The 7 Guitar Exercises That Will Change Your Life

[@Bernthguitar]

Attention guitarists! 🎸 Get your tabs, guitar pro files, backing tracks, and video play-alongs for these workouts here: www.patreon.com/bernth - happy practicing!! 🤘

[@RajatKumar]

Best guitarist I've ever seen❤️

[@udayanmustafi3963]

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[@ryan.m990]

Hey, do you know Paul Davids?.!

[@allboutthemojo]

I love the exercises and appreciate the work.thank you. just providing some feedback I must say that the tab intonation font being so small and going so fast makes it super difficult and discouraging. Even if I reduce the play back speed, the font is too small for people without a perfect 20 20. Anyone else think so?

[@dmeemd7787]

These exercises are modified AND AMAZINGLY COMMUNICATED in a fashion that are probably the best I've ever come across (ever) ...naturally, some I've figured out on my own (some example being speed bursts; equal temperament, dynamics, w/ legato, etc; slight lead/lag issues and why.. and so on, etc.) ...BUUUT then hearing you say it (and seeing it) REALLY engrains it in!! ..and I'll be using a LOT more of these with and w/o modifications..as one should 🙂🤘🏻 (and you are a PHENOMENAL artist and musician!!)

[@IBoughtItMyself]

2:53 Exercise 1: Alternate picking 16th notes 4:31 Exercise 2: Pinky/fretting hand exercise 5:57 Exercise 3: Clean 7-note groups/alternate picking skills. Sounds awesome. 7:48 Exercise 4: Sweep picking/finger independence/pull-offs 8:08 - Tab for exercise 4 8:50 Exercise 5: Speed burst workout 9:40 - Tab for exercise 5 and demo at insane speed 9:52 - Tab for exercise 5 and demo at merely high speed 11:23 Exercise 6: Sweep picking directional exercise with tab 12:10 - Exercise 7 intro: Legato, with hammer-ons and pull-offs 12:43 - The exercise 12:49 - The exercise with tabs at uncomfortable speed quickly moving to preposterous speed

[@Dumb101shit]

Thank you so much

[@pedrolantyer]

Exercise #4 just happens to be present on John Petrucci's Rock Discipline and it's is indeed great. John also recommends using string skipping with it (instead of playing 4 strings I'm a row, use the Low E, A, D and High E strings)

[@m151ek15]

I need to tell you. I was stuck for years with many things. Synchronizing hands, position of freting hand and so on. But after watching your workouts I finally belive that I can jump over the speed wich I was thinking is impossible for me. Especially this workout suprised me how fast I progress. You're the men. Thank you 😃

[@Gares.]

I have finally gotten a girlfriend after practicing these exercises, they truly changed my life! Thank you Bernth!

[@reybot5125]

I’m not sure that’s what the exercises were for, but congrats brother!

[@encikbagus6220]

Buto ....borak kapir

[@chilldude30]

Are you 11? I really hope you're not over the age of 16.

[@muslimobaidullahshukhon3465]

Hehehehehe 😝😝😝

[@denisborzov8406]

@@chilldude30 as a man, your skills matter more and more as you age, even when it comes to romantic relationships. So his comment, funnily enough, makes perfect sense. I don't know what _you_ are talking about, however.

[@jongoodman4622]

"That this can be quite overwhelming as well.' Thank You

[@rickclick8359]

These are the best lessons for improving picking technique I've ever found after years of playing guitar. One thing I noticed whilst trying to increase my speed on the two note per string exercise was my pick depth. If you come from a blues background and are used to digging in more it takes an adjustment for shredding. Now during this exercise, it feels like I'm going to miss the strings with the tip but I don't, instead, I get a much lighter feel using far less energy almost like floating over the top, just better for speed but it feels strange, something I will have to get used to.

[@LovesickBluesBoi]

Rick I am currently working on my shredding skills. I come from more blues background, but years ago I played rhythm in thrash/ death metal. I love to dig into it, use the pick harder on strings, use a lot of grip in my left hand while bending etc. Since two months I started seriously practicing to be able to do solo's, working daily on my techniques and reducing my bad habits. As you said, it feels strange, almost like learning for the first time how to play. Effortless at times, like I seriously don't even feel my fingers moving wondering how my fingers reached the string etc. That effortlessness is somehow discomforting, especially with bends. I struggle so much now with clean bends, because my whole left hand is in a different position, and I have my guitar a lot higher, standing straight. It definitely takes time to get used to. Hope you're doing well Rick!!

