Yeah, I made it to the end of this workout. One day I might even try it with a guitar.

One unexpected thing that helped me massively improve my picking technique, literally immediately, was to play in front of a mirror. That way I was able to fix the amplitude of my picking motion, and to correct the position of my right hand and forearm in a way that I was able to pick cleanly and consistently. Give it a try y'all!

After 10 days of practicing I've reached Bernth's warm-up speed. I think, 4 weeks won't be enough to make it to 200BPM. :D

Awesome exercise technique to build speed picking. Thanks you BERNTH. Keep posting these technical videos so that we can also improve our guitar journey under your guidance.

When I first started this workout, I was really struggling even with 110 BPM. After 2 weeks or so without any progress, I happened to watch your video on picking technique and I realised that my picking was seriously wrong. Literally two days after I fixed my technique I found myself able to do 150 BPM!! Thanks a lot Bernth!! Your video saved me years of practice!

Get the FULL 30-day picking workout & practice plan here: www.patreon.com/bernth 🤘 Challenge starts at 01:52 - where's YOUR current limit?

Damn it Bernth, I’ve been playing guitars for 34 years now! Never been great at it, just ok for what I did, using a lot of “cheap” uncontrollable techniques! But today, after watching many of your videos the last few months months, I downloaded a metronome to my phone, tuned my acoustic down to “all” drop D, and started a 60 bpm for all that I use as my warmups! And I’m trying to figure out those things I can make “sound” as if it’s fast playing, into something I actually can play! I’m now exited to see if I can progress my guitar skills at the age of 47! Really wished KZfaq and someone like you was around 34 years ago! You’re inspirational!

Been playing over 20 years and never really learned the right things to get where I have always wanted to be. 05/28/23, day 1, I made it to 140bpm and it fell apart at 150. Getting ready to get started on your lessons on Patreon. Thanks Bernth.

I'm adding 15 minutes of this exercise as part of my daily routine (2-3 hours of practice per day) day 1 (27/01/23): 130 bpm START day 2 (28/01): 140-150 bpm day 3 (29/01): 150 bpm day 4 (30/01): 150-160 bpm day 5 (31/01): 160 bpm day 6 (01/02): 160 bpm day 7 (02/02): 160-170 bpm FIRST WEEK day 8 (03/02): 170 bpm day 9 (04(02): 170 bpm day 10 (05/02): 170 bpm day 11 (06/02): 170-180 bpm day 12 (07/02): 170-180 bpm day 13 (08/02): 180 bpm day 14 (09/02): no routine due to sickness SECOND WEEK day 15 (10/02): no routine due to sickness day 16 (11/02): 170-180 bpm day 17 (12/02): 170-180 bpm day 18 (13/02): 180 bpm day 19 (14/02): 180-190 bpm day 20 (15/02): 190 bpm day 21 (16/02): 180-190 bpm THIRD WEEK day 22 (17/02): 180-190 bpm day 23 (18/02): 180-190 bpm day 24 (19/02): 180-190 bpm day 25 (20/02): 180-190 bpm day 26 (21/02): 190 bpm day 27 (22/02): 190 bpm day 28 (23/02): 190 bpm FOURTH WEEK this was very good, and i'm not a lover of insane speed exercises, i will be back to this to reach the 200 bpm goal

I made it 🎉🎉🎉 200bpm completed with clean execution Thank you Bernth

When I started 160BPM was my peak. Today is my 6th day doing this challenge and 180Bpm is where I struggle so I have high hopes to reach 200 because so far its been showing results little by little. Now It’s my 20th day doing the exercise and I can reach 220 but not clean. I’m pretty sure that in the 10 days that remain I’ll be able to do my 200BPM over clean. Update: Today is my 31st day and I can do it til 220 and 230 is where I stuggle a bit but it was amazing improvement. Thank you Bernth for the amazing lesson.

I started my max at 160 BPM, After a few weeks, 180 BPM is my new personal record! Thanks Bernth, slowly but surely, we will get there!

Stuck at 120 for now, But I'll try to keep at it, Thank you for these excercises! You deserve more recognition! -10th june

The warm-up it's already a challenge for me!!!

GREAT Workout!!! Thank you, brother!!!

wow that great helps me no ends as I have time problems. PLEASE do more on timing and working with metronome

After first try I stuck at 140 bpm with relaxed hands. Good exercise, hope one day i'll be able to play Hangar18

You deserve more subs than you currently have man, your helping me loooaaaads. I will soon be a shredder. Seriously let’s get this guy into the millions for subs on KZfaq! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

On my first day (3 days ago) I was able to reach 140 with relative ease, 160 struggling and not even pick as fast as 190. Now, my 4th day, I can get to 150 easily, 170 with not so much struggle and 180 struggling hard. And at least I can pick as fast as 200bpm (even if my left hand do not follow. Thank you, Bernth! PS: I'm praciticing no more than 30 minutes per day.

