Absolutely INCREDIBLE video! It was a real pleasure to be involved and a massive thank you for helping me diagnose a problem that's been holding me back for years!
@justin.hombach
2 ай бұрын
You are more than welcome my friend :) Thank you for letting me share this! And everyone else reading this, go give this man a follow :)
@JD-vj4go
2 ай бұрын
Thanks is for this video guys. Very helpful. I definitely have the muscle activation problems.
@cassiomurillo
Ай бұрын
Loved your Angra poster on your door! ;)
@cassiomurillo
Ай бұрын
Great tips as always brother! Similar technique as Roberto Barros with the closed right hand.
@jeremygomez7924
2 ай бұрын
Killing it as usual 🔥 goodness going through frame by frame 😮
@djkwi
2 ай бұрын
Justin, incredible work. You are taking the analytics to the next level. Love the science behind this. Keep up the great work.
@fernandomoreno7753
2 ай бұрын
“As you can see, the biceps and triceps are really really big” thanks bro 😏
@SemourDuncan
2 ай бұрын
Mega Justin - sehr cooles Format. Allein überdas Picking movement könntest Du eine Masterclass auf der Summit machen.
@justin.hombach
2 ай бұрын
Schlag es den Jungs gerne mal vor :D Bin dieses Jahr leider nur Freitags da
@tijntjeofive8219
2 ай бұрын
A really smart way of analysing pickng. Thanks a lot, it''s so useful.
@sebastiankreck
2 ай бұрын
Speed picking has always been a challenging technique for me, and I sometimes wonder if it’s because I play a right-handed guitar as a lefty. But Steve Morse is a remarkable counterexample! I especially struggle with high speeds on the thinner strings. Your video offers really valuable tips and you present them in a wonderfully engaging way. Great job! Vielen Danke, Sebastian
@jediguitarguy
2 ай бұрын
As a lefty playing righty as well I completely agree with this!
@TheRaubein
Ай бұрын
I am only writing with my left Hand and have the same problem. Maybe Like everybody. Who knows.
@demoneofficial
2 ай бұрын
All this shredding science is scaring my guitar
@tonyflorez703
Ай бұрын
Thankyou justin Im really getting better at guitar thanks to you 👊
@nik8ivnv
Ай бұрын
What a thick pick!😯 Do you have video about it? 🤔
@EL_DUDERIN0
Ай бұрын
Technically I agree the "closed fist" (relaxed of course) is quicker and less prone to mistakes in the plane of the strings (up/down). Even if you think about basic physics, the center of gravity is all pivoting around the same point so muscles even have to work less. There is no way to beat physics! However, there are other considerations: straightening fingers allows the palm of the right hand to have complete control over strings both above and below the pick. For instance I can make a little "valley" in my straightened palm where the current string I'm picking can only peak through and all others are muted. Also, I can hybrid pick and hit the volume knobs and switches while I'm playing. So for me, it is a conscious choice to pick with my hand open. My problem is I go the other way and flex my hand open. I'm trying to cure this for myself. That said! I am still working on speed picking with the fingers curled as you recommend since I agree it's technically better for certain things like super speed!
@5zazen
2 ай бұрын
Picking technique illustrates the thinking of the player. The listener can hear the intracies of strict alternate picking. While Batio is certainly phenomenal this directional picking while fast, cheapens the sound. The sound is a result of the thinking of the player. For myself i can play faster than i can think. As such, slowing down, understanding why i am playing notes and focusing on precision, for example as you have said number of notes per string dictating pick direction, matters. What i hear is an attempt to play fast here but not knowing why. His pick width allows him to make mistakes at speed and the sound of each note is not precise. My routine consists of playing along with songs such as Agrionia by MacAlpine improvising, strict metronome work amp off and on, memorizing tabs, practicing scales with no metronome and amp off. I constantly ask why i am playing certain notes, in part to stay motivated to practice. Yngwie once said he has no drills, he just plays. Perhaps a half truth but subtly suggests the player focus ultimately on the sound. Fast playing though is fun both for showboating in addition to the perceptual affects both during and after of escaping life stress. I hope players would appreciate the subtleties of using different picks to practice: pick width and color matters to the playing experience! I just finished with my George Dennis 1.6 mm red nylon, however more and more the tortex 0.88 mm green i love the feel, sound, and the error detection from that width. If i do want more ease at speed i use either a 1.0 mm dunlop blue or the 1.6 mm. Everything is strictly alternate picked including arpeggios. Ive found the alternate picking helps also with muscle memory which helps also to attach an emotion to each group of notes which helps in long term memory.
