Jake Workman - Rawhide 200

Working out with the metronome on Rawhide a couple months back!

[@stevenhearrell1564]

Hey Jake, if you don't slow down you're gonna get a ticket.

[@JamesAdkinsMusic]

That’s the kind of tempo that would worry a banjo picker! 😂

[@81crowe]

or make us very happy...

[@chrissmith640]

Love it!

[@josiwax]

The one thumbs done is jealous. Nice picking!

[@ShaneHennessyMusic]

Holy moly, incredible Jake!

[@user-cv1jf1wq2m]

Wow! This musician is SMOKING! 😎🎸👍

[@fergalohanlonmusic]

I can’t even think this fast. Amazing stuff

[@russellhowemusic2578]

Wow been picking for 21 years now. I feel like a sloth.

[@davesiler4064]

mighty darned impressive!

[@81crowe]

#ludicrousspeed

[@mikeatwell3646]

Hahahaha!

[@macehead]

For god sake Jake, that guitar has a family!!!!!

[@jclaypool00]

You're awesome Jake ...dang!

[@Colorado4x4]

Slow down or that fingerboard is going to catch on fire! 🔥🔥🔥 😂😂😂

[@6412mars]

Future of Flatpickin..you just saw and heard it..Atta boy Jake!

[@markchristopher4165]

Insane!

[@bdm50]

The man’s not human 💪

[@michaelmullins1290]

That's just insane.

[@fiddlinmike]

Awesome. Question: Does your right hand make any contact with the guitar or strings when you do this?

[@mikeatwell3646]

Set to 1.25x for a more up to speed tempo. 😂

[@ProfessorDan]

Mercy!

[@JewandGreek]

I've never heard playing this fast and clean since Doc Watson passed.

[@NashvilleTuneStream]

Doc never played at 200 Bpm! But he did pretty much invent this style of playing

[@gam1471]

@@NashvilleTuneStream It depends on exactly what is meant by 200 bpm. When you see figures like this in a flatpicking context, it usually means 200 quarter notes a minute. I apologise if you know this! Doc could certainly play beyond 200 bpm - i.e. he could play at speeds beyond 200 quarter notes a minute. As an example, tap your foot and get a metronome in sync with your foot and Doc playing his composition 'Nashville Picking'. You'll find that he's playing at 132 half notes a minute, which equates to 264 quarter notes a minute (this might of course differ slightly depending on which version you work with). Listening to this piece is deceptive - he's going a lot quicker than you think. Trust me, I've learnt this one - it took me ages, and I'll never get up to Doc's speed!

[@gam1471]

Thinking more about it, there's something I should have mentioned in my above post about Doc's playing. I've since slowed Jake down courtesy of KZbin, and yes, he's playing at 200bpm - but he's playing four notes for every beat, which is an incredible 800 notes per minute. All in all, NashvilleTuneStream, I think you may well be right about Doc's picking speed. I calculate Doc's playing of 'Nashville Picking' to be 528 notes per minute (2 notes per beat at 264 beats per minute) - pretty fast going anyway! I recall putting the metronome on one of Earl Scrugg's banjo instrumentals, and it came out at about 600 notes per minute. What bothers me slightly is - where will this passion for speed end? Let's not forget the music!

[@tomellis37]

What the hell did I just see? Not even human. Were those 64th notes? :-)

[@rickfletcher5053]

I think I got a cramp in my hand just watching this.

[@niceguy4928]

Was that faster than the time you done wheel hoss? Nicely done ✅

[@jerrybrooks8281]

As Norman would say: Gnat notes son!

[@davidchernack4145]

Well, yeah, but can you play it at 201bpm???

[@KennyHaney-iy3ob]

crazy fast 😅

[@JedClark]

Damn.

[@Sttonkeoj]

How is this humanly possible???

[@michelbrown3378]

🤯

[@SharpEdgeStandardOfficial]

Thanks Jake and now for the slowed tutorial?

[@sphz1971]

Hey ya got the tab for that😂

[@dostacos1]

Isn’t this illegal?

[@njgl2010]

Aint no sense in that!

[@555Gear]

0:17 sound like a Joe Satriani riff

[@btpearce]

SON :-o

[@jeanthediabeticqueen8554]

Hey jake this is Madi your niece

[@JeffHamilton45]

Sometimes I question if he's human 😂

[@richardbaruch1185]

LOL!

[@johnstout9285]

Can't you go any faster?

[@GunnarSalyer]

Dang what even?!?!??? I mean, I was expecting fast, but this is off your rocker fast! Yikes!

[@boydhulin8447]

Um 😳🤯.... any way you can slow that down to maybe... 100 BPM?....... 😂

[@mandobanjoguitar]

where's the melody lol Seriously though tat was fast

[@ronmercer7853]

A bit too fast Jake.....just sayin'...

[@gibsondavis3184]

This is not chill

[@lindseywalker6925]

Dang. I pity the poor singer......

[@DavidShapero]

I'm sorry, but this looks fake. Human hands don't look like that when they're moving fast. Unfortunately, this trend is pervasive on KZbin and Instagram. Many videos on KZbin show how it's done. I could be wrong.

[@JedClark]

I totally understand why you'd say this - but Jake Workman is the real deal. This isn't sped up. If you're not a believer just go to a Ricky Skaggs and KT show.

[@joshuatate5671]

Your wrong. The dude does this live

[@richardsmithmusic]

David Shapero Jake’s wrist and physical reaction time allow him to do this, not to mention the hours, weeks, years of focused practice that it takes. It is real

[@stevenivey2280]

David Shapero well your wrong and it’s real

[@stevenivey2280]

David Shapero plus that would be really difficult to fake that😂