You're Probably Using The WRONG Picking Angle!

[@Bernthguitar]

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[@jasonday8334]

Camping at Rockville Music Festival Daytona Florida. I brought my KM7 and Spark Amp, this way I’m staying dedicated to my practice routine. And meeting some really great musicians.

[@Michael-bl4no]

Yngwie said when he first started playing a guy noticed his minimal hand motions and said, “it looks like you’re knitting.” That stuck with me. Essential not to dig in deep and use the least of amount of pressure needed. You kids are so lucky you got Bernth and KZbin to get great teachers. I’m always impressed when I click a video. You’re like Paul Gilbert level now! Great discipline and technique.

[@JunkBondTrader]

Yngwie who? jk.

[@danh7739]

Absolutely, one of the best guitar lessons I've ever had. I don't need this kind of picking very often in the style I play, but when I do, it's critical to use exactly what he's teaching. 5 stars all the way. This is the insight of a master. Good Luck to All.

[@benthemusicalchemist]

It's crazy to me that after 15 years of playing, I've never actually considered changing this angle. My style of playing hasn't led me to these types of speeds, but this is making me want to try it out. Great video, man. Keep it up.

[@costinnovac6092]

Usually when you search guitar tutorials on youtube, all I got is diluted speech and force me to fast forward 5 sec from time to time. Not only that here I have to rewind multiple times just to process what you say in real time with the images, but the exercises are very professional. Respect. I'm on this channel just to be blown away, not really to to put in practice something; way to hard for me.

[@TheStrykerProject]

Yet another "I suffer from this issue big time!" video to help me with my fast picking Saite transitions! Thank you, Berth. The Patreon files are going straight into my 'Pick 4 Exercises' daily practice folder. 🤘🏻🍻

[@gracyvuna7848]

It is a great value to have a master who teaches by showing his own difficuties ha faced in that matter! Thank you bernth!

[@JunkBondTrader]

ty

[@ricktherrien8235]

I actually use my pick in many ways. I turn it like in the thumbnail so the picks tip glides over the strings giving a more warm and dampened sound and is good for slow parts of songs which are quiet and require less treble, but your pick tip requires to be a but rounded at the end not really pointed. Then I use my pick horizontally with the strings for more crisp and bright sounding songs or parts of songs. Also the firmer you hold your pick the more crisp it will sound as well as the closer you play to the bridge the crisper or bright it sounds The more you play over the fretboard and closer to the middle of the fretboard the more soft and warm your strings will sound. Some guitars use identical pickups yet you can hear a drastic change in sound when you switch pickups that’s because less tension is on the strings at the middle or the neck and you have more tension at the bridge where the strings are most rigid and firm. So your pickups will sound different even if they are identical because of the tension on the strings. I sometimes play over the fretboard so I do not have to switch from my bridge pickup for certain songs or to exacerbate the warmth of the neck pickup. You can also use your pick for tapping by using the pick edge instead of your finger to tap on the frets to increase the sound of the ghost notes.

[@gregcharles6528]

Bernth, you have done it again! Your GENIUS shows every time you share your knowledge with us, and in doing so we obtain a small amount of your GENIUS and we make incredible gains in our speed, technique, and overall enjoyment of hearing the incredible gains that we receive from the knowledge that you share (I'm certain that there are other guitarists that gain much more than the rest of us). THANK YOU, THANK YOU, and THANK YOU. It is not an overstatement to say that your teaching brings forth a new light that illuminates many of the previously darkened areas of our guitar education. I love you like a brother. May God continue to increase your talent and your willingness to educate the many of us that gain so much from every KZbin entry that you make. You are a very special individual. May God Bless You now and forever. Your friend, Reverend Greg

[@Scarshockable]

Wow …

[@64siskat96]

wipe your mouth when you're done dude

[@gyanankurpatgiri4272]

Damn, true artist, make good music and then talk about it breaking it down. Awesome music awesome musician, awesome human.

