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Anton Oparims video:
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[@SeanAsheOfficial]

Anton is truth

[@fernandomoreno7753]

I’ve never seen someone’s picking tech better than Antons

[@5zazen]

My picking technique issue was solved by Theo Ziras one month ago. Frustration since 1987. Bernth and Justin Hombach too. Anton has only a couple videos.

[@akin519]

Says you lol 😂

[@LogioTek]

2 words: Roy Marchbank

[@LogioTek]

@@brandone6978 What is "fake player"? I've seen him modulate tempo: start slow, speed up gradually, then slow down gradually. He also plays live in a band.

[@LogioTek]

@@brandone6978 even live ones? because I've seen him do the same damn thing with audience in the clubs, nothing in the world is as simple as you think son

[@julianplaumann4037]

Tolles Video, vielen Dank und beste Glückwünsche zu den 20k auf viele weitere !

[@cbsaulren]

If I remember, Guthrie learned to play guitar by listening to music and figuring out how to imitate it on guitar, which is quite impressive considering he didn't have access to x0.25 speed on countless instructional youtube videos like we do. :D It's also why his playing is so expressive.. he doesn't have to think about the shapes or notes he's tyring to play, he just knows what sound he wants (SOUND not note! He can imitate all kinds of things!)

[@JensHilzensauer]

That’s how most great jazz musicians learned. It helps to minimize the gap between imagination and playing, but relies on a bit of luck regarding technique.

[@brennanlable]

thats good for him. however it is not a good teaching method. if you want to communicate information effectively you shouldn't recommend people practice like a monk with their eyes plucked out for 15 years. teach them how to teach themselves, show them standard notation and tab. show them recordings, playback speeds, interviews, etc.

[@BrunoGarciaMusic]

He litteraly says that he learned by ''SLOWING' tapes down... tf you talking about bro

[@cbsaulren]

Sorry, I don't have time to teach you English comprehension.

[@oguzalpcim4771]

Seems like playing music has 2 main areas that are kinda together. Sports part and musical part.

[@rafaeltrujillo_official]

Very interesting!!! And I agree with you that we should all talk a little bit more about that topic. Anton's analysis is amazing! Technique is one of the most important things in general. I also teach it that way. But I have a few things in mind which I would like to add: His comparison with olympic swimmers is great and it make sense if it is ONLY about speed. And yes, Michael's and Marty's techniques have some limitation but the other guys have an amazing technique in my opinion. Also the parameters he chooses for having a good technique or not doesn't include the ability to control vibratos, bendings, timing, tone, sound, musicality, intuition (when to use which technique etc). He also compared improvised-music with written-out-music which I like to handle completely different. There is a lot I would like to add to that but it will just take too long to write everything out lol Thanks for talking about that topic Justin!!

[@ToddInTheZone]

The olympic swimmer comparison is more than just about speed. It's about being efficient with your movements/biomechanics, which does result in speed, but also things like control and stamina. It's about getting the most out of every physical movement. In his video he's focusing on alternate picking. In terms of musicality, when to use each technique, composition, etc. - Anton's focus is that your technique shouldn't limit these things. He does talk about timing, especially in terms of left/right hand synchronization, which was the point of when Justin mentions he'll never look at Guthrie the same. Anton does have specific techniques for left hand stuff - vibratos, bending, etc., although he doesn't talk about it in that specific video. In terms of tone and sound, Anton's technique has a strong emphasis on this - a lot of the points in this video being discussed are about consistency of tone. Some of the players he talks about are forced to sound differently by adding economy picking (due to inefficient string changing or relying on a certain number of notes per string). Economy picking is a useful skill and does offer a unique sound, but you shouldn't be forced to use it because you can't play the passage otherwise (also there is less dynamic control with economy picking). It should be separate musical tool that you want to use when you want that sound. All of the players discussed are really great at a lot of things, but I do agree with Anton that their techniques aren't the best to apply to all situations.

[@MrEnderRobot]

@@ToddInTheZone hey man by any chance are you or were you in anton's online academy?

[@ToddInTheZone]

@@MrEnderRobot Yup! I joined after this video was made by Justin (EDIT: Rather, after watching Anton's universal technique video). It's been a crazy time with work so I haven't been able to put enough time in yet. I am a member, yes. Have never paid for a guitar course in my life until now.

[@MrEnderRobot]

​@@ToddInTheZone hope you learn a lot mate! I'm saving to buy it soon. How are you doing there? is Anton teaching there? and do they change your technique to theirs?

[@ToddInTheZone]

@@MrEnderRobot Yeah, Anton goes into a lot of detail on his right hand, left hand, string switching, etc. You get access to Anton's videos in his facebook group, but he just started a new lesson series where he goes into way more detail. Then you get access to a group chat where you post videos for his review. He makes a video around once a week where he reviews everyone's videos. You won't find this kind of detail in anyone else's lessons, and everything makes a lot of sense.

[@andrewdennis0]

Thank you Justin. Very informative. I'm subscribing

[@yeserguitar]

Let me note the date here, today I started to the zen of speedpicking. May the shredders guide me through this journey :) I'll check Anton's video as well, remembered him after you mention but I'll pay much more attention since I'm analyzing my techniques at the moment. Nice video man!!

