MASTER 2 Note per String Picking with THIS Workout!

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Жыл бұрын

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Its Uncle Ben Eller back again with Weekend Wankshop 337! In this episode, i'm gonna be showing you all the workout you NEED to be practicing to MASTER 2NPS alternate picking licks like Zakk Wylde, Eric Johnson, Neil Schon, Joe Bonamassa, Andy Wood, and many more! What to practice? How to pick? You're about to learn it all. This video also goes deep into the secrets of downwards pickslating ala ‪@troygrady‬ , and i'll be using Troy's patented Magnet camera rig to show you all exactly the picking motions you NEED to achieve pick slanting perfection!
Gear:
Jackson SL3 Soloist
Fractal Axe FX 3
What technique do you suck at? Let me know in the comments and get ready to see it on a future installment of TIWYSAG!

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@BenEller Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Now head over to my Patreon page and grab the practice tracks and TAB so that you can MASTER 2 note per string runs!!! www.patreon.com/posts/74178760?

@JesusRamirez-vt6lk Жыл бұрын

Hello Ben, thanks for your lessons. I can get pretty fast with an upstroke instead of down. I've always picked like this without even thinking about it. Is this the reason why it feels so awkward when I start and end the runs on a downstroke? Do you recommend to do away with starting with an upstroke?

@setexan7198 Жыл бұрын

Other than the real stretchy licks, picking has been my Achilles heel. As much as I practice, I can’t seem to master it even after 34 years of playing.

@jonwanrocks Жыл бұрын

just when i started to feel a little lazy for doing 2-note-per-string lines lately, uncle ben swoops in to validate!

@everennui1 Жыл бұрын

If you asked a caveman to make 5 grunts, they would be the pentatonic scale. It's part of our soul. Totally know what you mean though. Haha.

@zacharyanway5775 Жыл бұрын

The best teacher strikes again ❤ Now I can finally impress my father

@KingBeevr Жыл бұрын

Father… or stepfather?

@billyarsenault1970 Жыл бұрын

Well that’s nice for a change- Bens students usually only have eyes for their step-mom.

@zacharyanway5775 Жыл бұрын

@@KingBeevr I’ll take either

@davidjean2635 Жыл бұрын

Pure unadulterated magic right here! I love me some Zakk pentatonic madness, but could never seem to figure out how he moved those big mitts so fast 😂. Well Uncle Ben delivers another “This is so obvious, you will never think of it” moment! Thanks again!

@jayseb Жыл бұрын

Ah the downward picking thing... I remember back in the day when my teacher told me to never use this as it wasn't "appropriate" technique. But as any good student in the 90's, I still went with it for years and has serve me so well through the decades. Great video, great technique 😉

@mikesurel5040 Жыл бұрын

I cannot believe you had an exercise with a deliberate rest and did not add your usual tip about watching out for tension. Of all the tips you have given on this channel that is one of the ones that has helped me the most!

@InsolentMusicalPeasant Жыл бұрын

You always go above and beyond with the backing tracks. Even my slow, clumsy fingers can manage with the slower tempos you provide. Much appreciated!

@ClicheXeveryXday Жыл бұрын

Last couple weeks I've been watching more of your videos and it's definitely starting to get some inspiring juices in the brain! I love the minor pentatonic scale so this is a great video thank you for this!

@scoobystap3159 Жыл бұрын

I never would have thought to do such a cool warm up exercise with the minor pentatonic, and it sound great as well. Thanks for another awesome lesson. Absolutely love your channel. ✌🏼🤘🏼

@sundroppunk1280 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for giving props to Troy. As you mentioned his discoveries are phenomenal. You’ve managed to remain authentic with your approach to content and I appreciate and respect that immensely. Another great practice technique; thank you for sharing!

@TheRockinDonkey Жыл бұрын

These are the best kinds of exercises, because not only are you training your fingers, it's also musical, which makes it just a little more engaging. Great job, Ben!

@toltex7164 Жыл бұрын

That was probably the best, most helpful video I have ever seen. Very thorough and concise. You explained in the way I needed to hear it. Awesome!

@LeonTodd Жыл бұрын

The gambale "Chopbuilder" energy is strong on that intro!

@dannyspitzer1267 Жыл бұрын

I need this, definite weak spot for me (among many)

@gilbertcrediaprea2358 Жыл бұрын

Awesome Ben !!!!!!!!!!!!Great lesson .This is the first time I watch such a perfect way teaching how to move pick upstroke and downstroke .Congrats ......You are helping me to improve my technique .

@stewpauc1232 Жыл бұрын

I’ve seen a lot of explanations of pick slanting and that was probably the best one I’ve heard/seen.