[@hoosleepy]

@@LovesickBluesBoi wholesome comment

[@Gterang]

Most of exercises you presented in this video are already shown in your previous ones, but what matters is how I'm eager to work on it on a daily basis. Thank you for the motivation Bernth!

[@myvivo9785]

Bernth the best teacher I have followed till now..thanks for all your sharing online

[@Rob_Lee]

Maaaan, I freaking love Bernth and his content he puts out. Thank you so much for keeping me motivated and inspired on my shred journey! I’ve been feeling some Fernweh with everything going on lately 🤪

[@isaac-a413]

You are a genius bro, i been playing your exercises for 3 months, and I improve my guitar skills

[@Larry_Lakewood]

Been looking for an instructor that really can help me level up my lead playing. I found it! Thanks Bernth!

[@Goatythemeow]

my list 1 - alternate picking 4 - sweep picking 5 - quick bursts and rests. 6 - sweep picking 7 - hammer on and pull off

[@thoughtcheese7310]

*Fernweh* Exercises 1, 2, & 7 really helped out a lot. Thanks.

[@jameshetfield507]

hey bro, i am beginner, not total beginner but still this made me think i am really shitty lmao can you tell me if you had problems in the first exercise, i really have problem with the right hand, its totally unplayable, i cant switch strings alternative picking 2 notes like that, i dont know dude, its extremely hard for me, ofc its not the problem in left hand but in the right, i never had experience with something like this

[@gregcharles6528]

I love you like a brother! You have helped me immensely!!! Let's Keep Shredding!!!

[@Hicks-g1m]

These are great guitar exercises Bernth I really need to start practicing guitar more

[@97stratocaster21]

After reading Stephen King's comment, I'm thinking lack of practice time probably shouldn't be your biggest concern. (Actually, Stephen King's comment cracked me up)

[@peterharrell7305]

I really just do exercises on guitar, anymore. I think I enjoy it more than playing music. Lol

[@Hicks-g1m]

@@peterharrell7305 That's cool whatever works for you maybe you can come up with a song when your doing your exercises on guitar

[@peterharrell7305]

@@Hicks-g1m maybe, but meh. It's more like a stress ball for me, me thinks. I can't remember the last time I even plugged in.

[@Hicks-g1m]

@@peterharrell7305 oh ok

[@dannidarko2880]

The first video un all youtube that actually teaches you how to improve. Thank you man. Honestly!

[@jasonkirby6250]

That riff at the end... 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@wilssantos2]

This video truly made me excited. With these two years of pandemic, my Fernveh is really strong right now... having good exercises is so important to improving, and you just layed such awesomeness that I HAVE to try that right now! Haha. Thanks a lot for existing!

[@sokushinbutsu2877]

OXI MERMAO VAI BRINCA DE MALANDRAO NA GRINGA? TA DEVENU RAPA

[@iracekx09]

This guy is freaking awesome love how he breaks everything down!

[@fabiusveronaitaly8198]

Ciao !!! Started ti do you exercize from almost five weeks ago and you are great !!! I Just get Better !!!you are the best theacher in all you tube !!🤘🤘 ciao from Verona!!

[@chrisderoux1425]

lol wtf?That small tune you did starting at 13:40 and lasting a few seconds was incredible!!!!Ive never heard anything like it!I'm speechless!!!

[@SolarTides]

Schnelltestzentrum is where you have to go when you come back after you had Fernweh and went on vacation. Great Vid Bernth :) really pushing my limits.

[@kennethcausing6042]

My guy is a flat out GOLD MINE! Always with a QUALITY content. Keep it my guy! Best.

