10 Levels Of Alternate Picking
Added 2024-05-15 19:48:21 +0000 UTCAlternate picking! The scourge of every guitar player. From my 15+ years of teaching there's by far no other single technique that most students are desperate to improve on.
We've covered a bunch of different alternate picking-based lessons so far here at the Guitar School, including the super popular 1 Minute Workout, but I've been super eager to make a comprehensive, focussed exercise on it.
So expanding on the "levels" format I've been using in the 1 Minute Workouts, I've created this study that features 10 levels of difficulty; starting with some chill 8th note patterns and working all the way up to some 32nd note picking insanity!
Good luck and don't forget to share your progress with everyone in the Discord server!
0:00 Playthrough
2:40 Intro
5:08 Level 1
7:16 Level 2
9:29 Level 3
14:33 Level 4
16:23 Level 5
19:08 Level 6
22:04 Level 7
25:27 Level 8
30:01 Level 9
35:42 Level 10
Comments
Thank for this. This video is so helpful as I work through this lesson, the additional tips are VERY valuable as I get stuck or have an issue getting up to speed, I can come here and you seem to know where I would need extra help. The wrist, the thumb, not engaging my forearm when I do, breaking all these old habits. It may take me months, but I know this is dragging into the light all the things I need to improve on. Told my buddy, “Lessons like this were what all our guitar heroes were doing at GIT in the 80’s”. To have had lessons like this decades ago…..thank you Bradley.
Cosman
2024-08-31 09:49:28 +0000 UTCStarting this as to improve my cover of sweating bullets solo. It's definitely going to help.
ray crowley
2024-08-29 08:57:16 +0000 UTCthank you for the concise exercise with catchy melody. I have made it to Level 9 ( Cross Picking) and Level 10 (32nd notes) on my first try. Level 9 emphasizes the tests the alternate picking which got me stuck. Steadily I improve. This and MoP solo has me practicing for the last two weeks.
Ersin Tas
2024-05-29 08:59:36 +0000 UTCEverything's in collections, yeah! There's also a spreadsheet of every lesson in the pinned post!
Bradley Hall
2024-05-29 08:08:50 +0000 UTCDo these get posted to the collections or is the only way to pull them up later by using the search bar?
Joseph Auday
2024-05-29 05:33:36 +0000 UTCahaha
Bradley Hall
2024-05-20 21:07:59 +0000 UTCEither is fine!
Bradley Hall
2024-05-20 21:07:52 +0000 UTCCheers Alan, glad you dig them!!
Bradley Hall
2024-05-20 21:06:35 +0000 UTCOh god hmmm I think the full speed is 120 and I usually make the slower one 20-30 bpm slower!
Bradley Hall
2024-05-20 21:06:26 +0000 UTCWhat are the BPMs of the wavs?
Alan
2024-05-19 12:42:38 +0000 UTCJoined for this type of lesson! Keep them coming please
Alan
2024-05-19 12:33:18 +0000 UTCThis was sweeeeeet. Thank you Bradley!!!!
Joseph Auday
2024-05-19 05:26:18 +0000 UTConly I heard “Sweating bullet” kind of intro wen I started ‘Level 2 (introducing another string)’ in Em verse? 😂
Alessio Ponzin
2024-05-18 08:53:11 +0000 UTCGreetings Sweepman! I got a little question for the 5th level , is it correct to use left hand to mute those rests in first and 2nd beat (just between 000)? Or should I just use right hand palm on the bridge
谷歌 邓
2024-05-18 08:35:09 +0000 UTCThis is awesome! Thank you so much for all you do ❤️
Joseph Auday
2024-05-18 07:20:02 +0000 UTCIt does, thank you. 😁
Goatrider
2024-05-18 05:33:08 +0000 UTCCheers Bjorn, hope you get something out of this one!
Bradley Hall
2024-05-17 22:45:26 +0000 UTCI would recommend mastering as much as you can straight through at a slower tempo, then start speeding up gradually. It would also be beneficial to do some "bursty" practice at full speed with the level that's JUST out of your comfort zone. Hope that helps!
Bradley Hall
2024-05-17 22:45:12 +0000 UTCGreat news!!
Bradley Hall
2024-05-17 22:43:26 +0000 UTCGreat serie " the 10" although my arthritis doesn't always agree with the speed... i love the approach. Thanks Mate!
Bjørn Visser
2024-05-17 14:13:20 +0000 UTCI wonder how you actually suppose us intermediate players to work on that one here Bradley. Should we try to learn every level and then execute it in the run no matter how shitty it will be or should we just go until a certain point, master it as much as possible, and then move on level by level?
Goatrider
2024-05-17 07:45:57 +0000 UTCI improved a lot with 1 minute workout. This one looks so amazing too. Let’s work. 💪🎸
Ilo Rodrigues
2024-05-16 22:28:44 +0000 UTCHey Alessio, welcome!!
Bradley Hall
2024-05-16 21:51:25 +0000 UTCHi! I’m new but I think that your work is great! Time for me to play again my guitar 😁
Alessio Ponzin
2024-05-16 19:01:59 +0000 UTCahaha
Bradley Hall
2024-05-15 20:45:50 +0000 UTCAfter many many years I want to chop off my right wrist and rig up a motorized picking mechanism
Paul Baglio
2024-05-15 19:52:13 +0000 UTC
