#61: Top 3 Easy Shred Licks | How To Start Shredding!

Morten Moro

what is you fastes bpm in these lessons?

Bernd Brodträger

Hey Karlo, thanks for sharing that! That's a very interesting approach, great to hear about different picking styles :) In 90% of the cases I stick with the downstroke, upstroke pattern to keep the motion going (in case I have to play a different lick after that - my picking would be reversed) - but nothing speaks against that approach if it works well and still allows you to connect the phrase to other ideas!

karlo Petigny

for the second lick i find it easier to play the b on the g string with a down stroke and the A on the 4th string with an up stroke.that means when i start the patern on the F# i start with an up stroke.

Bernd Brodträger

Hey Daniel, great that you are paying attention to the details! I personally encountered that problem mostly when I neglected my left hand technique - the 'curl' you mention here. I also had troubles with extensive finger movement (generating an unwanted pull-off motion or touching the string unconsciously) and minimizing the distance my fingers were traveling with phrases like that helped a lot. I would recommend placing a mirror at your practice space or recording yourself, try to really isolate what is causing the problem - you can also always send me footage of your practice routine for feedback! Again, great that you are hearing that string noise, it's something a lot of players are not aware of :)

Daniel Roberts

Hey bernth. I'm finding on the 5-7-9 I'm getting some string noise from the g string. Is this just a practice thing to get my fingers curled more?

Love the lesson, thanks for the video

Bernd Brodträger

Hey Axel! No need to be sorry at all - it was also a great workout for me to go to the basics here. It's really hard to switch between the scale fragments on one string fluently and the devil lies in the details! Stripping it down to the basics is something every professional player should do often :)

Great lesson master!!!! SORRY FOR PRO STUDENTS... but that`s what extacly I need!!

Great lesson! - But I automatically go towards inside picking for these exercises. I just seems easier and smoother for me.

Awesome lesson right when I needed it. As a self-taught and rhythm guitarist, leads and shredding is one of my biggest weak spots, as I never learnt where to start. I don't need it in my band but when I write songs on my own at home, the leads are just missing. So I really wanted to work on that and BOOM here is your lesson! ^^

Bernd Brodträger

Hey Scott, thanks a lot for taking the time to leave some feedback - always great to hear that you are putting in the time and document your progress :) Looking forward to following your journey some more!

Scott Walden

Bernth, thanks for another good shredding lesson. I've been practicing with several of your shredding exercises daily over the past 4-6 months and I can really tell the improvement now. These 3 licks actually are easy now, and I can even play them at a pretty good tempo. That would not have been the case a few months ago. So just wanted to say that these exercises really do help. Especially if you start out slow and master them before increasing speed.