[@sinkxorxswim]

Nach 15 Jahren Gitarre konnte ich hier mehr mitnehmen als sonst wo. Der Teufel steckt wie immer im Detail. Auch ich habe sofort gemerkt, dass die Anschläge viel sauberer und knackiger daherkommen - auch wenn es eine 8-Saiter ist. Ich glaube, auf der 8-Saiter ist es für mich zudem einfacher, die Anschlagwinkel zu üben. Danke, Bernth!

[@YaBoyConstar]

Awesome to see pickslanting being taught correctly! Nice man!

[@piteft]

I remember video from Paul Gilbert with his alternate picking trick. He also solved the problem of being stuck between strings in ascending licks. As i remember, He simply flexed his wrist to "unlock" the pick.

[@shredwithmeg8080]

Can you please share the link

[@piteft]

@@shredwithmeg8080 I couldn't find a video with his comments regarding this trick. But there are another videos with this motion. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGmtnpp_ibBlhrs&ab_channel=DanGuitarway kzbin.info/www/bejne/eaGtf4h9fd12aa8&ab_channel=FeelingShred just look at his wrist. U can notice that the wrist flexes slightly when the pick is switching strings.

[@shredwithmeg8080]

@@piteft thank you

[@Night1989]

Oh mein Gott, BERNTH! Ich hab mir das Video gestern Abend angeschaut und hab mir gedacht, ich probier das jetzt einfach mal aus und ich habe es gerade geschafft das Children of Bodom Solo von Are You dead yet innerhalb von 20 Minuten von 150bpm total clean auf 192bpm original Geschwindigkeit zu bekommen... Es hat einfach Klick gemacht! So much Thanks!

[@viorelush4187]

I really appreciate your hard work. You really know what you are talking about, and the fact that you want to share some of your knowledge for free, makes me admire you even more. You're awesome!

[@falsevacuum1988]

Omg, this is the BEST guitar channel with lessons!

[@mingusflavio4126]

How satisfying is Watching your videos and finding out that I am already applying most of these tips and techniques without even being aware of it.

[@nagarev]

You're AWESOME! Thanks A LOT for this. Beautiful idea and explanation about the backing tracks, will use it for sure. Simply amazing! The Saite will be on fire 🔥

[@SergeiVlassov]

oh... that is surprising. Switching those angles, i.e. introducing rotational out-of-plane motions of the righ hand, is what is often told to be avoided at any cost. As far as I know such shredders like Paul Gilbert don't do it, he just hits the string that he needs to jump over while it is muted with left hand. But here you show totally different approach, and it is obviously working great, as you are able to play really fast and clean. Very interesting... Thanks for sharing your experince!

[@erikis4l]

ty so much Bernth been following you for 2 months now and my techniques are improving by a ton no wait, a million! :D good shot of the difference at 12:50

[@stefanhalbritter8178]

Was always fucked when switching to a higher string after two / four / six notes on the lower string before. Why? Because I'm playing always a picking angle which is good for uneven played notes but kills me when it is about speed for even played numbers of notes. Thank you Bernth, today you resolved a big miracle for me why I always sucked at such parts making a lot of string noises during the transition!

[@flylippfantom8425]

Im an acoustic guitar player. I got a China strat last month. My first electric and today is my first day of wanting to learn how to shed. Thank you.

[@javierparedes5940]

The best lesson I've ever had. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@dimitrisdeligiannidis9415]

Im so thankfull for your existence and your tips. You get right to the point, without wasting time with bla bla bla...! You're the only one who's giving lifechanging tips. Thank you so much

[@eddiejr540]

Bernth...excellent advice at the end...it definitely is a “feel” thing...I gotta lot of practicing to do!!

[@saltyphucker777]

Thanks so much, Bernth! I would love to see more of this! Can you do a video demonstrating inside/outside picking between 2 strings using the 2 pick angles?

