OLA 14 DAYS - Guitar Challenge #4 - MASTER THE METAL GALLOP

[@OlaEnglund]

Welcome to another challenge! Be sure to upload your progress to KZbin or Instagram and tag with #ola14days so I can follow your progress!

[@RokDAWG1]

Ola the galloper

[@stevenseven6626]

Hi ola Is there a chance of us seeing a solar iceman guitar in the future? Also could you please do a “will it chug”on a vox vt20x?

[@IStabz]

did you track progress from the last one? lol

[@frystanudlar6964]

Down up down, the string talks to me as I do this. Thanks for the excellent content.

[@maximecorompt1933]

Thanks to gojira i have no problem with this

[@crimsonbit]

Great now we can play almost every Slayer song and half of the Gojira songs

[@tylercady3985]

@Matt Taylor and Iron Maiden

[@landhomer4627]

Sylosis and Trivium

[@Gothraven]

Almost every metal band

[@manicdoom]

also And Justice For All…

[@stilanbant2198]

*is clearly thinking of backbone and Amazonia*

[@saboteursweden]

Great exercise! I would add that it’s good to allso play the gallop on the 5th string to not make the hand movement too big. Picking only on the 6th string gives a lot of space with no string above that can make it harder to transition to other strings later. If that makes any sense...

[@caseyl5001]

Basically use the low string as a barrier to keep your motion small?

[@SkitzoMR]

Everytime Ola starts galloping zeros, Gojira backbone starts to play in my head.

[@Void921]

Backbone is even more challenging as you have to gallop on 2 strings.

[@jaredj599]

@@Void921 my right arm dies every time i try to play it, only get through like 3 bars of the riff

[@Void921]

@@jaredj599 That just means you haven't worked enough 🙂 10 minutes every day and you'll see the results pretty fast.

[@MetalliDay]

i hear hardwired and or battery in my head

[@robertoverbeek9193]

This is not Gallup.. Gallup is down down up..hes doing trips

[@blakecurtis7809]

I have to at work in 5 hours and have not slept. Ola, you are worth it.

[@bornindissonance6312]

Being left-handed and playing right-handed, galloping has always been difficult for me. Thanks, Ola!

[@quantumblood2253]

I know this comment is 5years old but I feel ur pain

[@rudyzaga]

Holy shit me too bro, its fucking hard, tremolo picking at fast speeds is difficult too

[@reprisalwithin666]

One thing I'd highly recommend is once you feel some coordination building and your want to actually take a good stab at triplets is to try playing along to Slayer-Ghost of War at about 2:40 into the song it is basically triplet-downstroke, downstroke-triplet over and over. Try your best to keep in time and keep repeating this part and playing along to it. Before long, you'll begin to sync up. This will help you speed the process immensely. Also, try to relax your muscles as much as you can, each stroke done with as minimal pick travel as possible, most of this technique is more efficiently done by using mostly just your wrist. Allow your hand to take on whatever demented form it wants, there is no real right or wrong way to hold the pick it's whatever works for you but you need to practice to find out what that is

[@RelentlessOhiox]

I'm lucky. Galloping was one of the first things I learned when I picked up guitar as a teenager. Before I even learned chords and progression and scales and such. I just loved breakdowns haha.

[@rafaszymaniewicz1991]

0:58 I cried laughing. Love this guy!

[@TravisHaynes-z1s]

I think I usually end a gallop with an uneven number of notes with two down strokes. Alternate picking the fist notes , however many there may be.

[@adammorris2725]

This is awesome! Im currently learning frayed ends of sanity by Metallica, and the rhythm guitar under the solo is super fast gallops! It's super hard and this will help out A LOT!

[@MikeBaars83]

Damn right. Great riffings there. Keep it up down up down.

[@jackmcgary389]

I'm learning hardwired

[@F_L_U_X]

Video starts at 1:30

[@andreriant8513]

I’ve been doing this for so many years but still having fun galloping on the strings 🤘thanks Ola

[@DieL4ppenWG]

Hey Ola, just found this format and it's pretty epic. We definitly need more of this.

