One day I hope you're able to get Eric Johnson on your show to confirm your theory.

this guy needs to find out who killed kennedy

Troy's work is revolutionary - and he deserves very positive comment in this list - and more

Thanks Troy, I have learned so much with your videos, that i haven't go out from home in 2 days trying to nail down your mechanics. You just solved many of my problems and have filled my enthusiasm up to the point that i can't sleep because i want to keep playing and i wake up very early because i can't stop thinking about all this things. Thank you very much for beign so pasionate and helpful

Troy you are a hell of a teacher. PERIOD.

You're an excellent player and just as impressive analyzer and instructor!!

Troy hi my name is Eric Russell I have watching your videos for years and have been working on learning this it’s been an extremely hard long tedious path of trial and error I have finally just got it and you were the beginning of leading down the right path it’s a weird feeling there is less resistance then I pictured in my mind it feels extremely smooth anyway thank you you for being you and doing what you do peace Troy in the words of Steve Marriott and Peter Frampton Rock On

Troy is a monster 👹 the analyst of the worlds greatest shredders. This series is one of the single greatest additions to the world of advanced guitar lessons.

such an in depth and informative look at guitar player techniques awesome

The analysis you've made on this video is pure genius.You took a great technique and took it to the ultimate level. Thank you Troy

I enjoy your approach and lessons. Great balance of showing what is going on (very well) and talking, explaining! Thank you!

That is the coolest looking Gibson ever! I'm not even a big Gibson fan. The content on your channel is unmatched in terms of content, editing and professionalism. I recommend your videos to all of my students. Thanks Troy!

Thanx Troy...great lesson as always...you're making me realize that I've wasted years of my life with improper picking practicing...thanks a lot...where were you in the 80s? When I needed you??...haha

Troy Grady is absolutely one of my favorite KZfaq performers! Thanks Troy!

BEST GUITAR TEACHER EVER !! you decrypted the mistery code of picking !!

This video was unbelievably helpful. I finally understand what EJ does on the fast licks. Your videos helped me finally get an understanding of his bounce technique. Thanks a lot.

Your approach is great. That you are willing to really examine the mechanics to get to the music is impressive. You are a true Jedi of Guitar!

Another great video *****. After playing guitar for 30+ years, I'm surprised at how much my playing has improved over the last few months thanks to the insight you've provided in your videos!

you've pretty much mastered so many picking techniques, Thank you for sharing this information...

This lick is definitely easier than it looks. I love the way it isolates the bounce technique and has actually really improved my standard fives playing. Thanks for the lesson!

thx man ! before I was only using Alternate picking but you make me realise picking technic is very important, since than my playing has improve . thx again !

Thank you so much! Amazing work, Troy!

You're amazing Troy!

Thank you so much Troy. Great videos that wonderfully articulate guitar technique.

At 2:05 is when it finally clicked for me. Continuing the motion of the pick up to the next note is genius. Once I started getting that down, now my right hand is moving faster than my left!

Very nice work Troy. Thanks for it.

I could never figure out how EJ was playing those fives so quickly. I'd love to see a video analyzing Shawn Lane's odd groupings. Thanks for the great videos!

wow troy.!!!!! the best pick mechanics lesson ever!!!!!!!!! thank's thank's thank's

amazing lessons and videos, the best ones that I've ever seen!

Best lessons on KZfaq

Great analysis Troy. You're a great teacher 👍😁 Thanks

I’ve watched this I don’t know how many times the last three years, and I think I’m just starting to understand and come to grips with it! Lol

This is so valuable. Thank you!!

The best explanation ever. Period. (y)

John McLaughlin was applying this technique since the late 60s!

FINALLY.... A broken down concept of how this lick works... I find it easy to just skip the string, and not even touching the pause at this point in time.

thats excatly what i was looking for. awesome channel

Another great one my friend.... Nice Job...

Thanks for a awesome lesson!

this guy likes picking tehnique so much 🔥

I actually always heard that as the first highest two notes resulting from a pulloff. Your videos are really cool!

