all the others out there can take a hike - I'm sticking with this
@asadsheikh7179
4 жыл бұрын
will try this for 30 days straight as a novice player and see where I land. This is really good. thank you!!
@joshuagoudie2849
4 жыл бұрын
So how did your 30 days ago ?
@asadsheikh7179
4 жыл бұрын
Joshua Goudie Woah can’t believe this was 6 months ago! The beginning was extremely tough but I can say this helped incredibly with hand synchronization and finding strings all while learning alternate picking. This isn’t apart of my practice routine anymore but sheesh this starts as a beginners exercise on steroids and help me get some serious GAINS.
@joshuagoudie2849
4 жыл бұрын
Thats awesome dude! I might have to give it a go ive been playing 20 years but any practice helps lol.
@phillee3653
4 жыл бұрын
Great video! I'd like to add that speed shouldn't come before cleanliness, sure, but there's a caveat. If your technique is bad, you will struggle to get faster and might never get there. Your playing can be super clean and you can still struggle to play fast. The problem is we get a sort of confirmation from our brains when we practice slow...no matter how we practice. When we try to play fast, we only get the confirmation when we do it correctly. Troy Grady addresses this in his starting with speed video. For anyone that's spent years trying with little gains, try that video too.
@latheofheaven1017
4 жыл бұрын
"Faster than a cheetah on a speedboat". LOL. Come here for the guitar lessons, stay for the metaphors!
@7rixee
4 жыл бұрын
First time thought it was 'speeball'. Now that'd be an edgy cheetah.
@aaronboyles5237
4 жыл бұрын
“Like your mom” in the middle of the exercises demo got me 😂
@adamdelarozza1985
4 жыл бұрын
And the metronome!. 😃
@hman2912
3 жыл бұрын
His similes are even better
@garylocurto1
3 жыл бұрын
11:08 so effortless, brilliant
@Javier-qk7ms
4 жыл бұрын
Nobody ever explained to me how to use a pick so I ended up using small movements for my right hand with economy picking and it has worked well for me 20 years. Now that I want to try alternate picking more seriously just to achieve Eric Johnson like fast 2 notes per string pentatonic runs I find myself my small movements of my ritgh hand won't make it, I need to make wider movements to kind of achieve some progress.
@bludge1083
4 жыл бұрын
cheers Uncle Ben :)
@lordPix3lUK
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@HeadbangersLocal
3 жыл бұрын
I feel like I HAVE to become a patron. Even @ $1 . Benny boy has given me ( and I’m sure many others) so much knowledge and metaphors,for free, that $12 a year is the least I can do. ( I know what you’re all thinking: “ no , the least you can do is $0! “ Technically true. However, the least I’m comfortable with is $1) 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
@greatganger2606
Жыл бұрын
Well, I was going to ask you what settings you set your hair dyer at 😁
@drothberg3
4 жыл бұрын
I did go through a period in which I practiced stuff like this, but now I feel that life is too short and I'm too busy to practice exercises that have no music in them. To each his or her own.
@highlandparkguitarlessons8129
3 жыл бұрын
Don’t get two birds stoned at once, they’ll eat all your Doritos and drink all your Mountain Dew.
@Millo1868
4 жыл бұрын
Thornbuckers on that Alt T?
@BenEller
4 жыл бұрын
Millo1868 yeah man!!! So sweet!
@Millo1868
4 жыл бұрын
@@BenEller Sounds great. I'm sold. Thanks so much for your reply. Shawn Tubbs also has one and whenever he uses it for a demo that awesome tone just jumps at you. Of course, you guys make them sound great, but, you know...
@saladking980
3 жыл бұрын
Taking my guitar to the doc. I checked the E string -- it's really depressed
@flyme2themoon720
3 жыл бұрын
Thats all the Bukethead solos...
@coolmacatrain9434
3 жыл бұрын
11:05 Ha ha!
@MR-wp5dz
4 жыл бұрын
hoo boy, my ring finger spazzed out big time when doing the descending pattern using the 3rd and 4th fingers, 2 notes per string. What do you recommend to eliminate "phantom finger"?