[@chemx1998]

I saw a video of Lucas Mann (from Rings of Saturn) explaining how to play a song, and one of the parts is a really fast gallop, and he recommends using the alternate picking for fast galloping, I mean: Down/up/Down/pause__ Up/Down/Up/pause And obviously you need to accentuate those upstrokes when starting the group of three notes. Just to let people know and try practising both ways or choose this one if they want to play something similar to what Lucas Mann was playing.

[@supermastater]

Your videos are not shitty man, I know you’re joking and all but seriously, stop. You put one of the best electric guitar and gear related content out there.

[@drewbierants4751]

Yes, I need something to practice gojira gallops with!

[@orelaroki]

Hell yeah! I literally play Backbone every day as I find it great for practicing Gallops

[@scylla8270]

jon schaffer of iced earth is a master at gallops.

[@Sarklord]

you won me to it :). if anyone wants to practice gallops, put Something wicked on your record player and follow along.

[@AR-mq5oz]

exactly what i was thinking, his gallops are so tight

[@barrygomez5968]

Jon shaffer. Master of Shafflets

[@phillbagg]

@@Sarklord 1st two albums are where it's at for those gallops. Check "When the Night Falls", "The Path I Choose" and "Pure Evil"

[@kionihernandez356]

ah. the schaffer triplet. yes my thumb is thrilled (sarcasm) 😂

[@VulgarPlaying]

14 days burping challenge. Meshuggah - bleed (burp cover)

[@motoman963]

0:01 how about a how you hold your pick technique vid

[@ristofly5720]

Just finishing building my, please let it chug guitar. I got to say your videos are really fun to watch. Learning to chug is going to be a blast. Thank you for making your videos.

[@TheReal_BallzBDragon]

This is super helpful. Ive been teaching myself raining blood and so far the most difficult part is all the galloping. I can tremello at full speed like in slipknot songs but the galloping kills me!

[@CienciayServico]

You are the first person I’ve seen hold the pick like that. I hold it exactly the same way and I’ve been trying so hard to change it, but now I’m thinking maybe not!

[@shadilamesbutr8239]

Slave Labor by Fear Factory is a great exercise for improving your gallop picking technique.

[@isaidwhatwhat5276]

I just bought a schecter cr6 pro. I swear it is a direct copy of that green solar. Or the other way around. Either way I love it and I'm thinking it needs its solar twin sitting next to him.

[@detafult4617]

Great video Ola! I have suggestion that in the next challenge you can teach us how to throw this gallop thing to alternate picking pattern, combining the two basiclly :D

[@nikolaytrofimov4175]

Gojira - Esoteric Surgery is perfect for practicing both tremolo and gallop. I suggest for the next challenge practicing black metal tremolo picking, for one and for two strings. I think its one of the basics actually, but for me it was always a little struggle

[@SamuraiDud3]

What about a string skipping challenge next? So glad you're continuing the series.

[@666MadDog]

There is only one Song to worship this technique.. The Crown - Deathexplosion ! :) Ola.. if you dont know it, please look it up :) Btw.. this technique is the only one i would say i have mastered on guitar and is the reason why my band called me in back then.. ;)

[@OlaEnglund]

Excellent song

[@davidm6387]

I decided to give it a listen, because most of the music I listen to anymore is from youtube recommendations. I found it highly satisfying. 10/10, will attempt to gallop along with it until I get it right.

[@Zam1Fear]

Yes!!! Fucking awesome song man!

[@Metaldad87]

I like it, ive been trying to learn this cuz of sylosis. I also realized this was released on my 29th birthday to the exact day in 2019

[@stevevallance6326]

Hi, Steve from California! Dig your show, thanks.

[@BrianBower]

Iced Earth, Iron Maiden are my favorites for gallops. Iced Earth rules and I feel like some of the kids these days have missed out . In fact, I never mastered some Iced Earth riffs cause Jon is insane.

[@joerensh8463]

Iced earth have insane gallop riffs!

[@jaimgom]

John Browne, watching this video: "upstroke, what the hell does he mean by upstroke?"

[@reprisalwithin666]

An upstroke is when you pluck the string in an upward motion.

