Two Way Pickslanting Secrets! Weekend Wankshop 124

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Contents:
1:50 lick played slowly/how to play the lick
4:50 how we learn to pick
5:45 what is downward pickslanting and how do i do it?!
6:40 what is upward pickslanting and how do i do that too?!?!
7:50 two way pickslanting: the final frontier, and how to know which slant to use
10:17 changing pick slant mid-lick
11:11 the lick with slant flips
Hey kids!!!! Uncle Ben Eller is here with a sick lick for Weekend Wankshop 124. This lick utilizes the super elite picking strategy used by the greatest alternate pickers of all time (Paul Gilbert, Andy Wood, Martin Miller, Al Di Meola, and others), the mythical two way pickslanting style mentioned by Troy Grady in his incredible Cracking the Code lesson series! If you haven't subscribed to Troy yet and watched all his videos, DO IT NOW! Life changing stuff here.
On my channel, i have done several downward pick slanting licks, and several upwards pick slanting licks, but not much that has shown you all the secrets of how to use both. He who masters both pick slants can alternate pick his/her way through ANYTHING! This stuff is worth taking the time to learn, it has answered so many of my own questions and problems i used to have with my own playing! I've made this lesson SUPER LONG and detailed to give you all some great up close camera angles and new insights into this technique. Master it and watch your speed limit and control go through the roof.
Thanks so much for watching! Tell Uncle Troy i sent you when you go check out his channel.

[@mustangblues05]

You just explained more in a way I understand for free in fourteen minutes than I got out of what I paid for in a years time. Thank you.

[@jcspaziano]

This sooooo much clearer than the Code vids alone. FANTASTIC Job. Thank you Ben!

[@darrenpagliuca2270]

Exactly! I have a hard time sifting thru the website trying to find the exact technique. Good job right here!

[@DANKZI]

I don't like to say this but it's not. Its pretty much a copy with worse production value. Sorry Ben, I like you but some of these vids are getting too close of being a copy.

[@mantelmann13]

@@DANKZI I didn't get the Grady one. This one here helped me a lot. And Ben doesn't have to reinvent guitarplaying.

[@francisnorthwood7862]

@@DANKZI lol the code is 90% useless rambling and at best 10% valid info. all of his videos could be maximum 5 minutes long

[@naegleriafowleri2230]

Troy grady goes into this geekiness overload

[@seanfried5583]

Dude, I doubled back to thank you again. After 30 + years of playing guitar, this one video solved a huge glaring hole in my game. This is like the biggest personal break through in like a decade.

[@97stratocaster21]

the best guitar instructional KZbin channel, period.

[@manueloliveira2001]

GAry more guitar licks

[@kurtozan251]

Is Troy's lol

[@shredgplayer5616]

and Troy xdd??

[@Max-The-Axe]

Steve stein and shred master Scott and Ben Eller are at the top

[@bestboy897]

This is hands down the best lesson on twps straight to the point and clears all misconcepts even though troy grady made this concept to be more accessible uncle ben is definitely the better teacher

[@fredraimondi105]

As usual, Uncle Ben’s way of teaching makes concepts perfectly clear. Thank you for clearing this up!

[@kickpublishing]

I mastered 4 way pickslanting and now I'm trapped in multi-dimension cubic time intersection like in the movie Interstellar - and all because I dropped my pick.

[@laurentfargues8113]

3rd way pickslanting allows you to go in the future, 4th in the past. Coupled with Petrucci’s guitar rig you can build a time travel spaceship

[@thanoo1924]

To get out of there you need to master 2 way fingering and 2 way nail slanting and then you can be present in all (5×6) 30 dimensions at once.

[@johnbryan1049]

Sorry bud we’ve moved on to 5 way pick slanting at a minimum. Most of have mastered 6 way, bu 5 way is a baseline at this point.

[@sullyhet]

Even more when its 5 by 8 lol

[@winstonsmith8240]

I've dropped mine loads of times so I'm well and truly fcuked. "And I'm wasted, and I can't find my way home."