@matthiasthulman4058
4 жыл бұрын
Cut it off. It's the only way
@Marss13z
4 жыл бұрын
So...about the hair...JK. I really appreciate the drills. It's good practice. Picked up my guitar after about 25 years of not playing and I've been working through scales, fingering exercises, etc. It's slowly returning.
@bc454irocz89
4 жыл бұрын
i cant keep my pinkie finger from flying up in the air when i do 123 no matter how hard i try..
@MrGsmith333
4 жыл бұрын
Shout out from Spokane Washington USA. How do you know my mom Lollapalooza
@MrGsmith333
4 жыл бұрын
Just Kidding Love your Video series
@ukguitarnoodle
4 жыл бұрын
you need a half hour plastering looking at that wall
@elementsofphysicalreality
4 жыл бұрын
You should just fret actual scale modes because you’ll never use these shapes in a solo.
@rasmadrak
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, that's what he said... :)
@frostyriffs
4 жыл бұрын
As I heard Zakk Wylde say once....speed is a byproduct of accuracy.
@kane6529
3 жыл бұрын
I once heard me say I must be inaccurate as hell 😆
@DarthRaider520
Жыл бұрын
It's true with all things. No mind. The way of the samurai. Once you have practiced and held your weapon, over time, you will master it. Whether you are playing guitar, drawing, laying tile, baking bread, or weilding a sword. Practice makes perfect, or as I like to say, repetition equates to speed and skill.
@rustyfryman8889
Жыл бұрын
Zakk once told a friend that he had some advice for me. "Practice til ya bleed!"
@monsterram6617
4 жыл бұрын
"Do try to mix up those fingering patterns..." Sound advice even if you don't play guitar. 👍
@DavidSmith-ne1zp
4 жыл бұрын
You're a great teacher Ben. I'm 57, and wished I had you 30 years ago! Lol, grey haired, but still rockin'!
@richdelb
4 жыл бұрын
I'm about to turn 55 and feel EXACTLY the same way. Where were you 30 years ago Uncle Ben?
@jiffster7512
4 жыл бұрын
Rich Delboccio , 58 years old! I wish I had a Instructor like Ben 40 years ago!
@YOutsider
4 жыл бұрын
Ben, I’m a 3000 year old egyptian mummy, and your vids don’t make me a better player, they just give me the dry farts. But i like watching you on my iphone during works hours in the afterlife. Horus says hi.
@berkayguner
2 жыл бұрын
@@YOutsider ok zoomer!
@SamBarvels
4 жыл бұрын
11:07 “maybe I’ll go up on the D. Like your mom!” 😂😂😂😂😂
@marcoapdias
4 жыл бұрын
I'm amazed how can he just shoot that out and keep a straight face. 😆😆😆
@kronosecw
4 жыл бұрын
The Vai 1234 2341 3412 4123 exercise helped me a lot with getting equal strength in all fingers. One thing that wasn't talked about when I was learning in regards to speed is that the technique changes once you hit a certain speed. Troy Grady discussed this during his Michael Angelo analysis. Andy Wood also talked about it too, where you can't just keep speeding up the metronome. You gotta overshoot the speed and then bring it down. Complete opposite of Rock Discipline where it was only go slow then faster faster faster.
@desensitizedtv9862
3 жыл бұрын
That exercise has been helping me warm up for 10+ years now. You can also do that on one string at a time, same pattern, just ascend the board a fret at a time. That, and his ascending scales in 3rds exercise. I don't know where I'd be if not for those three exercises.
@joshmuz9018
3 жыл бұрын
Shawn lane said the same thing go as fast as possible and let the left hand catch up over time. Considering his alien like speed I think it def works
@tibor820
4 жыл бұрын
Ben is a very, very funny person with good guitaring.
@Win7ermu7e
4 жыл бұрын
I prefer to call it guitarissimo. Not sure why. edit, just got your "minor" joke lol.
@greggpeters9294
4 жыл бұрын
@@Win7ermu7e this guy a very good teacher , he takes time to simplify everything. Good dry sense of humor
@richdelb
4 жыл бұрын
Been running this routine EVERY DAY (sometimes more than once) since this video came out. NOTHING has helped my alternate picking as much as this ONE video. 6 months to a year from now I'll either be a Zombie from the corona virus, or an alternate picking God (sort of). Either way, I'll be grateful for this video...