[@migueldumalag4839]

How did it go dude?

[@yeserguitar]

@@migueldumalag4839 So far so good! Since "life happened" I didn't give the attention it needs but it's actually a great course, giving the necessary information and filling you with required exercise to discover the movement. I have a picking hand issue, my arm is quite lazy and in order to fix it I had extra time needed. But I honestly think that I fixed %50 my problematic picking movements that give me fatigue and ready to improve. I work on Jack Gardiner visualization and zen of speedpicking right now, but as I mentioned I'm not giving the attention it needs. If you ask in the future I can give you more feedback I hope.

[@user-ei1di6pn2z]

Thank you for the video Justin? Nice to see what you have to say and discuss other educators opinions. I'll be interested by what you have to say about the last TG video

[@berndkiltz]

VERY good point with the picklanting. I always say that below 150 16th notes, you don't have to worry about picklanting and can use crosspicking all the way to be more flexible and concentrate on different musical aspects.

[@jsl21]

The best thing about Anton's lecture is that he backs up EVERYTHING with evidence. He plays in the style of every player he critiques, then shows how they could do it better - his way. He reserves some secrets for his guitar course payers, which I think is fair enough, especially as he tips some of the things involved in maximising the atheletic ability involved in perfect picking technique. I'm glad you made a video about this Justin, because Anton's video changed everything for me and I've been thinking about the ideas in it ever since. The only part I didn't fully understand was his logic on economy picking, I'll paste what I commented on his video - 'with the diagram you drew, it shows that economy is a shorter distance between two strings, whereas alternate requires jumping over the string and coming back the way you came. Therefore with alternate you're travelling further = takes more time?' AO is clearly not a fan of the sound of economy picking as he mentions several times, but he loves Rick Graham, who is legedarily adept at economy, and perhaps most famous for using that technique. Anton says RG could have great alternate picking technique if he wanted to, as he does everything correct with his picking hand. Anyway, I pose this question to you Hombslice! Can outisde alternate picking be more efficient than economy? I think that's one thing Anton is suggesting. But I don't understand how travelling further can be more efficient, even if you can get rhythmically locked in with alternate picking. In any case his video is amazing and I must have watched it 5 times already, there are gems of knowledge in there. Thanks for bringing it to a wider audience, AO deserves the recognition.

[@5zazen]

Thx for your comments. Clear explanations of technique are needed. I dont really like many top players anymore as it seems they arent honest about their playing or they seemingly lie as if they dont understand their own playing. Guitar World and others didnt explain how to hold a pick, pick width explanations none of it existed. Even Metal Method didnt say hold the pick like this and use a metronome. They either didnt care or didnt say. Consequently until one month ago on a hunch i looked up Theo Ziras videos on picking and have improved in one month. When i read articles in Guitar World they always seem coy and evasive. And now i know they are. I remember using a 1.5 mm pick for 20 years and never understood why i wasnt progressing. I watched Troy Gradys videos which to me are murky, he says to use Hetfields technique thing is he doesnt mention fretting hand and synchronization. More disinformation. Either Troy isnt aware or he is misleading to deliberately screw up peoples training its not clear as when to use that picking technique. Such bs is infuriating. So Hombachs videos are really appreciated.

[@TheJML1975]

@@5zazenI think it’s because there is literally lots of awesome players, who play slightly different and hold the picks, slightly differently as well! How they hold the pick is just an evolution, of playing for countless hours and it naturally moving into a certain grip! So not really misleading, if that’s how it’s happens…

[@5zazen]

@@TheJML1975 That may happen, however an examination like Justin has done gives precision. I was a moron and player using index and thumb tip from 1987 to one month ago. No one corrected me ever. No instruction. Most instruction is half assed not Justins. He talks about all factors. Yngwie said he just plays according to sound. Maybe. I think he is lying. Great players dont understand their own technique? And this is why i was frustrated over 30 years. I prefer precision over arbitrary assumptions but thats just me. Maybe thats why I learned German in the eighties and can still speak it. Thx for the feedback.

[@TheJML1975]

@@5zazen have you seen how Marty Friedman holds a pick?! Now that doesn’t align with 99% of tutorials on KZbin, on how to hold a pick correctly and yet he’s a pretty good at playing! 😉

[@globalfatmas]

​@@5zazenI also held my pick between the tips of my index finger and thumb for decades. It wasn't good. Then only the other year Paul Gilbert or some other dude said hold it like this..... Now no more losing grip on my pick and no more rubbing my fingernail down on the strings when I play. So I hear ya.

[@Joop5000]

Justin, Thanks that was cool info! The chord progression playing in the back round all the way through this video got a little annoying, but at least we could hear you speaking. Some videos that others make are so annoying because they insist on having loud back round stuff going on that one cannot really pay attention to what they say in the videos.

[@Icedsymphony7]

Justin can you give me your opinion on muhamad suicmez picking technique 'ignamious and pale' solo has the best hand synchronisation.would love to know your point of view

[@jak9990]

Saw that video few weeks Ago. Anton is such a unbelivable player wow😮

[@aftablateef302]

At 13:55 you mention that you do not have to pick slant when playing slow. While I do agree with that, in order to be able to do that fast, you have to put in the hours practicing it slow so your brain and muscles adapt to that movement and know what to do when playing at higher speeds. I think of playing slow as developing muscle memory and using that muscle memory when playing fast.

