Ultimate String Skipping Lesson - Josh Middleton 

*throws guitar into lake*

Marty Friedman says it's boring tho widley widley no feeling .

@@James-hh1lq yeah there is a feeling. the need to fuckin headbang

Funniest comment of all time 😂🤣😂🤣

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Unfortunately, all string skipping licks sound the same.

@@HunnysPlaylists it’s not so much about string skipping as it is about what you play with it and surrounding it. All techniques are just that. It’s what you play around it and the feeling you put into it

@@jasonstallworth all sweeps sound the same.

@@HunnysPlaylists All bends sound the same. All strumming sounds the same. All scale sequences sound the same. All chords sound the same. Context doesn't matter and all techniques are only meant to stand on their own. I am really smart huehuehue.

@@JonnyCrackers That's completely false. Bending and strumming are techniques.

Holy shit...I just realised who you are! One of the first gigs I ever went to was one of yours! I saw Sylosis at the Waterside in Newbury about 14 years ago, and loved your crazy lead note choices.

if you play like few years every day this thing wont be hard for you to learn

Because he’s Josh and he does what he wants and he goes where he wants. Seriously though, I think for diminished it creates and builds up tension when you ascend like that and not return which it pretty awesome in sound. You don’t have to do it though, do what you want and mess around with it

You have to play guitar at a strap length that is COMFORTABLE for you.....not cool but COMFORTABLE.Example if your arms & fingers are long you might go with a lower slung guitar,shorter arms higher strung guitar.Work things out slow & do physical excersise

Damon Stewart Beleive me I have pretty solid technique and anything to do with human ergonomics I have always been careful to look at. I always warm up with stretches and 5 minutes slow playing before I start anything strenuous. And I always play at a comfortable height

Matt Hughes Reposition your wrist Stretch your fingers individually Practice Slowly You can see, too, in the video that Josh comes away from his position on the D (First finger, seventh fret, G string) as he is fretting the next note F three frets higher with his second finger. Josh has big hands, but I'm sure a three fret stretch like that is at least a little taxing on even him. Allowing yourself to lose that anchor on the first finger may be what you're needing You could always switch out your neck for a smaller scale length, or buy a different guitar as an absolute last resort

Thank you Jake, I will try that!

My hands are on the smaller side and when I first started playing guitar there was no way I could make that stretch. Over time my hands adapted and yours will eventually do the same. When I make a fist with both hands and then hold out my thumb and pinky fingers, my left hand's fingers can stretch A LOT further than my right. It just takes time for your fingers to "learn" how.

+Greg Melita if you're not listening open notes then he is mutting :>

I think he is more of a legato guy. And damn good at it.

@Doogerio Houser Glad you called that out. His alternate picking is unreal.

boneous1 I don't know if you already figured it out, but I can help you: these shapes are not based on the diminished arpeggios/chords but on the diminished scale. It's an eight sounds scale based on an intervals sequence of 1 semitone followed by 1 tone (ex: C - Db - Eb - E - F# - G - A - Bb) or vice versa (ex: C - D - Eb - F - Gb - Ab - A - B): you see minor 2nd and major 3rd intervals due to the symmetric nature of the scale, which allows to extract from it many different harmonic structures that can be repeated on different degrees of the scale. For example, C - Db - E and Eb - E - G have the same intervals between their notes, Db - Eb - F# and E - F# - A do as well, etc. It may seems complicated, but if you play these scales on a guitar you'll see repeating shapes that make them very easy to visualize on the fretboard.

Diminished are a minor3rd i tervals. The scale.has 4 notes. And that shape he does usee 4 of them and 2 octaves. Then he goes up 3 frets(up a minor 3rd degree) and repeats

Use your eyes and ears

I commented on this video and put a separate imgur link that contained a snapshot of each tab from my guitarpro file if you want to look for it. Or you can go to the tab I submitted to Ultimate-Guitar tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/josh_middleton/ultimate_string_skipping_lesson_guitar_pro_2814329 When I uploaded it to UG some of the tapping notation got left out, so the imgur links in my other comment will be easier to read. I know your comment was from a long time ago, but I hope this helps!

practice. practice. practice. metronome. play slow. slower than you think you need to

+Soul of Cinder cheers, but what i mean is I can't stretch my fingers that far. I can play fast shred but I cant stretch across so many frets, is there anyway to be able to?

One thing you could try if you don't already. Hold the guitar in the classical position. Like how you would have to hold a V shaped guitar. I find it much more comfortable that way and easier to stretch. Other than that, no. There's no easy way or cheat to get there. You just have to make it happen

+Soul of Cinder cheers for the help, i sometimes put my guitar that way for sweeping and you're right it does help. I'll try it for this too, probably genetically my fingers just wont span that far. I broke my pinky last year and it never healed properly so that doesn't help. Whats the shortest scale guitar? Ive got a gibson les paul which is pretty short, anything out there even shorter?

I believe the new Wylde Audio guitars are the shortest scale length I've seen at 24.6 inches. I too have the same problem, short fingers. I'm Also playing a 7 string so it's even more difficult lol. Another thing that could help I just thought of. You mentioned a Les Paul. The majority of LPs Jane thick chunky necks. A thinner profile such as a Jackson, Ibanez, or Schecter could help you out. Happy shredding!

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Samuel Abela nah, this guy is up there with any legend easily in terms of skill and talent

Use your eyes and ears.

Who cares? Whichever way you slice it, this was really educational, useful, and it takes a joyless bellend like yourself to be find any fault.

you always talk sh*t like that or is it just an internet thing?get a grip,no need to well up.

To show he knows what he's talking about and what you can do with the technique