Guitar Stuff I Wish I Knew Earlier.

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[@NoahZitall]

This is unironically some of the most inspirational content I've watched since starting on guitar.

[@springall5150]

I agree. Old guy has been inspired to actually learn some tough stuff!

[@bolillo5013]

Same here, been playing for like 4 years so far and this is the best way I’ve heard it said

[@SenshiT]

using hard songs to learn everything you need is the key of all, keeps you motivated and amused while learning the tecniques needed

[@mitchpattimusic]

Uncle Judy is giving us the keys to the Lamborghini.

[@asphalion8291]

10/10 Comment

[@alexanderhanksx]

10/10

[@mitchpattimusic]

@@asphalion8291 😁

[@mitchpattimusic]

🤣@@alexanderhanksx

[@FormaAlert]

Uncleangelo Judyio

[@miras-nurtazin]

That "don't be a pussy" part is one of the best advices ever

[@andrewfutrell3609]

This really had those "you're gonna go far kid" vibes to it

[@majinhaley4555]

I was waiting for it at the end…

[@t-liminal]

Judy is absolutely right about learning other music to get better. I learned 1 Polaris song, 1 Periphery song and I feel much more confident in my playing then I did 5 years ago. Don't be afraid to challenge yourself. It's incredibly rewarding 💯

[@alexanderdenison2950]

You've got killer taste! What tunes did you learn?

[@chriscummings3556]

@@alexanderdenison2950 i'd also like to know

[@himticks]

Absolutely improved my rhythm by learning how to groove like Misha

[@Ramkatral]

It took me WEEKS to properly play the Domination solo. I practiced almost nothing but that the entire time. It made me so much better at playing EVERYTHING. All the things I thought were hard before suddenly were stupid easy.

[@dektrimusic]

I’ve been there… but I quite before I master it… need to come back to this one.

[@yo.hi..]

What did you use to practice?

[@senomous7798]

i decided to try the same thing. been going at it for 3 days or so and its getting better

[@xRickAstleyx]

i accidentally learned alternate picking automatically and im really glad i did. sometimes i see people downpicking the fuck out of everything, and it gives me anxiety

[@BlackMetalPidgeon666]

I used to do that, at 200 bpm. My shoulder gave in, now I alternate pick xD If I downpick for a while my whole arm hurts. Don't be like me lol

[@EdEddnEddyMercury]

⁠@@BlackMetalPidgeon666sometimes you gotta downpick at 200 bpm

[@somethingsaid9058]

I have a feeling Judy used to be a blue collar guy, PBR, the humor. Reminds me of all the construction guys I work with

[@unclejudymusic]

Yes sir, pool cleaner at 14-15. Landscaping- lawn maintenance for the rest of my teens

[@skylermccarthy6623]

​@@unclejudymusic holy shit you're mexican?

[@LightsaberGoBrrrrrr]

Uncle Judy inspired me to give up on everything in my life and descend slowly into madness. Thanks Judy! 10/10 would recommend

[@Centipede_Solaire]

Judy hit the nail on the head with this one. I came to similar conclusions and have made more progress this year than anything in my 18 years playing and am having more fun than ever with the instrument. This is some old man wisdom coming from a handsome 30 days clean Macaulay Culkin impersonator

[@roohshi7839]

True! I like to practice while composing my own songs/licks. I usually make songs that are beyond my technical level and end up sometimes spending months practicing it. It helps me develop the technique that I need instead of some useless runs/exercises. It's also making my guitar playing unique and more enjoyable.

[@erickrosalesii2561]

I'm a BRAND NEW private guitar teacher and the analogy of "eventually It'll be a G Chord" is gonna be something that definitely goes into my little book of teacher lines lol HOLY SHIT! THIS WHOLE VIDEO IS GOLD!

[@koolaidmarcus]

I was in between this video and some shorts and came back right at 2:00…

[@malegria9641]

Whip out the boys!

