OLA 14 DAYS - Guitar Challenge #4 - MASTER THE METAL GALLOP

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5 жыл бұрын

In this video challenge, I'm challenging you to work on your metal riff gallops. For some it might be easy, for some it's challenging, but the point of the video is to make everyone gallop like a maniac in no time.
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Пікірлер: 409

@OlaEnglund 5 жыл бұрын

Welcome to another challenge! Be sure to upload your progress to KZfaq or Instagram and tag with #ola14days so I can follow your progress!

@RokDAWG1 5 жыл бұрын

Ola the galloper

@stevenseven6626 5 жыл бұрын

Hi ola Is there a chance of us seeing a solar iceman guitar in the future? Also could you please do a “will it chug”on a vox vt20x?

@IStabz 5 жыл бұрын

did you track progress from the last one? lol

@frystanudlar6964 5 жыл бұрын

Down up down, the string talks to me as I do this. Thanks for the excellent content.

@maximecorompt1933 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks to gojira i have no problem with this

@crimsonbit 5 жыл бұрын

Great now we can play almost every Slayer song and half of the Gojira songs

@tylercady3985 4 жыл бұрын

@Matt Taylor and Iron Maiden

@landhomer4627 4 жыл бұрын

Sylosis and Trivium

@Gothraven 2 жыл бұрын

Almost every metal band

@manicdoom 2 жыл бұрын

also And Justice For All…

@stilanbant2198 2 жыл бұрын

*is clearly thinking of backbone and Amazonia*

@Taavi177 5 жыл бұрын

Everytime Ola starts galloping zeros, Gojira backbone starts to play in my head.

@Void921 5 жыл бұрын

Backbone is even more challenging as you have to gallop on 2 strings.

@jaredj599 4 жыл бұрын

@@Void921 my right arm dies every time i try to play it, only get through like 3 bars of the riff

@Void921 4 жыл бұрын

@@jaredj599 That just means you haven't worked enough 🙂 10 minutes every day and you'll see the results pretty fast.

@MetalliDay 2 жыл бұрын

i hear hardwired and or battery in my head

@saboteursweden 5 жыл бұрын

Great exercise! I would add that it’s good to allso play the gallop on the 5th string to not make the hand movement too big. Picking only on the 6th string gives a lot of space with no string above that can make it harder to transition to other strings later. If that makes any sense...

@rafaszymaniewicz1991 4 жыл бұрын

0:58 I cried laughing. Love this guy!

@blakecurtis7809 5 жыл бұрын

I have to at work in 5 hours and have not slept. Ola, you are worth it.

@bornindissonance6312 5 жыл бұрын

Being left-handed and playing right-handed, galloping has always been difficult for me. Thanks, Ola!

@quantumblood2253 3 ай бұрын

I know this comment is 5years old but I feel ur pain

@rudyzaga Ай бұрын

Holy shit me too bro, its fucking hard, tremolo picking at fast speeds is difficult too

@DieL4ppenWG 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Ola, just found this format and it's pretty epic. We definitly need more of this.

@andreriant8513 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve been doing this for so many years but still having fun galloping on the strings 🤘thanks Ola

@RelentlessOhiox 5 ай бұрын

I'm lucky. Galloping was one of the first things I learned when I picked up guitar as a teenager. Before I even learned chords and progression and scales and such. I just loved breakdowns haha.

@thumbscrews 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Ola. This really helped me.

@ristofly5720 4 ай бұрын

Just finishing building my, please let it chug guitar. I got to say your videos are really fun to watch. Learning to chug is going to be a blast. Thank you for making your videos.

@tvrath 5 жыл бұрын

Nice, this is just perfect challenge to me. I have always struggled with gallops, thanks! Its been so challenging to me somehow...

@rafaelsencine4946 5 жыл бұрын

man i always learn good stuff with yours vídeos!!! thanks!!!!!

@SamuraiDud3 5 жыл бұрын

What about a string skipping challenge next? So glad you're continuing the series.

@ThisCreepingLife 4 жыл бұрын

That's a niiiice guitar tone for thrash metal. Great lesson

@bradleyrayson2955 5 жыл бұрын

So funny I was just wondering where these were! Glad to see they're back.

@stevevallance6326 Жыл бұрын

Hi, Steve from California! Dig your show, thanks.

@YnysEnlli 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I found this one Ol, waiting on my GRG7221QA. I needed a new routine to practice in the mean time 🤘🏽

@toemasmeems 3 жыл бұрын

Ola this was awesome wish I was aware of your channel last year

@supermastater 5 жыл бұрын

Your videos are not shitty man, I know you’re joking and all but seriously, stop. You put one of the best electric guitar and gear related content out there.

@martyblack13 Жыл бұрын

Gonna do this on acoustic guitar! Hope it will work! You're like my favorite guitarist since Dime!