Grazie per i tuoi suggerimenti sei fantastico.

Mixed at 140. This is gonna do wonders for my left and right hand coordination

Wooohoo! .. just surpassed 20bpm .. well on my way! .. I was so relaxed I fell asleep! .. going to work on this every day until I can get to 250!

This is great shredding exercise. I managed to do it till the end but perhaps not so clean. Need some time to practice shifting between patterns.

it's funny how your middle finger is imitating the actual string touch at high speed with reverse pattern movement :) thanks for the video.

Day 1 (28/11/2022) : sloppy 100bpm Day 2 (29) : slightly better at 100bpm, still struggling with the 2nd pattern Day 3 (30) : same results except the 2nd pattern feels a lil bit less hard now (at 100bpm) Day 4 (01/12) : getting used to moving fingers in synchronization Day 5 (02) : again Day 6 (03) : tried 110bpm but its currently too fast (also can somewhat fc 100bpm if my fingers move quickly enough) Day 7 (04) : smoother on 100bpm, still struggling on 110bpm Day 8 (05) : same as yesterday Day 9 (06) : 120bpm is too fast for me rn, 110 is kinda ok and 100 feels better Day 10 (07) : 100 almost FC'd, 110bpm on the way Day 11 (08) : 100 clean, 110 with some misses, 120 kinda meh Day 12 (09) : same Day 13 (11) : feeling better on 110 (and a tiny bit on 120 as well) Day 14 (12) : didn't had that much time to practice, but a lil bit better at 110 Day 15-16 (13-14) : training 110 and 120 Day 17 (15) : mastering 120 and pushing myself to 130/140 Day 18 (16) : same Day 19 (17) : 110 clean, 120 almost, 130 kinda good Day 20 (18) : 120 FCable, 130 nice, 140 kinda sloppy Day 21 (19) : same Day 22-28 (20-26) : went on vacation, but still played guitar Dayu 29 (27) : 120 clean, 130 same, 140 a lil bit better ... Day ___ (18/11/2023) : 160 and 170 mastered, working on 180

Doing this exercise made me realized that my fretting hand and picking hand are clearly not in sync lol way harder than it looks lol (sthird day 120 - 140 bpm). You are insane sir! hopefully one day I will be able to shred like you

December 7 2021 170 BPM what an amazing work out to help with speed can't wait to come back tomorrow and try to best it my old score

Good one Sir. Take care and good wishes .

Playing this at 0:75 right now, coz I have trouble even at 100 bpm :) Just starting to shred. Thanks Bernth :) !

Made it to 200, working on getting it clean from there and beyond!

Alternating strings was the breakthrough for me, 3 on one, 1 on the next, back to 3 on the first. So pattern of four, puts the upstroke on the next string which I was missing before. The triplets are great because the first note of the pattern alternates top/bottom

Started on 27.8.22 Day 1: Warm up Day 2: 110bpm Day 3: 120bpm (I also reached that speed today for other challenge that published by @BERNTH. I mixed between them when I training)

130 BPM...for now let'see how much i will improve until next month. Thank you so much for making this content, Bernth.

10/06 200bpm relaxed but need more stamina, which is my main problem as I have chronic muscle inflammation

nice one i manage to get it in the first try !

Day 1, 120 BPM. Day 2, 160 BPM. Day 2 170 BPM. Day 3, 190 BPM. Day 4, 200 BPM. Thank you Bernth for this amazing exercise!

Maybe with this I’ll finally be able to tremolo pick

I could tell that my comfort zone with this one would be 130 bpm. After that, I no longer could understand what my mind was trying to do hahaha

Day 1 Max speed at 140bpm. Thank you Bernth for this great exercise for speed and precision

Sir, I have completed this exercise 🥰🤘 Love from India 💞💖🇮🇳

Ah, I have a choice, Homework or bernth 🤩

110 is too fast for me... guess I have a lot of work to do to get serious at playing guitar!

These are great.

Dude, I made it all the way to the end first try, I'm impressed with myself

JUNE 10th 110 bpm JUNE 20th 130 bpm And... JULY 10th 140bpm Super valuable challenge! Thank you so much Bernth!!!