[@Kriegter]

The point of that statement is actually the fact that only by playing fast will you understand the reason behind the technique. That being, when you play slow, you can consciously move your pick around to escape your trapped zones as there is enough time to think. The reason people hit plateaus is because at that tempo they are unable to consciously think about escape motions before string changes occur. This is where pickslanting becomes a necessity as it facilitates escape motion without having to think about it, since it is a 1 dimensional motion. Only by playing fast would you understand its purpose.

[@inforthekills]

What's your opinion about muscle recuperation? It's one of the most important points in Anton's technique.

[@DougRobertson]

For anyone curious, the Song in the background for this whole video is a backing track for "Bossa Dorado" by Dorado Schmitt

[@ibrajimenez2098]

I subscribed . I want to get better at speed picking. Thank you!

[@Andreorsel]

Anton is absolutely right on every aspect of the muscle movements, hand postion, joint movement, etc..etc… He shows us how it can be done at an unbelievable level! The thing is however, that he had all this very important information available already (from his father) at a very young age. At at this young of an age the brain creates all these new pathways at crazy tempo and sucks up all the information you get like a sponge. If you then also have the focus and discipline to do something with all that, it all becomes very natural and easy to do. When you already have passed a certain age it becomes much more difficult or even impossible to get at such a level as Anton has. I play the guitar for some 45 years now at a pro level (Got my degree from the conservatory (Jazz), played a lot live, teach etc) ..and have pretty good picking technique…i thought…. Until i discovered Anton. For the last couple of years a tried to change certain things in my picking to what Anton shows and tells us, but although it improved somewhat it will never get at his level. The foundation of my movements and the pathways in my brain are already created and i would have to start all over again to change those; but at my age that is impossible. It is like a house that has a foundation which is ok but to make it perfect you would have to break the house down completely to get to it and then rebuild everything again; It’s almost like you would have to be born again. My main focus now is to make music from the heart and not think too much about technique. Anton is amazing and what he can do on a technical level which will be unachievable for me and almost all guitarplayers. I still practice every day and take things from him, but i stopped trying to get to his level. I am a lot les frustrated now ;-)

[@Andreorsel]

@@Ningishzidd4 excuse me! ;-)

[@Ningishzidd4]

@@Andreorsel Sorry, replied to the wrong comment :D

[@mk7073]

"at my age it is impossible" As a jazzer I'm sure you're aware of Pat Martino. He had to learn from scratch after brain surgery. And of course we all know about the great Django. Just sayin' - don't write yourself off. Many, if not most, of our constraints are self-imposed.

[@Andreorsel]

@@mk7073For sure i know Pat Martino, one of my big influences! I know about his brain surgery and having to learn things all over again. But, the information still was stored in his brain somewhere he “just” had to connect the right pathways again to get acces to the information. Which, with a lot of work, he eventually did. And although Pat besides a great player also is a great technician, it is not at the technical level of what Anton is doing with alternate picking. I can play Pat Martino stuff, it is not at crazy tempo’s, and most of the time no big string skips are involved, etc.. But, i can’t do a lot of things Anton is doing. I have to agree that you still can improve also at my age, but there is a limit.

[@basicmente]

its not about age!! its talent - people have more talent than others - its that simple - anton can try to teach his technique but None of his students will be able to touch anything close to what he plays. Like in sports too

[@harpsdesire4200]

Unrelated, but I guess kind of since you got the shirt... is Huel any good? Have you tried Ghost supplements at all?

[@gitarman666]

Anton Kabanen, Beast in Black Finland is no slouch, Max Ostro is cooking, there is always someone young and new to reset the bar

[@satyamthapa7]

love your lessons thanks from india

[@rabidbadgerbackingtracks4480]

I discovered your channel by seeing your comment on Anton's universal technique video

[@CompleteProducer84]

This should be a good one! Anton and Guthrie are two perfect examples of arguably the most powerful characteristic of prodigies - starting VERY young. While it doesn't seem like you could possibly accomplish much at age 4, we have neuro pathways that have a very small window before they close (I believe this ends at age 6), and so much fundamental learning can be accomplished in this frame. (The reason we can learn a language so quickly as a child). As someone who started around age 14, I feel that I will never be able to accomplish certain things that players like Anton have managed.

[@dudethisismyemail]

You can if you put in the right practice and mindset

[@5zazen]

i disagree. Im still progressing in my fifties faster now than before. Only one month ago was my picking corrected(thx Theo ziras, Bernth, and Justin Hombach). You can hear my playing before i fixed it on my channel.

[@CompleteProducer84]

@@5zazen Yes I too improved dramatically when I fixed my mechanics at age 36, but that is a bit of a special circumstance. We can definitely still improve quickly at older ages, especially if we fix something that has been slowing us down (pick grip, learning pickslanting, etc). But I should have clarified - I just mean in terms of reaching the virtuosic level of someone like Guthrie or Anton, I feel it would take us many extra years if we didn’t start playing as young as they did. I feel that is one of the main factors that separates them, and the reason there is only one Guthrie Govan for example.