[@GeminiWoods]

@@reprisalwithin666 **facepalm**

[@onloveandsublimation4912]

@@reprisalwithin666 *double facepalm*

[@reprisalwithin666]

*tripple facepalm* lol... who the Hell is John Browne anyway?

[@jparkerriffs]

@@reprisalwithin666 King of Downstroke, was just a funny joke. John Browne Rulez

[@freshcutjorts]

I cant wait to hear the suggestions for @4:23

[@thumbscrews]

Thank you, Ola. This really helped me.

[@HauntedGuitarMan]

I soldered new speakers in. Watched Netflix and drank a ton of vodka. Its 2 In the morn and I see this. Te he cool. I just learned the whole cfh rythem guitar. About 20% through solo. Teeter toters to you my friend and may the multiverse bless your exsisitance in the time that does not exist. The end.

[@ValSchnitzel]

Okay, i dont really play guitar, but has taken interest in guitars and gear in the past few months due to this channel. I think that i will buy some cheap guitar next week and join the challenge.

[@NuclearHeadshot]

Good luck, I'm 9 years into playing metal bass and can't gallop with pick even though I've tried.

[@nickdimitrievski3392]

NuclearHeadshot As a bassist, I can second this. I strangely find galloping with fingers easier

[@basilwalls1320]

If you want a cheap guitar the new Squires are killer for the price and the Boss Katana amps sound also killer for the price. Don't go for dirt cheap, if it doesn't play well and sound good you'll never want to play it, and will in turn never learn go play. Goodluck!

[@ThisCreepingLife]

That's a niiiice guitar tone for thrash metal. Great lesson

[@willb3698]

Very common in classical too. And we were taught to read triplets as "Galloping, Galloping, Galloping, Galloping" over a 4/4 time. so nicely put. I just bought a 7 string guitar! - I might enter this as I play double bass. HOW SHOULD I TUNE my new 7 string LTD???? (soz babz - couldn't afford a solar at the moment!)

[@offrenbaruna]

I think this is the best idea you have for your 14 day challenge. since you don't have much time to challenge yourself, why not make challenges for the dummies, like me that want to start playing guitar (somewhere). Anyway, I like this, hope you can create more challenge like this for us. Don't forget, new guitarist enthusiasts, new guitars.

[@kranzceii]

Excellent video! I used this to work on some Iced Earth.

[@algunnickvalido]

This will help me tons. I cant do this, but when you put "challenge" is personal now

[@silverfoot6079]

I'm a pretty proficient guitarist. I'm currently learning In the minds of evil by Deicide and it's giving me a challenge

[@massttrshrdrharmonicminor2002]

That guitar is amaze so nice to look. While retaining your 12th fret logo. I would recommend some cool or unique inlays. Like green block style would be so cool on the one in this vid

[@TimHamelink]

Add one more note in between and you've got Bleed by Meshuggah and everything gets a lot more complicated. Might be a cool follow-up on this video after 14 days? Maybe not neccesarily Bleed, but a variation on the gallop?

[@aglees2b]

Any tips for avoiding getting the picked trapped on the upstroke? Especially on rhythms that you see on riffs like Ruin (LoG) where you're hitting a single and the galloping on the next hit?

[@ryanhass8716]

A couple tips off the top of my noggin: try playing with less of the pick exposed (less pick to pull up and over the string) or experimenting with the angle at which you hold it. On the last downstroke of a gallop, try to hit the string at an angle. This is kinda difficult to explain via comment, but the idea is that on the last downstroke you're almost pulling away from the strings (slightly, just enough to put you in a better position to hop over the string). The best I can do to describe what I mean is if regular picking is up and down, the last downstroke should be more of a rotating movement (somewhat like turning a key in a lock). You could also just not worry about always starting gallops with a downstroke, it'll still get the musical idea across, and you'll be practicing gallops starting with upstrokes which certainly won't hurt. Practice the movement at an absurdly slow tempo and experiment with what feels comfortable to you, and just try to minimize excessive movement. I hope this helps 🤘

[@aglees2b]

@@ryanhass8716 cheers dude, l'll give those ideas a play thru

[@coobanez777]

Strongly recommend learning and practicing Backbone by Gojira to build this skill!

