BEST 15 MIN PLAY-ALONG GUITAR WORKOUT (Finger Exercises, Alternate Picking, Speed, Timing)

[@Bernthguitar]

Like this video if you want MORE workout videos on the channel :) The tabs, guitar pro files, backing tracks, and video play-alongs are all right here: www.patreon.com/bernth

[@emmanueltaganas7923]

Hey Bernth, keeping teaching us how to shred. Thanks man🤟🎸

[@jasonday8334]

Finally I’m a patreon so many more benefits!!

[@Bernthguitar]

@@jasonday8334 Welcome to the inner circle Jason! :)

[@lightartorias552]

This is what I’ve needed for so long. You have been the single most useful resource for my self teaching journey. Now when people ask me how I learned, I will say I was taught by Bernth!

[@alar2266]

I am a complete non-shredder, but your lessons are good enough even I'll do them. this was a great idea, would love a sweep version of it.

[@FrankAsplund2]

For people scrolling through the comments to see if this exercise is good, I can assure you that it is. I've been doing this daily for like a week and the Hand Synchronization 2, especially the second part was impossible to me at first, but after doing it on 50% speed, and then 75% and then finally 100% speed I can FEEL that I have improved immensely and the fact that I can play through this entire thing when I previously couldn't is proof that I have. So if you're looking to improve your guitar play, this exercise is really good!

[@pipe5919]

thx

[@iscrabafish]

Next: 200% speed

[@pkc3507]

any update 10 months later?

[@ajbs_alexo_713]

@@iscrabafish thats my warm up (except the hand sync part which is done at 1.75x speed)

[@darthclanker6856]

@@iscrabafish I can do 1.5 times speed up until the hand synch stuff

[@DevanArya]

I had to pause a few times and go back to get the exercise but did everything. I loved this type of collab workout. Please bring more!

[@Bernthguitar]

Great job, happy to hear that 🙂🤘

[@mfaridzzibran9806]

@@Bernthguitar how long have you been playing bro ?

[@AjsBassAndGuitar]

@@mfaridzzibran9806 10+ years at least

[@ReadyMindsetGo]

​@@mfaridzzibran9806 when someone says they've been playing for X amount of years it's mostly a useless answer. The question is what have they been doing in those years? I've known people that became amazing players in 3 years and others who didn't get any better in the same amount of time. Also, remember it's not a competition and everyone is built differently. The most important thing is to have fun and stay motivated to keep playing.

[@gordonklassen3182]

@@ReadyMindsetGoI’ve had guitars since I was 12. Plinked around for a couple years. Quit until I was 19. Learned some power chords and pentatonics …….. 40 years later there’s Bernth, KZbin, Marty Music. I’ve made soooo many improvements in technique, learned triads, new songs, new chords, exercises, drills. I love my guitars, jamming, singing and performing. Music is my life. The universal language of mankind.

[@JeremyBec]

Coming back to this video to say THANK YOU. I started playing guitar in august 2021. In march 2023 I started following this routine and could barely do any of them properly. I struggled a lot with timing and because I'm a self taught player it was difficult to know how to set up a metronome properly by myself in order to play these exercises correctly at a slower speed. Today I can proudly say that I can play 95% of this. The Hand synchronization 2 which is by far the hardest one for me, still needs some work at 90bpm. So whoever is struggling with this don't give up. If I did it, you can do it too. Bernth is a great teacher and I've learned so much from him. He has a video about anything you'd need to get better. I've never spend a dime on guitar lesson, so grateful to have all of this content for free on KZbin ! If you have the patience to be kind with yourself and play everyday, you'll get there 100%. Good luck to y'all !

[@remuserbi]

How much time do you spend daily for this routine?

[@jamesanthony7994]

One of the very best instructors on KZbin. By the way, his Patreon is second to none. You get high quality stuff all the time. I can't even keep up with all that Bernth provides. Truly appreciate all that you do Bernth!

