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- Hand Synch IILEVEL 4A short etude designed to improve hand coordination. Medium difficulty.
- Picking Hand BasicsLEVEL 2Introduce yourself to alternate picking the easy way.
- Right Hand IILEVEL 4Whilst remaining within Alternate Picking, let's focus on hand sync.
- Right Hand ILEVEL 3Let's get into the right hand technique - Alternate Picking basics.
- Left Hand FocusLEVEL 4Includes left hand tips, legato basics, single string legato and a 5-minute workout.
- Metal RhythmLEVEL 5Let's focus on rhythm again, but this time we'll take a look at something faster.
- String CrossingLEVEL 4Let's polish our alternate picking technique by deep diving into string crossing.
- Right Hand Technique For ChordsLEVEL 1Essential right-hand techniques needed to play your first song: Strumming with Ups, Single String Picking and Fingerstyle
- Bending & VibratoLEVEL 1Covers the must-know basics and bulletproof Bending & Vibrato practicing.
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baskerville22nd June 2012Thanks Ben, very useful, as usual!
Ben Higgins14th June 2012Thanks for the lesson Ben!
However (far be it from me to "criticize") but wouldn't it be better to practice by first playing it clean. Distortion hides so many sins :0)
Well that is a good point. If a player is not too adept at controlling/muting unwanted notes etc and they also need to work on their hand synch then playing it clean might be a good thing to do
tuono13th June 2012
Thanks for the lesson Ben!
However (far be it from me to "criticize") but wouldn't it be better to practice by first playing it clean. Distortion hides so many sins :0)
Alex Feather5th June 2012Great lesson! I like it a lot!
Miltonex30th May 2012Thats exaclty that I need!!! Thank´s Ben, I´m gonna work on this lesson !!!
- df0838830th May 2012
Fantastic, Ben. Seems so basic it should never be overlooked, but I've certainly been guilty of being out of sync when practicing in an effort to play fast. Much needed lesson to keep us focused on a very important part of playing!! Thx!
Jim 
Sinisa Cekic28th May 2012Bravo & bravisimo !!!
ps:
nice T shirt
Piotr Kaczor25th May 2012Very melodic exercise, Ben! Useful for everyone!
- Ben Higgins25th May 2012
I'm really happy that you're finding this useful guys ! It was needed, I think
- COSIMO7625th May 2012
really cool!! I really needed that, also to practice some major scale licks..thanks!!
Patrik Berg24th May 2012JACKSON!!!!!!!!oh and nice lesson too
TreyDeschamp24th May 2012Awesome lesson! I can't wait to learn this one! There is such a wide ranger of movement in this one (or so it seems to me)! Awesome going!
Dieterle24th May 2012right into my bookmarks ... for a few in the future hehehe.....
- Ben Higgins24th May 2012I've got so many bookmarked lessons to work on already but this sounds like just the lesson I need. Because I suffer terribly from poor "brain-to-finger" syndrome! Thanks Ben!
Glad to be of service, Gary !
Blister24th May 2012I've got so many bookmarked lessons to work on already but this sounds like just the lesson I need. Because I suffer terribly from poor "brain-to-finger" syndrome! Thanks Ben!
- Ben Higgins24th May 2012I really like these foundation and exercise based lessons you do Ben. You make it look so infuriatingly easy
Is that a new guitar btw?
Glad you like it. It's a Jackson Performer series and it was my 2nd guitar so I've had it for many years 
St Anger24th May 2012Super, Ben !
Cosmin Lupu24th May 2012Very useful concept and great playing as usual mate!
Couldn't help noticing the Reckoning T shirt 
moleman24th May 2012I really like these foundation and exercise based lessons you do Ben. You make it look so infuriatingly easy
Is that a new guitar btw?
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Hi Guys, welcome to my lesson dedicated to hand synchronisation. It is crucial that we have good co ordination between our fretting hand and our picking hand otherwise we will run the risk of always sounding sloppy and out of control.
What is bad hand synchronisation? Well, let's pretend that your finger frets a note but you pick it a little bit late, so the note effectively sounds twice but really close together. It can ruin any phrase so let's grab our tools and tighten up those screws!
This lesson uses alternate picking throughout and I really want you to concentrate on your finger landing on the notes at the same time you pick the strings. There's no magic formula for this apart from just doing it, again and again. Experience is the only real thing that will improve your hand synchronisation but the amount of time and experience will vary according to how much you focus on actually trying to improve this aspect.
Good hand synchronisation will be needed whatever type of pattern or phrase we play so I've added together some different picking patterns to keep you focused and so you don't just get used to one type of movement.
As always, give yourself time to get it right. Take it slow and really, really listen to what you're doing. Do some of the notes sound blurred because your finger and pick aren't working at the same time ? Time to iron out the creases - let's go !
Ben
Tempo: 75
Gear: Marshall JVM 410H
Key: G Major
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