@kirilkirilov6241
4 жыл бұрын
It's been two months since your comment. How's the progress?
@Dethdefies96
4 жыл бұрын
Also wondering how your progress is.
@bc454irocz89
4 жыл бұрын
hes a zombie
@PauSe312
4 жыл бұрын
@@bc454irocz89 🤣
@SDesWriter
3 жыл бұрын
Perhaps you'll be both. If you're going to be a CoVid zombie, why not have a hobby?
@richdelb
4 жыл бұрын
This is SO freaking useful to me that I actually upped my Patreon account with you to the next higher level. Thank you so much for these lessons.
@BenEller
4 жыл бұрын
Rich Delboccio and thank you for the support! Hope you enjoyed the patreon only version too!
@johnbillson3767
4 жыл бұрын
half hour pick power hour
@stellaspoochpitfeaturingro3522
4 жыл бұрын
Two birds stoned? Ha Uncle Ben 😂😂
@CacheTaFace
4 жыл бұрын
Uncle Ben plays so fast he blew the gips off the walls of his house
@jurajzembjak9721
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for these amazing lessons uncle, I have to say you're probably my favorite guitar teacher, thanks so much for all you do :) P.S. more Pantera lessons please?
@Ydigisek
4 жыл бұрын
Please do a episode on Paul Gilberts "fuzz universe"! That song is such a good example of alternate picking!
@togil1151
4 жыл бұрын
11:05 Such a lowkey delivery for such a hilarious joke. lmao
@matthiasthulman4058
4 жыл бұрын
Followed by the effortless mom joke.
@michaelcraig9449
4 жыл бұрын
I am having trouble increasing speed and playing it clearly.. I dont want to be the sloppy guy. I can pick fast, move the fret hand reasonably fast I suppose, but to coordinate it, I am still having issues... Got anything to help develop super fast shredding, or is this the best video for that?
@CaseyLemoineMusic
4 жыл бұрын
Use a metronome start any exercise slow and increase the speed over time. Dont skip to fast and try to do it that will teach you bad habits and limit your dexterity potential
@stefjoly1426
3 жыл бұрын
If u have trouble doing it just slow down to your speed and increase it slowly.It will work
@bongoscot
4 жыл бұрын
"Which Buckethead solo is that?" Every Buckethead solo.
@chrischoir3594
4 жыл бұрын
I know right, he plays the same licks in every song and he has 10,000 songs that all sound the same
@aldersmoke1
4 жыл бұрын
I figure I get to rip on Buckethead when I too can play guitar that sounds like literally no other guitarist ever before or after. Yep, then I'm gonna put him in his place.
@chrischoir3594
4 жыл бұрын
@@aldersmoke1 no one sounded like Kirk Kobain either and he sucked. Bucket head makes lots of extraneous noise
@deltadaz
4 жыл бұрын
@@chrischoir3594 Kirk Kobain sucked. Ok let me know when you define a whole music genre.
@chrischoir3594
4 жыл бұрын
@@deltadaz what genre did kirk kobane define? I don't definitively know what style of music Nirvana was, but it was sort of garage rock, sort of punk rock, sort of grunge rock and sort of pop rock all in one. We know Nirvana didn't invent Punk or Pop or Garage rock and we know Soundgarden was the first grunge band, AIC was the second, so what did Nirvana do? Were they the first untalented rock band perhaps? regardless Kirk Kobain was crappy guitar player.
@MarkHeaps
4 жыл бұрын
Another revelation from one of your lessons. Doing the 2 note per string exercise, which you would think is really easy for someone playing 25 years, I discovered that if I ascend and descend with my 2nd and 3rd finger I tend to be not syncing right between those two with my picking hand. I've gotten so used to just hammering on/off between those two fingers they are out of sync with my picking hand. Exercise time!
@taopagan
4 жыл бұрын
Great stuff! Limiting each exercise to a few minutes at a time (using a timer) was a big part of Howard Roberts' approach, too, over at Musicians' Institute in Hollywood back in the day. To help tame that wayward little finger (if you're like me, it's the one sticking out there like you're drinking a cup of tea), they had me do ascending 8's using all four fingers in this pattern: 1, 4, 2, 4, 3, 4, 2, 4. Then descend the same way and scoot up a fret for the next one. But using the idea you just showed us, we could slide up a fret on the high E string, and descend playing a kind of mirror pattern on each string: 4, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1. At faster tempos, about three minutes of this at a time is about all I can manage though lol!