@SuperMozzman Жыл бұрын

This is great. I've always used a lazy mix of economy and legato for this stuff and whilst I can do it pretty quick the alternate picked stuff is my nemesis. This really unlocks things, especially the bursts, they are the reall key to this. Thanks again Uncle B.

@susysilva6028 Жыл бұрын

Ben, I have been playing guitar for 48 years and used to play in a rock club in the 80’s on broadway San Francisco. I so wish I learned this picking technique a long time ago. I practice it now and simply love it! Thank you so much for explaining it and showing it in detail with the camera. Keep it going. Victor 🥂

@sorenahlback Жыл бұрын

I bought a white Charvel-Jackson Model 6 1986 and owned it until 2020. A real shred machine with an amazing neck very similar to Bens here. And as always a great lesson.

@patandmacmusic Жыл бұрын

As soon as you hit the first lick, I was dumbfounded at how perfect it was. You always have a way of making accessible licks to hone in on a skill. Plus that Creepshow tshirt rules

@brandoncook2560 Жыл бұрын

I was just working on this with a student today. There’s a long thing in Hook in Mouth that has a fair amount of two note per string groups, I sent this to him right away! Thanks for the insights.

@mojodojo5533 Жыл бұрын

Another awesome lesson. Missed you at the Shed with the Boyz Saturday night. Great great show!

@mookytc Жыл бұрын

Nice workout and gear hanging out in the background. That Jackson is 🔥🔥🔥

@michaeledwards7088 4 ай бұрын

This exercise is outstanding. Thanks Uncle Ben!

@PTGuitars-Music Жыл бұрын

Great workout! The patreon practice tracks are awesome!! 2 weeks after signing up, soooooo worth it! Thanks Uncle Ben!

@BenEller Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@shalomshalom735 Жыл бұрын

great video Ben !!

@robertourista4743 Жыл бұрын

Great guitar lesson! Thats why I suscribed to your patreon page, this kind of stuff its really fun to practice and follow along, thanks Uncle Ben for teaching cool guitar techniques to us guitar apprentices.

@BenEller Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

@rockdude5150 Жыл бұрын

this is a great work out , thank you , your a great teacher easy to follow :)

@supDED Жыл бұрын

I've been using this exercise the last few days and it is tightening up my 2 note pentatonic runs! Thanks Step-Dad!

@peablasfemo Жыл бұрын

finally, thanks to you, I found what i was looking for. Thanks a lot Uncle Ben, i got something pretty useful to work with ❤

@DarkSideofSynth Жыл бұрын

Fabulous! Very useful & effective. Have a rad weekend! 🤘

@bit747 Жыл бұрын

yoooo bennnnn ur the bomb bro this workout is gas⛽️⛽️⛽️ coming back 3 months later and my picking is ridiculously good. thank you uncle ben for these videos

@deanrobertnoble138 Жыл бұрын

I seemed to have developed the reverse of this; same principle but i have upward pick slanting but always start a phrase with an upstroke. I guess it just equates to the same thing; escaping the strings. Great video; thankyou!

@davidsawyer6784 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff. I’m gaining blinding speed. Pretty soon my phone will start t ring. It’s a pleasure to support another Stepson. Keep up the good work.

@MichelleHell Жыл бұрын

This really helped me break away from 3 notes per string. I found doing this exercise you if you hit the octave of the last note in the phrase, it's a good exercise for playing 2 nps across 3 strings. This works both ascending and descending (going straight to the next and skipping a string).

@faccsmachine Жыл бұрын

After cutting off the tip of my middle-finger yesterday, this lesson kept the shred-train rolling. Thanks Ben!

@RazorRiley Жыл бұрын

This video was even more better than I imagined 👌

@FerdinandEphrem Жыл бұрын

Awesome technique and exercise thank you for sharing.

@BenEller Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@al6377 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic lesson as usual!

@DoubleBarrelDarrell Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Uncle Ben! Great lesson! 👍

@andywoodmusic Жыл бұрын

I want to master it.

@BenEller Жыл бұрын

You’re going to make it

@herculesrockefeller8969 Жыл бұрын

Nice to hear Neal Schon mentioned, he's been shredding so long he's often forgotten. He really rips on Journey's early albums ( and he was only 21 at the time!), while Gregg Rolie tears it up on organ. Thanks, Uncle Ben!

@supernothing77 Жыл бұрын

I remember he mentioned he warms up with Eric Johnson Jazz picks then switches to his normal medium picks

@robonguitarnz Жыл бұрын

Awesome exercise!

@blakebuxton570 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for clearing up the angled pick mystery for me. So many shredders talk about it, but no one's ever gone ahead and showed off the deal. Excellent content!

@jfo3000 Жыл бұрын

Check out Troy Grady's "Cracking the Code" video series.

@guitarraae Жыл бұрын

Woow. Excelente material.