March 3: warm up April 13: 130 bpm May 22: 150bpm

Having a lot of fun with this. Thank you very much! As a follow on, what would you recommend for taking this concept and applying it to crossing strings? (As opposed to just playing fast on the one string) thanks again!!!

waou, i've made it ! long work but successfull! Thx

Day 1: 150 seems to be my upper limit for starters to play it clean. Fun challenge! Day 2: Still 150 Day 3: 160 is getting there, still not clean. Left hand is slower than right hand. Day 4: Regression, 140 is sloppy, 150 is sloppy going up, okay going down. /shrug. Day 5: No change... Day 6: 160 is starting to come back, and somehow I was able to hit the timing of the first and last notes all the way up to 200, but every sixteenth-note between was mush, lol. That's better than completely losing it, though! Day 7: No change, but I noticed my hand is maybe a little flatter than Bernth's. Trying a slightly higher angle (more tip of finger, less pad of finger) now. Maybe it's better? Day 8: No change Day 9: Decided to start playing it clean along with the video, and take a larger rest between each section. 160 felt pretty good that way--not trying to power through the entire video in one go, getting more tired along the way with smaller breaks as the tempo goes up. 170 is almost do-able now, got it about 75% correct! Day 10: Cleaner at 150 and 160 for sure, 170 is messy still. Trying to play as lightly as possible. Keeping a light touch at the highest speeds is really tough. Is Bernth still playing lightly at 200 BPM? Day 11: 170 is coming along now, maybe 80% of the notes are landing! One trick I am trying is to play both picking every note in one version, and playing another doing pick-hammer-hammer, e.g. [5-h7-h8-5-h7-h8-5-h7-h8-5-h7-h8-5], so picking only the first note of the three-note pattern and hammer-ons (or pull-offs, on the descending one) for the rest. I've found that I can isolate my fretting-hand speed and accuracy (which is faster than my right hand, at least, with any accuracy) that way and hear that, yes, my fretting hand is fast enough, but the combo of picking and fretting is where the jank sets in at these higher speeds. Day 12-15: Vacation, didn't take guitar. Day 16: Getting back into the swing of it... 150 is okay, 160 is okay, 170 is blah. Day 17: 170 is coming back again... Day 18: Trying short bursts of 4 notes then rests. Gotta break through this wall at 170 somehow. Also really watching BERNTH's hands at the highest speeds to see how he moves. Day 19: No change Day 20: No change Day 21: No change Day 22: Trying to get that 170 by playing as small as possible. Is BERNTH sort of pulling off on the descending line? Day 23: Wore out some muscles in my left hand today lifting weights, have to take it easy. Day 24: 170 is almost there... Day 25: Maybe a little sloppier than yesterday. Day 26: 170 is a bit better, sort of did 180 today! I am experimenting with the placement of my thumb behind the neck. It seems if I place it more between my middle and ring fingers as opposed to closer to my index finger, the angle my ring and pinky fingers hit the strings is more straight-down. This might help improve their ability to quickly leave the string and get out of the way of the next note. We'll see! Day 27: Got back late... just ran through sans metronome. Day 28: Hmmm I am not sure what's holding me up. Tightening my grip on the pick a little helps, but my fretting hand tenses up at 170+. Not sure what BERNTH is doing exactly other than very tiny motions... I am going to try practicing slowly with very vertical fretting fingers (playing on the tips) and super tiny motions to see if I can exaggerate the effect and achieve precision that way, then speed it up. Day 29: Welp, it's sloppy, but at least I can sort of play along at 200 BPM. I don't feel like I made a TON of progress over the 4 weeks, but I definitely improved up to a point. It took a little less than two weeks to hit the wall. Still trying to figure it out. Is it too much/little tension at that speed? Is it a fretting technique that changes at higher tempos that I can't see BERNTH's fingers doing in the video? Hmm.

Day 2: Made it to 170 but just like the first try, not really feeling that it sounds perfect. 160 has been achieved though. Tried 180 once and it sounds like a cat fight at midnight.

You help me a lot

Also, I tried to match the way his picking hand is and the lesson he gave on it. I’ve played 20+ years with more of a Hammett/Dimebag style where my bottom three fingers stick out. Not sure if I should stick with how I’ve always done it or dedicate myself to completely changing my technique 🤔

So, 1st day, 110 bpm🥴 i’ll keep practicing and hopefully someday i’ll reach those 200

On my 5th day or so and can already see progress! Level 6 was starting to get hard and by 8 I was in pain lol.

sub'ed thumbs Up!

5-23-22 made it through again but my hand and forearm are more sore today. No pain no gain.

holy shit that was hard!! my left forearm is on fire!! feb. 5

Day one: 140 bpm Day two: 150 bpm Day three: almost 160 bpm Day four: almost 160 bpm Day five: 160 bpm Day six: 160 bpm Day seven: almost 170 bpm Day eight: 170 bpm Day nine: 170 bpm Day ten: almost 180 bpm

Just watched this video some days ago and tried same idea but with another triplet that Kotzen uses, dude… couldn’t do on 170bpm, bought 5 different new picks and finally the jazz iii 1.5mm fitted so sweet and now 190 bpm is possible.

After 3 days I've reached the warm up speed, I'll keep practicing

29-01-23 - 175 bpm - 200bpm (very sloppy) .. i just recently restarted playing guitar after almost 20 years, never used a pick before (i played when i was 14-18 and always fingerstyle) and now im able to alternate pick @175bpm on 2 strings after about a month (or two) of practice, to be continued. 06-05-23: dropped @190 bpm but it's hard to do the whole challenge in one set my hand are tired super fast ..

