MASTER Crosspicking with Solfeggietto (CPE Bach)! | Weekend Wankshop 243

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Crash course in cross-kicking: 3:35
Applying the technique to Solfeggietto: 5:00
Hey kids! Its your good buddy Uncle Ben, here with another magical installment of Weekend Wankshop!
On episode 243, i'm going to give you all a complete lesson on how to improve and master crosspicking, which is going to take your guitar playing to the next level!
Crosspicking is a technique used by Steve Morse, Andy Wood, John Petrucci, and a legion of evil bluegrass masters like Tony Rice. This technique allows you to change strings in any direction after any pick stroke. This method allows your picking hand to be completely metronomic and rhythmically precise while navigating even the trickiest licks or arpeggios. There's a lot you can do with this versatile picking technique!
At 3:35 i'll give you all a quick crash course on everything you need to know about crosspicking, then i will show you all how to apply it to a section of Solfeggietto by CPE Bach! I always find the best way to practice a new technique is in the context of a song or etude, not just boring exercises! This segment of the piece really helped me get a grip on the cross picking technique, plus its got that cool neoclassical sound. I'll be putting up the backing track i made at two different speeds on my Patreon, so be sure to get it! Theres a LOT more to this piece than what i'm showing here, too, so check it out!
Playing my Suhr Modern Satin into the Fractal Axe FX III, which is just amazing.
What do you want to see on future installments of Weekend Wankshop? Just let me know!!!

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Комментарии : 139

@justinalexander8524 5 лет назад

Dont knock the bowl cut man..... Got me some serious 'tang back in the 8th grade. Got an ice cold glass from mom after school everyday.

@BenEller 5 лет назад

0-1-0 -0-3-5 Hahahaha

@AlexanderOnTube 5 лет назад

What I really like about your exercises is that they are not only challenging but also sound great!

@MarkDonnison 5 лет назад

I've impressed myself greatly this year by going from drosspicking to crosspicking just by writing riffs n stuff and playing them a lot. Then I tackle this and realise I've been largely playing things that fit what my hands want to do naturally. I've been forced to put myself back into the drosspicking box until I can do this, up to speed, without sounding like someone who can't really do it. Thanks for the reality check UB!

@jonathanalcover1539 5 лет назад

Cool easy way to make the technical feel easy. Smashing!

@frankanthonypascarella2620 5 лет назад

Very nice.... Some much coolness can be learned from the old masters. Appreciate greatly all your hard work.

@iangoldthorp7594 5 лет назад

9:00 (setting up for the stretch to 7th fret) this feels more natural to me: D = 2nd finger 3rd fret B string; *B = 3rd finger 4th fret G string* D = 1st finger 3rd fret B string.

@garrettguitar6583 5 лет назад

The piano performance of solfeggietto I just heard is fast and fluid. Whatever, I want impress the lasses, even as an old, bald dude. I think I might want to get that sheet music and rejuvenate my guitar sight reading skills for this one. Cool piece and your dialogue speaks to me. Thank you.

@yonikup2865 5 лет назад

Great as always Ben,Ty

@gtyrone83 5 лет назад

That picking hand technique is great man.

@andrejz8954 5 лет назад

You sure can be a funny dude! I'm just wanting to learn some Renaisance, baroque songs on guitar and classical in general, so this is quite up my alley :) I'm also working on improving picking by not anchoring the pinky after 15 years of doing it. Thanks for the nice lesson, mr. Ben! =)

@daddyslittlejunkies 5 лет назад

cool lick Ben. Thanks

@gabriel_jns 4 года назад

Thank you for your video I put this in my practice routine and it helped a lot I m currently at 120bpm in sixteenth note for this exercise and it just created for me a new way of playing thank you so much

@mrkrowley1 5 лет назад

Very cool Shredderman! Thanks!🤘🎸🎶

@pedrobortoli6852 5 лет назад

And here i tought i would have to play some old exercises for my picking today, and once more Uncle Ben proves me wrong. I'll get some work on this from today, thanks, Uncle Ben!

@RetroDoneRight 5 лет назад

Excellent lesson

@KowboyUSA 5 лет назад

Sounds super cool.

