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Hey dude, great video, it really resonated with me. Been suffering 2 months + with some sort of tendonitis from hell on both arms/wrists/hands. I am unable to download the diet PDF, do you by chance have another link?

darn it man I checked maybe like 10 or 20 videos on bending and you are the only one give much details. many videos just talk about get the right pitch...how could you get the right pitch without right execution? ty so much bro salute

What would you recommend for someone who has played off and on for about 15 years, but without any proper training. 100% self taught, and since I’ve been taking guitar more seriously, I’ve found that I play “wrong” and I’m having to go back, and relearn some basic things. If proper training from a guitar teacher is the answer, I’m all for it. I just don’t really know what to do at this point.

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I feel like this is what every "beginner" lesson misses out on I've been struggling with back pain my whole life and having my back ache playing guitar made me almost hang it up for good. With this I'm able to accurately see where I fucked up on my playing. You're a life saver.

i play flat angle, but the classical is upright so having an angle is not wrong! I should prolly practice with a sharp angle. :)

John Petrucci plays a style that borders on nonmusical. He and his drummer both suffer from the more notes or beats you play per second equals better music. Yea it is impressive as an athletic precision perspective but it is IMO not very musical. People love Neil Pert but his solos bore me in about 10 seconds as does Petrucci's solos. Give me Ringo Starr and Eric Clapton over either of these guys any day. What Petrucci says in his 500 note 15 second solo Clapton says in a 15 note 15 second solo. I have played professionally for 0ver 30 years and most all of my peers look down and shake their heads at this kind of stuff. They can't play creatively so they work on playing fast. That doesn't impress me much.

Я не виновата, что люди не интересные. Все. Я языки учу в общем, все лучше. Чем общаться, когда ты не хочешь как всегда.

Может, уже никому ничего не ждать от меня. Я в любой момент уже могу уйти. Все. Ещё бы русского радио не было, лапши на ушах и тд и ТП. Я не виновата, что у нас музыкантов в стране нет, а композиторов по пальцам пересчитать уже можно. Все. Мне нравится музыка люди мертвые, сейчас. Почти. Вот. Я не могу быть похожа на детей маминых знакомых. Потому-что, я не они. И все. Может, мне тоже надо было сразу уйти. Я, не знаю, что делать. Все. Меня почему-то все хотят, хотя лета мало в России, но кто-то постарался в этом ДР. Все. Но это все ужис

That said it’s still a vey informative video. Thank you.

Loose the music at the beginning please.

Hi there. Thanks for making this video, it is the best I have found re left hand and thumb positions and was very helpfull to me. Did you make a part 2 of the series?

What is it with guitar players whose thumb can bend backwards like there are no bones in there

Immediate sub once I saw your DT tshirt!

Hey Matt, your channel is a treasure! I really love the dense and precision of information in your videos! No word too much, no information missing! You really put some thought into your content, please keep going! The app and website are really helpful, was looking for sth like that quite some time.

Great Video! Really helped me out getting my bendings right. I'm a self taught guitarist, playing for years now and my progress is very much relying on such videos! ❤ This very precise collection of information was exactly what I was looking for! Very much appreciated! Excited watching your other videos!

apparently this guy is the only guy who has ever made a video who knows how to pick correctly. Lol what a fucking clown 🤡 😂

Sorry I can’t watch & listen to that audio it’s dreadful 🫨

I think the video was nicely plotted out and wasn't unnecessarily fluffed in any spot. It was a logical, practical explanation of where and how and why everything should be placed. This was the first video I've seen from you and afterwards I plan on watching plenty more. Thank you very much for the informative video!

I find stratocaster being so much easier to hold the guitar and also make my right arm comfortable.

Crazy good content and then you have such a few comment and like count! I recently bought a 7-string and I'm on a guitar-youtube rush and you are really one of the best content creators I found!

Ive played for 20 years and use two fingers on the back. I don’t feel any limitations with my picking hand holding it this way. Sweeping I sometimes hold it with just my index. With two fingers using .73 picks you can bend them slightly to get a firmer edge for triplets and heavy bits but for shredding i find it way smoother than thicker picks. Maybe it’s because I have super straight thumbs? Lol

❤Don't waste your energy on the critics here. You are providing excellent teaching for free. Thank you!!

Thbis video is why I fkin love the internet. Thanks so much for the extremely insightful information provided on the mechanics of proper bending, this is also a great gateway to properly apply vibrato to a bend. Thanks so much. Insta-subscribed!