@charlesrocks Жыл бұрын

Ben…I’ve been playing guitar for 23 years. This is a GREAT exercise. Thanks man.

@jamescooper5372 Жыл бұрын

This idea is brilliant 🤩

@stephenpalummo9367 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Heaps Ben this will help out alot while im practicing bark at the moon

@solothesolos Жыл бұрын

Just what I needed! I do really struggle with increasing my speed. Thanks for the lesson!

@koyjonplaysguitar 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Ben.

@KingBeevr Жыл бұрын

We see you looking off in the distance while you play, like it's nothing. We're already impressed by the Creepshow t-shirt, don't get greedy. 🤘🎸🤘

@BTP40 Жыл бұрын

Lol dang dude been playin 20 yrs and this "easy sounding" is not easy! Love It and ur vids bro

@TJTinerella 3 ай бұрын

I only watch to hear Ben say "at step Dad speed" lol ....but seriously I wish I had KZfaq and a Ben Eller channel in 1974 and on..... Even after 40 years of guitar playing Ben's Ch. gives me LOTS of new stuff....PS 2 note per has been my bread and butter stuff for 30 years

@connorwilliams2999 Жыл бұрын

Brennan Ellis is another dude who I have seen have such a dramatic downward pics slant, but he mostly utilizes that with economy picking as well

@everennui1 Жыл бұрын

This is a really cool exercise. You can kind of see where it's going.

@yourguitarist Жыл бұрын

insanely helpful ... as always!

@chadharland6410 Жыл бұрын

Thats very useful info I already use the downward slanted pick. But need to conscentrate on not hitting the strings an still staying close. An I get it slow it down an show my hands an fingers the spacing.

@MikaTarkela Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben this was very useful! I can shred those 3 notes per string patterns in very fast speeds but these 2 note per string pentatonics have always been my weak spot. This was really helpful!

@waynesilver9094 Жыл бұрын

Excellent job 👍

@HOLYEVOL Жыл бұрын

I gotta do this! 🤘🎸

@robguitar1969 Жыл бұрын

I always pick up something new from your lessons.

@donald-parker Жыл бұрын

Funny coincidence. I've just been recently working on this (after many years of 3 notes per string). But my natural way of playing is upward pick slant. And it works just great as long as you start with an up stroke. So what I am really working on now is alternating between pick slant orientations so I can start with an up or down stroke with equal facility. And your drill works well for that.

@MuditBadlani Жыл бұрын

Hate to sound like a broken record, but thanks yet again Uncle Ben. There's this 2nps Pentatonic thing in the (ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC) Frank Gambale Chop Builder that isn't fast at all, but I never quite get right (when I try pushing the tempo up to 120%, where I manage the other lines just fine). I'm going to take a damn good crack at it tomorrow morning. I have a feeling it's not going to be as messy as before. I honestly should've figured this out myself (given the ubiquity of pick slanting in the guitar nerd world today), but then again - that's what makes you the best - pointing out seemingly obvious things that make morons like me go "Doh!" (and of course, help us become more better shredders).

@BenBreeg1138 Жыл бұрын

As a fingerstyle bass player my whole life, my picking hand is way behind on guitar. That downward pick angle is already making things easier!

@Deekthagnome Жыл бұрын

Great explanation of the downward pick slanting. A really great and extreme example is watching Marty Friedman's picking technique.

@BenEller Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@jeffcollins7684 5 ай бұрын

Why did that exercise in the beginning tickle my brain somewhere deep and make me feel happy

@cmonsterz Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, Ben! Since you named some 80s monsters, it seems like a good idea to bring up a lighting bolt of guitarist that people always overlook…and that’s Dave Menniketti from Y&T. Talk about 2 notes per string lit on nuclear fire! That’s Dave. And the phrasing is absolutely soul piercing!

@seller559 Жыл бұрын

That was awesome 👍👍👍

@BenEller Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@harleyosterlund5796 7 ай бұрын

Well ain’t that some shit. Literally 30 minutes of this and I raised my 6 note pentatonic lick 10bpm I’ve been stagnant at 90 bpm for 25 years The small little 5 note pattern idea combined with the pauses plus the pick slant actually worked. Why do I feel like I need to send you a 100 bucks? Thanks The Man in Tan!

@BenEller 7 ай бұрын

I’m so happy to help!!! Heck, you can do even better (and cheaper) by joining my Patreon! TONS of bonus material and practice tracks over there for ya!

@dima_saur Жыл бұрын

This is def the Zakk wylde special! Thank you for the exercises

@tomt.5799 Жыл бұрын

You're so right!! It works!! Geeez... Why can't I work such things out o my own? I would've been more better long ago... Thanks a lot Ben!

@yourguitarist Жыл бұрын

Awesome t-shirt!