[@dmeemd7787]

These exercises are modified AND AMAZINGLY COMMUNICATED in a fashion that are probably the best I've ever come across (ever) ...naturally, some I've figured out on my own (some example being speed bursts; equal temperament, dynamics, w/ legato, etc; slight lead/lag issues and why.. and so on, etc.) ...BUUUT then hearing you say it (and seeing it) REALLY engrains it in!! ..and I'll be using a LOT more of these with and w/o modifications..as one should 🙂🤘🏻 (and you are a PHENOMENAL artist and musician!!)

[@patrickthacker9381]

Wow, my guitar journey has been intense. I needed to heat up my routines. Thank you for the upload.

[@jamesweber9557]

Love the new channel. Thanks Dewayne. God Bless.

[@wkd0]

There was a video of yours, I watched and I learnt how to play the c Aeolian shape now i can do abc to G from 5th fret thank you learn more from you than anyone else i only learn from youtube never had a lesson you help so much hopefully i improve

[@johnmunster4028]

Wow the quality of your videos keeps getting better and better, great job by you and your crew. Your motivation, experience and abilities in teaching are very inspiring to us mear mortals who want to play guitar for fun. Thank you, Thank you & Thank you.

[@robohippy]

Excellent. One thing you haven't covered yet is sliding/glissando. For reasons unknown to me, sliding up is no problem. Sliding down just never seems to work as well....

[@austinlunn]

Just practice sliding up to a certain fret from a new random starting spot everytime. Do this many times over and over. Do the same thing for sliding down but.... Slide down.

[@masterreif]

My favourite exercise for the pinky is to use only the ring finger and the pinky. You can practice it on every thread. for example you can do it on the 5 Thread for the ring finger and 6 thread for the pinky. You start on the 1st string first the ring finger then the pinky. Next step repeat it on the 2nd string, then the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th and then the same up, 5th string, 4th string, 3rd string, 2nd string and then the 1st. do it down and up and down and up. At the beginning it is really hard, but after a time it goes faster and faster.

[@Horror_bm]

Berneth, bro I've been practicing the first exercise for about 30 minutes can already feel the difference in my two note alternate and gallop thanks a tone 🤘

[@NorthTexasEagle1989]

Subscribed after seeing three of these great, (Quik and clear) tutorial type videos.

[@eldrain88]

Correct spider excersize totally changed my accuracity. Miracle

[@stevenbuckley4433]

These look like some excellent exercises. Thanks Bernth.

[@LysisZero]

Best guitar advice I ever had is no matter how hard I practice, how good I get, how much time I play and write... there will always be someone better in some way. So never try to be the absolute best. Find that lane that really resonates with you and pursue it. Improvise. Even when you have mastered a riff, intentionally mess up and practice improv. The better you are at improv the better you will sound live.

[@kaliomax3178]

Great Teacher ! and great channel we can fill your designer skills , pleasant to watch . Just need to practice now ! Fernweh

[@joshuagoudie2849]

watched this for the first time today. after seeing exercise 2 i picked up my guitar and tried it and realized how insanely wild my pinky was. tried it for the last half hour and its waaaay harder than it looks lol. definitely something ill be working on. ty kind sir

[@johnnyj2d3]

These are exactly what I needed and also I spotted the way you take your pick to play and it's very different from mine and I think that's why I've never been able to do sweep picking in my life, I gotta work in changing the way I've always been using my pick...

[@kronoscamron7412]

thanks Mr. bernth ... these exercises are EXCELLENT

[@michaelstefanidis4826]

Exercise 1 reminded me of endorama intro by Kreator Awesome 2 note per string exercise. Love the work BERNTH.

[@ryanpatrick3567]

big fan of your stuff, big fan of metal. happy to see this vid of yours ranked #2 for "guitar exercises" ... represent!!

[@thebaldshredder]

Those are extremely helpful exercises. Thanks man!

[@dukevelez7752]

Mr.bernth,thanx for your lessons,that helps me slowly get as best as I can by in depth teaching-I have brain trauma&my biggest side effects are my memory,coordination&abit of equilibrium,problems!you can't play obviously w/no memory!but this is slowly helping by constant info.&just trying to get as best as I can-even if I can't play w/a band for now,I can still get better&play w/backing tracks while practicing&at least thankful that I can play as others might not able due to health!"Jason becker"-what a talented player&its sad to see him now esp.that one of the bad ass players ever in his condition,that can't play at all! Thanx-happy holidays🎄🎸

[@tylerobrien2666]

This is the practice routine I'm going to use from now on. Really solid structure!