@Metaldad87 3 жыл бұрын

I like it, ive been trying to learn this cuz of sylosis. I also realized this was released on my 29th birthday to the exact day in 2019

@playguedoctor6879 5 жыл бұрын

Man... i love that guitar!!

@kranzceii Ай бұрын

Excellent video! I used this to work on some Iced Earth.

@CienciayServico Жыл бұрын

You are the first person I’ve seen hold the pick like that. I hold it exactly the same way and I’ve been trying so hard to change it, but now I’m thinking maybe not!

@detafult4617 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Ola! I have suggestion that in the next challenge you can teach us how to throw this gallop thing to alternate picking pattern, combining the two basiclly :D

@reprisalwithin666 5 жыл бұрын

One thing I'd highly recommend is once you feel some coordination building and your want to actually take a good stab at triplets is to try playing along to Slayer-Ghost of War at about 2:40 into the song it is basically triplet-downstroke, downstroke-triplet over and over. Try your best to keep in time and keep repeating this part and playing along to it. Before long, you'll begin to sync up. This will help you speed the process immensely. Also, try to relax your muscles as much as you can, each stroke done with as minimal pick travel as possible, most of this technique is more efficiently done by using mostly just your wrist. Allow your hand to take on whatever demented form it wants, there is no real right or wrong way to hold the pick it's whatever works for you but you need to practice to find out what that is

@gamerspitt8089 3 жыл бұрын

we love you ola

@adammorris2725 5 жыл бұрын

This is awesome! Im currently learning frayed ends of sanity by Metallica, and the rhythm guitar under the solo is super fast gallops! It's super hard and this will help out A LOT!

@MikeBaars83 5 жыл бұрын

Damn right. Great riffings there. Keep it up down up down.

@jackmcgary389 2 жыл бұрын

I'm learning hardwired

@isakbergstrom95 5 жыл бұрын

This was a great one, chug master Ola.

@offrenbaruna 5 жыл бұрын

I think this is the best idea you have for your 14 day challenge. since you don't have much time to challenge yourself, why not make challenges for the dummies, like me that want to start playing guitar (somewhere). Anyway, I like this, hope you can create more challenge like this for us. Don't forget, new guitarist enthusiasts, new guitars.

@patrickruhe5450 5 жыл бұрын

Greeting Olga. I really enjoy your video and sense of humour. I really like this challenge because it reminds of of Sepultura territory in which I can't seem to get the timing and gallop part down. I was wondering if you could demonstrate on how that's done. Thanks from Omaha.

@yukeemusic 5 жыл бұрын

I love the challenge, keep it up please

@davidfranzi5975 19 күн бұрын

Thanks Ola 😊

@scylla8270 5 жыл бұрын

jon schaffer of iced earth is a master at gallops.

@Sarklord 5 жыл бұрын

you won me to it :). if anyone wants to practice gallops, put Something wicked on your record player and follow along.

@AR-mq5oz 5 жыл бұрын

exactly what i was thinking, his gallops are so tight

@barrygomez5968 5 жыл бұрын

Jon shaffer. Master of Shafflets

@phillbagg 5 жыл бұрын

@@Sarklord 1st two albums are where it's at for those gallops. Check "When the Night Falls", "The Path I Choose" and "Pure Evil"

@kionihernandez356 5 жыл бұрын

ah. the schaffer triplet. yes my thumb is thrilled (sarcasm) 😂

@algunnickvalido 5 жыл бұрын

This will help me tons. I cant do this, but when you put "challenge" is personal now

@jay-arcambal7488 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much ola your the best

@Aristotelezz 4 жыл бұрын

This is nice lesson! Let's try this for 14 days...

@Ghandjaloodah 5 жыл бұрын

Incredible!!!

@MarceloSperger 5 жыл бұрын

i would love to see sweep picking in the next one! because i suck at it!

@GravesoftheInnocent 5 жыл бұрын

You’re to 300k subscribers! Nice man!! 💪🤘

@cuellorojo7117 5 жыл бұрын

broke my guitar 10 years ago, think gonna buy one and start your challenges, really nice channel by the way

@sveng8460 5 жыл бұрын

yes. the day starts perfectly

@Drummuz 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ola !

@jasoncrump1886 5 жыл бұрын

Appreciate ya Ola. Can't wait to get a solar guitar .

@ge0fthomas906 5 жыл бұрын

AWESOME LESSON !! ..in 14 days I'll be able to play an all " Iron Maiden " set list, lol 🤘!! Careful with that HeadStock Ola, ...don't impale anybody !!!

@drewbierants4751 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I need something to practice gojira gallops with!

@orelaroki 5 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah! I literally play Backbone every day as I find it great for practicing Gallops

@VulgarPlaying 5 жыл бұрын

14 days burping challenge. Meshuggah - bleed (burp cover)

@jaimgom 5 жыл бұрын

John Browne, watching this video: "upstroke, what the hell does he mean by upstroke?"