[@Bernthguitar]

Thanks so much for taking the time to share that 🙂🤘

[@randomstufftw]

I've been doing this exercise for about a year now, and this has given me a lot of progress. About 6 months in I started wanting more challenge and moved up to 1.25x, and now I'm doing 1.5x. This is the most perfect guitar exercise for everybody out there playing guitar, acoustic or electric. Edit: I've started doing 1.75x but the Hand Sync 1 is too fast so I decided to stay on 1.5x on that one. Hooray

[@thecodingfox]

Thank you for this Bernth! I've been following this workout for about 4 days now, and I can now follow through the entire thing without making major mistakes. My left hand feels way more fluid now while playing. I've even seen benefits in my typing technique :D. Once again, thank you❤

[@kristopherdetar4346]

I’m such a dope. If only someone showed this to me when I was 15 back in 1978. I’m 58 and just beginning again. Best damn warm up on the web. Congrats!!!! Keep up the great work.

[@Whereisdogbro]

I've been playing guitar for 6 months now, pretty religiously and could never find any real structured practice routine that I found fun or enjoyable, until I stumbled upon your channel. I literally spend my day at work waiting to come home to do another one of your routines haha, thank you so much man, for taking the time to do this and help me and others on their guitar journey. Absolute legend 🤘🏻🤘🏻.

[@joshuamichael4312]

Ok, I've been playing a long time and I think block 2 identified my weakness. I only worked on it for 5 mins yesterday and today I feel sore muscles deep in my foreman. I was purposely staying relaxed too. Incredible!

[@Sparkda]

I've been using these everyday since ive seen the original videos haha. My speed has nearly doubled and my fingers, especially the pink are MUCH more controlled.

[@armanpgrigorian]

This is such a great all around session, would love to see another "practice along with me" type vid but focused more on picking (economy, alternate, string skipping, etc). Keep up the killer vids

[@everair]

Thank you so much for making this available! I love this workout. It is part of my new 5:30 am practice routine. Cheers.

[@soulcaliber256]

Everything is full package exercise So this a reason of the new Generation Guitarist become beast now. Unlike in our time no internet, no KZbin, no google, lesson was so expensive, but still enjoy. This guy sharing ideas and techniques for free so you need to support this video effort.

[@richardb8104]

Holy crap I did these exercises and by the end was naturally picking in an alternating pattern and moving with my hands in sync like never before. I've only been playing since Sep 16, 2021, so that's a big improvement.

[@vanceanderson8238]

Keep it up fellow player. Seeing some progress is really nice and a great motivator to keep practicing right.

[@erickcabanillas6643]

There's a lot of progress for less than 1 year playing!!

[@ahoagmedia]

@Bernthguitar thank you 10000x for this. After 15+ years of playing and hitting a recent plateau , I knew I needed to change up my practice routine. Like others, I was barely able to keep up at certain portions of this even at .5x. After 30 days, this is my go to warm up (and I can finally play through at tempo) My hands feel stronger than ever, but most importantly my mental coordination feels so much more precise. Appreciate you sharing all your incredible knowledge.

[@raghdzahr8072]

This was a great one, Bernth! Having been on the channel for quite a while, it's always fun to catch glimpses of your previous exercises - they're all still very effective as chop-builders!

[@Bernthguitar]

Great eye for detail Raghd! Yes, I always like to keep the most effective stuff around for a while, it definitely makes sense to keep working on some of these :)

[@jacobmontano1537]

Already know how to alternate pick, but it's always fun to do it in different ways and good practice. Was a little challenge. Keep it up man. Having fun playing and following you. Gonna help a lot of people reach their goals. Good job m8.

[@jasonwojcik]

This is an incredibly helpful series of exercises that translate to being able to play songs. In the last couple of days of making an effort to get through the exercises, I am seeing overall playing results faster than I expected. Thank you for making this video!

[@ZanderShepard]

These are such a deceptively simple set of drills yet they kick me and inspire me to try it better the next round! Wish there are more teachers like you.