[@JYap2]

14 days of Gojira's Backbone, that's going to be fun!

[@insertanynameyouwant5311]

I like playing it down only when it`s relatively slow and down up when it`s much faster

[@tvrath]

Nice, this is just perfect challenge to me. I have always struggled with gallops, thanks! Its been so challenging to me somehow...

[@toemasmeems]

Ola this was awesome wish I was aware of your channel last year

[@dajoler]

Ola: *watches Band-Maid* Ola: Oh s**t, gotta get back to practicing! *posts new Guitar Challenge* Love ya Ola! :D

[@Straightedge63]

so one thing that ive noticed helped me was actually to use a thinner pick. i went from using a 1.5 mm to a .63 because it was actually hurting my picking hand.

[@patrickruhe5450]

Greeting Olga. I really enjoy your video and sense of humour. I really like this challenge because it reminds of of Sepultura territory in which I can't seem to get the timing and gallop part down. I was wondering if you could demonstrate on how that's done. Thanks from Omaha.

[@holmerz]

Just added gallop to my bucket list! But this three 16th notes + one 16th note rest, differs from the classic Metallica style which is one 8th note followed by two 16th notes, right?

[@TheBlackGhost13]

Gonna do this on acoustic guitar! Hope it will work! You're like my favorite guitarist since Dime!

[@rafaelsencine4946]

man i always learn good stuff with yours vídeos!!! thanks!!!!!

[@jamiewalton666]

Skeletons in the Closet by Anthrax has some awesome gallops and is challenging to play

[@AleArzMusic]

Definitely will try this in bed 🤘🤘🤘

[@bradleyrayson2955]

So funny I was just wondering where these were! Glad to see they're back.

[@katyungodly]

Lucas Mann from Rings of Saturn said to ALWAYS alt-pick, but what I've learned is that there are no rules when it comes to playing guitar. I'll probably continue to practice alt-picking gallops, but my main technique is your version 🤘🏻

[@atheist4life229]

Hey Ola, any tip on galloping on power chords? I've been getting absolutely owned by the gallop in the Trooper once the tempo starts to exceed 110bpm or so. The pick just gets stuck a bunch and it slides out of my hand, unless I tense up and then my entire arm is in pain. Beginner guitarist, only 5ish months of practice if that helps.

[@wilberttboonzaaier2550]

Want to improve your galloping? Learn sylosis songs and if you can already play them try Bleed at 290bpm

[@ZXChrisR14]

Still working on that 45 day challenge.

[@playguedoctor6879]

Man... i love that guitar!!

[@innate7260]

I've yet to come across the gallop speed of the tracks from " beneath the remains" release from Sepultura way back,,,,until this vid🙏

[@briangrady9787]

How do you get such a good metallic sound. I'm sooo new to playing metal

[@censored7881]

I tried to play _Born from Misery_ by _Death Before Dishonor_ and found myself instantly humiliated by my inability to do the hyper-rapid gallops. You're right; it's not as easy as it seems. Thanks for the video.

[@LP666diavlo]

Im trying to play cristal Mountain but i cant play the intro riff 😭

[@kosta_713]

This is the only technique I could teach myself without any toutorial or advice from others. Without looking at any tabs 😜 ....I just have trouble with this fast (Tremolo picking) picking. I don’t know how to turn the pick to a right position ...cheers ✌️

[@MarceloSperger]

i would love to see sweep picking in the next one! because i suck at it!

[@Aristotelezz]

This is nice lesson! Let's try this for 14 days...

[@jay-arcambal7488]

Thank you so much ola your the best

[@YnysEnlli]

Glad I found this one Ol, waiting on my GRG7221QA. I needed a new routine to practice in the mean time 🤘🏽

[@ItsSauIGoodman]

Been playing for 17 years and still cant go that fast.

[@isakbergstrom95]

This was a great one, chug master Ola.

[@DKGuitars-DKG]

Now ad the up stroke back in, take the same amount of time for the up stroke as you do the triplet, and you have Bleed from Meshuggah. Still can't wire my brain to play that rif at their speed but I like the challenge @olaenglund Galloping is a must for any metal player. 🤘 P.s. Got your signed feared album recently and love it. Wold Eater is sick! Cheers from LA.