@josephvega3763 6 ай бұрын

This is genius Ben Fuckin Eller!! 👏 I've mostly played legato runs because my picking sucks. I'm gonna do this

@Xaion6 Жыл бұрын

Two notes sounding musical???? Blasphemy!!! You rock Mr. Dr. Professor Uncle Ben

@mitchellisabell3873 Жыл бұрын

I really like this, I tried at 60 and 100 bpm. hopefully with this I can finally nail some Cliffs of Dover!

@EivindFalken Жыл бұрын

Thanks m8!

@gunner8226 Жыл бұрын

That magnet doo-hicky is awesome😂❤🤘👀

@aquilarossa5191 Жыл бұрын

This is a handy warm up for us step dad players with ageing hands. The rest beat gives the creaky fretting hand a rest, so we can go longer before having to reach for the arthritis cream.

@travislee9662 Жыл бұрын

🎶you drive a fast guitar🎶

@copypaste_pro Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@Peter26145 Жыл бұрын

So I have been wanting to comment for a while, I feel like I am in a guitar limbo. Asshole past me didn't take guitar serious when he was a teenager and now almost 30 I want to learn, I know basic chords and I can identify notes on the fretboard in an okayish timespan! what's the point? well Uncle Ben's videos are extremally helpful and have pushed me in great lengths over the last week already. What I think could be a really useful guide is a sort of list of watching order of Uncle Ben's videos for a newer player, to kind of know where to start and where to go next. Thanks for the awesome vids! Love the content

@irishRocker1 Жыл бұрын

I bought a trans purple quilted maple SL2 last year but miss my Kelly's sharkfin inlays. Nice guitar!

@Fishies125 6 ай бұрын

Yes! Practicing in bursts is the real key no one talks about.

@JuddOakes Жыл бұрын

as long as you starting with the right pickslant it should be very doable. I do DSX so I usualy start these on upstrokes.

@brandonjackson5865 Жыл бұрын

That white Jackson looks slick, I’ve come to associate the white Shur modern tiger with uncle Ben, or Uncle Ted has been known to whip it out with a white tiger print guitar too , anyway that Jackson would be even meaner with some tiger stripes or leopard spots on it . The group of notes pattern into a one motion burst has probably helped me learn speedy runs quicker than anything else. How do you eat an elephant ? One bite at a time. Seriously though your right hand and left hand thinking of it all as one motion and practicing until it’s instinctual is the key.

@kollabrock Жыл бұрын

Oh great, now I got the munchies for tortillachips and salsa...lol. Great workout by the way

@BriTubeYou Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, that in and out motion is the best

@AndreiGrozea Жыл бұрын

You need to give Zakk more love

@panagotispatrik515 Жыл бұрын

cool exercise. I try doing it with each pentatonic position.

@sjm98126 Жыл бұрын

i need a soloist now lol. i picked up white X series warrior earlier this year with the maple neck and reverse headstock. black binding all on the body and neck. its amazing i love it. needs some upgrades, but the fit and finish could not be better. Only thing that disappoints me about it, and all the new jacksons is the headstock logo... they need to go back to the mother of pearl logo from the 90s. especially for the price of the American line, that was a big oversight on their part imo.

@johnwojciech5245 Жыл бұрын

Hey Ben excellent stuff. I love your videos. You prefer this Jackson over your collection of Suhr Modern guitars? I'd love to have you do a video comparing/contrasting/reviewing some of your guitars. Godspeed.

@KrwiomoczBogurodzicy Жыл бұрын

08:24 - Cracking the code

@jacklaymac859 Жыл бұрын

downward pick-slanting?? thanks for the instant improvement uncle ben!

@BenEller Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah! Be sure to watch EVERYTHING Trot Grady/Cracking the Code has to say, it’ll change your life.

@paulbaglio6295 Жыл бұрын

I too have returned to playing my AWESOME Jackson's after going on an Evertune binge for a couple of years and predominantly playing my Solar guitars with said Evertune. I've not found a more shredtastic axe than a USA Jackson.... get one :)

@peteg1243 Жыл бұрын

Since doing this riff , My No More Tears end solo has so much more BALLS and tone ... Much cleaner too ... Thanks Unk !!!! ... Would luv a break down on solo for "On Fire" VH .. plzzzzzz ; )

@godevils1982 Жыл бұрын

I love that Jackson

@BenEller Жыл бұрын

Me too!!!

@dannyspitzer1267 Жыл бұрын

Me too

@TheBlackStrat502 Жыл бұрын

Stepdad here. I approve.

@darthstarone3532 Жыл бұрын

I am getting better because of uncle Ben now I bend notes💪😮🎸

@arpeggiomeister Жыл бұрын

If you are an upward pick slanter (which I am) start the lick with an up and you will be able to fly. I practice both so I can do 2 way slant licks, but my upward slant is by far the dominant one.