[@SilverAoW]

Just decided to pick up guitar again, and started watching your videos. I thought that first warmup would be a breeze, but man leaving your fingers down makes it a lot more difficult. Very good video my friend! EDIT: The whole thing is hard lol thanks for such an awesome warm up. My fingers hate the Finger Pairing excercise!

[@jromeplays]

I agree, at 40, I had a rekindle desire to play music and metal again,. but haven't played in 20+ years. Hell just the warmup is killing me on the lower frets because I;'ve never left my fingers down, so its so foreign to me, and my fingers aren't clearing the strings. So now Im practicing this, but dang this is hard. But being a single father of 3 girls, and working full time with my business, I don't have as much time to devote to playing like I did as a kid, however, I'm grabbing the axe ever chance I get, so I at least get an hour a day usually.

[@ayjbray]

@@jromeplaysHows it goin a year later?!

[@jromeplays]

@@ayjbray If I'm being honest, I just haven't found much time. Most of the time, I'm simply making an excuse why I'm not grabbing it. But if I'm honest with myself, I just have some many things going on, when I do have some time, I'm finding I use it doing other things. I still play, and try to practice, but without a set schedule and setting aside time for simply practicing, this isn't doing what I intended. The exercises are great, its me that isn't being devoted enough.

[@yukihax0rhok]

Seriously, I just subs to your channel a couple weeks ago. I improved alot. Great teaching, keep it up man. You are a great teacher.

[@CarpeDiem666ru]

The first time I tried it I failed miserably, but today I came back and did it all. Thanks, man, this really works!! :)

[@deadlycrow579]

You are great man!.. Lots of love from INDIA 🇮🇳

[@deadonarrival909]

Block 2 came out of nowhere, I know my weakness now and I'm damn sure gonna be nailing all these lessons

[@ud6083]

I’m a forty year old father of two, a regional marketing lead, martial arts enthusiast and metal head guitarist. I have been looking for quick workout I can do every day with an acoustic (parent so yeah, the axe for weekends only). Something to keep my bpm (currently shredding at 230bpm) going faster and broader. Thank god for this video. Will do this every day. 15 min is just right. Let’s what this does after a month. Thank you sir! Much respect from Singapore.

[@celiaaa4571]

This helped me alot of my flying pink, especially the left hand technique

[@kyrodax9889]

Wow, this looks nice! I’ll try it tonight :)

[@josecardenas4353]

Ich möchte sie danke, denn Ich sehr viel mit deine videos gelernt habe. Und Sie auch mich motiviert zu deutsch gelernt!

[@laetitia6720]

For HandSynchronisation 2. The things which help me is the video about sweeping. This video learn me " shape" x) this unlock me xD

[@izzybeee96333]

i’ve been practicing for about 4 months and just found out i’ve been putting my fingers the wrong way, it hurts SO BAD to play normally, but it’ll definitely improving, going to be using this video everyday from now on even if it’s just the first part of the video lol!!

[@ReadyMindsetGo]

Best is to get a real life teacher who can see exactly what you're doing and prevent you from hurting yourself.

[@dextersbeard3472]

I really enjoyed the synchronization practice

[@bazarista4720]

Since i started watching this channel a improved so much. Thank you man 👊👊

[@Bernthguitar]

Happy that I can help on your journey, thanks for sharing that! :)

[@bazarista4720]

@@Bernthguitar i will also become a patreon because its worthy ! Thank you again

[@Harindu101]

I had a lot of fun today practicing with you, Bernth. Thank you!

[@njsteere]

Great treat, thanks!

[@manuelsegura7573]

almost 11k views in few hours and only 2 down thumbs !! See Bernth we all love those videos I think this is great concept that help the non disciplined guys (like me) to avoid noodling and get the best of a short practice thank for the great work and advice!!

