Paul Gilbert Right Hand Warm Up Exercise

[MrVenomation]

I know my most effective right hand warm up exercise...

[TheWhiskeyfirst]

yep, it's efficient (not surprisingly..)

Great, another exercise to put in my practice schedule!

[mrcancan18]

i jus started playn 3days ago my fingers dont like to cooperate witth each other lol

[TheKyleplaysguitar]

"open if you need to... scratch your head". Lmao.

[dhtmlkitchen]

How is the picking pattern applied to playing? When I try and play top 3 strings descending arpeggio, I tend to want to hit a downstroke first. Is this wrong? I can try to apply this pattern to my playing -- should I play this way instead?

[mitchellvanvliet]

Lol he wrote viking kong from a right hand excercize then?

[Brentypooz]

Paul stroke's to walm up his right hand :S

[AcidulousBandpage]

"i use it at every show, every clinic, every time i need to warm up my right hand". lol

[gelolikespie21]

1:25 melody for grenade by bruno mars

[hydeizta]

i watch this video every morning, every time i want to play my guitar :D

[lago4]

he makes it look so easy!

[jakelights]

Wow! Really effective

[jazzey69]

Yes ! up up down then down down up alternate this for better picking all over the fretboard ! Then the left hand warm up with a tonic scale or some chromatic scale or modes.

Use each finger on the first 4 frets like open string then 1234 frets on all 6 strings.Then backwards,now both hands should be all warmed up and ready to make music.Peace and love to all :-)

[dcdeal001]

magical.

[DanielPowell357]

Open if you need to uhhh... scratch your head...

[Strummify]

this warm-up is way harder than it seems...

[juanesborgir]

you were just wrming up and U did an awesome tune right there that A NEW LEVEL OF AWESOMENESS!

[CoolKwstas123]

im pretty sure now that Paul in every video says "3 notes" xD

[cockfost3r]

lol this "warm up" sounds like a proper tune.."yeaah, just added a few tones to keep my ear entertained during the warm up, called in a drumer and a bass player and here I am selling my millionth record" :D

[KickYourAssTomorrow]

I did this warmup before a show and it had to get canceled cause i was too tired

[Derekthecoolkid]

I need a warmup to do before this warmup..

[NickoTheGuitarist]

I love how relaxed Paul is.

[DJParkesie959II]

Sounds like Viking Kong in some areas.

[Neltheros]

the smartest and funniest comments of utube r gathered in Paul Gilbert videos

[crazyguitardude666]

i swear paul gilbert ages backwards

[zomgitzakitteh]

so many sexual phrases

"warm up my right hand" "g string" "i can feel it burn already" "gotta get the right strokes" "it takes more muscle to do this motion" "use my other fingers" ill do it a long time" "find more extentions" "it takes alot of control" "do it louder" "now your right hand is magicaly warmed up" XD

[jacksonbaker94]

I don't know if I should his exercises for warm ups or make my own songs.

[TheIttoHimself]

viking kong :)

[cdsdesempre]

That's not a warm up exercise! This is KISS's Rock Bottom intro!

Seriously, that helped a lot my picking

[lloyd8157]

this is nice. Thanks

[shredftw]

This actually worked!

[futuretroriginal]

ow! it burns!

[Emceetem]

That actually helped a whole shit load of alot.

Like a WHOLE SHIT LOAD.

;)

[schecter707]

most amazing fucking god like riff at 0:11

[zedchuva]

A little KISS going on there eh?