[@ZakRahman]

Grady's videos are entertaining and fantastically produced, no doubts.. But this cuts to the chase. There's no gloss or drama. It's just...useful. Thanks mate :)

[@MigraineBoy411]

I've been watching Troy Grady's videos for the longest time and I've never been able to grasp the concept of pickslanting. This changed everything for me. I just wished I was at home when I watched this (currently in the office) so I could start practicing. Thank you so much, Uncle Ben!

[@DizzyKrissi]

Though Troy Grady makes his videos very entertaining your video made it more clear - thanx.

[@yosserhughes9100]

And he's a funny ...t, Troy isn't.

[@ianguest2011]

Before I discovered Troy a few years back and realised what I was doing (and the theory behind two way pickslanting) it was something that naturally developed for me from learning and problem solving a load of Paul Gilbert licks. This was after years of frustration getting stuck between strings and over exaggerated hops trying to get out of them. Two way pickslanting also gives you a real aggressive attack/snap on upstrokes which you can hear a lot in Paul's playing, which really gives you some dynamics at hyperspeed that most players don't have.

[@MrDMF567]

“....find your sister, tell her I said ‘hi’....” Lol

[@CAVERN1234]

Far far better than cracking the code. CTC went on too much with a boring story. You just got straight too the point , thumbs up and subbed cheers Ben.

[@CalitranoN]

Ben thanks! much faster and better explanation than cracking the code... you just explained it well thanks Uncle Ben!

[@phillee3653]

I've been doing 3 notes per string across 2 strings to really iron this out. (ABC DEF ABC DEF etc.) If you gradually change your pick slant, it's a lot less jarring. So during ABC, i'm gradually slanting, and by the time I get to C, i'm already prepared for the string change. Then I gradually start to change my slant after I pick the D on the second string. By the time I've made it to F, i'm ready for the string change back to A. It's dead simple once you have the muscle memory down.

[@Ghruul]

can this be further applied for general alternate picking? or do you need to go back to more inefficient techniques when there are string changes (like 5 notes on E string, 1 on B, 1 on E, then 5 on B again and so forth till the low E string)

[@generalcontrol]

Thanks for summarizing Troy's technique in a quick and essential form. Great exercise!

[@kingincrimson4951]

Finally I get to understand this. Best explanation I have seen this far on pick slanting. Many thanks!

[@VelezBiH]

Ben awesome video. Pick slanting came for me by accident I didn't even know there was a term for it I just started doing by trying to find most efficient way for me to cross strings. This very informative!

[@pedrobortoli6852]

Uncle Ben, i don't know how to thank you enough. Not just for helping me correct the wrongs in my picking and sweeping, as well as helping me lean a lot of thins trough the Weekend Wankshop! Just thank you so much You helped a frustrated guitarrist get on his way to playing shredelicious licks the right way! Cheers, man!

[@svenvrielynck3361]

Uncle Ben, You are by far the best guitar teacher out there. You make it look easy rather than mythical. A true guitar hero is born! And hey, even at 53 years old, your humor is thrilling :)

[@MarkBayfieldvillageidiot]

The cream of the crop, really helpful and well explained lesson, thanks Uncle Ben

[@rrael5856]

Thank you for the consistently spot-on, clearly-explained - and funny - tutorials.

[@BillHesse]

The best on the net kids! Thanks for another great exercise and explanation Uncle Ben! I can almost single handedly tell you that this channel is why I continue to improve at my instrument.

[@CompleteProducer84]

Guys, as most of you know this is the real deal. I kept trying to see if it was effective by trying the 3 note per string slanting, but the constant pick slant changes weren't giving me enough of a chance to see if it was working. But the even numbered (6 note per string) exercises Ben gave us allowed me to do an entire ascending run with one slant, and an entire descending run with the opposite slant, and after 20 years of playing guitar, these runs never felt so effortless. It's definitely going to take a LOT of time to get the 3 note per string switches down, but this was a huge eureka moment.