[@CarlosAugustoFilho]

Very Nice man! Do more plz! 👏🏻👏🏻🤘🏻😀

[@RodrigoCoronado-i4e]

I am so used to economy picking at first it was hard to strictly alternate pick especially through the strong hops but overall it was fun and I definitely feel it helps me technique wise

[@canaydagtekin1643]

Thank you, Bernth. Greetings from Turkey. My guitar teacher moved to another country, so I'm left on my own, and there aren't any decent guitar instructors in my area. That's why I'm working with your videos, and I find them very helpful. Thank you very much. However, I'm a bit confused about the order in which I should watch the videos and how long I should follow each exercise video. I would love to support your channel, but the USD exchange rate is very high here, so my budget doesn't allow it. However, I will donate one day. Thank you for everything. Best regards.

[@auf-dem-Weg]

Tolles Video! Dadurch bin ich auf deinen Channel aufmerksam geworden. Weiter so :)

[@owenadair8893]

This is awesome! It took me over an hour to get through it the first time, and it gave my fretting hand a run for its money! I will be using this every day, I would love to see more of these!

[@mgrahshalm7449]

Nice, at first when i was reading the title of the video, i thought „damn, every day he is publishing a new type of learning stuff like „do this every day“ and i was like „damn how should learn all this, i still need to practise his first ideas“. And then ive watched the video and thought „wow, you know all of this training techniques and you do actually EXACTLY these training stuff every day“. This was the point i realised that i got a lot of information and tips of your videos and i know what i have to learn. Thanks a lot for your channel. You deserve ways more viewers and subscribers!

[@stereobrothers5944]

Thanks man, you'r my new tutor ;)

[@TheAndrei1960able]

It was pretty cool video, thank you master )

[@donovanmaxwell]

I'm just getting back into playing after a decade of not touching a guitar. This looks like exactly the exercise routine I've been looking for to build up muscles, improve fingering issues I had before, and make more progress. Can't wait to get home and try it out! Would love to see more videos like this!

[@NK-bk3kl]

Thank u Bernth, my new morning workout.

[@Dobie_ByTor]

That spider walk is harder than it looks. I’m a self-taught lefty and beginner who just wants to play my guitar for fun. I noticed keeping my fingers planted on the string while I move other fingers is much harder than it looks. So that means I have to keep at it. 👍

[@72_Seasons]

Holy hell!! I’m gonna need to play this video on repeat for the next two weeks, if not longer. Wish I could’ve had this when I started playing 3+ decades ago. Thank you, Bernth!!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@Alaitoc1422]

Thank you for this technique workout! I came back to my guitar after 8+ years of hiatus and this is helping so much! I always neglected technique work in favor of simply playing the songs I wanted to. I've been doing this everyday day for two weeks now and I have no intention of stopping. It is astounding how much it is helping me rebuild and increase my ability to play. For the "Hand Synchronisation 1" bloc, I like to add the same exercise right after it but in "reverse". Instead of 7 8 9 10, I do 10 9 8 7, with the string order reversed. I have more trouble with going down scales rather than going up (for some reason) and it is helping me in reducing the number of notes I miss. I know that this is similar to the last exercise bloc, but it really feels different to play. Thank you very much once again.

[@ardasevercan]

Thanks for your time as a master of guitar

[@jiontefuller7145]

Such incredible fundamentals tips. I have been playing for years but was self taught. Never really took the time to properly learn alternate picking. These videos have really help me work on my fundamental a ton. Thank you so much for posting these.

[@albertntambwe5207]

This so great. I’m starting tomorrow.. and live by it

[@orksfuror2]

Thanks! this is great

[@Elchuloguapo]

You are the best of everybody I have follow on you tube so I think I'm going to stay whit you and follow all your videos man thank you son much bring more plz

[@mahdirajabi313]

This one was challenging, Woke up my brain & fingers. Really Enjoyed !

[@gamesandtech2347]

Thanks man I tried and tried and tried and now I finally have the broken fingers🙌🙌🙌

[@hoomanzahedi8444]

very nice video Bernth !!!