[@nicksteinhoff8117]

but ola! the most efficient way is alternate picking EFFICIENCY SPEED EFFICIENCY SPEED AHHHH I naturally learned my technique as down up down, down up down as well ohhh ahhhh it feels so natural!!!

[@Estib07]

I think we could have a great challenge! Why not, sweep picking? For me it's really difficult! Another great video Ola!

[@davidm6387]

Here is a sweep pick challenge for you: the beginning of the solo to the Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle, before the fast alternate picking. It is an excellent piece of music for learning sweeps.

[@Aresmusic.official]

excellent! That ending 😅 Now those modern metal f'in galloping is the sh** I'm looking for! Any tips would be appreciated

[@paisteplayer1040]

Galloping, perfected by the one and only IRON MAIDEN !!!

[@adamcone6856]

I've asked this before. My issue is that I use my entire forearm and shoulder to gallop and it tires me out. I try to gallop with just the wrist and play like garbage with zero control. What can I do to improve my skill and relearn how to wrist control the galloping? Thanks Ola!

[@beaverhead01]

force yourself to do it the correct way , and stop the other way . practice makes perfect i was told.

[@anneschenk1699]

@@adamcone6856 Id suggest start alternate picking 4 notes with your wrist at a certain speed while staying relaxed. Then reduce the speed by 20% and gallop while maintaining the relaxation. I often find myself tensing up on the first note while galloping. But going back to alternate picking then back to galloping gives me a good feel of how to relax my wrist.

[@adamcone6856]

@@anneschenk1699 thanks, but I had to quit playing after a botched neck surgery. Take care!

[@cuellorojo7117]

broke my guitar 10 years ago, think gonna buy one and start your challenges, really nice channel by the way

[@alexanderrosauer1650]

That guitar is absolutely amazing.

[@alexanderrosauer1650]

Hands down.

[@stupidoldman3022]

ola ! your chunk -n- ness is awesome !

[@davidfranzi5975]

Thanks Ola 😊

[@DatKundalini]

That tone!

[@austinburdick5861]

Do you have a video explaining pinch harmonics?? I understand what I’m supposed to do, I guess it’s the actual practice of it that I’m lost on ??

[@gamerspitt8089]

we love you ola

[@ge0fthomas906]

AWESOME LESSON !! ..in 14 days I'll be able to play an all " Iron Maiden " set list, lol 🤘!! Careful with that HeadStock Ola, ...don't impale anybody !!!

[@GeeseBoltR]

14 days of non stop gallop ? You're a harsh teacher Ola. I would stop feeling my arm at the end of the first day... Lucky for me I can gallop and skip this one ;)

[@rossward7801]

Which Solar model is that? I can't find that colour on the website and it is just beautiful!

[@rev9737]

Holy fuck finally got it. Started off slow with the pattern and got it today, same day I learned it. Thanks Ola!

[@cristiancontrario]

RAINING BLOOOOOOOD!

[@MEgaMotron]

Genial !! Muy verdadero

[@blakecurtis7809]

Just noticed that you are close to the 300K subscriber mark. Big congratulations man. Keep it sexy and keep it loud!

[@andreasprophet674]

Thanks Master🤘🤘🤘

[@GravesoftheInnocent]

You’re to 300k subscribers! Nice man!! 💪🤘

[@nizzamp]

Dear Ola. You are the best chugger there is, and IMO better than Hetfield. I'd like to know how you "internally count" the chugs on Preachers of Death. It's a grouping of 5 notes chugging on low string " D#D# D D D" where the D#'s are 32nd's and the D chugs are 16th's and you are ripping at 105bpm. What is the best way to work this out and how do you feel or count it? Much Love.

[@schecterseven3894]

Thanks Ola I will spend the next 14 days driving my neighbors crazy galloping around my apartment.

[@aguspermana3727]

Dont forget to warm up, This type of exercise is prone to injury, last month I have experienced wrist pain and now it is still a bit painful