[@ChrisBiesterfeldt]

Great distillation of a Troy's downward and upward pickslanting. Clear and to the point!! Also a very clever exercise to work on switching between the two. Thanks! I will direct students to this.

[@j00niej00ne]

You are my hero. I haven't played in years, but you have motivated me to pull the ax back out and learn some new techniques. Kudos!

[@ecoo419]

I have been playing guitar for years, this might quite be the 15 most well-invested minutes ever. Awesome job, as always! Thanks a lot

[@atanasgeorgiev3501]

Ben, now I understand after 35 years why some phrases sometimes come out to me and other times they don't. 100000000% WORKS THANK YOU! BE ALIVE AND HEALTHY!

[@Telestrat67]

The best and easiest to understand instructional vid about pick slanting that I have found so far. Thx for sharing

[@sorenahlback]

I enjoy this most of all guitar channels. It’s relaxed but still I learn most from it. Keep up the good work! 👍🍺🎅🏻🥳👍

[@lordofnesss]

I love how you explained this concept man !!! Thank you !!

[@Carlos-fh8wk]

Uncle Ben, you have made sense of this, I get it now. It’s like I’ve been driving half blind my entire life. Thanks so much. We owe you a great debt of gratitude, you and Troy are Qui-gon-Jin and Obi-one of guitar teachers.

[@DmitriOrtsiev]

Holly.... this is awesome! Thank you very much for this valuable lession!

[@tedhinklater3203]

So concise! Ben you did it again you... excellent teacher!

[@willman100]

Uncle Ben, the man. Thanks for clearing up the part about switching pick slant directions depending on either using an upstroke or downstroke. I used to think it was if you were ascending or descending. Now it’s clear.

[@mariowood9704]

Ben Eller i watched troys video and i watched ures .ure version of this tecnique is superb and even more simplified .i almost gave up totally on this technique but u have given me new inspiration to attrmpt this technique again.i can feel the diffirence now and im sticking to this thing now.youre an awesome teacher.Thanku

[@JohnnyGuitarRocks]

Thanks for the lesson Ben. This is so incredibly helpful. I'm just learning about pickslanting and watching your videos as well as Troy Grady's.

[@wayneadamson5511]

You explain this insanely well. Very clear for a somewhat complex concept (as a fairly new guitar player looking to improve their technique). Thank you for your service.

[@Grumplefut]

I like this technique, especially because it feels natural to implement, I love it when you find a little adjustment that almost immediately changes the way you play. Sometimes you have to force your brain, and sometimes its just clicks instantly.

[@jimbotski]

Guitar playing improved vastly in my last 2 practice sessions from this video alone, thanks man.

[@brandonbignall8441]

Great video...explains things so easily. Great lesson. Great to practice alternate picking as well!!

[@markcoward2472]

Great video Ben, thanks for taking the time to explain. I have been working my way through Troy's excellent stuff as well... in fact, I'm about to buy the Pickslanting Primer video series based on your recommendations. Keep up the good work!

[@Michael-se6om]

Best Video on two way pickslanting ever. Especially when you show how to tilt your hand to change pickslanting. Much clearer than in Troys Videos. Cheers, Michael

[@dorielementary]

This is excellent. I love exercises that can be looped!

[@bradenaustin5482]

Thank you so much! This video brought me milestones further than I was! I never knew my sloppy string switch problem was due to holding the pick flat, and I had so much trouble building any speed at all

[@rumbachumba330]

Hi Uncle Ben, Your videos are really helpful keep up the good work.

[@garyadams7775]

Ben, turtle speed old guy here, self taught to date, vids like yours have helped me a lot so thanks. I have no,as in zero, electric experience at all even though my Martin is electric. So I guess the approach is a bit different, will soon see I hope, shopping for one now, again,thanks Uncle Ben! Turtle speed guy.