The vertical thirds of the finger section is so important and has fixed my problems with string noise immediately! To clarify the video, for up bends, the finger should fret the string on the portion of the finger that is closer to the ceiling. This feels vaguely unnatural as the finger is off to one side of the string which is not normally good technique for fretting notes. But this placement prevents the finger from coming ahead of the string that's being bent and getting caught under the adjacent strings being moved towards. And vice versa for down bends. Thanks so much for the video.

INSANELY well made video. Great teacher and great, detailed content. Keep it up.

Love you sir thanks for that quality info

Where is the part 2 brother?

Those finish cracks on the Majesty’s are a result of the nut being put on in the mill instead of being made to fit in the setup department. Sometimes they don’t sit flush or nor have a tight seal (gap) and usually gets filled with glue or finish which results in it cracking. It could also crack during the buffing process. The heat generated causing expansion and contraction from the glue or finish heating and cooling at different rates. It’s one flaw of the company. I would never own a majesty because they cause too many problems down the road. Imagine trying to put a new nut on the Majesty and paying to delaminate it and refinish it. No thank you! Good video by the way :)

Bro what... I watched this twice and it's so technical. I got nothing.

Excellent job dude

iv had mild pain in my right wrist, which has gotten progressively worse over several months. should i completely stop practicing for a week or so? iv tried braces and painkillers with very little fiddling on the guitar and have noticed that when i play, even when im careful with the technique, it hurts more the next day. lately my left wrist has also started hurting a bit. this is a bit demotivating and i feel hopeless about having to wait another week to start practicing again :" should i just keep pushing through the pain?

tysm for the tips! leaving this here so i can come back to it later. ☆ for wrist pain 1. rest 2. ice, painkillers braces (more muscles atrophy) 3. look for any obvious technique issue 4. change posture, different positions addressing the left hand: 5. the finger, not the whole hand, should move 6. make sure ur action is set up properly 7. complete rest period ☆ strengthening methods: 1. gyroball 2. exercise band 7:51 3. see a chiropracter or message therapist, use a message gun 4. reverse stretching 11:00 5. stretching 12:30 6. all of our bodies have a unique response to wrist pain ☆ things to avoid: 1. grip strengthening tool 2. psychology of the words u use: instead of "i have x, im fighting y", say "i have wrist pain tdy"^^ 3. pankillers unless necessary, can be toxic for liver

Great video, I'm an ok guitar player but I always struggle with extra noise and strings ringing out, especially the g string. I play on an 8 string guitar too which I feel like makes it even harder. Hopefully this will put me on the right track to clean up my playing

My biggest breakthrough in quick picking was learning how to pick in the Yngwie style, i.e. rotating the wrist when playing one string and using an additional movement of the thumb when playing scales.

Hi Matt, great video, love Your channel. Could You please tell me what is name of the song you play at 3:27? Thank You

These videos are super helpful for super beginners like me:( Thanks!

@Matt, I tried to order that sticker you suggest for learning the notes… but it doesn’t ships to Belgium.. is there an alternative you suggest? 🎸🤘! Your channel is awesome!

Thank you this was thoroughly useful. Any tips on how to play single notes while maintaining a bend?

hmmm I use a .38 dunlop nylon can't stand those big fat no flex picks they seem to suck the life out of versatile playing .. everything your teaching seems more to relate to shredding 3 note patterns ect .. but lacks creative feel IMO .. play some live Zeppelin 73 at madison square garden Vai can't do it Satriani can't do it Yngwie can't do it ect ect .. or some Randy Rhoads tribute album classical line but his picking is full of life and excitement not boring ..or Hendrix or beck same as previous and they can't play that either ..

3mm big stubby dunlop is life

im a finger person trying to learn pick and ive been struggling a lot but i jut realised i have hitchhikers thumb after wathcing your video so that was pretty cool XD

Great lesson and I like your John Mayer t shirt!! 🥰

Hey! Could someone kindly clarify the neck joint construction differences (if any) between Sterling Majesty and Music Man Majesty. Music Man Majesty is clearly a neck through. It can be seen in many videos that review the production process, the neck and central part of the body is one part. But for Sterling Majest official website says that it's setneck or set-in neck design. I couldn't find any photos or videos of Sterling Majesty production process, so it's still unclear to me if these 2 guitars have really different construction...

Thx man. I finally picked up my 7 string Music Man to do it some justice. I played it like a glorified 6 string for so long so now i'm going to approach it like it's own instrument.

Thanks!