[@ALBERT-hq4xp]

Merci beaucoup Cher Bernth👍

[@heydavid4883]

I was... Been playing for 9 years and haven't been able to shred ascending strings until 10 minutes ago. Thank you. I wish more people talked about this

[@riffattack7443]

Many thanks from Norway!

[@eddiejr540]

Bernth...thats what always messes me up when improvising...I never know when that string change is gonna happen, so I never know when to change pick angle...it’s fine if it’s all worked out beforehand...but when you’re just winging it...urgh...I get tangled up every time....great stuff my man!!

[@Thunder_Lightning_and_Fury]

What I've learned long ago. Do not flat pick, and now I use 1.5mm Dunlop gator guitar pics. I was addicted to Fender mediums then Malmsteen threw out a 1.5mm pic, I caught it, used it, and that was the holy grail of speed, to me. 🤘💀🎶🎸

[@MrVyrtuoso]

Don't know why the insistence that alternate picking generally should be maintained at an angled up or down slant depending on the direction of the string cross. One can play at a neutral position and then slant/angle the pick only on the string crossing. The neutral position keeps the pick in a ready for either slanted pick escape or sweeping.

[@gainmeister4505]

Best Pickers: Shawn Lane, oldschool 80's paul gilbert, dino cazares, and one time I watched takayoshi ohmuras picking and and that was pretty crazy. also marty friedman has a crazy approach too.

[@donald-parker]

Troy would be proud.

[@fs7572]

I really would like to hear mentioning his name in some of this videos out there ..

[@downcode]

@@fs7572 Yes, he did so much for guitar technique, a true legend. It's a really shitty move not to mention his name, when I'm pretty sure 99% of these youtube guys got the info from him & his team.

[@anthonyrodriguez2382]

As of lately I feel I feel like my guitar playing has gotten quite a bit cleaner. But these techniques will not only improve the quality of my playing note for note? But it will also increase the speed. Thank you so much

[@strattonbran8051]

Using double bass to catch the notes in the middle was a good tip. Cranking the metronome that fast just sounds annoying, but sounds good with double bass. Thanks.

[@mridulpandey6646]

This is really into some technical playing stuff and we are lucky ones to have all this information accessible so easily. thanks a lot! I'll certainly break at least one of the 🎸SAITE now😈

[@juliandesimonee]

Berth you are an excellent teacher and I admire you very much. You could put subtitles in Spanish in your videos so that people who do not know English can read it in Spanish. That the material you share is high quality. Greetings from Perú.

[@AliMateen]

Your tutorials are rocking good.

[@neildeodhar]

Thank you so much this finally helped me pick and extremely high speeds your videos are always helpful

[@lucidbeing618]

Yes I believe practicality starts us off but then perfection becomes the new quest!👏

[@sebastienrouaud7267]

Whaou... How it's possible to not like that video !!! Thanks again 🤘

[@aagamanpant936]

Excited!

[@Mr42083]

Thank you so much for this! This is exactly what I needed to understand

[@spiderfan1974]

On single notes it doesn't matter if you up stroke or down stroke the note. Chords yes it matters so if you are going from the low E to A start with an up stroke so on beat 4 the pick is sitting on the A string for the next run. Make it easy for you to play that's all that matters.

[@edwardsonnapolitano]

So today im able to change my finger picking postion right now for almost 16years..omg..thanks sir for this tutorial..

[@marsha4253]

Tysm man, really good practice

[@Rikk_Klaww777]

Any tips and tricks on aiding super clean super fast picking are super kool to advance into patterns you think are impossible to be able to shred over. Nice lesson..👌👍🤘🤘

[@prathamedwinrai7502]

You saw it correct way Bernth Thank you

[@bloodysugarcube9844]

ive been fu cking doing it wrong ever since mujsic class in high school, they never taught the class picking at a SLANTED ANGLE

[@Scarshockable]

Troy Grady is the best!

[@downcode]

yessir

[@mctwistx1248]

only if you pay

[@jenniferstsume7978]

Good saite this week, bro

[@Marshallangelo]

This lesson came in clutch!