@pooder53
4 жыл бұрын
I've been doing this exercise for 2 weeks now. Not only did my playing technique improve but it also caused my wang to grow 3 inches and made me last longer in bed! True story.
@x--LeethaL--x
2 жыл бұрын
My picking arm hand is pretty solid.. .. Sadly my fretting arm hand or fingers just won't keep up. When will my fingers learn to keep up and hit the notes correctly?
@coreyrachar9694
2 жыл бұрын
does anyone have any more information about the 5 minute muscle memory thing? I wouldn't mind reading up on that a bit.
@Lukeclayson
2 ай бұрын
I’ve been playing guitar for over 20 years but have always struggled to improve my alternate picking. I’ve just tried this half hour work out for the first time, my right arm certainly feels like it’s had a workout haha! I’ll be sure to keep doing this daily to see how I improve.
@BenEller
2 ай бұрын
You got this!! GET INTO IT!
@Diego_Lemon16
Ай бұрын
Hi Ben! I think you are an extraordinarily brilliant guitar player and teacher for and to the media. Question! I have been practicing this workout everyday for about three days now. Is it ok to tense up a little bit or a lot in your picking hand or does it have to be relaxed as a high school graduate who’s got absolutely nothing on his mind at the moment?
@BenEller
Ай бұрын
The more relaxed, the better!!!! Stay loose, my man
@mitch5699
4 жыл бұрын
Unkle metronome you explain shit right on time.
@crackerfoot
2 жыл бұрын
Would it be better to practice these exercises using scales rather than fingering patterns: major for 3nps (6 note pattern), pentatonic for 2nps, and diminished for 4nps? Or do you think your mental energy would be absorbed by thinking about the scales rather than the picking technique? This way what you practice can be used in a practical and musical way. Thoughts?
@BenEller
2 жыл бұрын
Yup, that completely works and puts it into a musical, useable context!
@crash3711
3 жыл бұрын
Never any exercises plucking the notes twice each
@ukguitarnoodle
4 жыл бұрын
I don't even have a step dad , but I pick like I have !
@veiga7658
3 жыл бұрын
Give this guy some beer. Public service!
@johannesberger8641
3 жыл бұрын
Another good one for 4 on a string is a left hand finger pattern like 1 2 3 4 - 1 2 4 3 - 1 3 2 4 - 1 3 4 2 - 1 4 2 3 - 1 4 3 2 feels kind of like a spider
@fasuto8656
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah
@bananachuck124
4 жыл бұрын
Ben, why is it that I reach a certain alternate picking threshold where my wrist and right hand begin to tense and, consequently, cause my playing to begin to sound like labored, inaccurate awfulness. Is this just something that can only be overcome through gradual persistence and perseverance? This definitely is made worse by string changing like you said. I will attempt all these techniques in this video. Thanks uncle Ben!
@felipegomabrockmann2740
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Ben, do you read my thoughts? because every single video from shows exactly what I want to learn.
@Thiago_Alves_Souza
4 жыл бұрын
Uncle Ben! Don't di... oh, wrong uncle Ben. Good exercises my man! It's been helping me beat my fingers into shape.
@Bloodsoaked
3 жыл бұрын
Okay. I’ve been playing for 35 years and still suck. I’m going to start this process for 30 minutes each night and see how it goes over the next 30 days. Hmmmmmmmm
@redith24
4 жыл бұрын
Nice guit-fiddle Uncle Ben! I would like to get a Suhrs guitar but the cheddar is just too high for me. One day maybe 🤘🏻 I also really want a Kiesel too 🤘🏻🤘🏻
@BenEller
4 жыл бұрын
Optimistic Misanthropist you won’t regret it! They’re incredible!
@SuperJiggawhat
4 жыл бұрын
I think you would make a great "Gaston" in beauty and the beast.