[@masterman6537]

Super awesome lesson Uncle Ben easy to understand you explain it great 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@Havanacuba1985]

This is the best video I have watched that has helped me on this subject. Thank you

[@VulgrDisplay]

Uncle Ben, this video is amazing. after watching cracking the code I thought that a downward pick slant meant turning the pick in your fingers like you would turn your car keys and keeping it straight up and down from the guitar body. this clearly shows what pick slanting is and now I need to relearn everything I know...

[@jonaandthewalemusic6437]

thank you i must say i watched a hole bunch of troy grady videos but after watching yours i finally got it thx alot

[@edwardglyons]

Fantastic! Thanks so much for the excellent explanation.

[@themusogeek]

Great lesson, watched episode 9 of cracking the code a couple of days ago as well, but this has cleared up a couple more things.

[@ravishgoel8718]

Now after this , no need to watch any other video about alternate picking and speed , great stuff, thanks Ben

[@sombresanctum]

Great channel, Ben! Thanks a ton for the lessons, you rock.

[@shREDhead44]

I too love those picks, and your lessons! Keep rockin!

[@SaintFredrocks]

Great explanation of when to use downward vs upward. I didn't know I was an upward style picker until I watched this. Time to learn the downward style.

[@5urg3x]

Thank you for this I've seen Troy's videos but the way you explained it made a lot more sense to me

[@BadMonkeyMind]

Excellent demonstration Uncle Ben... as expected.

[@davemcafeeguitar]

Excellent tutorial, this helped me a lot. Thank you 🙏

[@TheSillyPiglet]

This is excellent timing, I've been trying to figure out my picking recently.

[@Theylieohio]

Out of all the vids on this subject , you explain this the best...thanks

[@wdzorrojr]

Thanks for this video. Very nicely done and very useful!!!

[@kristofferleecampbell4103]

Thanks!! grady's video had me slightly confused. thanks!! all good now! i was very stuck on a few licks now that i can work out with some new knowledge!!

[@yeyogak32]

thank u so much Ben. You finally clarify both concepts to me.

[@dustyparker4806]

Best video out there on R.H. technique, in my opinion. Seen lots of them. Also, cracking me up. “Find your sister, tell her I said hi.” 😂

[@transdata3035]

This is the best pick slanting instruction. Thank you!

[@davidbaron8330]

Great summary, Ben. Thanks!

[@KidNoah2012]

"Tell her I said hi." LOL

[@davidhinchliffe3354]

Really great video man..made it very clear whats going on. Thanks

[@Georgie_B_]

I’d found other explanations of this really confusing but you explained it with so much clarity so thanks! I have arthritis so practising (and guitar in general) is a bit tough, but understanding this has helped clarify things a lot, so thanks!!! Subscribed!

[@jhar9022]

Awesome lesson. And also, mega points for the FF callback in the intro.

[@jz4901]

Stellar work. Concise and great presentation. Cheers!

[@thadood4373]

Thanks for introducing me to Troy Grady's channel! Those videos are amazing

[@steveng.willis618]

Your videos are really helping. String "hop" has been an obstacle for me, thanks for the help!

[@dominikh.8148]

Fantastic! I've seen Troy's stuff months ago and it really helped me a lot, had me playing UWPS as well as DWPS lines pretty safely at high speeds, but I've always had problems with using both in one lick. And then uncle Ben shows up, at my birthday even, and gives me something to practice (which I felt Troy was kind of missing out on) exactly that. Thanks man! One thing though... I don't get how some players manage to switch between the two slants so quickly, as in three note per string lines or this famous Paul Gilbert lick. That's just beyond me.