[MariosGuy]

wow i heard this and i said to myself " pleeaasse dont be the intro to viking kong... "

and what do you know.....

this is SO HARD for me to play and to actually keep it going...but thats why its good :P

[Milesbakerforguitar]

1:43 is the same notes as the classical guitar song spanish romance

[MattyQStudios]

@Milesbakerforguitar viking kong :)

[guitarman801]

viking kong:) 

[jackassguyman]

wow thtats sound like a delay effect

[UnpredictablyRandom]

1:40 Viking Kong

[produccionesmiranejo]

he just made a song out of an exercise

everything he plays sound frigging good

[AntoRPG]

scratch your head xD

[BillyBobJoe7478]

i like how got up that morning and was like "oh I gonna be on camera mmmm NOPE not taking a shower"

[sAihLenCer]

ahaha i agree beautifulmurder.. lol ^^

[justin7031]

he looks a lot like dane cook lol

[wishing4nate]

@justin7031 Although there is a vague similarity, he is infinitely more badass in every way. They both my be comparable with each other at guitar, but Paul Gilbert is much funnier than Dane Cook.

[justin7031]

@wishing4nate agreed, Dane Cook sucks lol

[AMADEUS1965JAN]

I like you, Paul.

You are my master.

[loki8lelouch7]

lmfao you can let go and scratch ur head XD ( which head is he talkin about ;D )

[AirHendrix91]

He looks really tired. Poor Paul's the man though.

[rgt4all]

he needs a robot girlfriend to match with his handxD

[seyyjJ]

haha gtacman388 =D

[jamba751]

his playing reflects his personality . ultra cool

[metalhead326]

its amazing how he makes what probably is a 99$ 15 watt solid state amp sound like a 1960 marshall plexi head! long live the Gilberto

[McFro95]

he wrote a song just for warming up?!

fakin nora!!!!!!!

[Yesterdayss]

If Paul had this on one of his cd's, we'd all think it once again is a killer song

[AssMunch36]

its pretty much "viking kong" by racer x, and it is a killer song

[Gibsonrocker89]

I've got a right hand exercise for ya hehehehe

[bassist4lif31]

@Gibsonrocker89 ROFL

[dirtydonki]

Wank

[TheInvalidChronicles]

what about your left hand? XD

[xBeautifulxMurderx]

lol.."my ear gets easily bored if i play the same notes over and over again" xD Only a pro would say that.

[TMVowns]

@xBeautifulxMurderx really? because i say that all the time lol

[etnomlebinad]

@xBeautifulxMurderx

Totally agree xD

[ImAFlyingWhale]

@xBeautifulxMurderx by your logic, im pro. but im not in reality. your logic is flawed.

[laili67]

I need him for a teacher.

[Xalodite]

Viking Kong!

[lambosnicko]

effortless lol

[MrORLY]

@moosy7 No it isn't. Knights of Cydonia starts with an E Power Chord.

[ComanderDailey]

I love that!

[slashy04]

sounds like viking kong

[XRedthornX]

"I do it for a long time, Like 2 minutes"

[thebonedance]

lol,srsly

[mergim100]

@XRedthornX yeah, but its kind of hard to do that constantly in 2 minutes.

[stilgottheblues]

He has solved my problem.

yahooooooo........

[gtacman388]

i know a way to warm up your right hand XD

[icyha0]

wank?

[Aquaboy99]

you're dirty! :-D

[kyleChall]

Just dont ware it out before you start playing,

or make a mess that takes soo long to clean up its no longer warm.

[OnlyByFishStandards]

that's what she said

[DANGILBERT03]

i need both hands men

[calastiur]

@gtacman388

Hahaha, good one!

[DennChooch]

@gtacman388 too bad i'm left handed lol

[Milesbakerforguitar]

@DennChooch me too haha

[mycurse333]

@gtacman388 lol dude you know her too!!! stacie sure does have a nice crotch glove to keep the ole hand warm lol

[gnrcr]

@gtacman388 Warming up man, not tiring it !

[FinalFantasyCenter]

@gtacman388 Lmfao you dirty little man xD

[gelolikespie21]

@FinalFantasyCenter plus those 269 people who thumbed it up. wait i was one of those.

[FinalFantasyCenter]

@gelolikespie21 Well i did thumb up his comment too :P

[taitorell]

I can feel this excercise works on the right hand/arm muscles ... but what I found a little bit iritating in the first place is that I thought Paul would not teach one to not alternate the picking strokes ...