Thanks Troy!!

Awesome stuff troy!!

Excellent troy !! Thanks a lot. I like the sequence about Hammer came from nowhere at 5'53''

Good God....I love how you play man. Damn this is inspirational!!!

All your videos are amazing... Im suscribe!

Troy, you mention Shawn Lane in this video. Do you think you will ever do a video on his technique?

Troy is a BEAST on the guitar and the only person in the world that I am aware of that has organized, non-technical lessons on figuring out what the hell shred guitarists are doing that 95% of us are not. You need to watch several videos to realize just how excellent Troy is. If Pete Thorn is the Guitar Nerd...I think Troy is...the Guitar... I dunno.."Mega Nerd". All good tho!!

Woawh very very interesting moves, at first my brain has exploded when I tried this, then I get it, it 's new and unsual for me as a two way pick slanter...Troy you are going far very far, now we're talking !!!pendulum bouncing hopping skipping....I hope you'll tack in a future about sarod and scalpel technique which is a part of all you are talking about since the first CTC...Malmsteen is a perfect example of a perfect scalpel movement with his thumb, and what I call Sarod and you Yngwie's Butter toast :)

Hi Troy. Here's another possibility, and from the video I think it's correct. Eric is not picking the fifth note at all. He's simply hammering it on with his ring finger, and there is plenty of power to make that note sing nicely without picking it. Then he's in a nice position to simply pick the first note again with a down stroke and he doesn't have to worry about skipping that string.

IMO you are 100% correct. He's hammering onto the 5th-string/D-note.

Damn, you got skills as a drummer also! Crazy how musically talented you are.

I love you man!

I set the speed to .5 to hear him playing the outro licks. Did not expect to laugh so hard by watching his speaking slowed down starting at 13:20 haha!

I've always wondered how Eric landed on that G note with a downstroke. That comes from assuming every note was picked. So the last note is a ghost hammer-on. Mystery solved. Thanks, Troy!

absolutely insane

Dude...... you're fookin good.

+mike sterling Thanks I have started to utilize the downward pickslanting into my practice It is definitely better for changing from rhythm to single note licks better Feels a little more relaxed as well

I thought you were going to say the 5th note was an upstroke. Down up down up up. The pick comes off the 4th note in an upstroke, and follows through to hit the next string in an upstroke. This sets you up to hop over the middle string easier, because the upstroke raises your hand up and away from the strings.

The hammer does sound warmer and EJ loves warm tone. Ask Eric - he’s awesome and will answer you

GRREAT video :)

I didn't even realize this riff is supposed to be played this way, I always played it with 3 notes on the G first

Best explanation of how to play fast. Thanks. (Check out his “Cracking The Code” series, especially episodes 9-10-11-12.)

Dude do you offer private lessons? In all honesty you are literally the most informative person I've ever found as far as technique goes. I mean you are as just as amazing as Joe satriani as a teacher

nice ax. on my bucket list

Jesus.. You kick ass at drums too? Enough already ;)

Hi Troy, i wanted to ask you something about the metronome. I recently fell in love with the speed builder function in guitar pro. If you are not familiar with it, it basically starts from a slow tempo (that you set up), and it gradually speeds it up to the full temp of a song or a riff. Do you believe that this is a beneficial way of learning, or is it just as good as a regular set tempo practise. I would love to hear from you on this matter.

Check out skip sweeping by Shaun Baxter. He wrote an article in guitar techniques about deal with down sweeps and up sweeps that skip strings.

Soooo cool

I have an old transcription to this from Guitar for the Practicing musician, it is the same as the way you play it (5's).

Great how you develop thoughts...

you can also sweep up the last two notes

yuo are very smart man thanks for your work. could you study jason becker? i ve been trying to get his technique but its very difficult blessings

That is one nice axe you have there! Second only to you're video's on the cool scale ;)

I am trying to use the same technique only in finger style playing. Thank you for you time To all the guitar geeks.