[@namenotfound34]

Switching between three notes was one of the most tedious things I have ever had to learn. I do DWPS down and sweep string changes and just switch at the very last note and pick normally starting at an upstroke. UDU change pick slant DUD, change pick direction UDU and so on It really is the most efficient way to play 3 note per string lines. Now since the string changes are swept playing that clean, as in not hearing the actual string change is extremely obnoxious as well as getting used to starting with an upstroke. Paul just forces a string change with a legato note or when he's determined to pick everything uses exclusively DWPS.

[@deconline1320]

Great vid! When you start doing small sweeps for uneven notes per string skipping, it kind of make sense to start associating ascending (low E to high E) with downward slanting and vise-versa.

[@neykur1198]

The clearest explanation I’ve ever seen! Thank you a lot!

[@bobprong]

i really like your videos a lot. great thorough explanations. will be watching more!

[@nvab90]

Hey Ben, awesome video. I took your advice with filming my own picking motions and learned that I had inadvertently been doing a version of downward and upward slanting when sweep picking. It's interesting that the minute I realized this it became harder to actually slant the pick. I think the our psychological resistance to change our sloppy habits is half the battle in our quest to improve our technique. Keep doing what you're doing man!

[@henryrearden1118]

I agree with some of the comments. Ben explained pickslanting in a way that was easier to understand than Troy. Finally got it!

[@duckensknifenson190]

Top work dude! Thanks for another great lesson.

[@TheZenytram]

A lot of thing that u say on youtube i already have figure it out by myself , but this one make me go from 120 bpm to 150 on alternate pick instantly, why i never thought about it before lol. thankyou very much.

[@kasnitch]

one of my favorite videos and subjects you've covered Ben. sure , a lot of people cover similar material educating people on many subjects, and I could follow the series directly. what is also important, is your presentation and guitar skills. those I enjoy. this will help my picking accuracy, after weeks of working on it , of course. Thanks. we never get to see you let it out nearly enough. can you do a video on Jeff Loomis technique, and show some of his magic ? "tell her I said hi" .. classic and classy

[@JardaZouhar]

Awesome lesson! Thanks Ben!

[@Starw90]

Never seen such detailed tutorial in KZbin.. thank you 🙏

[@JLenon_Mucharski]

O ditado "uma imagem vale mais que mil palavras" fez sentido nesse vídeo. Não entendi o que você disse, mas aprendi bastante sobre palhetada apenas com essas imagens incríveis. 👏👏👏

[@222t7]

U are absolutely right !! I never video my self picking ... I can finally get it .

[@srisidvicious]

A very good explanation. Had to watch a couple of times but it makes sense

[@tyleryoung2699]

fannnntastic....soon as I saw uncle ben with troy's camera rig I got psyched! Plus the FF7 background tune!

[@seanfried5583]

Another great video. You are a great teacher man. Thanks.

[@matreynolds1]

Many thanks for this clear explanation. Excellent!

[@24Tabris]

ffvii theme intro, cool!! keep up the good work uncle Ben!

[@mdeerocks6792]

Hey Ben, I've seen Paul Gilbert picking from very close and he often does what you call "curved picking" in this video at crazy speeds. The curve is tiny though. He does down and up pick slanting too. Great video as always, thank you!

[@TrustNoShadows]

Vinnie Moore uses an upward slant?! Totally makes sense now. Your point at 8:35 really made it click for me, thanks!

[@kristianmalinovic50]

You described it masterfully. Thanks a lot.

[@albertarguelles3262]

This is awesome. Crazy, never realized this technique. It's really common sense, Thx Ben

[@wendellpeters5083]

Awesome! Thank ya much Uncle Ben

[@AzzDogZ]

Coincidentally, knowing this helps with my beginner problem of anchoring my wrist. When I started guitar my right hand just stuck itself into an upward pickslanting position by overdoing it and fully tilting the wrist into the body of the guitar, anchoring it. Now I've just got to rotate my hand and learn downward pickslanting. Thanks for the lesson, Ben!

[@Allsystemsaredown]

Ah...that'll be the reason I've not been able to pick fast for the past 40 years then. Time to learn something new. It's great that this information is out there for players now.