[@5zazen]

@@dudethisismyemail Right mindset: Stop if make mistake, adjust technique and get timing and tone correct while staying relaxed. If mentally fatigued work drills using metronome. If feeling creative make new ideas and learn new material. Right practice: Metronome at fast and slow paying attention to hold pick correctly, pick angle correct, and pick width correct for hand synchronization and ideal fretting hand memory+start with medium picks and transfer to thicker only when brain can keep up and pick width not technique is slowing you down for accuracy and endurance)

[@5zazen]

@@CompleteProducer84 Yes at older age too fatigue can be a factor mentally and physically. In my fifties i use left handed guitar to energize me and right handed guitar to calm me, i can play both. While other responsibilities factor in all too often the mindset of "im an adult" is unhealthy. Every day at work, cardiology, i see patients who have neglected their physical health and training in exercise. Guitar is the same. Fortunately players like Ziras, Bernth and Hombach are providing instruction now. Players like Yngwie, MacAlpine, and Gilbert never really cared to honestly state how they play likely because they know anyone can if they understand. And thats what is happening. Most musicians now have jobs. Like Blomqvist of Seventh Wonder also designs heart pacemakers for St Jude Medical.

[@thenewwildworld]

first thing hello and as always cool video. this is of the topic , how interesting that you have some venezuelan music in your background. i was really surpriced

[@NikitaKalinin]

Interesting! Why have you decided the backing track of Bossa Dorado as the background sound? I believe its from the channel Guitar Improvisation

[@jeremygomez7924]

Didn't know that Anton guy tbh, he's quite a beast playing and cocky as hell... but the video (which I've just watched) is full of info indeed . I was familiarized with some stuff because i watched your video about picking before

[@5zazen]

Immer ausgezeichnet Justin. Started in '87. Guitar teachers didnt correct my picking. One month ago Theo Ziras and Bernth(yours also) corrected my picking. Previously i picked like what Troy(? the guy you mentioned-his channel feels like hes holding back info, much like Guitar World bs-Troy Grady sucks this guy says to hold the pick like Hetfield problem is pick escape problems and the fretting hand cant keep up. Troy Grady? No no no!!!) and i put my videos up on my channel. Ive progressed since then. Advice: Pick on index finger side and thumb tip. Base of hand on guitar bridge. Picking hand in C shape. This all minimizes string escape variations. Practice scales using upstrokes starting often paying attention to tone and pick slant. If memory is not keen on the fretboard or picking hand is too fast and strong use lighter pick(0.8-1 mm only). Once skill improves and brain and fretting hand can keep up with picking hand only then use thicker picks. Dumbbell exercise. I do wrist exercises using 12 lb dbs, palm up first then palm down around 100 reps bending wrist up then down. I learn to use the minimal force to get the rep and manage lactate. I sometimes use a 0.6 mm nylon pick sometimes as it teaches picking hand to use less force. Lastly i play left and right handed. Why? Its a different feeling emotionally and the feeling of time is very different. I practice left handed guitar more than right as the picking and technique is more difficult which rewards more as its harder. To those who dont have both guitars, take the one you have flip it upside down and practice. I got these ideas from Batio in 2005. Lastly, dont half ass. Listen and dont rush be patient. If i make a mistake a take it as feedback and get the tone correct. For example im up to 130 bpm on sweeps using 0.88 mm picks paying close attention to wrist tension and pick slant thx to you. Im all about precision.

[@69rus42]

I can explain about the same technique in fast and slow play. The idea is not to give the brain the opportunity to choose, to make its actions as simple as possible. If you play with one technique in fast play and another in slow play, it creates uncertainty, which in turn creates complexity in automating actions. The whole point of Anton's technique is the absence of this choice, a UNIVERSAL technique. On a short distance, variety in technique can give you a speed advantage (like pickslanding), but on a long distance and at extreme speeds, when combining different techniques, legato, sweep, variable strokes, this will create problems. Pickslanding is not used in Anton's technique, and his technique implies a rigid attack by default. When entering his school, Anton warns that it is pointless to practice if you do not fully switch to his technique of playing with a pick. That is, for a certain period, you will not be able to play anything with a pick except exercises because his technique is quite complex to master; you cannot learn sound extraction in a day. It can take weeks to correctly extract a single note. Thus, it is clear that the consistency of technique is a key condition of his approach.

[@69rus42]

Those who know several foreign languages know how difficult it is to switch frequently from one to another. Words get tangled, mainly, but borrowings can also slip in grammar. The same goes for technique, and imagine if you need to switch from one language to another 15-20 times per minute, or from fast technique to slow technique? It is a significant ADDITIONAL burden.

[@douglasnisbet1189]

Literally nothing controversial in Anton's video. Everything he said is legitimate. His picking technique is quite literally a league above everyone else's.

[@basicmente]

but he claims he can teach his technique , but i dont see any of his students playing with his technique better than guthrie govan sloppy for example

[@maklespled5622]

​​@@basicmenteHave you seen Michael Popov? Joao Matheus who's copying everything from Anton. He's much cleaner and better than Guthrie. Musically of course not, but that's what Anton was saying in his last reaction video. They both are not Anton, but Michael played altpick licks without sync problems unlike Guthrie. You can get amazing achievements if you work hard with his method

[@metalex1708]

after you mentioned the four chord backing track, I had a hard time to concentrate on what you were talking. Somehow the backing track tried to get my full attention...