[@sangera]

Most of the time I forget that Uncle Judy actually knows music

[@ziondia4607]

testicular torsion

[@miras-nurtazin]

polyphia goose

[@marvintimke3978]

The neglecting Alternate picking, because Legato works just fine. Is very relatable.

[@TheCyberMantis]

OR... "I can't sweep for shit, so I will just tap intervals really fast!" 😆

[@alexandresilva3427]

I've been playing guitar for 15 years and I still learned/re-learned from this video. "Learn songs" and "Don't be a pussy" are the best bits of advice you can give to an aspiring guitarist.

[@captainavem9441]

thank you for being a genuinely different, funny, and interesting guitar youtuber who provides helpful advice and not elitism. truly one of a kind

[@woww4444]

Refreshing video! I definitely don't have a humility problem, (I was taught by a jazz musician, 😱😱😭😭😭😭.) He made sure I didn't have an ego. Not that I did before. I used to say I'm good, meaning proficient, but now I don't even say that, (because people think you're being arrogant.) I just say I can play. And, when I go to the Guitar Centers, if there are 10 people there - 9 of them are better than me. And, while that may not ALWAYS be true, I adopted that mind set, because I'm able to just freely play without worrying about the Van Halen guy, the George Benson, or Djent guy. I'm the 80s ballad, (blues,) solos and jazz guy in the back while the others are ripping.

[@paul_eau]

I wish my uncle gave me tips like that. He’d just give me his other tip

[@YashBudhiraja]

okay understoodd i gotta go watch every practice routine video

[@kgsvvgla2i]

About the tip on focusing on one thing at the time: I've tried to learn the main riff of "Poison Was The Cure" for ages. It's a very difficult riff. I used the classic "5-10 minutes every day" approach for like two months without any significant progress. Inspired by Uncle Judy's tip I thought "Fuck it. I'm gonna learn that riff right now, no excuses." I played the riff over and over again, as a whole and in short sections, with a metronome for like 3+ hours straight. Did I learn to play the riff at full speed in one long session? Not quite. But my max bpm went from ~120 to ~145, which is a very significant improvement. Someone might say it was waste of time. I say fuck that. Such an improvement feels amazing. I don't care if I didn't learn anything "new".

[@daoyang223]

No joke but I went 32 hours in a span of 4 days learning dyers eve.

[@kgsvvgla2i]

@@daoyang223 That's the way to go.💪🏻

[@tomekk.1889]

"Practice licks" is the shittiest advice ever unless you're a boomer blues dad. Creating a vocabulary of licks will limit your playing and make you sound the same as every other guitarist. It leads to incredibly boring and uninspired music

[@CYBERDROiD9000]

Most of the things said in this video are true. The whole thing about "focus on your weaknesses" is not a good advice, though. The opposite is correct. Focus on your actual strengths and develop those as far as you can. This is what most successful guitarists did. Tom Quayle is self-admittedly not the best picker in the world. He has developed one of the best legato techniques in the world, though. That was his strength. He worked around the whole alternate picking thing with his legato and hybrid picking techniques and he is all the more recognizable for it. Andy James, a very good alternate picker, has trouble with bi-directional sweeping, because of the way he holds his pick. So, instead of relying on bi-directional sweeping, he avoids that stuff by playing arpeggios preferably as string skipping sequences with the occasional sweep. The same is true for Paul Gilbert, for the same reason. And I could go on and on with other examples. All the greats have made a strength out of circumventing their weaknesses in some form or another.