@robertadams9844 5 лет назад

This is awesome,thanks Uncle Ben

@brandonessick775 5 лет назад

Excellent.

@DavidLuzi 5 лет назад

very nice piece ! thanks

@ccchicken8889 5 лет назад

Can't wait to try this out. Thanks Uncle Ben, my 4th favorite uncle!!

@DesSherwoodGuitarTuition 5 лет назад

Cheers Ben, this is the one picking technique that I've not studied too much but need too. Will use this exercise to get more familiar with it;-) Thanks!

@seetrickey 5 лет назад

Thanks Uncle Ben, love this. I like practicing that big jump from D to F# with pinky like you and the index finger.

@UltraViolence74989 5 лет назад

I've been working on Paul Gilbert's version of Bach Partita in Dm for a few days now so this is perfect.

@nzajflynn 5 лет назад

This is cool. Got it under my fingers at step dad speed. Gonna make it a daily exercise. Cheers uncle ben.

@morochio 5 лет назад

It reminds me of Symphony Xs "Out of the Ashes" bit slowed down

@ThorsShadow 5 лет назад

Yeah, it totally does. Probably because Romeo is or was heavily inspired by classical music, which you can hear on their earlier albums (I'd say up to their album "The Odyssey").

@diatonicjon 5 лет назад

Don't you ever cross (pick) me, Uncle Ben.

@basementrocker2764 5 лет назад

Uncle B bringin y’all some culturr

@prodchronic 5 лет назад

Damn ive been missing out with this channel

@handsofdoubt31 5 лет назад

Thanks to the Troy Grady stuff I realised that I've been a cross picker for years...who knew? Troy Grady that's who! Uncle Ben, I feel you've missed a key part out in your explanation which is the bounce. Looking at Troy's explanation a key part of the movement is a bounce which helps to bring the pick to the strings and then clear them. It's a sort of 50/50 between bouncing and rotating. I realised that I was a flat picking cross picker so my "bounce" was really emphasised. That was what had been slowing me down all these years. So I've changed to edge picking with a little bit of a downward pick slant. This is allowing me to massively reduce the "bounce" part of the movement and therefore play faster and more efficiently. Love this lick. I'll definitely be adding it to my vocabulary! Thanks as always Uncle Ben!

@blackfalconn 5 лет назад

I'm sitting here trying to figure out why this lick is so familiar, and then it hits me: It was my final for a piano class in college! Time to Guitarify this beast!

@dajoler 5 лет назад

I remember Uncle Ben saying that next to scratching out a living, crosspicking is the most difficult thing to do on guitar. Now that I'm getting better at crosspicking, when will get some lessons on how to actually make a living with guitaring, Uncle Ben? That or a full lesson on Lamb Of God's "Hourglass" -- either would be super keen.

@SandokanMC 5 лет назад

very cool, thanks for sharing ben

@ericreason6559 5 лет назад

Bach = shredder!!!

@lvsexgtr 5 лет назад

Uncle Ben I wanna take lessons from you when I get home from deployment!!

@dreamawaythemiles 4 года назад

been working on this for years without success, looking froward to trying your ideas ;)

@jaym4958 5 лет назад

Hey Ben thanks again for yet another technique to keep my playing. Very busy with my picking style while keeping the chicks interested in the position and would like to get to know a little bit more,

@santinomiceli3180 5 лет назад

Kool stuff , keep up the good work ,

@anthonystark9390 5 лет назад

Woah woah step dad that was too serious of a dad joke there hahah

@o0MRG0o 5 лет назад

Thanks for all your help Ben, you're real cool dude. I saw Steve Vai talk about voicing a melody that he wanted smooth and consistent but to get it right he had to basically scoot a finger up the neck while playing a note - hold it with the snuck finger while he used the freed finger to take care of business on up the neck - I tried replacing the roll on the 7th with a similar idea, sneaking the first finger in on the 7th high E to set myself for hitting the 9. That feel good/bad to anyone else?