[@sagarpitale]

Amazing workout!!

[@todoestaescrito]

good job, most youtubers charge to teach this that you do for beginners, but you don't do it and you teach very well, there is no other channel that teaches you this way, keep it up, greetings

[@jonathanmoran3512]

Absolutely digging your channel. Love the in depth knowledge, applications, and explanations. Going to give your 10 week program a try.

[@swsangma9518]

Go ahead bro..from India.👍🏻👍🏻

[@Bernthguitar]

Greetings to India! :)

[@theRodofwar]

this practice video is the BEST !!!!!!!!!!!!! BRAVO TO BERNTH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jrockerlindberg]

I am so grateful that you are doing this to help others. I usualy play bass in crust/death band. But have started to make my own music. And its soooo irritating when I can hear in my head how I want a solo to be played. But I cant play it cuz of lack of teknik. Vielen dank aus Schweden.

[@guialesantos]

Excellent video! I had fun while improving my guitar techniques, thank you!

[@szynom2587]

Thanks! I knew that my technique is a mistake and failure, but I didn't knew that so much. I have quite big experience in playing the guitar, but I'm self learning guy and what you make in ten minutes, I (with repeating these exercises without mistakes) make it in 1,5-2 hours. I decided to repair my style about week ago, so it'll be long time of agony in front of me, but I try to deserve it.

[@internetchartshow]

Bitte mehr von diesen 'Follow Along' guitar workouts! Und auch ruhig die Keywords 'Follow Along' in den Titel mit einbauen, dann solltest du noch mehr aufrufe bekommen :P

[@xoxo8996]

7:05 u welcome! :) 8:30 hand syncronization

[@xoxo8996]

7:05

[@Adriarcher]

Love it! My guitar teacher recommended this video to me, i try to do it every day now. If I may offer some feedback, a little bit of pre-roll before every new exercise would be great, at least before you memorize all the shapes (work in progress)

[@Kreatika66]

Congrats man! Cannot understand how someone can dislike this! It was fun for me to play along. Good job!

[@Bernthguitar]

Happy you had fun, thanks for sharing 🙂🤘

[@twist_of_lemon]

completely humbled when I found that I couldn't go through most of these exercises, so I shall be coming back everyday to practice until I master it Day 1: ☑ Day 2: ☑ Day 3: ☑ finally starting to get through those NPS, still pretty tough the hand synchronization 2 Day4: ☑ Day 5: ☑ my left hand fingers hurt Day 6 after a break: ☑ From now on I´ll continue on practicing but just without updating

[@retrospectreubie]

wow this motivates me

[@twist_of_lemon]

By the way well an update now after all the practice I can do most of these exercises at 1.5x

[@OkeOke-zs5ju]

@@twist_of_lemon damn how are you now?

[@twist_of_lemon]

@@OkeOke-zs5ju 😬 sincerely it's been a while since I've done these exercises 'cause I've been focusing more on voice exercises, but now I feel like returning to guitar ones

[@andreipitu8360]

I would love to see more workouts like this. I'm trying to develop my technique and this is much easier than making my own routine. Keep it up man :)

[@corenik2166]

I think ill start with this video. I will be going through all your videos to study and practice. Ill come back again to this video after a year and see how much i improved.

[@marshallrhodes518]

That was so awesome! I played through the entire exercise and I already feel a difference! My hand feels like it at a meal. I went to the gym. Or both. It feels satisfied. Thanks Bernth I'ma join Patreon 🌀🐺👌🏻🎸🔥

[@enteid.ashura7737]

Been playing as lead guitarist for 3 yrs I can play hard solos but I wanted to improve even more by shredding on my guitar and develop improvisation and this video incredibly helpful.

[@moisesperez62]

we need more of this!!!

[@area859]

Need more practice vids like this...most people dont know how to practice....Great video!!