[@JesusMowsMaLawn]

This is legit some of the best advice I've ever heard. Once you get passed the hurdle of learning the basics, you can easily wind up confusing yourself into forever grinding shit that doesn't matter. This is the only roadmap that will lead you anywhere

[@DaTLMusic]

My main instrument is guitar but I decided to test the challenge yourself with a hard song method and started running an experiment. I said I'm gonna learn Nairian Odyssey by Tigran Hamasyan on the Piano by ear with almost no prior training. If it doesn't work out and I learn a bunch of bad habits, oh well, at least I don't play the piano as my main instrument. If I succeed, then really I shouldn't have any excuse as to why I can't pick up a ridiculously hard song on guitar and practice the shit out of it. I'm happy to say that after a little over 2 years I've got Nairian Odyssey about 50% complete. It feels SO REWARDING. I cannot stress enough how motivating it is to just dive headfirst into something and grind the hell out of it. 10/10 try it guys

[@VapnFagan]

What kind of lotion do you moisten your body with?

[@lucyfer_the_bat]

i've been spending like a month learning the solo from follow the reaper and finally playing that one lick clean it felt so fucking good I've set myself the goal of being able to play it well until me and the drummer of my old band (who's now switching to bass) manage to put together a new band

[@BlackMetalPidgeon666]

Holy shit, well done

[@PoisonBerryVS]

Woah man... you just got a new fan. Kudos to your style bro

[@chrissandy302]

Uncle Judy is wearing those Chuck Schuldiner - Death - Live in Eindhoven - 1998 (full Quality Video) (4K 60fps) Jeans

[@Swaps2]

0:08 WHAT THE FUCK THAT LIGHT ON THE MONITOR WAS PERFECT WITH THE BOTTLE

[@PuR3-o8m]

This is the 4th time in a row you have uploaded while I literally step in the shower lol

[@miras-nurtazin]

Big uncle is watching you

[@nabicx]

judy is in your walls

[@thesteamycreamofdualjabbar6486]

Stop stepping on the UncleJudy upload button

[@musicafteroldage]

This is 100% accurate. 100%. I didn't want to say more but , here it goes: you listen to eh... famous modern guitar players in interviews, they always say " I didn't have a practice routine. I didn't learn licks. I don't recommend learning licks. I mostly learned song after song" But, you go to their online spaces and want to sell you precisely "their" practice routines, and 50 licks for x style. Ok, enough. Thanks.

[@oliviandersz]

The truth was spoken

[@klauswigsmith]

5:31 - 5:35 I think we've all experienced that more than once. I know I have!

[@r46-b7e]

Uncle Judy is the edgy big brother in every 90s kids movie/comedy

[@dpanek]

Learning things outside of your comfort zone is rule #1 for me, especially to help with writing new music in addition to getting more skilled. Great list!

[@jimbobur]

This is the first video I've seen from this channel. I feel so blessed to have come across this invaluable and inspirational advice from American Guitar PewDiePie ♥️

[@lilbroccolii]

this guy is like your wierd uncle that your parents made you stay with over the summer

[@allyourbasearebelongtous2191]

One of those 1st points I see as most important. Like those videos of players trying to make you hold YOUR pick the way THEY do. It's like... uh... my hands are WAAAAYYY bigger than that guys. Why would I EVER hold my pick in a way that actually makes me a WORSE player?!? The fuck? Lol. I hold the pick in the way that makes it easier for ME to play MY guitar. Sure... I'll TRY it and see if for some reason it MIGHT help... but them acting like holding it that way is OBJECTIVELY better is insane to me.

[@Evokus]

I miss the "You're gonna go far kid" thing :(

[@ArkonArchive]

Favorite part of the video starts at 5:38

[@zacharyprice9890]

I completely agree with the whole self admiration vs acknowledging your failures in certain areas, obviously there’s a line between being made aware of your short comings as a musician and actual mental abuse. But in my own experience as a young guitarist in school of rock and being constantly put on a pedestal ultimately plateaued my ability, when I decided to take up some classical guitar it completely changed my own perception of my ability in such a way where I’m never truly satisfied with my playing, hence I constantly push myself to improve, obviously we all need to be happy with the way we play a lot of the time but as I said it’s a fine line to tread

[@therealikitclaw8124]

I will say i am the best guitarist in the house.