@garfieldfan3892
2 ай бұрын
I also noticed, Jason becker sweeps "wrong", he uses his wrist and moves his hand around it, rather than up and down Also he alternate picks with a tense arm (you can see well in the video where he's testing his halfstack) I myself sweep the jason way but alternate pick with wrist.
@endincite4149
2 ай бұрын
I'd like to point out one potential minor flaw in this outstanding analysis: Curling your fingers inward (flexion) is no more relaxed than fixing them outward (extended), and in fact the muscles that flex your fingers inward are considerably larger-hence your vastly superior strength in this direction (even for babies) and likely the reason it feels easier & more relaxed. So while there may be advantages to curling your fingers inward rather than extending them (one or the other must happen to avoid hitting the strings), overall muscle activation is not a valid explanation as to why. You don't need to take my word for it. Your anatomy software will show that curling them into your palm activates more muscle mass, not less. The main difference is that the flexion muscles are, for 99.9% of humans anyway, tremendously better trained at their simple task by daily life (i.e. gripping anything).
@justin.hombach
2 ай бұрын
The last sentence was truly interesting, thank you for that :) I may have described it a bit vague what I do with my ring and pinky. They are not curled inside like with a fist, they are still free in the air and nearly no tension or muscle activity is going on. A little bit, but miles away from the amount of pressure that you have while making a fist (that you described absolutely correct). I could never punch someone in the face with this hand position, because of how loose my fingers are 😅
@endincite4149
2 ай бұрын
@@justin.hombach it would be interesting to see angles of this. When I do it, in order to clear the strings, my fingertips must touch my palm. Even doing this as relaxed as possible, flexion to that extent produces more perceived tension for me than having them extended. I don't rigidly hold them out like MAB mind you. Admittedly there's probably other elements to my playing that lead to this. How far my pick sticks out [very little], how rotated my wrist is, etc.
@chrisstevens4680
Ай бұрын
@@justin.hombachI have been thinking of exactly this issue with resting my fingers on the body. Without doing this I loose a reference point and my picking is all over the place. It feels totally unnatural to curl the pinky and ring fingers in and my hand feels under tension which distracts my picking concentration.
@justin.hombach
Ай бұрын
@@chrisstevens4680 I had the same issues when I let loose of the fixed finger position a couple of years ago. But with training my hands are less exhausting and with much more control. I always say: Give a new approach minimum 6 weeks to try out before you judge if it works for you or not. :)
@_____8106
2 ай бұрын
How does anton oparin uses pick slanting ?
@fabriziosantin6063
Ай бұрын
Awesome video, Justin. I realized, whatching myself in a mirror, that I pick from my arm, so slightlly I could not even see it or feel it, and in particular when I use downward pick slanting (DWPS). In UWPS, I don't use it so much, and I have INCREDIBLY much more control... until arm movement kicks in at higher speeds (than in DWPS), and everiything gets f@#k'd up. I just thought I was a "natural" UWPSer but it turns out I was just an a$$hole fooling myself. (PS: any news about the tab transcription of Embers of war?)
@Metallkoo
2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much, Justin! Saw your Vid, Anton's Vid, your reaction on his vid, his reaction on your reaction 🤪😜 But it started making sense to me and I changed my technique to exactly what you are showing us here in this very video. At least, I try to. Pretty good explanation! So, is Anton's and your right hand technique exactly the same? 99% the same? Grüße aus Deutschland, hab englisch geschrieben für die Mitlesenden.
@sonjaschellenberg901
2 ай бұрын
When will shred guitar be olympic? ;-)
@justin.hombach
2 ай бұрын
Actually, I‘m with all seriousness have a concept in my mind that may can combine music/competition/sport… I know everyone will hate me for this idea, but I‘m really thinking about doing something out of it. I believe it is no shame to have a bit of healthy sportsmanship and competition in music :) F.e. You could do it like in skateboarding or „Eiskunstlaufen“ (don’t know the English word right now)… that you give a certain amount of exercise to the contestants and let them perform these licks etc and you give points for execution, tone, timing, technique etc :) All with parameters that you can objectively judge like „did he picked all notes, did every note had the same length, were there any noise going on, was it muted properly, did he hit the right note while bending etc etc :)
@sonjaschellenberg901
2 ай бұрын
@@justin.hombach The term is "figure skating". Yeah, that would be fun. But for the artistic part "objective" is always relative. If you need a jury however, I'm here to help ;-)
@t3hgir
2 ай бұрын
YT captions "pig slanting" XDDDD
@justin.hombach
2 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@berndkiltz
2 ай бұрын
Awesome Video. Awesome JPM ;)
@EntreMetido
2 ай бұрын
15:36😊
@ShredTraining
2 ай бұрын
Are you taking Antons course? The picking hand positioning stuff looks very similar to Antons now.