[Teutonic1250]

his technique is sooooo cool...

[OnlyByFishStandards]

that's what she said

[bones1343]

lol, scratch ur head XD, but changing the volume was cool.. it's a great exercise

[leonardzs]

what's up with the cheesy punk rock beggining? haha

[ducky811]

I love his guitars. If I didn't love my Washburn MGs more than anything, I'd buy one. I have a white one that loks alot like his guitar here and a dark sunburst one that looks like his new PGM 401. Paul is just a masterful player.

[loewen23]

paul is such a cool guy.

[musicguitar]

dang, i've never seen Paul so thin! i hope he's alright..

[davidank]

When I seen him years ago at a guitar clinic, when he came out, I immediately was struck at how thin he was. He is really thin in person. He's awesome though!!

[paulogilbertonoipino]

hi all...i think u can try this moves on MR big's song called ain't seen love like that ...... its same with PG moves here... good luck...

[Wrathchild166]

damn even the "simple" things he plays are so damn sick

[noraMaiden]

paul is anorexic?

[TokyoSin]

VIKING KONG!!

[Kaoji]

thats opinion, just like how in my opinion- you're wrong

[stratthead]

listen to that tone Kaoji. He's a shredder but always has that plinky tone. Use your ears.

[espChris93]

its a lesson hes not drowned in effects and distortion so we can cleary hear everything hes doing. remember hes not soloing or playing live this is only a lesson ive seen him live and at guitar clinics and his tone is superb.

[GooberNS]

Get his newest album, silence followed by a deafening roar and you'll hear tone. Its unbelievable how his tone has progressed through the years, he always said he is on the endless search for tone, well I think he's nailed it with his new album.

The tone you are hearing in this vid, and MOST youtube vids, he has his vol/tone knob turned down, so you can hear each note clearly. As the other guy said, this is a lesson.

[lordtkn]

I thought that the PGM guitars doesn't have a tone knob

[GooberNS]

The one knob he has is a tone/volume knob. Lowering it both lowers the volume and the tone, changing the sound from overdrive to clean without changing channels, or a foot switch.

[lordtkn]

:O!

I didn't knew that :P

thx

[Nofuture91]

am i the only one that has a lot of trouble with this?

[espChris93]

no im usually pretty good with my right hand but this one really made me practice and its a great warm-up it really works

[mindwalkr]

You're not alone in there mate... it's hard to do it with the right strokes

[baozakerga]

this is now one of my main warm-ups

[megaladon73]

Reminds me more of the acoustic intro of Rock Bottom by KISS...

[bongolow07]

I want Paul's spider fingers... i'm really jealous.

[tmh1717]

sounds like kiss "black diamond" intro

[innhoster]

I honestly don't think he tried to rip off Viking Kong.

He is just showing a warm up exercise. I tried it immediately after watching this and it is pretty great.

Gilbert knows best :P

[Musicmanstngry]

I mean its a rip off cause he is using viking kong in one part.. I didn't mean it as like downing him or dissing him in anyway.

[MetalForMyDeath]

dude he's a demon, he warms up like that, some bands would put that on an EP if only they could play that well

[RacerXSuperhero]

Yeah pretty much Viking Kong haha!

[Musicmanstngry]

He is playing a rip off Viking Kong on that one part

[SantomPh]

it's his song, so how is that a rip off?

[aznjelly]

haha that "Open and scratch your head" part made my day

:)

[trollfeast]

yea :D:D:DDD

[Rezic]

Paul Gilbert always seems to somehow fit just enough humor into his videos. He constantly says "Listen with your Ears" in his SFBADR instructional DVD. I laugh every time.

[ollybayliss]

i right hand warm up for something else

[NCoZzi]

for masturbation?????

[trollfeast]

lololololololol:D

[SamiJam]

Hahaha "Open and scratch your head!" :D