[@mobbinator]

This is all hilarious but EXCELLENT advice. I challenged myself to learn Sentient Glow by Periphery and it took me well over a year to even get past the verse, but now I can play it and it definitely helped me to feel I can do more than i thought. I never imagined being able to play it, and now that I can, it inspires me to learn more

[@sumtimesoonband]

Been playing for like 7 years now. Definitely gonna watch this before each practice session now. Thanks judy for making me hate myself

[@jordanowen42]

I would just like to say that I was Judy’s guitar teacher when he was 16 and I *did* encourage his alternate picking.

[@robertsesmamusic]

found my guitar teacher

[@GustavoVegliaVicO.M.]

"two weeks" yeah, more like two years for certain songs now, tbh, two months learning altitudes did miracles with my technique even if i wasn't able to play it fully after this time.

[@Smallsguitarshop]

Uncle Judy where have you been lol. This is the first video I’ve ever seen of you and I’m now hitting that subscribe button!

[@inboundmusic8894]

A good practice schedule most definitely works,I'm 4 years into playing and got a good band

[@quinnk8332]

Uncal jewdyyy

[@Desechannsl]

Uncle Judy having a good upload schedule finally?

[@alienlovetunes]

I have exactly the same Charvel, every luthier gives it back with high action saying it can’t go lower. Any advise??

[@davidgerowmusicchannel]

i like your whole style. not just your playing but also your general approach to learning. but you may wanna take it easy with the "i suck" stuff lol i totally get what you mean, and at the core of it i think you're right. but not acknowledging your progress is no better for you than thinking your shit don't stink. that mind game you're talking about will only get worse if you don't measure your successes with the same stick you measure your failures with. just sayin'... love your channel.

[@baconshreds1772]

Someone once told me alternate picking isn't that useful, so I showed them the video of Paul Gilbert doing sweeps while alternate picking. GG owned chud.

[@NotLegato]

the alternate picking is the biggest thing. you know what happens when you learn hammer-ons, then realise pull-offs are hard so you learn to economy pick only down? your picking patterns are all messed up and you're really good doing a pattern one way but really bad inverted. took a long time to train out of that and i still only economy pick down and alternate up.

[@Skilital]

i disagree only with the fact "you shouldn't admire yourself for your practice" or whatever the hell was it. if you don't, always putting the ton of pressure on yourself. and yeah i get the fact this is just "be humble and understand that there are always people better than you". yet when you say the fact you shouldn't give yourself admiration, crucial mistake. i know from experience this can lead into loss of stimul to play or train in basically anything, and that is very not good. "admire your efforts, yet don't get over your head. give yourself time to grow and enjoy the process, nobody is perfect, mistakes are the things that seperate us from robots." that's how it should've been said from my point of view. i'm open to discussion if you think i said is wrong or have a different opinion.

[@NicolasMartinez-dn4yy]

You fucker got everything on point haha. Gonna brainwash my head with this video, because everything you said here is a fact. Thanks bro, I always look at these routines videos and end up playing the same things because these routines are fucking boring af. But creating your own routines will make everything fun and makes the things easier to be better on the instrument. With always having in mind that you suck and still having fun haha. Thanks!!

[@ShadowhandofDune]

I've been playing for 40 years, but I still learn new stuff from guys like you who make me think about things differently instead of showing an exotic scale. In conclusion, don't do heroin, it doesn't actually make you play jazz better.

[@MyGuy42069]

I knew you were a pbr guy

[@black_phillipe]

Just started playing this year and you know what? You inspired me. I'm going to try and learn one of those Polyphia songs everyone talks about.

[@poelogan]

Im determined to get good enough at this platform to where we can collab one day. You are fucking HILARIOUS.

[@Neightlive]

I don't buy new guitars to make my self happy. I need a setup for every tuning and a back up for those when i play live. If you are just in your bedroom sure you just need one.