@justin.hombach
2 ай бұрын
I used to be in his course and when it comes to the way how we hold the pick or how we place the left hand it is definitely really interesting. :) And it was a good proof of concept because it is always good to see that you do like 80% the same like some monster players like Anton :)
@ShredTraining
2 ай бұрын
@@justin.hombach Would you be interested in trying my picks?
@5zazen
2 ай бұрын
Antons course certainly is good however his talking tempo i found agitating and longwinded. He could explain critical concepts much quicker. Your videos are much better. Ive been playing since 1987.@@justin.hombach
@5zazen
2 ай бұрын
@@justin.hombachYour videos are more precise than Antons. He certainly knows his stuff, i simply lack patience at listening to him at length in simple concepts interrupted constantly by attempts to be funny. Obviously helpful to many, not appealing to me. Your direct approach, such as even vs odd numbers of notes dictating pick direction when changing strings was life changing.
@derunbekanntetm6871
2 ай бұрын
Man you killed it there!!
@necroticpoison
Ай бұрын
I can't imagine how RC and others do bi/tri; sure the the tendons are larger but I doubt (16+nps) is sustainable with bi/tri flex/ext. What do you say as well to the (what is maybe just appearance) of the thumb (flexing the end of it) being involved in some (people's) picking like Malmsteen's? In that context but generally too, any advice on protecting the ulnar/radial deviators from RSI (wherever at origin, wrist, etc)? All good if not
@kevinbuenoartbywave
Ай бұрын
So helpful
@malan43
2 ай бұрын
Well I'm worse than @mrcl_ I'm not a really fast player, I'm doing 16th notes at 84 bpm which is laughable on this thread. lol. Other than that, Justin that countryside at the beginning of the video is beautiful!! I live in an open environment like that but it's all desert.
@justin.hombach
2 ай бұрын
Haha thanks :) That is the fortune to not live in a big city… I really like living in the countryside here in Germany :)
@malan43
2 ай бұрын
@@justin.hombach Yup I love being away from the big city, We're out in the middle of nowhere in Nevada, but IT"S HOT this time of year! Thanks for the instructional videos.
@aeliusholmes5093
2 ай бұрын
What gauge of pick are you using?
@nickweber7767
2 ай бұрын
6:25 ....yes, it looked so...😅
@justin.hombach
2 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@kenanjouglet1424
2 ай бұрын
what is this huge pick you're using??
@mrcl_
2 ай бұрын
okay, i am not really a fast player, i struggle with 200bpm 8th Notes already, but playing so fast that you need to slow it down to see the picking strokes is intense 😓 i see, there is some way to go for me and my Picking
@justin.hombach
2 ай бұрын
For everyone of us ☺️☺️ Me too
@extremesecrecy
2 ай бұрын
Hey, I might be doing the palm muting wrong because my forearm hurts/gets tired after I fast palm mute. For example on song like master the pupets. How do you do it so that it does not hurt?
@5zazen
2 ай бұрын
A idea that may be of use: Try diff width picks when practicing. This has diff effects on hand synchronization and teaching force differences in both the picking and fretting hands. You may find this affects the muscle fatigue.
@robflores5172
2 ай бұрын
21:35 is it that you're not clearing the string on the change and are you in antons program to develop the 8s to correct this? Welcome to the program!
@justin.hombach
2 ай бұрын
Not really sure what you mean with „clearing“, but to be honest there a few things in Anton program so far that really fascinated me and that I will include in my playing (or proven certain theories I already had) but the eights was actually a bit disappointing.
@robflores5172
2 ай бұрын
@@justin.hombach Would love to hear all of your perspectives! And also maybe do a one off lesson where we can discuss technique! I’m a teacher and always looking to improve my information!!
@cremedelamemesupreme1649
Ай бұрын
3 mistakes? Hmm I wonder what they might be... *27 minutes long* Uhh, sorry to make it to my fucking job today......
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