5:38 no, i heard that note twice, not the first time, the second and third are hammers but on a high note maybe first finger and out of time actually starting the next run but quick. The last sounds like sweep up one string (same as second but more clear) then the thumb on the last bass note to end.

Great Sound!! Which camera do you use???

Troy, Many thanks for your picking insights and phenomenal recreations of the 80s. I dont know which of the two I get more of a kick from! Secondly, I need your help because something doesn't make sense about pick slanint to aid string hopping. Apologies if this isn't the video you were discussing it - I have watched a ton today and may be a bit lost. 1) In the video I was watching you explained how down pickslanting helps the "string hopping" motion and though I saw your point, it was still hopping over the string nonetheless. And as down pickslanting creates a larger hop over the next string down due to it being angled, surely this would decrease speed compared to no pick slanting which creates a milder hop? 2) In the video I was watching you then said to complete certain phrases you would have to reverse to upwards pickslanting and you then descended down the strings but why would you have to reverse if the whole point of downslanting was to naturally cause the plectrum to rise up and hop over the next string? Thanks in advance.

you can also sweep up the 2nd set of strings allowing you to end on an upstroke.down up down up up

Really enjoying your videos. Can I ask what pedal(s) and amp are you using here ?

Greg Howe has stuff on how to make hammer ons from nowhere sound like picked notes with subtle enough palm muting and enough left hand finger strength (you really need to slap the finger down to get a muted note to play).

How many guitarist does it take to change a light bulb ......... One,.......... And 1000 to talk about the techniques

Your tone is absolutely divine! It's rich and full without being massively gainy. What amps/effects are you using? I'm playing a USA Tele with a stack in the bridge and an N3 in the neck.

Hi Troy, great video. Just thought I would throw this out there. Eric calls it the bounce, which if you watch when your playing that lick towards the end when you say that the pick flops over the string. In the slow motion it actually looks more like the pick is bouncing back from the string like a fake up stroke which would free up the pick to move onto the next string. Which maybe what Eric means when he says bounce as he bounces the pick off the string below?

Whoa!

is there any chance making a video about jeff loomis

Hey Troy, please do a video on Guthrie Govan techs!

this guy make me anxious...

this was very insightful. I have been really focusing on my right hand techniques lately....I've always been a sloppy player. Need more precision! lol

I just do: Down-Up - Down -Up - Up (sweep) and then again.... works great and you have the accent on the first of every five group...

I believe I can see Eric picking the fifth note of the sequence with an upstroke instead of the hammer-on from nowhere, this would also allow him to start the 5-note-pattern with a downstroke, thoughts?

Okay, so I naturally do the dwps and I have since I began getting into shred around 18 or so years ago. I play with the middle and the thumb for picking, but is this okay or should I dedicate some time to index and thumb as well?

I think the last note is sweep from the forth note so we end with upstroke.

Great Video! How do you get your tone?

Great lesson. Check the intonation on your A. It's sharp above the 12th fret by like 5 cents....

Wow even thought I’m pretty acrobatic for some types of Licks and pickings, this 5s thing is like imposible to my long dumb fingers

could it be an upstroke sweep instead of a hammer on? hard to see but instead of it being a hammer on maybe its an upward sweep for that 5th note?

Sorry if this was covered in the vid and I missed it, what about ascending 5s like this, would you start on and upstroke using the same pattern and mechanics?

Hi Troy great video, one question: I was always taught to play with correct fingering and i notice when you are playing in the E pentatonic position with a 4 fret space you are using your 3rd finger to play on the 4th fret position. I'm having a little trouble playing this 5 note picking technique at speed using my pinky and I'm wondering should I be using my 3rd finger like you? does it make a difference? Thanks.

Hi Troy. Your lesson is again truly an aye opener. Do you think that Nuno uses your here mentioned technique f. ex on his Mourning Widows song "Love is a cigarette". In my opinion It sounds that theres something similar going on there (somewhere around 4.30). Thanks and Keep it up!