[@ss_avsmt]

So the toan is in the mind?

[@PrettyboyAshtun]

my pinky literally doesn’t work Lmao it won’t do anything like the others

[@l0rd_breeigo-sama954]

Please uncle judy, Can you tell me how to get good tone when your action is low on a 9 string. It is a real problem

[@plungiemcgee]

DUDE as an amateur guitar player I needed this, your advice cut right through me and gave me the motivation to keep practicing and to learn hard songs (at my skill level). 'Preciate the tips my dude, have a good one!

[@ovven4671]

I can understand why so many people are calling this really inspirational. He actually has a really positive way of talking about doing hard work, not trying to talk about short cuts but still making everything feel possible and doable, and that starts to make me think that it's because it really is all doable. thanks!

[@Black1Dog]

just spitting facts one by one

[@monaural2.988]

To be completely honest about it, I don’t know why a hell of a lot of people who play guitar, and this includes the whole of the teaching community, have the entire “I have the hidden jewels THEY don’t want you to know” mentality. I have not heard ONE person come out and say, “oh… thanks for the compliment. But uh…I’m only halfway as good as a hell of a lot of other people…there’s things I wish I could play, but I try to enjoy myself whenever I have this silly thing on my shoulder…I’m sorry, what was your name? Tell me your story, dude!” You know….BEING HUMBLE. AND NOT NEEDING THE WHOLE “AH-NOLD F***ING SCHWARZENEGGER ACT!” Seriously, how many truly damned HUMBLE guitar players have you really met???

[@CadePrado]

Been playing guitar for a month and a half. I am currently trying to learn master of puppets.

[@Jargleman]

I’m still only 1 year into guitar but what I’ve found to really help me improve is to spend at least an hour practicing improvisation. Like put on a song you really like and just learn the movements and rip it. KGLW songs can be really good for that

[@davidmcglone409]

Im deaf and I've been working on improving that all my life. 😂 That's my weakness.

[@malegria9641]

Dude for years I was like “oh haha learning songs is stupid I wanna make my own songs” and then recently I decided to learn the Unravel riff for fun. Two months. It took me, a guitar player since the age of 12, two months. Best decision I’ve ever made.

[@SeaNaCl]

I think there's a fine line between self loathing and genuine understanding of where improvement is needed. It is in fact possible to acknowledge ones successes and shortcomings simultaneously. Ingraining the sentiment of "I fucking suck" whether it be in school or in personal relationships, or as seen here, with skills, is not healthy. Even if this mindset provides a temporary source of extreme motivation to improve, being pragmatic is much more effective. At one point I had a roommate who was all "I suck at life I need to do xyz to make it better" and he would do them. After doing them, he still hated himself, and he would burn out because in his eyes none of the improvement had come to fruition (although it had), and then proceed to return to square one. If you fail to effectively acknowledge your successes, then in a practical and applicable sense, what exactly makes them better than failure? I see where the sentiment comes from, I saw it in a lot of male colleagues back in college. The result was almost always the same. Hard stop burnout. Obviously some people may find success from this mindset, but from the cases I've seen (and lived with), those people are, at best, very uncommon.

[@hadeseye2297]

I had big laugh time when Bernth released video about how you should hold guitar and position your hand and fingers. It was totally againt Steve vai's way of playing. "I wanted for my playing to look cool, so I practiced infron of a mirror." So all those great advices are laughable to me. They never take into account that each person is different and ergonomy of playing will also be different to different people. While it's good to practice different hand positions for many reasons, there are some things that will require you to switch to your natural way. Very quick legato for example.

[@Centipede_Solaire]

Bradley Hall describing you as a heroin comedown is the perfect analogy

[@joriankell1983]

LoL, like beanley knows what that's like. LMAO, even!