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

New subscriber but I so enjoy your content. Its really practical and very important for people getting serious on the guitar. Thanks.... cheers mate.

[@timothyjerry1177]

Best instructor and ideas Thank you man. You are awesome 👍🏼

[@snicklefritzfry]

Hey Bernth, I am actually interested in your morning routine! Can you please share? It would be nice to know how you prime for a productive day & how you stay disciplined 🙂

[@DonkaKongJr]

Learning more day by day

[@siddhiupadhyaya6601]

Love this new intro

[@learcenciel4821]

Thanks for sharing this Bernth

[@Bearaudeus]

Change my life!!!! Right!…. Now! 🤙🏼 Love your lessons, thank you.

[@wadedanielson9596]

Dude you have helped me so much! Your youtube channel is my favorite🤘🤘

[@Frankayres9]

FANTASTIC. Thank you

[@massimoferrario4837]

Hi Bernth, I was lucky and won the ticket for your concert on Saturday 07/10 in Milan. I hope to be able to meet you in person, shake your hand and thank you for all the work you do for us. If possible I would like to take a photo with you. See you Saturday, Massimo

[@Ulfbjornweirsson]

wow! just wow. this was very informative and it's gonna completely change the game for me . thank you

[@peteryiu1158]

really good stuff. thanks so much and for me i found it most difficult to separate my middle and ring finger when i play fast

[@GlebHolodov]

Thanks bro! I'll try it soon.

[@averagejoe1898]

Thank you, really clarifies alot

[@sylvesterdunggat2326]

Thanks!! I really need this exercise

[@MeshuggahDave.]

Sending this to a friend. Thanks for the awesome advice.

[@TedNugenTsTankSchool78]

Those are some great work outs Bernth. Thanks very much for always having very useful lessons on your chanel. You are an excellent teacher who is very good at explaining why and what your exercises meant to help with. Thanks again! 🤘🤘

[@juanrodriguezvictor292]

Thanks Bern really great exercises awesome !

[@nestortolentino]

Great lessons!!! Thank you very much for these lessons sir...you are a very good teacher and a great person...godbless👍👍👍

[@eddiecasul2626]

love your videos the most on KZbin

[@fajaradi1223]

Thank You Bernth! This is really helpful!

[@johnmanyozo175]

Hey man I think I m lucky to meet u hey! U are a great teacher. I saw u on a Colabo that u did with Charles

[@Eagle_eye__]

Really appreciate your videos-ty!

[@markmatson5522]

Much more interesting than spider exercises, and also powerful. Thank you for creating this video.

[@steveeymann6374]

I've been the okayest guitar player I know for way too long. I'm finally going to start torturing myself with technical practice in order to become slightly better than okayest. 😅

[@hieuphan448]

Thanks very much for your advices to improve technics, the lessons are greatly

[@GeraltGK]

I love exercises 1,2 and 4 gonna practice them like a lot, thank you bro you are really the best no kidding

[@radojcicrick3686]

Danke für alles GOAT teacher 🔥🎸🤘🏻

[@jenniferhstandley5700]

I feel excited!

[@crsmade]

I’m going through the ones that come “kinda” easy! Still hard AF though. If anyone here has not yet Joined His Patreon, dudes he’s has ALL kinds of downloads to practice offline which is what I’m doing. And recording my progress just to laugh at it when I can shred a year or 2 from now

[@rajkmasih]

Wow! your techniques are wonderful Bro. Thanks for sharing them.

[@aungzawmin0322]

Thank million My faraway fom teacher.I am first beginner and i try learn teacher lesson . All is eay to understand. My you be heppy and successful ai all everything. 🙏🙏🙏

[@trevormay226]

I loved your advice about making your own exercises, I was having a proble, with both my middle finger and my ring finger going to the same fret and running into each other. So i put my ring finger on the 13th fret and my middle finger on the 11th and then just went down the fretboard a few times like that and at the end my fingers were fairly stretched apart and the problem fixed itself in less than 15 minutes (if anyone else has this problem try this)

[@DanielVillamor67Jzz]

Thanks for the video. I returned to playing guitar after a couple of years and I REALLY need to practice this kind of things.