@stormedbyhippiesc3966 5 лет назад

This shred lesson should come with a complimentary can of Aquanet. Epic

@Carlos-fh8wk 5 лет назад

Cool lesson: it would be cool to focus on what the right hand is doing, in so far as strokes when switching strings...and your reasoning.

@SamBarvels 5 лет назад

Solfeggietto sounds great for lunch today. That and a bowl Solfeggietto for lunch.

@BenEller 5 лет назад

Majin Samurai mmmmmm

@ThePuertoricanBeastJonathan 5 лет назад

Will Crosspicking actually get me some poontang

@wchurchill419 5 лет назад

of course it will. ladies love a man with passion

@deepstatethrombosis 5 лет назад

Indeed, cross *icking will help in your pursuit of the poon.

@400_billion_suns 5 лет назад

No. But it'll give you a much needed way to distract yourself after you do finally get the poontang and it slowly morphs into a tyrant that ruins your happiness! 👍👍

@raysmetaltracks6782 5 лет назад

Crossdressing, no, crosspicking, YES! :)

@illlanoize23 5 лет назад

The Puertorican Beast Jonathan Ayala yea I did it n haven’t stopped havin sex since

@canman87 5 лет назад

Personally I think adding the open high E string in the F#7 arpeggio makes it more complicated rather than just fretting the note on the B string, but that's just me. I was trying to figure out why I was having such a problem with that section and that small change seemed to be enough to help me work through it. Sweet little lesson there, Unc! I'll post a quick little video to the Insturdgerm tomorrow.

@BenEller 5 лет назад

canman87 great! It’s good to find your own solutions to stuff like that.

@fs7572 5 лет назад

@@BenEller from my old classic days, i remember to use only one position shift with playing the "d" after the open b-String on the g-string in the 7th position... d (b-string) b (open b-string) d (g-string 7fret with 1. Finger)

@andrewbettis4247 5 лет назад

Uncle Ben does it again by the way would love to see Skankbanger live please let the world know if you're gonna be out in LA....

@Watzline 5 лет назад

Uncle Ben, Ole Nephew Kenny here, Im' sorry to hear your story of a young love rejected , but I too have felt the sting of a young incorrect picking technique ax slinging witty, charming young man, having the doorway to love slammed in my face. But the truth is piano instructors, [ usually part time librarians] teach their female students, from a very young age , how to spot bad guitar picking technique from a mile away. No future with that guy,, probably will be playing 'Freebird', down at the Side Pocket Lounge for life. But look what you've done, and be proud my friend, you have corrected your bad picking, became an international guitar teacher, and picked up minions of followers, and probably will win a Senate Seat. Bet she wishes now that she should have played that duet with you.

@BenEller 5 лет назад

Watzline Hahahaha you win the Response of the Day award, my good man!

@dixonrooster5954 5 лет назад

im sure you've seen brandon ellis' rendition of solfeggietto... nice job bro

@raysmetaltracks6782 5 лет назад

SHIT Ben!!! Okay, out of my skill zone... That was awesome! PS - cool Suhr by the way!

@TheHitmann069 5 лет назад

Uncle Ben, when can we have a full breakdown of John Sykes rhythm playing and solo on 'Still of the Night' by Whitesnake?

@canman87 5 лет назад

I support this.

@RandyWillcox 5 лет назад

Ain't nothin' gonna break-a my stride! Nobody gonna slow me down! Oh No! I got to keep on movin'! I have a lot of luck with cross picking, but I don't think it was deliberate. I found sweeping so difficult early on and loved Steve Morse and John Petrucci so much, I just gravitated towards picking. But it always needs practice and this is killer. And we all know tons of guys who can sweep like a mofo, but then they see someone like Morse crosspick some crazy shit...Tumeni Notes, anyone?...and they always lose their mind! "How does he do that?" So even though it has a speed limitation, it is a VERY highly regarded skill to possess and is worth pursuing! Nice work, Uncle Ben! And Glad you didn't snag the girl. I think we can all agree, Kate's better. 🙌🏻

@lukasgraesslin 5 лет назад

Crosspicking is one of the hardest things imho. It still baffles me that the Arpeggios from The Glass Prison (Dream Theater) were originally crosspicked. I think Martin Miller nailed it as well.

