day 1: 60 bpm (pattern 1 only) Day 2: 60 bpm Day 3: 70 bpm (pattern 1 only) Day 4: 70 bpm Day 5: 70 bpm Day 6: 80 bpm (pattern 1 only) Day 7: 80 bpm Day 8: 80 bpm Day 9: 90 bpm (pattern 1 only)

[@lucaonida7285]

Day 1: 90 clean/100 sometimes a bit out of time ...my tendons where on fire btw 😅 Day 2: 100bpm hitted succesfully. Still my tendons scream in pain. Without some pauses the really hard thing is to not feel tired/fatigued at 80/90 bpm for me Day 3: ----rest---- Day 4: 100 with less fatigue, starting to grasp 110 bpm Day 5: ---nothing---- Day 6: almost 110 bpm (if i rest a bit between 100 and 110) A lot of skipped days of practice (1 week), meaning not i didn't play the guitar but i couldn't have the time to play this workout specifically...today i've repetead the challange: 110 made, and 120 only the second pattern missing

[@tpap6827]

Great video. If I start at 100 BLM I can make it through 120 but to play from 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 70, 80, 80, 100,110 and 120 I loose it physically. Obviously I need to adjust my technique to achieve zero tension (not 0 but as little unnecessary tension so that I can not turning it into a forearm muscular endurance workout. Obviously, the exercise should be performed free of a y lactic acid burn. Whenever I feel that when I am playing it's a signal that adjustments (physical as well as mental, emotional) must be made because something is causing tension whether it's structural or related to my minds inability to be still in a sort of meditation without losing some level of focus. Obviously I need some level of focus initially but ultimately I need to be capable of doing it precisely without any conscious thought. Whenever thinking enters the equation when I am improvising or simply playing a part, it is a sign that it is not yet so engrained neurologically that it plays all by itself . That's when I have the best performances and I wish I could always be in that flow state but I am making it a priority to play without undue self consciousness or better yet without thoughts of self doubt or any what if I make A mistake entering my head. Every year it's easier, but then there's always a new challenge. The cool thing is even if the new skill is unrelated to things that are still a work in progress, when I try anything that is totally unfamiliar like the Travis picking journey I started about a year ago, it seems to make challenging flat picking exercises much easier. I have no idea why.

[@tridipcovers..3392]

Most important tutorial for an intermediate student.. Thank you so much...

[@GeraltGK]

Yes! Thank god I subbed to your Patron bro! I am so super happy, Legato is the one I do love the most, Greetings from Poland bro, I fkng love this man.

[@Bernthguitar]

Greetings to Poland, hope you have fun with the course!! :)

[@GeraltGK]

@@Bernthguitar Well not atm, because those 7- 5 - 4 (doing day 1 - 5 ) are dam hard for me, but will :)

[@tamaram1028]

day 1: 30 bpm clean, barely reached 40 bpm day 2: 30bpm, 40bpm clean, reached 50 day 3: 50bpm clean day 4: 60bpm clean day 5: still on 60bpm, struggled trough 70bpm

[@FraserFir]

Haha I made it to 120 finally! I Started in August at 90 and got it before fall break, Thanks Bernth!

[@menrofloridablanca7133]

nice exercise. thank you

[@erikolsen1333]

I’m glad I found your videos you help me and my students 😂. Thank for all the inspiration.