I would love a longer version with +5bpm.

Dec 13th - 140BPM let's go!

Now this is what I need

Ill try to do this exercise for the next couple of weeks lets see how I'll do! day 1 - 120bpm cleam/125bpm sloppy

it is hard than it seems lol Ive been playing guitar for two months, and I can reach only the warm up. Lets see how it goes Thanks for the lesson anywsy edit I: 23/12 120 BPM ( have not trained so much these days) 28/12 - 130BPM. Increased the speed and the sound is cleaner. 31/12 - 140BPM. 01/01 - 150BPM - happy new year!! 12/01 - 160BPM- finally

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When I started a time ago it was too hard for me and now its still

Day 1 (2/20/2023): Stuck at the warmup. I had to change the speed to .75 Day 2(2/21): Kept practicing at .50 speed and got past the warmup. Stuck at 110 bpm

5-26-22. Still got through. My forearm muscles are so freaking sore. Ugh.

5-25-22 fret hand and arm are so sore today. I got through it though.

Is this a good one when someone is first trying to learn how to do speed picking? I have played a good while just never got any good at sweeps, or serious alt. speed picking.

great

6/9/23 - The descending pattern started to fall apart at 180bpm and then soon after it all fell apart! haha. I'll be back!

My left hand is definitely the problem! There's too much wasted movement in my pinky!

25th October 190 BPM

Day1 15/04/2023 not even at the warm up speed. 16/04/2023 getting comfortable with the pattern 17/04/2023 if tried to go faster, the string strikes first and the fret is tapped later. 18/04/2023 1 or 2 times it reaches almost 100beats per sec 21/04/2023 reaching warmup speed, cant play along the beats and slow in reverse order

Dia 1 (01/05/23)- cheguei de boa até os 160 bpm. Nos 170 bpm, falhei. Vamos ver se lembro de treinar mais. rs

180 bpm! (Super Clean) i still working on 190 & 200!

140 BPM - November 13 (Day 1)

5-24-22. A little less sore today.

Day 1: 110-120 bps before it becomes unintelligible. Day 2: getting more comfortable at 140-130

Couldn't even do warm up speed lol I stopped playing for 8 years and man, I feel like a beginner again

4 weeks, my top score is 150..160bpm, but considering I almost never tried playing that fast, this helped me strongly to leave my comfort zone

Just hit 130!! 5/20/22

1:55 GO PRACTICE

Just started stuck at 140, wow this is way more difficult than It sounds.

200 bpm done!✅

Clean enough until 160bpm for today, but after 170 it gets very sloppy. Would be nice to have a similar speed exercise where different strings are combined, for a more "realistic" use case. Still very helpful in getting a burst. Thank you!

Day 1 (21.02.2023): good 110 Day 2-3: practice without video Dat 4: can do 140bpm but need practice Day 6: i'm sick but can do 150bpm Day 23: A couple of weeks passed which I spent lerning mostly raining blood and I hit 200bpm but still need practice

11/02/2022 i made it until 180 where i felt my hand burning 🔥🔥😀

Got up to 200bpm in 4 days after struggling with 100bpm at the start! I practise 5 hours a day so that may have had an impact.

I’ve been staying at 150 for two months now. No further

Start in Feb 09 2022 Day 1: Lvl 3 Day 2: Lvl 4 Day 3: Lvl 5 Day 4, Lvl 5 Day 5: Lvl 7 Day 6: lvl 7

That last darn note in each bar is the hardest to hit right, isn't it everyone?!?!

Hi how should I set my metronome. Mine will do beats per measure and has various modes. How is yours set.

Envoyer moi le lien web pour acheter les vidéo lessons technique guitare s'il vous plaît.😊 Merci.

Day 1 : 120 clean ,130 ascending part is clean struggling in descending part ( quick update lol ..after 20 minutes of practicing I can play 140 fluency both ascending and descending . After another 20 minutes 165 clear at 170 some notes I miss .. enough for today It took some time to understand the task ..I think I can go upto 200 in 1 month)

October 13: 130 BPM October 14: 130 BPM October 15: 130 BPM October 16: 130 BPM

forgot to write down days 1-3 feb 17 day 4: 160 feb 20 day 5: 150 feb 21 day 6: 160 feb 22 day 7: 170 feb 23 day 8: 170 (so close to 180, maybe tomorrow) feb 24 day 9: 170 (once again, almost 180) feb 26 day 10: 170 (less clean than day 9, and my pinky is on fire) feb 27 day 11: 170 (pinky is melting) feb 28 day 12: 170 (pinky is still melting) march 1 day 13: 170 (pinky is) 2023 may 19 day 13: 190