@canman87 5 лет назад

I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure Petrucci just used normal alternate picking on those arpeggios. I'd have to go back and watch him play it live to verify, so don't quote me on that, lol. Either way it's a monster of a section.

@lukasgraesslin 5 лет назад

@@canman87 Well I mean alternate picking one note per string arpeggios is crosspicking? Or is my mind broken?

@mihneazoican2479 5 лет назад

He recorded it with alternate picking, but live he plays it mainly with sweep picking. It sounds great either way

@FraGulSFaceMelter 5 лет назад

The squeal at the end between 14:00 and 14:15 and the following statement about classical music lovin´ chicks !! I LUV U UNCLE BEN ^^ U COMPLETE ME^^

@bardiabahri2860 5 лет назад

thanks uncle Ben.....it was a great wankshop!!!

@megnadh 5 лет назад

Uncle Ben, why can we not use first finger to fret F# and B notes instead of pinky, but as you said, I will have a big position shift, but I find it easier than pinky roll, guess I will stick to using first finger.. but as always, thanks for the cool lesson, practicing this instead of being at work, lol !!

@nickbensema3045 5 лет назад

I know this song from the Atari 400 game Protector II.

@attikuz 4 года назад

This song reminds me to War Eternal by Arch Enemy.

@roncoleman2535 2 года назад

cool 5:25

@RodrigoCFD 5 лет назад

Hey Ben, you seem to prefer the Suhr for more difficult stuff lately... please explain what you like about it (and what you don't).

@BenEller 5 лет назад

Rodrigo my modern satin is my favorite guitar on earth. The only thing I don’t like about it is that there’s nothing to modify!

@BringerOfBloood 5 лет назад

I'm playing this on my guitar in D, so I had to find a way for the part at 9:29 and I did: I play the first note (3 on B string, which is 5 on B string for me) with my middle finger and then instead of the open string that note with the ring finger on the G string (4 in E-tuning, 6 in my tuning) and then I play the 3 on B (5 on B) with my index finger. It's not too hard to do actually and from there you can go on as before. If you are cool you can then also instead of rolling down your pinky to the 7 (9) on E just jump there with your index finger. It's a bit hard to bring to speed though. Yet another option is to just play those first three notes with middle, ring, middle finger and then quickly shift to play the 7 on B with your middle finger as well. Again it's not super easy to bring to speed, but it's actually quite comfortable to the left hand IMO. You also have the choice to then roll down the middle finger, or just use the index finger, which is also quite comfy.

@lukather1 5 лет назад

Hey Ben why haven’t you shown us your axefx3 ?

@mohitrahaman 5 лет назад

Periphery's Marigold is this

@dan082476 5 лет назад

I got a cool guitar solo for you to try. I think its an amazing solo, but that is just me. The solo for Holy Libations by Tribulation.

@wyzyguy726 5 лет назад

Great lesson... turns out I have become a 2 way pickslanter without really thinking about it too much.. so kind of a faker cross picker. When I get stuck in a line I will go and figure out why.....do you have a plan to compare the Kemper to the Axe Fx III as a video. I have an Axe Fx II and am torn between doing nothing, getting the Kemper or an Axe Fx III... so in the mean time I bought a used Katana 100 combo that I am kinda digging.. It is not the AXFXII but it is cool as its own thing.

@eh2643 5 лет назад

I'm from East Tn, and you sound like half of the people I know. Any chance you're from around here?

@BenEller 5 лет назад

E H hell yes I am, good ear!!! Knoxville Tennessee!

@eh2643 5 лет назад

@@BenEller Nice! I'm from Kingsport, so not too far away.

@UltraViolence74989 5 лет назад

@@BenEller I lived on county line road between Sevier co. and Jefferson co. for a few years. I still go back once or twice a year. Gonna have to try to take in a Skankbanger show next time. Maybe Davey Stranger will throw me a pick or a bra!

@TheTSOFanatic 5 лет назад

Great lesson Uncle Ben. Is the Fractal patch something standard, or your creation?