[@nersonangelo]

Damn I have this annoying issue of my picking hand seem to be bouncing when I playing fast licks I think this picking angles may just have solved this.. Now I need to change some old bad habits.. thnx much Bernth

[@josephgrogan6052]

Any tips bernth on changing pick grips. I use thumb, index and middle (kind of like James hetfield) but I heard you say you got better results put of changing your grip, any tips on how best to do that

[@KirkVz]

this is such great timing , i’ve been playing for about 10 years (around 4 taking it seriously) and around 2 weeks ago i realized i was holding my pick wrong , i was using 3 fingers , kind of like holding a pencil, i’ve switched to the correct way and it’s been so hard to play , but im not going back

[@benthemusicalchemist]

I suffer from that too. Been holding it incorrectly (sounds like the same way you were) for the last 15 years. I found out about 5 years ago, but I"m just being hard headed at this point. lol Maybe one day I'll make the switch.

[@uraniumcranium2613]

I have always played with the back edge of the pick (edge closest to palm) works for me, awesome for pinch harmonics too.

[@luigidambra2523]

This video has been helpful, thank you! 🙏👍🏻😊

[@joebro77]

Bernd, super helpful. Can you do a similar video on pick positioning when it comes to rhythm strumming eg Hetfieldesk Downstrokes at high speed vs alternating gallops vs…. I am still not sure….

[@hastastepanus731]

thnks Brad ...😍

[@rjjrdq]

Holding the pick like that, the pick initially scrapes against the string-the phrase collapses on the first note. I guess some people have different wrist construction. How many budding guitarists have quit playing because the "correct" way to hold the pick just didn't work for them?

[@christianpucciarelli]

Hi Bern,could you just do an example with a simple 3 note per string pattern?

[@busterdog82]

Thanks so much! This has been very helpful 👍

[@pierolippolis5250]

what thickness of pick do you use? thanks

[@rockstarjazzcat]

Though it's not my preferred approach, plenty of speedy players using the angle you present as wrong. One needs to start the groups of fours with an upstroke to achieve the equivalent.

[@myhapylife]

But what about pick angle when palmuting and rhythm playing? Should it be the same? 🤔

[@neykur1198]

Thanks a lot for your work!

[@ralphieralph9176]

whats your "natural" way of picking, DSX or USX ?

[@bluetopia42]

Das ist alles mega geil, aber was ist die beste Methode für 1-NPS Passagen (wie zum Beispiel Yngwie sie oft in seinen Licks hat)? :)

[@wlmirand]

Do you rest your hand over the bridge while playing?

[@finalsecretofchrono1339]

I've been holding my pick at a 45 degree angle for a little while now, but it makes a scraping sound against the three thicker strings. What am I doing wrong?

[@downcode]

Experiment, do the work, find out what works best for you. I pick at a ~35-45deg angle, it seems to work ok. But I'm not that good of a player tbh, I'm still working it out.

[@kaiwheeler64]

You hold your pick with your knuckle and nails facing the strings, the tip gives much better control.

[@sornmajstr]

Hi, thanks for the great video! DO YOU HAVE ANY TIPS ON WHICH ANGLE TO CHOOSE WHEN WE ARE GOING FROM DOWN UPWARDS IN THE SCALE, so from string 1 to string 6? Do you always alternate pick? Do you change your position if you are still in pentatonic for example? Do you start with an upstroke in the pentatonic scale while going up?

[@tylerdav3071]

It depends on what type of escape motion you make, that is, when you play a note upstroke or downstroke you launch into the air and the pick breaks free of being trapped between the strings. Troy Grady has videos on it to help. He did an interview with streetwise guitar channel that's good.look up downward escape and upward escape guitar picking on youtube

[@yuridanylko]

How about tremolo picking on multiple strings simultaneously?

[@jasonlawson3160]

I see how angle 1 you end on a down stroke and angle 2 you end on an up stroke but I don’t the difference in the angle itself. Could you give me some details on this?