[@SidBarnhoorn]

Thanks for these great exercises, Bernth! I haven't played in a long time and I'm just starting again... I did a lot of metal and shred-stuff years ago but now I mainly do ambient guitar but I feel it's still important for me to do exercises like these. I really have to get used to some of these techniques though because I'm self taught and usually take my fingers off the fretboard when I do not use them and keeping the fingers on the fretboard or very close to the fretboard is new to me! I'll keep practicing though! :)

[@CollinM86]

Good guitar teacher i have learned so many exrcise thanks 👍

[@3dpen816]

Best guitar lesson/warmup video ever ever!

[@strumfvratilo3664]

thanks so much for these, it helped me a lot to make a progress

[@thedesertwillowlunchtable]

Unbelievable how much progress this has helped me make. Thank you! Do you have any workouts that work with palm muting and power chords and such? just curious

[@jasonkropp2867]

Seriously love this video. Have already played along to it a dozen or so times since its been posted and definitely noticing the improvements.

[@yucelayata7864]

This is amazing workout for me .thank you a lot :)

[@scottrichgolf]

Thanks so much for this Bernth and greetings from Seattle! Your videos have helped me take my playing to levels I never thought possible!

[@Bernthguitar]

Greetings to Seattle! 🙂🤘

[@rollcredit]

I've been playing guitar casually for the last 16 years. I have never dedicated time to exercise / learn new techniques and my playing has suffered as a result. My playing is sloppy and while I feel like I come up with decent ideas the execution is not as tight as I want it to be and not consistent. Doing this exercise today has kicked my ass and shown me that in order to improve I need to dedicate time doing these exercises and actually learn new techniques properly. I will be doing these exercises daily.

[@symphonicdualityband]

I been doing this everyday for a week im seeing solid improvement thanks bearnth your the best, I’ll rejoin patron as soon as I can afford it again

[@qbttf]

Block 5 was i big challenge for me. It easier if I sweep pick it.Your alternate picking is Stellar Bernth !

[@ManuelEscalante-he5zx]

Thank s for this guitar lesson my friend

[@pascalw4300]

I bought your 10 Steps to modern shredding course (in 2 days I´m in week 6) and I begin my practice sessions every time with this workout. I really love it and the course too but I think to get to a level I could be proud of I need to make the course more than one time :D I just wanna say thank you, because I improved so much in the last couple of weeks 💪🤘🔥🔥

[@TheTeeKayProject]

this is just what i needed, please make more of this kind of content!

[@jaynedenny7759]

You seriously rock! I don't play but I sing and I am referring you to everyone I know. This is great stuff. Thank you!

[@MrTurner100]

Great excercise, it's good that there are different blocks/area of focus. Some were more difficult for me than others but at least I know which technique I have to practice more.

[@radojcicrick3686]

Thanks for all Bernth you are amazing! I practice every day with this video 🎸🤘🏻🖤

[@thezzach]

1:01 warm up 2:46 left hand technique 3:58 stretching exercise*** 5:28 3 NPS patterns***

[@richardm4381]

This is wonderful! What's the best way to incorporate this into my routine? Should I simply focus on doing it every day consistently, or should I aim to gradually increase the speed over time? A bit of guidance here would be very much appreciated. Thank you, Bernth!

[@zero_x93]

nice video, these are a great idea. its cool to play along to someone else's routines when you feel tired of playing your own. and its cool to "sight read" these

[@mauroporcu251]

This is definitely one of the most useful video I’ve ever seen in your channel, thanks for all the work you do

[@wachiravichamorndachaphon5257]

Thank you so much, You really help people around the world who want to play guitar

[@scottdouglasswafford4866]

I want this fifteen minutes a day exercise for a whole ten weeks or more , also , l luv it, enjoyed. Jackson rhoads electric guitar satin Grey whammy bar guitar Lefty practicing Scott

[@ramsay777]

Big fan of this style of video! I play along with your chromatic exercise most days as a warmup!