[@leedahye25]

Who is better? Justin Hombach or Anton Oparin?

[@justin.hombach]

Anton Oparin definetly 😂😂

[@mokshmeditation]

As someone said: Anton's video is like the red pill for alternate picking

[@Metaldog47]

Anton is a legend

[@sunnibird]

Anton seems to be the drum equivalent of quantizing the drums to the grid. Is it accurate, of course. Does it get tiring to listen to? Yes. Do I care when I listen to "sloppy" players like EVH, Yngwie, Guthrie or Jimmy Page. Not in the least. In Troy Grady's vids it's more a breakdown of how these players found a method that worked for them that allowed them to get that music out they heard in their heads. That's why they're so different. Is Anton's effective? Certainly. If it wasn't so expensive I'd probably buy his course. Even if I used his technique I'd still incorporate all the others he craps on because they have different expressive qualities.

[@mavisser3211]

anyone done his lessons?

[@maklespled5622]

I did. The most thorough approach I've ever seen. Troy Grady looks like a beginner when you find out how big Anton's knowledge in guitar playing is. His scientific background is out of this world. Anatomy explanation in lectures is wonderful. You know why exactly you should play things his way after you watch them. You should ask him about your playing and tell him what you want to play and he'd develop a specific routine for you and tell you why you should do this which makes it so special. I've never seen anything even close to his lessons, especially the basics. Such a wonderful scientific work

[@basicmente]

@@maklespled5622 any proof of you playing ? to see if is true? not ?

[@trente9463]

Hello Justin, I see there is now a discount offered for a course, when buying one of your courses. I recently purchased the sweep picking zen and was wondering if there is any discount offered to folks who already own one of the courses. Your vidoes and courss are great by the way! Thank you!

[@justin.hombach]

Thanks for your support, when you bought the discount is currently a permanent one. So I bet you already bought it with the discount :)

[@trente9463]

@@justin.hombach thanks for the reply! Actually when I click the Zen Of Speedpicking link from this video's description link and navigate to purchase that, it gives me the option to purchase Zen of Sweeping for 48.50 euros, i think that's euros. That's the discount I meant. I only recently purchased Zen Of Sweeping and would have purchased the other course if I were also offered that discount which I wasn't at the time of purchase. Either way you rule and thank you!

[@exile9796]

Video Idea: how to teach your friends to play guitar?

[@BrianHuether]

Given Guthrie's mediocre technique, surprised Hans Zimmer chose him for his tour. Guthrie must be losing sleep over his underdeveloped technique.

[@mk7073]

I'd say that describing Guthrie's technique as "mediocre" is, perhaps, a little bit... overstated.

[@sinistermephisto65]

I saw both videos on the same day of realease. His video was so difficult to watch i ended up not playing guitar for a while after that

[@5zazen]

thats the thing. If mistakes are made during practice or see a better player there can be a fear to train. Best to accept mistakes as information, then gently correct and understand the gift of seeing the mistake because you can fix it and improve! This is exactly why i started playing left handed. Being a beginner again was so fresh and exciting!

[@TalesofGore337]

thank u for introducing me to this guy

[@2006axis]

Man, did I miss something? Where is the link to this 2hr video???????

[@justin.hombach]

Check out „the ultimate guide of speedpicking“

[@2006axis]

@justin.hombach not like this is jumping out at me. I see yours. Maybe think about adding a link in your description, thanks

[@2006axis]

@@justin.hombach Yes, no where, pages and pages of other videos, if you want his video to have watches, maybe you need a link?

[@justin.hombach]

@@2006axis ah you mean the Anton oparim video. Didn‘t I post a link in the description? Just search for Anton oparim on KZbin, it should be one of the first, easy to find

[@2006axis]

@justin.hombach sorry, I did not see the link, thanks

[@Returnality]

Anton’s video was the ultimate put up or shut up moment and man did he put up!

[@kinglord5163]

Iam confused not sure what the point of this video really is

[@justin.hombach]

To show why you should watch the video from Anton, but also what the problem with the video is :)

[@globalfatmas]

When I watched Anton video I came away feeling like I'd watched a 2hr advertisement that says you can only learn guitar from him if you wanna improve.

[@5zazen]

and thats it. Anton doesnt have much info. Justins channel kicks ass.

[@brandone6978]

It's a feeling of someone who never used his brains to analyze what he said

[@globalfatmas]

​@@5zazenI discovered Anton and Justin at the same time. Justin is so generous with his secrets.

[@EL_DUDERIN0]

Well yes, and it is mostly a cultural thing. Anton has a very prototypical Russian/Soviet attitude of hyper-focusing on one thing and assuming that everything else is incorrect. On one hand, we can learn a lot from Anton because of this!! On the other hand, there are many other ways to play guitar and sound better than Anton playing robotic 1/64th notes over everything.

[@globalfatmas]

@@EL_DUDERIN0 that video from Anton did change aspects of my playing and it also scared me into thinking I must do everything his way until I relaxed and realised he's not the only good guitarist out there.

[@LogioTek]

Y'all haven't seen Roy Marchbank then. He would look like an alien even to Anton.