@reprisalwithin666 5 жыл бұрын

An upstroke is when you pluck the string in an upward motion.

@GeminiWoods 5 жыл бұрын

@@reprisalwithin666 **facepalm**

@onloveandsublimation4912 5 жыл бұрын

@@reprisalwithin666 *double facepalm*

@reprisalwithin666 5 жыл бұрын

*tripple facepalm* lol... who the Hell is John Browne anyway?

@jparkerriffs 5 жыл бұрын

@@reprisalwithin666 King of Downstroke, was just a funny joke. John Browne Rulez

@blakecurtis7809 5 жыл бұрын

Just noticed that you are close to the 300K subscriber mark. Big congratulations man. Keep it sexy and keep it loud!

@secondafalsa 5 жыл бұрын

When I started using this technique I used to play the way you teach in the video but then I realized I play fluently with a strict alternate picking even if I have to start with an upstroke on even triplets

@JYap2 5 жыл бұрын

14 days of Gojira's Backbone, that's going to be fun!

@user-zg9lv8ix3s 3 ай бұрын

I think I usually end a gallop with an uneven number of notes with two down strokes. Alternate picking the fist notes , however many there may be.

@DatKundalini 5 жыл бұрын

That tone!

@nikolaytrofimov4175 5 жыл бұрын

Gojira - Esoteric Surgery is perfect for practicing both tremolo and gallop. I suggest for the next challenge practicing black metal tremolo picking, for one and for two strings. I think its one of the basics actually, but for me it was always a little struggle

@stupidoldman3022 5 жыл бұрын

ola ! your chunk -n- ness is awesome !

@atheist4life229 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Ola, any tip on galloping on power chords? I've been getting absolutely owned by the gallop in the Trooper once the tempo starts to exceed 110bpm or so. The pick just gets stuck a bunch and it slides out of my hand, unless I tense up and then my entire arm is in pain. Beginner guitarist, only 5ish months of practice if that helps.

@ValSchnitzel 5 жыл бұрын

Okay, i dont really play guitar, but has taken interest in guitars and gear in the past few months due to this channel. I think that i will buy some cheap guitar next week and join the challenge.

@NuclearHeadshot 5 жыл бұрын

Good luck, I'm 9 years into playing metal bass and can't gallop with pick even though I've tried.

@nickdimitrievski3392 5 жыл бұрын

NuclearHeadshot As a bassist, I can second this. I strangely find galloping with fingers easier

@basilwalls1320 5 жыл бұрын

If you want a cheap guitar the new Squires are killer for the price and the Boss Katana amps sound also killer for the price. Don't go for dirt cheap, if it doesn't play well and sound good you'll never want to play it, and will in turn never learn go play. Goodluck!

@AleArzMusic 5 жыл бұрын

Definitely will try this in bed 🤘🤘🤘

@cristiancontrario 5 жыл бұрын

RAINING BLOOOOOOOD!

@hhectorlector 5 жыл бұрын

I forgot I didn’t know how to do that. Thanks for the vid!

@alexanderrosauer1650 5 жыл бұрын

That guitar is absolutely amazing.

@alexanderrosauer1650 5 жыл бұрын

Hands down.

@shanehyde2119 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent 🤘🤘

@MEgaMotron 2 жыл бұрын

Genial !! Muy verdadero

@jediguitarguy 5 жыл бұрын

My students/friends always ask me about improving their sweep arpeggios. You previously mentioned it's something you're not great at so maybe that could be a 14 days challenge! Could be fun.

@massttrshrdrharmonicminor2002 5 жыл бұрын

That guitar is amaze so nice to look. While retaining your 12th fret logo. I would recommend some cool or unique inlays. Like green block style would be so cool on the one in this vid

@Estib07 5 жыл бұрын

I think we could have a great challenge! Why not, sweep picking? For me it's really difficult! Another great video Ola!

@davidm6387 5 жыл бұрын

Here is a sweep pick challenge for you: the beginning of the solo to the Duncan Hills Coffee Jingle, before the fast alternate picking. It is an excellent piece of music for learning sweeps.

@Yupppi 5 жыл бұрын

This is like a definition of the haunted riff. One of the albums had that sick riff that reversed the pattern midway, I think it was 99 or something!

@shadilamesbutr8239 6 ай бұрын

Slave Labor by Fear Factory is a great exercise for improving your gallop picking technique.

@GeeseBoltR 5 жыл бұрын

14 days of non stop gallop ? You're a harsh teacher Ola. I would stop feeling my arm at the end of the first day... Lucky for me I can gallop and skip this one ;)

@andreasprophet674 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Master🤘🤘🤘

@HauntedGuitarMan 5 жыл бұрын

I soldered new speakers in. Watched Netflix and drank a ton of vodka. Its 2 In the morn and I see this. Te he cool. I just learned the whole cfh rythem guitar. About 20% through solo. Teeter toters to you my friend and may the multiverse bless your exsisitance in the time that does not exist. The end.