@jasonparkergimplifedisable684
Жыл бұрын
You are the best go to guy for learning dude, the best hands down , I support your Patreon page whenever someone asks me I always tell them to follow you for lessons and songs, maybe one day down the track we can catch up for a jam if you ever visit Australia 🇦🇺, less clickin more pickin 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
@Superjet113
4 жыл бұрын
Oh man, this is what I need. I'm getting old and starting to lose it! Thanks Uncle Ben! :)
@steveperks59
5 ай бұрын
My Stepdad once told me "mix up those fingering patterns". I was only 5 years old at the time and it made no sense as he doesn't play guitar. Now, everything is clicking into place. Apart from my normal practice routine, I slot 5 minutes in before leaving for work to review what I learned the night before and start mixing it up to keep my fingers on the ball, so to speak. Thank you for your inspiring and useful content!
@jmangi6221
4 жыл бұрын
Ben,you da man. I've been doing similar exercises through another program and the most difficult part is the descending 4- 3s. Great lesson boss.😁
@radzillor
4 жыл бұрын
9 people have had a wake up call and didn't like it. I know my alternate picking stamina is rubbish. Challenge accepted Mr uncle ben
@AlfredoGuako
4 жыл бұрын
If you release that "G Ascending" rap album I'll happily force my entire extended family to subscribe to your patreon
@smyhk2883
2 жыл бұрын
"Maybe I'll go up on the D ... like your mom" Your videos have inspired me and helped connect the dots after a (too) long hiatus from playing and _effectively_ practicing guitar. Thank you for the excellent lesson(s) and good laugh!
@godwinbssdd
4 жыл бұрын
I quit using a metronome because I noticed that once I got my chops up to speed and tried playing along to the drums I couldn't keep up. Drum machine 4 life!
@Axame1
4 жыл бұрын
It doesn't matter anyways if you can do the song at 200bpm if your drummer decides live that it would sound better at 230...
@berkayguner
2 жыл бұрын
But Uncle Ben, how does the trick @13:51 work for the 6s exercise at the beginning of the video? Every first note of second group of the 3s does not hit an "AND" or "upstroke" unlike the 4 notes version of it where it works fine. Should we count in 3/4 time signature and start with an up-pick with the "AND"s of those 1-2-AND waltz type of thingy for the first exercissage??.... thanks 🤘
@the_failed_states
4 жыл бұрын
Starting with an up-stroke? My brain just stopped being helpful.
@ArtbyPaulPetro
4 жыл бұрын
but...but...but am I sensing a prejudice from Uncle Ben towards 3 note per string alternate picking patterns??? What would Steve Morse think of this? :P J/k, great lesson and hilarious presentation as always.
@ThePrimalJanitor
3 жыл бұрын
Holy crap! Watching this I thought 'pffft, that's too easy'. I got to the 1-2 up 4-3 down part and my fingers felt like they were rubber banded together. My brain started flickering like a fluorescent tube light with a bad ballast... No wonder my scale timing is shit.
@sipo70
3 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for the hair care secrets. Since I didn't see it, I guess the the other stuff is okay too. Just kiddin....great lesson bro. Always cool!
@douglasslayton5068
4 жыл бұрын
Ben you are great thx
@johnsokolis569
2 жыл бұрын
I was looking for a good alternate picking exercise video ,then I heard … If you can get 2 birds stoned at once. Ha ha ! OK I subscribed. Can’t wait to check out more your videos.
@guyincognito3752
4 жыл бұрын
Hey there Ben. What's your picking approach when playing licks or exercises that have lots of bendings/slides/hammer-ons/pull-offs? Not everything picked like in these examples. You mix up your usual alternate picking with economy picking? Or you just use more downstrokes 'cause the bend, slide, whatever, gives you extra time to do some string hopping? Thanks in advance. Amazing stuff as usual.
@stevet.4974
3 жыл бұрын
Dude dont go to community college, your artwork will suffer. Question- if you are going to footstomp the 6's would your foot be coming down on`1 only, or 1 and 3... or what Uncle Ben?
@angrygorilla3872
3 жыл бұрын
"Maybe I will go up on the D like your mom" was a classic throw in. I know, simple minded stupid humor, but it is still funny!!! Good one, Ben!
@link333xc
4 жыл бұрын
Ben I have a dilemma. For some reason starting with upstrokes is way easier for me. When going up scales i can keep the down picking going even when playing 2,3,4, or 6 notes. but when im descending i find it much easier to just economy pick it and keep upstroking. I dont get why and how bad of a habit is it to keep economy picking?