[@Andreorsel]

Anton plays stuff Roy can only dream of!! Roy can pick/play very fast yes, but only scaler lines (mostly 3 notes per string stuff) that don’t have string skips, or for instance one note per string alternate picking at high speed. I can’t listen to him more then one minute because it’s all just fast scaler runs with, for me, no musical direction at all. Anton can do it all,: scaler runs, fast one note per string arpeggio stuff, big stringskips etc…all at the highest possible level off accuracy! Big difference!

[@LogioTek]

@@Andreorsel How can you say that? Roy sounds unique and beautiful to me, more like the other way around: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5LHi5qNo9-iqM0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5CsfmCpnsdsrLc

[@basicmente]

@@Andreorsel did you see anton playing some kind of reggae in the lesson to his student in youtube? very robotic rythm and ejecution- so its not about all genres he can plays

[@Andreorsel]

@@basicmente i am talking about technique. Anton has such an unbelievable technique (especialy picking technique) that allows him to play anything; If you like or don't like his style is a totaly different subject. When you feel his reggae rhythmn playing is robotic then that is a personal thing but has norhing to do with technique.

[@basicmente]

@@Andreorsel but He criticizes people who don't play the rhythm or pauses well in their videos. so same critic can apply to him

[@Baerrock]

I think only children can learn the level that Anton has

[@mikuchajster1994]

I have to fully agree with you. Anton doesn’t mention many aspects of playing, like for example size of hands. If you have small hands, you start to get uncomfortable when you try to reach all the strings from one point of support. When he was like 10-14 years old, he had smaller hands and his playing wasn’t at the level like right now. He played absolutely fantastic, but there was a tiny lack of precision. I believe it is due to smaller hands. He even had the problems with palm muting the strings. The next thing is psychology. Not everyone can play absolutely relaxed when they are in front of cameras etc. even when they are really confident about the technique. It is matter of what emotions we have. Jason is for example really wild in front of cameras, he has a penchant for making a show:p Edit: I have to disagree that pickslanting is used only in fast tempos. Anton teaches that the pickslanting movement and transition between string have to be really smooth, and we have to practice that movement in slow tempos, to make them exactly the same in fast tempos:)

[@maklespled5622]

After studying with Anton for a long time, I can ensure you you don't know anything about what you've said

[@mikuchajster1994]

@@maklespled5622 oh yeah? Does Anton say why he moved his right hand sometimes left and right (closer to neck or bridge) while he played, when he was young? And why he doesn’t do that right now? Maybe because he had smaller hands and the angle of pick on higher strings wasn’t sufficient sometimes to have proper attack, despite the fact that he straightened his thumb on higher strings (exactly the same like he does right now also) to have proper angle to attack. I think you even didn’t notice that. Please watch his earlier vids, find these moments and think about it.

[@maklespled5622]

@@mikuchajster1994 let's just say the fact that every adult's hand is a lot bigger than his right hand when he was a child. So all his advices for people on KZbin are correct and have scientific explanation of that. If you don't know that, that's sad for you. You don't know even 10% of how deep his knowledge is in everything he says, if you ever were in his academy or just talked to his students who studied with him for a year at least, you would know that. 1. He still does that if he wants to palm mute more or less and says the same thing in his lessons. You've made that up by yourself and trying to implicate him in disinforming people while the only one who does that here is you cause he still does that. 2. The angle of the pick depends on sound that he needs to get from the string. The rule wasn't about using it all the time, but if you're moving it almost all the time in cases that cause instability for the alt.picking without hammer ons or pull offs and for each string. There is huge list of rules for not making it while practicing to create correct habits for the string switching technique and then you can move your hand in the RIGHT MOMENTS and he uses that STILL, yes, now! Not when he was a child, but now and still! lol but only when it makes his forearm straighter and not disturbing him from playing because there's list of rules when it can be used and can't. For practicing you should avoid that as much as possible and there's scientific explanation why you benefit from it in terms of hand sync and creating correct habits. Man, it took me 6-8 months to just understand 70% of what he explains in his lessons and understand the science of guitar playing and I'm still not even close to him in understanding that and each time I'm asking something I'm opening a new world of facts why it only works the way he says. You're like a school football teacher who's saying that Messi doesn't know what he says about football LOL And I know what I'm saying cause I've been in his academy for 3 years and I stopped learning the science behind everything of what he says after 6-7 months and started just accepting what he says plus I don't have time for that since I'm playing in 3 cover bands

[@mikuchajster1994]

@@maklespled5622 Ok thank you for response. I didn’t know that he still does that because I don’t see this in his all new videos. I can only disagree with you that he was a child he had smaller hands than typical adult. I think that he had bigger hands than me when he was like 13 years old, really. I can say because I see for example that he could stretch the fingers from 7 to 12 fret, what I cannot do even today. Please also see his old vids when he played fantasy in d-minor. He had a problem to mute thinner strings, and I don’t think it was matter of less time that he spends on learning it.

