What I love about this style of music is that the feeling doesn't get lost in the technical mastery. I find with a lot of metal players, what they're doing is so impressive, but it overrides the music. It becomes a series of difficult exercises that prove the player is superhuman, but doesn't really evoke emotional responses from me all the time. With a style like this, he's doing so many great techniques, but there are dynamics to his strokes, and the chords and scales collide into a beautiful dance that just sort of transports me away from where I am to some place else. I think i need to start learning some gypsy style.

Joscho Stephan, what an amazing player! Besides the technical aspect he is a great improviser too.

he'll get there one day

Right hand is basically everything; the littlefinger under the strings, the complete mastery of downward pickslanting, perfect wrist-control and uses the broadside of the pick.

Joscho is just simply a master.

I've watched it for like 10000 times and I keep going back to it

Relaxed and fast at the same time, absolutely perfect technique!

wow this is some good footage for sure into the technique of the gypsy jazz style and some serious downward pick slanting usage. it is amazing from the front view you don't get the real detail required to discover how this is being done but from the magnet perspective its is real easy to see.

Eye-watering playing. I must see Joscho live..!

Amazingly tasteful playing, brilliant choice of notes!!!

Amazing work Troy! The last 7 years I was lucky enough to spend countless hours in several Workshops with Joscho himself. The Standard about this technique is the use of downward pickslanting. The effortless, fast pick movement is a result of forearm rotation. Thanks to the leverage effect a very small Amplitude (millimeters) in movement of the forear results in centimeters movements for the pick. I hope this makes sense. For ascending lines (from higher to lower) for example the triplets Joscho Plays at: 0:38 he always starts the new string with a downstroke. Like this: D U D (new string)D U D D U D D.

Really love being able to see the string muting with his picking hand, that's really cool...

To watch this master pick just shows how his style is built into the technique is an amazing treat "the magnet" provides. The downstrokes emphasize the volume swells especially in ascending lines and sweeps. His precision and speed in his alternate picking is amazing. Joscho Stephan shreds so distinctively in the Rinehardt Gypsy Jazz style, yet he is blazing new trails in his own unique way. 😎👍🏽🎶🔥♥️🔥🎶

Wow! He's an amazing player

you are doing a great job troy.. picking up the best! ....

Just thought I'd say thank Troy. My technique has developed tenfold since watching your videos. You've pretty much solved picking!

Troy, thank you so much for these fabulous analytical videos. So cool!!!

Joscho is just a monster.

THAT PINKY UNDER THE STRINGS! cool.

Fantastic the full episode. So much info.

Great Troy, a wonderful example of DPS that you shared with youtube.

Would totally buy a magnet if you sold them from your site Troy :)

A fantastic technician and great musician. But also very talented in motor skills. With his speed, he can compensate for large movements resulting from his exclusively used downwards-slanting technique. Likewise his very individual 3-notes-per-string concept, which he plays with DUD - DUD - DUD. In my opinion, players who are not so talented in motor skills will probably find both techniques more difficult than when they learn 2-way-slanting. 2-way-slanting gives both less as well as highly talented players very good opportunities to exploit their own motor potential. There are certainly exceptions, especially when certain movement preferences and learned movement patterns are very pronounced. Josho Stephan has found his own, very unique way for himself. I don't believe that it is equally applicable for everyone, especially for players with weaker motor skills. Thank you so much for these great insights into the playing techniques of outstanding guitarists. I have learned so much about my right hand in the last 2 weeks, more than in a long time. I wish this kind of video had been around when I was a teenager. A great gift to the current young generation. Stay tuned :-)

this guy is so increddibly good !!!!!

His right hand looks A LOT like Marty Friedman's! Awesome!

Joscho Stephan ... A living deity .....

great playing and insight

Joscho Rocks

Wow... Joscho - that's a great technology for your lessons. I still can't do what you do, but at least I can see what it is that I'm NOT doing ;-) Haha... TchuB! -Bob

He said he was going to use it for online lessons, does that mean he got to keep the magnet? Pretty cool gift if so!

I could watch him play all day. Is the magnet for sale? It would be a great tool for evaluating my own technique and progress.

Oh that was just lovely! I"m sitting here smiling and laughing at how effortlessly he plays; just tosses off this incredible licks...eh...no big deal! I like how he was just fascinated with the magnet and the video! The teaching possibilities! Well done, Troy! :)

Amazing!

wow, nice clip!👍

excelente ese joscho es un loquillo

I'd kill for the complete video! :(

His playing is, of course, amazing, but that lick at 1:18-1:20 made my head explode.

I'm suscribing Masters in mechanics in march (already a season 2 owner). There is a lot of content. What would be your approach if you would have to learn that all over again? I'm talking about what order. I guess you would start with dwps....but volcano or cascade? When would you learn antigravity? Etc. I hope my question makes sense. Sorry for my english! :D Cheers from Argentina!

Mostly from the wrist but slightly from the fingers when it gets faster. Intersting, i dont hold my pick as what as defined as correct. I have a lot more finger manipulation as compared to this, my aproach has advantages and dis advantages.

Nice technique for an acoustic. I guess in an electric will not work well ..as the bottom strings remains all te time free without muting neither by picking nor by fretting hands, so would not sound clean. I m right?

thank you nice

What is that camera attachment called?!

Troy, when is this coming to masters in mechanics?

+Troy Grady it's like Joscho only uses downward pick slanting right ?

0:37 - 0:44 wow - on this (all picked) '3 notes per-string' bit, he 'wastes' an upstroke to be able to downstroke on each string change - seems 'inefficient'.. but it sounds amazing..

dude thats cool

question Troy, the magnet is that a regular cellphone in it? Did you invent the magnet yourself? I agree with the player that it would be cool to utilize for lessons/masterclasses

What is the name of the guitar?

wow

talk about downward pick slanting !

It doesn't look like he uses a crazy 3mm+ pick?

Descending in alternate picking, and ascending in economy picking. Just like Malmsteen iirc. What seems strange to me is why does he play economy picking while descending with 3 notes per string? economy picking would be more logical.

The technique its not in the pick...its all about brain/muscle connection..

Thank you, I had never heard of Joscho Stephan, and for that, I am ashamed 😐

literally cant work it out, looks like he's only doing down stroke sometimes but the amount of notes ringing out he must be alternate picking ??

The way of his picking is similar Marty Friedman.

He picks like Marty Friedman, interesting.

OK... People speaking of his picking technique ect. YET, This video is about "The Magnet" device. Yet NO, ZERO, info about "The Magnet" device ! ? ! { Not in "Description" or in comments } Yeah... a GIANT Red thing on the neck, near the body. & I hear ZERO effect. & I've been performing & recording for Decades. No offense. Just amazed that NO One addresses this.

Joscho's beard is tuned to A# -- his hair is Major, Nein?

it's like Marty Friedman way to pick

il a une main droite extra ordinaire

hmmm Downward pick slanting much? :) haha

Too cool, an angle you just cant see while your playing