[@GerryBlue]

I angle the pick even more to play fast passages, 90 degree to the strings

[@malindaekanayake4443]

Super helpful stuff as always. Thank you so much. I would like to know your opinion on directional picking. Thanks again.

[@88mrriss]

Great video

[@greekosdarkness]

This is a long shot but can you explain how someone can learn hand positions when going down the fret board. I keep having to use my thumb on the low e because I don't know where to put my hand when playing avenged sevenfold and doing palm muting

[@pealazarevic]

Hello, where can I find this string transition package? Could You send me a link to it? Thanks.

[@MaDmAzAy]

Dear Bernth, thanks you for this fundamental lesson! It is awesome, especially for begginners! Could you please explain more deeply kind of your wrist motion then you pick the string? Is it strait, or round (for example like EVH use)?

[@Gfy7365]

I hold my pick where the bottom faces up where it’s angled the outer edge faces up is this ok?

[@abmusic9336]

Hi Bernth, big fan :) ....can you please make a video on picking angle when there are 3 notes per string (on a continuous basis). this will have different pickking angle for every string which is really challenging for me... thanks :)

[@downcode]

You can just go to Troy Grady's channel & auto translate - it's the best guitar technique channel in existence.

[@flylippfantom8425]

I think that I should just work on the picking hand and mute the strings for now until it gets better. Then incorporate the fretting hand.

[@masitraproductions977]

Ive played for 20 years and annoyingly hold the pick the thumb and two fingers. Im double jointed and it felt natural to do so. Im a solid rhythm player but have really found limitations to lead. Trying to hold the pick correctly but it keeps spinning in my hand 😂🤦‍♂️

[@jacobfreden8394]

Man, I've been playing for like 25 years but I'm stuck with the same angle (not the angle axxis described int the video, but rather in an other angle) Exactly the same as Marty Friedman. The pick is tilting backwards instead of frontward as you. I'm starting to believe that it's a problem. I think I could play faster if I could play the other way. Does this make sense? The thing is that changing a technique wich I used for so long is so hard. What's your thoughts on this? Should I make the long hard change?

[@fs7572]

Hey Jacob. Have the look at Troy Grady and his "cracking the code". He figured this stuff out long time ago. You're not alone :-)

[@lennyramon622]

The devil is truely in the detail. Small moving change with huge results! Thank you so much for this.

[@garfieldfan3892]

is it normal for my picks to get beat up after one day of playing (playable but visible damage) (about 5 hours played)

[@rkoz55]

What if the angles were built in to the pick? I would like to send you one.

[@daimong4553]

how to palm mute with angle#2? (muting the string that i am playing)

[@eraeraeraera8584]

I love you man

[@CommandoMuerto]

Bernth I'm just noticing with the jazz pick style palm muting isn't fluid.

[@Kursedaim.backup.account]

Bro I’m struggling to trill but I can hammer on and off easily when I play thunderstruck what do I do😭🙏

[@salaidindin]

How did u trained to be a super fast hand?can u make some videos?

[@Bernthguitar]

This should help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6OtdWWjfJakoZI

[@garydalrymple5997]

Slayer!

[@wellfelt1513]

Where can I find your reaper theme? Maybe its name?

[@hamsterman1995]

Saite

[@mainata13]

Man, did you just call the Jazz III a "big white pick"? :D It is one of the smallest I have in my pickbox, maybe this is the problem. :D

[@crosscontamination5990]

I pick at an odd angle because of Rob Barrette

[@alexnecro8682]

This is Pickslanting?

[@downcode]

Yes, it would be good to standardize terminology.

[@malkocoglu1566]

Hello man I joined your patreon comunity . Where can I find 5 special course ? I couldn't find it.

[@Bernthguitar]

Welcome to our community!! :) Here's the link to all courses on the platform: www.patreon.com/bernth?filters[tag]=Patreon%20Online%20Courses

[@malkocoglu1566]

@@Bernthguitar Thank you man😀