[@maklespled5622]

@@mikuchajster1994 he fixed my problem with finger stretching in 5 minutes by changing the fretboard position and hand position because fingers are stretching a lot better only when they're at 45 degrees. That's a physiological thing. After struggling for 12 years. Mate, take one year course of his, just one year, not a lifetime membership like I did, now even Seda is learning from him in his academy, he just joined the chats. You'll like those scientific lectures so much that you'll never ever want to quit. The guy is genius

[@basicmente]

I want to see evidence in his students, not in him, because clearly he is super talented - just because his technique is incredible does not mean that he can teach his technique to other guitarists, he talks a lot about physics but forgets that each person has a different body and hands. His technique may work perfectly for him but not for someone with smaller or much larger hands.

[@justin.hombach]

100%

[@user-no7xx3gv4i]

Check out Dylan Reavey, although he was already good to begin with, he changed his technique and went through Anton's program. www.youtube.com/@sedaguitar

[@mavisser3211]

dude you took 10 minutes to actually start

[@Ningishzidd4]

Justin, come join us in Anton's school, you won't regret it, we are a fun bunch.

[@justin.hombach]

I tried, he never replied to my application

[@GabrielSkolderblad]

You have the same kind of hair as Kirk Hammett.

[@doormasterjohn]

I'm so old. I learned all of Jimmy pages licks off of vinyl recordrop in the same spot over and over. Putting grooves in my Records. No slow down Functions to pick apart guitar parts. We had to learn everything at full speed.

[@dontuateytu2557]

MY opinion on Anton’s playing his picking mechanics when playing written pieces is good however his phrasing musicianship when improvising is way below Guthrie and almost everybody he cracked on and is average at best .Mechanics is a tool but if playing isn’t musical it has very little value. A good musician guitar player can play with one finger on each hand and sound good musically.Anton’s has either neglected to develope any kind of musical timbre and phrasing or just doesn’t have it.There is a reason he is unknown to the music world and Guthrie plays with Hans Zimmer. After hearing him teach I highly doubt that will change since he seems to believe he is a master musician when he is far from it.Practice guitar PLAY Music.

[@BradEnquist]

You kind of read my mind. Hey, have you ever checked out Damian Salazar, and if so, what were your thoughts?

[@dontuateytu2557]

@@BradEnquistNo I never heard of him until you mentioned him.I checked him out he has a good feel for playing and an ok technique. With the onslaught of shred races and posting videos of playing almost everyone just melts together into a blob.Guitar technique is very difficult but nowhere near a classical violinist technique and almost no electric guitar player shredder can even touch the average classical violinist on musicality.It is apples to moonrocks.It takes a lot of musical intuition to play inside of the notes and unfortunately most shredders like Anton (and Justin) are not hearing them at all.If you can't master something as basic as guitar vibrato it is a sure sign you cant' hear the inside of the notes.I'm not saying they couldn't do it however from what I've heard both state they think they are already there when they aren't even close.As the Two Set violinist say...listen... practice 40 hours day to be Ling Ling.

[@Pestrutsi]

Justin, love your playing videos overall and you're an absolutely incredible guitar player. Please do, on such a video like this, concentrate on the core substance of guitar technique and more accurately alternate picking more than on this meta-narration on KZbin views and how people, yourself included, view technique. Or don't, it's your video, just a viewer wish, all the best

[@justin.hombach]

Hey man, Thanks for this recommendation, tho I don‘t really get the comment :-/

[@5zazen]

@@justin.hombach Seems hes complaining that you are reviewing Antons video instead of demonstrating a technique. I appreciate all your videos.

[@spirorips]

I disagree with Anton on a few things, but he is truly an outrageous player.

[@justin.hombach]

Awesome to see you here in this discussion :) Would love to hear your opinion more in detail, highly appreciated and

[@mikuchajster1994]

What do you disagree with Spiro? I really would like to know your opinion. From my side I can disagree with his words “Am I more talented? No”. I think that his advantage are big hands. Size of hands has an impact for playing, even if Anton doesn’t agree with that. It’s much easier to reach all string from one point of support for instance, which he uses in his technique. Maybe it’s a coincidence but best player in the world have just bigger hands. I think that it is his “talent” and I cannot have this one unfortunately;)

[@aidanhall7790]

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[@MATTFORCE1000]