@BenEller 5 лет назад

TheTSOFanatic I think it was one of those stock Petrucci patches again, if I recall!

@knoxyououtdotcom 5 лет назад

Ben, how early on in my guitar playing career should I be using exercises like this?

@BenEller 5 лет назад

Ianforcements eh, if you’re really new to the guitar, just focus on the REALLY important stuff: meat and potatoes rhythm playing and chords! That’s 90% of all music right there, so dig in.

@rasmuslaurberghansen8484 5 лет назад

Sounds like Symphony X's Damnation Game (intro part) I think that is also a Bach pierce - is it the same or a different one?

@grip4804 5 лет назад

Its basically the same piece, just in a different key! Love that song btw!

@Xiatar 5 лет назад

@@grip4804 Yep, here is how he plays it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-54eZyO3cdGg.html

@DarthWinterMadness 5 лет назад

That's what I immediately thought when he started to play the lick. Symphony X for the win! Cheers from France! 🍻

@KaijuAlert 5 лет назад

Hey Ben, is the thrashy song that plays over the 16 bit animation at the start of the video a full song of yours? If yes, where can I hear the full thing? It's rad!

@BenEller 5 лет назад

Mastodon2 Music that’s an aaaaaancient part of a song from my first band!

@siddharthghosh3963 5 лет назад

0:10 that face tho

@robdobble6672 5 лет назад

Ben where is “stuff tool does” Ben we need it ben

@dusty3913 5 лет назад

If there's 2 things that'll get you the chicks every time, it's Rush @ high volume (especially Carress of Steel) and X-pickin'.

@Take-the-Ticket 5 лет назад

I'm going to write a book. On the cover will be a very powerful Fabio holding from behind an extremely fetching Susan Sarandon. The story will involve invading ships, probably some Spartans too. In the end they will find their love sanctioned by the harmonic scale and then Fabio will hold Susan even more confidently. The end.

@BenEller 5 лет назад

Grave Protocol just let me know where I can reserve my copy, I’m WAY on board.

@tom434911 5 лет назад

Hey Ben, correct me if I'm wrong - based on these chords the piece is loosely in the key of D, using the B harmonic minor scale. If it was just straight Bm, then the F#7 would be an F#m7. Right?

@BenEller 5 лет назад

Tom4349 I can see what you mean, and I know a lot of people that think of minor songs as being in their relative major key. Tomato tomahto! F#m7 would be in-key diatonically, yes. But any V-I cadence is improved when you make the V a dominant chord. This is used aaaaaall the time in classical music in the form of Major V-I’s (F#7 to BM) and minor v-i’s (F#7-Bm).

@hanswurst61245 4 года назад

I don't think Ben's explanation of crosspicking is entirely correct. What he describes is two-way pickslaning after every note, but I don't believe that this is actually what he is doing. What he does is clearing the string after an upstroke because of his downward pickslant (as he describes) but then clearing the string on the downstroke because of the wrist extension (so basically half a stringhop). All without changing the direction of the pickslant.

@curtisreid9100 3 года назад

MASTER Crosspicking. The technique he is describing is a simple alternate picking ala Mr. Morse. This would be better referred to as efficiency technique (which is what I strive to teach all of my students) Whilst every teacher of guitar technique has a different idea of cross picking this video does not explain what cross picking is. I do like the physics of picking mechanics / technique taught here but that is not what cross picking is. That is simply physics. The term cross picking is based on a sixteenth note rhythm (or beyond) so if the SOLFEGGIETTO music is written in 16ths then this is indeed cross picking. It has nothing to do with crossing strings or physical technique. It has to do with playing an opposite stroke on what would normally be a down or an up stroke. Sixteenth notes are the first real rhythmic cross picking pattern for plectrum studies as the grouping of notes is a natural inherit crossed pick motion i.e; the second down stroke is played down where it would normally be an up. You can cross pick on eighth notes but there is no natural musical reason why. The player is just playing all down strokes just because (usually a good rock tone!) There is a different school of thought on cross picking and that would be the Stanley Brothers / early bluegrass style which really is a morph on pick direction for ease and I generally don't teach this. More like sweep technique. In bluegrass! Just my 2 cents from 35+ years of teaching music privately.

