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#102 Golden Ratio: 5 Steps To PERFECT Picking Technique (Patreon)

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2020-07-24 13:00:00
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2026-06-11 19:07:34
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Today we work on an extremely important topic - please make sure to check out this lesson if you care about developing an efficient and reliable overall technique!

I recorded some video play-alongs for you once again, with these you can practice the entire workout in 90BPM and 120BPM together with me :) Download them here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b7jx6badhumpyjb/AADFI6ejxuVZYCJQbxFLXIS_a?dl=0

I made the files a bit shorter this time, that way can loop them and don't have to download these huge file sizes! I also attached the tabs and guitar pro files below, have fun practicing :)

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Golden Ratio: The 5 Steps To PERFECT Picking Technique!

Today we check out the 5 steps to developing an amazing picking technique! Download your files for this lesson here: http://www.patreon.com/bernth The 'Golden Ratio' principle has helped me with understanding how to connect different playing styles and picking approaches like alternate picking, sweep picking, hybrid picking, economy picking and more - and the exercise presented in this video will help you with that as well :) Subscribe to stay updated for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/bernthguitar My 10-week online guitar courses '10 Steps to Modern Shredding' and 'Sweep Picking Masterclass' can be purchased here: http://www.bernth.at/ Get the merch here: http://teespring.com/stores/bernth Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/bernthofficial Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bernthofficial Thanks so much to all my Patrons for making these videos possible! #guitar #guitarlesson #picking

Comments

David W Harper

Hi Bernth! I'm new here but have been learning from you for a while now. I have your 10 steps to modern shredding program and plan to purchase your sweep picking program in the future. Thank you for all the hard work you put into your content to help others improve, you are a great player and teacher.

bernth

Thanks so much for sharing that David! Happy that you can benefit from the lesson material :)

Michael Iadevaio

The is an amazing workout. I can’t wait to get started. Thanks so much 🤘🏻🤘🏻

Dominik Wolff

Great exercise, thank you so much! :-) I definitely sucked trying, but starting at a lower speed really helped. At least for the alternate picking part and some hammer-ons. The rest is still too tricky for me, but I can already feel the improvement! :-)

Pavel

Hi Bernth, amazing exercise! Plus all the extra stuff like the backing tracks and play along videos, that has really motivated me to practise more! I have been following your lessons for a while on YouTube but it is well worth joing here on Patreon

Bobby McKee

Dude your exercises have changed my life! Seriously, I practice these things slow for a couple hours, then later in the day, I am playing WAY better than I have ever played before. so crazy, thank you!

Steve Shaw

Another great exercise, these are really helping my technique, never want to play in front of anyone, but love the challenges of the exercises. Thanks Bernth.

Chase A. Johnson

B., you are a damned, damned good guitarist, but, I dare to say, an EVEN better teacher. What a gift you are stuck with (you probably know that "vocation", from "voce", quite literally means "calling", like being made a Corleone-offer you can't refuse, so a damned, damned good teacher). Party on, Garth.

guido bossyns

Hay David..i have the sweep picking to ..i can only recommend it...grts

guido bossyns

That's what I call teaching .. the play-along videos are invaluable .. thank you

Stephane DEMAY

I enjoy the format, the play-along videos with different tempo are very effective for me. Thank you

David W Harper

Hi guido, I purchased the sweep picking program yesterday! I'm excited to go work through the program, my sweep picking needs help :)

Brad Hill

wow, so much hard work going into these brilliant lessons! thank you

Alex Ruiz

Great material, as always. Btw, am I the only one who cant alternate pick anymore between string when going economy is the most favorable way? This is happening to me in the 3 first alternate picking exercises

Manu Makiss

Awesome exercises, explained in a perfect way. Thanks a lot Bernth, You Rocks, gretings from Spain.

义鹏 陈

I need these effective licks.Thank U Bernth.

John H

HI Bernth - I have worked this into my morning practice routine, and what I am finding is that switching from the 16th notes to the triplets is not connecting to the hands. I am using your play alongs- and I really appreciate you creating those. My question is, do you find tempo with technique is as much memory through repetition as it is recognized skill? I guess what I am getting at is, I've always thought I could do the tempo/timing changes on my own - but am starting to wonder it that is really just a function of learning a "song" more than actual skill. Again - thank you for your teaching - I really can appreciate the time you put into providing us great content.

bernth

Thanks for that very important input! Switching from 16th note to triplets is also one of my practice goals - it's extremely satisfying to do that in a fluid way when you are improvising and I still have work to do to make that switch perfectly every time (not 'searching' for the right note spacing for a couple of notes). This is an awesome exercise and I want to cover it more for sure, in the context of solos and not so much when it comes to rhythm as we did that in my course '10 Steps to Modern Shredding' in many videos already. For now, I'd recommend analyzing the changes in technique when it comes to these 2 motions and finding a way to connect them in your routine! You can always work slowly towards that goal, so if you feel like it would be good to isolate your playing first before the video play-alongs, make sure to try it out with a metronome! I hope that helps a bit and that you are still having fun working on this!

John H

Thanks - I am signing up for "10 Steps.." - I think the majority of my timing issues are def my clock in my brain! :) Great advice - thank you!

Thomas Kosslick

Yes! this really is a great exercise! thanks a lot.

Jim Johnson

This exercise is GREAT! I had been trying to break out of a bad habit of practicing repeating patterns on the same string so I could get more comfortable with cross-string picking patterns. This exercise is really helping me break that pattern and get more at ease with quickly changing strings regardless the pattern!