@isaidwhatwhat5276 Жыл бұрын

I just bought a schecter cr6 pro. I swear it is a direct copy of that green solar. Or the other way around. Either way I love it and I'm thinking it needs its solar twin sitting next to him.

@Aresmusic.official 6 ай бұрын

excellent! That ending 😅 Now those modern metal f'in galloping is the sh** I'm looking for! Any tips would be appreciated

@vidamendoza666 5 жыл бұрын

hoping on this¡¡¡

@willb3698 5 жыл бұрын

Very common in classical too. And we were taught to read triplets as "Galloping, Galloping, Galloping, Galloping" over a 4/4 time. so nicely put. I just bought a 7 string guitar! - I might enter this as I play double bass. HOW SHOULD I TUNE my new 7 string LTD???? (soz babz - couldn't afford a solar at the moment!)

@gergelyboros8138 5 жыл бұрын

Oh i already practicing this, since i trying to play preachers of death 😀

@chemx1998 5 жыл бұрын

I saw a video of Lucas Mann (from Rings of Saturn) explaining how to play a song, and one of the parts is a really fast gallop, and he recommends using the alternate picking for fast galloping, I mean: Down/up/Down/pause__ Up/Down/Up/pause And obviously you need to accentuate those upstrokes when starting the group of three notes. Just to let people know and try practising both ways or choose this one if they want to play something similar to what Lucas Mann was playing.

@rev9737 2 жыл бұрын

Holy fuck finally got it. Started off slow with the pattern and got it today, same day I learned it. Thanks Ola!

@ThunderousNinja Жыл бұрын

Will tag u in my progress friend!

@jamiewalton666 5 жыл бұрын

Skeletons in the Closet by Anthrax has some awesome gallops and is challenging to play

@ZXChrisR14 5 жыл бұрын

Still working on that 45 day challenge.

@caleblucerovocals 5 жыл бұрын

You are awesome

@briangrady9787 Жыл бұрын

How do you get such a good metallic sound. I'm sooo new to playing metal

@austinburdick5861 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have a video explaining pinch harmonics?? I understand what I’m supposed to do, I guess it’s the actual practice of it that I’m lost on ??

@rossward7801 4 ай бұрын

Which Solar model is that? I can't find that colour on the website and it is just beautiful!

@dajoler 5 жыл бұрын

Ola: *watches Band-Maid* Ola: Oh s**t, gotta get back to practicing! *posts new Guitar Challenge* Love ya Ola! :D

@_ugotdklined_guitars 5 жыл бұрын

Now ad the up stroke back in, take the same amount of time for the up stroke as you do the triplet, and you have Bleed from Meshuggah. Still can't wire my brain to play that rif at their speed but I like the challenge @olaenglund Galloping is a must for any metal player. 🤘 P.s. Got your signed feared album recently and love it. Wold Eater is sick! Cheers from LA.

@JuveriSetila 5 жыл бұрын

YES FINALY

@MegaRock232 5 жыл бұрын

So when he speed up is by doing tremolo picking or just hand alternate movement but fast

@Cromsies 5 жыл бұрын

Ola, do you prefer your evertune bridge guitars or the standard hard tail guitars, like the one in this video?

@paisteplayer1040 3 жыл бұрын

Galloping, perfected by the one and only IRON MAIDEN !!!

@spudmagnum7394 4 жыл бұрын

noob question, how do i stop the pick from getting "stuck in the trenches" when doing this sort of fast picking? Do I hit the strings lighter, do i pull the pick out of the trenches, do i just get stronger wrists?

@insertanynameyouwant5311 5 жыл бұрын

I like playing it down only when it`s relatively slow and down up when it`s much faster

@noam286 5 жыл бұрын

Hey ola! I have a question for you. I play guitar for one year and pick with my non dominant hand. I have a really hard time getting accurate with my picking hand and I cant tremolo pick fast at a constant pace at all. I feel my guitar playing got really stuck around that problem. Any advice?

@adamvmiller 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Ola. I was falling in and out of sleep while watching this video. I know you play a lot of reverse gallops but do you ever practice the traditional galloping that bands like Iron Maiden made popular?

@rocketPower047 5 жыл бұрын

Almost 300k!

@innate7260 Жыл бұрын

I've yet to come across the gallop speed of the tracks from " beneath the remains" release from Sepultura way back,,,,until this vid🙏

@jamesyellow3786 5 жыл бұрын

This is the only technique I could teach myself without any toutorial or advice from others. Without looking at any tabs 😜 ....I just have trouble with this fast (Tremolo picking) picking. I don’t know how to turn the pick to a right position ...cheers ✌️