Yes, your left hand technique is your weak point. I could show you how to do it better, but I certainly don't want to. Anton Oparim definitely has a classical education (from his father?). I also have them (soloist guitarclass Prof. Offermann), so I know that. Yes, he definitely has more talent than others. I know various players, including fellow students with top classical musicians as parents, who are only mediocre despite practicing and studying top, that's just the way it is.But you can also clearly see his classical background when his improvisations are not convincing at all, because he feels insecure there and ergo not convinced. He is a classically practicing, classically playing player who only plays on an electric guitar. It is no wonder that he transferred Bach to the electric guitar, very convincingly. His explanatory approaches for the analysis of guitar playing technique come from the field of classical music and are therefore far more accurate than those of most of his rock colleagues. Classical music draws on the centuries-long learning process, knowledge is passed on from generation to generation. The pure electric guitar is still quite young. As a classically inexperienced player, you can learn a lot about yourself if you want to.But that doesn't make you an improvisational genius like G. Govan. what's the use of the best technique for the rock guitarist if he can't improvise awesomely? Nothing. You would have to be able to do both... Ja, Deine linke Handtechnik ist Deine Schwachstelle. Ich könnte es Dir schon zeigen, wie es besser geht, willste aber sicherlich nicht. Anton Oparim hat defintiv eine klassische Ausbildung (durch seinen Vater?). Die habe ich auch (Solistenklasse Gitarre Prof. Offermann) , daher kenne ich das. Ja, er hat definitiv mehr Talent als andere. Ich kenne diverse Spieler, auch MitstudentenInnen mit spitzen Klassikmusikern als Eltern, die trotz Übens und Spitzen-Studium nur Mittelmaß sind, so ist das nunmal. Man merkt ihm den klassischen Background aber auch deutlich an, wenn seine Improvisationen gar nicht überzeugen, weil er sich dort unsicher eher fühlt und ergo nicht überzeugt. Er ist ein klassisch übender, klassisch spielender Spieler, der nur eben auf einer E Gitarre spielt. Es ist ja auch kein Wunder, dass er Bach auf die E-Gitarre, sehr überzeugend, übertragen hat. Seine Erklärungsansätze für die Analyse von Gitarrenspieltechnik kommen aus dem Erkenntnisbereich der Klassik, sind dadurch bei weitem genauer, als die seiner meisten Rockkollegen. Klassik schöpft aus dem Jahrhunderte währenden Lernprozess, Erkenntnisse werden von Generation zu Generation weitergegeben. Die reine E-Gitarre ist da noch recht jung. Man kann als klassisch unbedarfter Spieler viel über sich lernen, wenn man denn will. Ein Improvisationsgenie wie G. Govan wird man dadurch aber nicht. was nützt dem Rockgitarristen die beste Technik, wenn er nicht geil improvisieren kann? Nüschte. Man müßte beides draufhaben...

[@mavisser3211]

dont understant the point you tried to make

[@gabimeredith1]

While I think he has many good points and amazing technique, I found his portrayal of many guitarists to feel dishonest. For example he uses the guitar world clip of Jason Richardson and concludes he has poor hand sync, when it’s a one off clip of him clearly playing well below his normal level. There are dozens and dozens of clips of Jason playing LIVE shows where he is immaculately clean (watch any video of him playing the Devestate solo live as a teenager) In comparison Anton is in his living room able to do as many takes as he wants. It just seems like totally cherry picking examples of amazing guitarist playing poorly and comparing them to his living room takes.

[@inlovewithyoubro]

he has admitted in the same video that he watches practically all the videos of players on the internet he observes to break down the technique and there's enough videos of as a kid playing live in front of people/camera. So, what's the point you're trying to make? He has shown the problems of Jason's technique on his own, adapting and playing it in his own style and then he has shown with his own technique. Whatsoever, I don't think that neither you or me can tell if someone's playing is clean, synchronized and dynamical.

[@shumailkhan7205]

This video is extremely difficult to watch. Lotsss of talking and it is not in a structured way. The bafking track is annoying af too

[@MILLERTRANSCENDENT]

Anton is the best around

[@5zazen]

no Hombach is.

[@gitarman666]

I don’t think he’s any better than Paul Gilbert was in his prime 40 years ago

[@Feverdream7777]

I think if they were both in the same room, enjoying each other's company, each of them would be in awe of the other.

[@gitarman666]

@@Feverdream7777 Yes fare enough both monster players

[@Lomni]

Please make the intro music quieter, almost blew out my eardrums 😐

[@Cognitoman]

Dude seems like he has narcism

[@BradEnquist]

Exactly and that isn't a good look. Negative advertising isn't the way to go.

[@Cognitoman]

@@BradEnquist can’t stand people like him

[@LuvhandleR]

Too much talking

[@ForWhatIsAMan]

I think that rating Anton’s technique above these guys is a byproduct of many guitarists having an underground complex… He absolutely doesn’t have better technique than Jason Richardson. Jason could comfortably play anything that Anton could, but the reverse isn’t true

[@maklespled5622]

You don't play guitar enough to even understand the difference and how incredibly better and cleaner Anton is.

[@ForWhatIsAMan]

@@maklespled5622 interesting, and very false, assumption

[@ForWhatIsAMan]

@@maklespled5622 I’m a professional. Yourself?

[@ForWhatIsAMan]

@@maklespled5622 please direct me to the most difficult piece or excerpt that you’ve seen Anton play. Perhaps I’ve just not seen the height of his skill… what I’ve seen so far pales in comparison to something like XIV or Tendinitis from JR

[@maklespled5622]

​@@ForWhatIsAManyou're far from being a professional if you don't even hear Jason being desynced in fast alt.picking licks unlike Anton, and him touching unwanted strings with the pick when playing fast alt.picking licks unlike Anton and never doing string skipping like Anton in the caprices because he's touching unwanted strings even when switching from one string to another in scales. Anton is just simply on another level. Watch him playing 1nps licks in his "classical position" video at 3:55, or his 16th caprice or 2nd caprice or even 5th. Anton is in another league and he's the only one in that league. Watch his universal video technique from A to Z and you'll understand why.

[@richardgrier8968]

You and Anton have one thing in common - you both don't mind wasting peoples time as you engage in pointless blathering. Consider hiring an editor. Jeeze!

[@justin.hombach]

Trying to be patient helps not only for guitar playing :)

[@Juanchostar1]

Bored!!