[@joelmenezes1797]

Thank you so much it really helped me out a lot.. !! 🙏🙏😁

[@jeremykerner2100]

These are killer! Definitely incorporating some of this into my daily routine. Many thanks 🙏🏻

[@AWM8]

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing Bernth!

[@domenicopellegrino2963]

Hey Bernth, as always thanks for the video! wanted to ask you two things about the practice routine, that i think can be usefull for a lot of us: -should we change it weekly or only when we see that we do not improve anymore on an exercise? -is there an ideal time per exercise? in the video you said 10 minutes, but i see often recommended 5 minutes. I would also appraciate the opinion of other guitarists!

[@remy-theorangeskyslasher6184]

For the first question, I’d say when you see change/improvement, that means you are in the process of mastering the exercice, and an exercice will never be useless. Keep working on it and have a goal, example: I want to break the 150 bpm barrier. As for the second, I read that the brain remembers a pattern when it was worked on for 5 minutes/day, but if you have more than 5 minutes, get to 15 minutes or whatever it may be according to the time you have. Hope this helps!

[@egmaverikc84]

Thank you so much Bernth!!! Fernweh!!!

[@TheStrykerProject]

Since I've come back from vacation and have overcome my *Fernweh* I can restart with a fresh practice routine! 🤘🏻🍻

[@reneraymond7807]

Bravoooo! What great workout,"DUDE"

[@hellrider9028]

Thank you so much ❤

[@almond42069]

Epic production

[@mallowmeshes2526]

Intro=🔥

[@flylippfantom8425]

I definitely have the flying fingers and pressing down to hard. Thanks for the video

[@abcnech]

Thank you !! 🤘

[@mcnadz2742]

That s my big dream idol i want to learn more technics came from you ...thank you sir ...bernth

[@Frickler2000]

Hi Bernth, Excellent video. It would be great to get a hint where to find the exact lessons on patreon. As you know the navigation isn't the best.

[@zacharydoyle6639]

Hey benrth ur amazing at all the guitar techniques skills... keep it up I love this Channel .... I just have something I want to run by you.... I was playing my guitar as normal one day but then I tried something different I tried to strum on my opposite hand (the one closest to the headstock of the guitar ) and the one I normally strum I started to performing chords... I was playing on electric guitar and I notice I could hear a fainted notes coming thru but nothing out the amplifier.... it puzzles me but now I think I know how to get the sided ring out it dawn to me that maybe there should a headstock pickup (where the tuner keys are at) .... maybe on acoustic we could hollow out the headstock to get that a effect but one thing at a time ... thanks for reading comment I hope this inspired you as u had with these youtube channel

[@zacharydoyle6639]

I'm drawing out sketches that I'm willing to share later I just wish I could work in the field of designing musical instruments or repair wouldn't be bad just don't know where to look if you could help out plz let me know

[@shrednoob5233]

The spider excercise also that i learned from you were really helpful for my fretting hand. The spider excercise with added detail where you shouldn't lift your finger at the same time your next finger frets another notes like this 4:16. That little detail really is actually helpful. I've been doing those exercise for years the wrong way. I got faster but something is wrong but somehow when I started doing that little detail it makes me feel like my fingers are doing it right while playing. 😅 #fernweh

[@strobe2005]

I have practicing this wronng about uhm about 20 years. Nice little detail.

[@toddkoenig426]

Thank you for the great videos! Could you add some video of your thumb on the back of the neck during the exercise? Rock on! 🤘🏻👍🏻 PS - about to take care of my fernweh, taking a drive to Northern CA soon! 🙂

[@acousticdev5601]

Hello sir. Your videos helping me a lot. I am a beginner guitar player who is learning from your videos. my picking hand always stuck while doing alternative picking. And don't sync with left hand. Can you make a solution video on this ? Thank you sir 🙏🏼

[@JanithNissanka]

This is awesome bro Thank you brother 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@bigsjohnson265]

Finally! Yes!

[@fatbabyparker2438]

One of the few 🤘🤘