@iganpparamarta8813 5 лет назад

Glass Prison!

@IcanWinBig 5 лет назад

Hello Uncle Ben🤨 Love your show here you do and absolutely love that guitar 👈 you are holding. I don’t recognize the name but familiar. Thanks Uncle Ben👊 Please tell me / us about it👏 💣👈🎸💕

@BenEller 5 лет назад

Daniel Rota Suhr Modern Satin. Gear details are always in the video descriptions, too.

@spoonika3386 5 лет назад

prince bambi lesson pls

@jackk9366 5 лет назад

I'll still go out with you Ben UwU

@thegrinchinamaskholdingagu968 5 лет назад

I don't understand why someone would alternate pick when they could use economy picking. Could anyone help me out?

@97stratocaster21 5 лет назад

I wish I could give you an answer that makes sense. I'm aware of how efficient economy picking is, but I'm much more comfortable with alternate picking. It feels much more natural to me, most likely because I have a couple decades put into alternate picking.

@thegrinchinamaskholdingagu968 5 лет назад

Thanks. I actually feel the exact opposite way. It feels weird trying to remember if I should upstroke or downstroke based on whatever is next in the pattern. I find it way easier to think to the next string I'm travelling to, and base my up or down off that.

@autobotsNdecepticons 5 лет назад

Assuming you mean by economy picking that you alternate up and down strokes until switching strings, then maintain the same direction stroke for each string cross... I've found it's easier to maintain a consistent rhythm using alternate picking because your pace never changes. If you do two ups or two downs in a row, suddenly you're interrupting your constant rhythm and you have to change the way you're keeping time and striking the string vs earlier. It's basically mixing sweep technique with alternate picking technique instead of just using one or the other. I never found it felt natural to do that all the time, though it can help sometimes. Whatever the case, three different guitarists could play the same thing three different ways and sound equally good, so there's no single right approach.

@thegrinchinamaskholdingagu968 5 лет назад

@@autobotsNdecepticons That's what I mean. You worded it very well, and I'll have to consider the consitamt rythm thing a lot more. Thanks!

@fromthistexasbreath 5 лет назад

Tonally I think economy picking sounds smoother, and alternate picking has more attack. I'm more of an economy picker, but sometimes I just want a section to sound more aggressive, and I find that alternate picking gets me there. Although most of us tend to fall into either camp, it's always good to be proficient enough in both to use them as aesthetic choices too.

@Ouvii 5 лет назад

Lol, the version for guitar is like stepdad speed compared to the 5 year olds showing-off with this on piano

@BenEller 5 лет назад

Overkillius for real, it’s RUTHLESS!

@diezmon 5 лет назад

Is that a hair thingy on your headstock? Tell me. I must know!

@BenEller 5 лет назад

diezmon it’s a hair tie. I never use it on the actual fretboard, it just keeps any sympathetic ringing from happening after the nut.

@rocksteady5200 5 лет назад

How the heck are you so good at playing? You play with such ease. As far as I know you are self taught? If so, you must of really practiced your ass off intensely for years and years. What am I missing here? Seems like you were taught very strictly by some master guitar player.

@BenEller 5 лет назад

E. C. Haha thank you man! I took lessons from a great player named Benjamin Franklin for a while, and music has been my living for like 15 years or something now.

@LetzBeaFranque 5 лет назад

How do you handle the sting muting with cross picking? I thought I was a biological stepdad but I wasn't.

@JeEhaO 5 лет назад

Ben, can you sell me some guitar skills?

@ChewyToeNails 5 лет назад

I think it's actually pronounced "Telepathetic"?

@geetarzzzz 5 лет назад

yro

@EzraClaverie 4 года назад

"Yahweh Mousemeat"

@justinfuzzyhat 5 лет назад

Please give me a Stuff Tool Does daddy

@davidpaul6656 5 лет назад

Crosspicking!? You mean alternate picking!?

@BenEller 5 лет назад

David LaValley cross picking is technically alternate picking, we usually reserve that term when it’s single notes on every string being alternate picked as opposed to swept.