@seanmarsh9458
4 жыл бұрын
Best teacher on KZitem!
@davidasher22
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve been watching and practicing what you teach for about two weeks now and I can already see a major improvement in my shredding! Thanks Uncle BEN!!
@wkentduncan
4 жыл бұрын
Gonna join your patreon page. I see you and cousin Andy picking smooth like butter!!! I have a case of sticy pick syndrome most days. I would swear my pick has peanut butter on it. Is it my death grip thats too tight?
@petergromlich6529
3 жыл бұрын
I find it physically easier to change strings after a downstroke and the the new string is on an upstroke.
@BenEller
3 жыл бұрын
You, sir, are an upwards pickslanter, or USX player as Troy Grady says!
@petergromlich6529
3 жыл бұрын
@@BenEller I talked to Troy about that and he tells me the same based on my description. Sure enough I do often hold the pick with an upward slant. I think there is another reason for favoring changing strings after a downstroke, especially when going from the low strings to high strings (ascending). After a downstroke on let's say the A string, my follow through brings me very close to the D string, maybe just a millimeter below it. It's a short travel distance to hit the D string with an upstroke. If I ended the A string on an upstroke, I've got to travel the distance from the A string to the D string in order to get to the D string with a downstroke.
@Treeclimbingexpert
3 күн бұрын
So this guy still does the exercises even after he super good?
@nickregian636
3 жыл бұрын
G r e a t information Uncle Ben. Not sure if this was mentioned in this extended video, but would you recommend going back down the neck, descending in pitch, practicing these 6 phases or is that overkill? lol
@andrewvelasquez79
Жыл бұрын
I see alot of videos on alternate picking. I had some practice with economy picking. What yalls take on economy picking?
@alexv1190
2 жыл бұрын
“If you ever start on an upstroke you’re wrong” tell that to slash with the way he picks sweet child of mine. I feel so wrong doing it his way but you just made me feel like I’m right
@stardust-reverie
2 жыл бұрын
definitely did not expect a ur mom joke in a guitar practice tutorial but i am absolutely NOT complaining
@mylesoliver9414
3 жыл бұрын
Lolllll just died laughing at the "two birds stoned at once" joke
@ast7840
4 жыл бұрын
I started watching u at the start of the year uncle Ben and for the first time i feel that I am moving in the good direction. Thank you
@oh_my_pickles1368
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Robert and Douglas! Oh and you too uncle Ben.
@joshwmusic6838
4 жыл бұрын
COULD YOU PLEASE refer me to some videos and exercises that are good for Hand Sync. I'm really tryna learn how to play faster solos and shred
@putzshred3
4 жыл бұрын
I heard the Trailor Park Boys reference and subscribed... guitar intel was good though too!
@SilentVictim1
4 жыл бұрын
Uncle Ben, thank you for this video ! Can you make a break down video on the first two alternate picking licks from Paul Gilbert - Intense Rock I ? Those licks are just insanely hard ! Hope you can help me with some of your in depth explanation
@MikeS_99
4 жыл бұрын
Ben do you still give private lessons?
@BenEller
4 жыл бұрын
Mike S yes I do!
@PetfaxTV
Жыл бұрын
It’s a lot of future guitar heroes that are gonna have been guided by Ben, Marty, and Rick. Thanks to you, Ben.
@Wargasm644
3 жыл бұрын
My Achilles heel. I have a backwards pick grip. So I favor upstrokes 😩
@PeterQuill-rh3lm
3 ай бұрын
Not the fours with downstroke sounding like the solo from sweating bullets
@yoyeo1900
3 жыл бұрын
"Down on the D, like your mom"!!! BAhahaha my new fav youtube channel !!
@h0tsex0r
4 жыл бұрын
I tried Ben's picking regimen and lost 2 inches off my waistline. Thanks, Uncle Ben!
@timhaase3297
3 жыл бұрын
Can you share the source for that scientific knowledge you were talking about?
@Asimov16
4 жыл бұрын
I am glad you are teaching alternate picking and not plastering, as all your plaster has fallen off the wall LOL
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