[@wakassjak]

hear me out, if you watch uncle judy for mindset/creativity, qjamtracks for theory, and bernth for exercises, you're gonna go far kid

[@HECKproductions]

reminds me a lot of this kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGPRi2SrYsqtb8U and then he basically said the title of that video

[@ItsALLCAP]

3:00 *Also looks at you with disapproval and discontent of your actions.*

[@partriotsfight5039]

Ehhhh I gave up my pick completely a couple years ago after 45 years of playing. All fingers now. Completely changed everything. Richie Kotzen completely inspired me

[@HK007Filmworks]

I found out how to Drop tune almost five years after I started playing. To be honest, I wish I found out about it earlier. Because, right when I first started playing, I wanted to start sweep picking when I didn't know how to use the Fretboard.

[@JLchevz]

GEAR is fucking stupid LMFAO dude this is so true. Like gear is cool and all but fuck that, practice more instead of worrying about a tone that doesn't exist until you can actually play something decent. (Speaking for myself of course)

[@spy-v-spy1848]

Alternate picking is the first thing I learned how to do I started of playing mandolin the thing I suck at & I suck at really bad Bar chords.

[@artemisthegunslinger3956]

I think It's time for me to learn the afterlife solo because it always intimidate me

[@HoytFergus]

FINALLY. You have to find the treasures. Its not free. Once you do you will understand. Don't put the guitar down it will come.

[@chrischristensen3814]

First of all..thanks for the repetition. It is totally the shit. Record it. Play it over and over. Master it. Than you are the shit!!

[@insid3493]

Am buying an accoustic gutair very very soon as a first time instrument to play

[@JohnnyInvictus]

There is ONE thing worse than a cocky guitar player….a cocky singer with a chronic case of L.S.D.!!! They are the absolute worst and 90% of the time,that’s the dude that will destroy your band and your band will break up over his enormous ego.

[@officialfanofrichiebricker8324]

Very cool video! BTWI dont suck cause i play all the right notes. What? There was no blip, Youre hearing things, I dont do blips. My notes ring out perfectly. No You Suck big ol blips

[@Paeddyful]

Man, I also have severe ADHD and only found out at like, 30 fucking years old. I feel you so much on that jumping between stuff. I'll come up with a nice lick, try to come up with a nice lick to follow it, and then 10 minutes later I've noodled so much I forgot what the fuck I even started on. I feel seen, thanks for that!

[@samim8628]

Broke my left elbow in 2008. Ever since it's hard have my hand go palm up which makes it difficult to play with my ring finger and little finger. So I constantly have to do exercises and stretches on those two fingers and my wrist or else It gets very difficult to play. So frustrating. If I want to play I must keep up on practicing and stretching.

[@cloudbloodmusic]

I've been playing for over 10 years and still can't do arpeggio sweeps. But I can do sweep picking besides that tho, it's a left hand issue. But I moreso economy pick than alternate pick.

[@samwall9411]

Nice fat upper decky buddy what is that tobacco flavour zynchinos? Wintergreen is the way to go budz the smoothest lip pillow around eh

[@justgivenofox9543]

Bro last night I was practicing and finally started working on my legato more seriously. My fretting hand is slower than my picking hand. So practicing legato so my right hand isn’t fighting my left. Just pick when you need to. Not every single little note

[@ThatGuy-kf5kc]

Oh my god I decided to click on one of your videos again and seeing this new look was like a fucking culture shock. Last I remember was you learning 40oz! ...I love you Tim

[@user-db1wl2fw5x]

I just ordered a guitar on a whim, though i dont remember how to hold a pick... I hope youre right Uncle, I hope you're right (I'm 25)

[@MiketheNerdRanger]

The only thing I don't agree with is the notion that acknowledging someone's hard work is a "pussy mentality," and that putting people down is somehow the right way to go about it. There'a a way to encourage improvement without being a prick. Other than that, excellent advice.

[@TheAndrewc5120]

i tried to learn psychobilly freakout once. that song is... so fucked. i couldn't even teach myself like the second technique required to do the intro lmao.