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Hi guys, i thought this would be the greatest place to ask, i have been for some time trying to get faster and better with picking but I feel limited sometimes with the slanting. it has done me great but I was a bit in doubt when i see other players who are even faster than people like Michael Angelo Batio who don’t seem to use it. I am frustrated because i am trying to learn songs that when speed hold me back.
I am learning all songs from the ‘Heavy Balance’ record by guitarist Tramaine who in his videos does not seem to use this technique and plays very very fast. even up to 220 bpm, and it is hard when even after weeks of no progress, am i doing something wrong? I hope people will be able to help, thank you and I hope my english is ok!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E__a61lfceU&t=215s
At the moment I'm looking for:
* Hamer Watson, SS2, Vintage S, T62.
* Music Man Luke 1, Luke II
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Ben Higgins is a great resource as alluded to above.
There are a couple of points I would make that may help;
1. Realise that you have to start simple and build up. By this I mean that there is absolutely no point whatsoever practising a skill (say picking across strings) if you cannot tremolo pick on one string with consistency, accuracy, dynamics and equally (starting on either an down or upstroke). Picking is a 'set' of skills and hence you have to break it down somewhat before you can build it up.
2. Everyone's physiology is different but there are some generic things that you should at least think about. Thicker pick, holding near the tip, economy of movement, pick slant, rotating at the wrist. If you watch any of Troy Grady's stuff you'll see lots of unique things but some stuff/principles that are somewhat common. Try and think logically about this because when you do you realise why stuff works better/quicker than others. Rotating at the wrist is a classic. I've seen people develop great tremolo speed and then find that they are hopeless when they come to cross strings. They've often developed a planar motion that means they struggle to get the pick out of the way when they come to cross.. makes sense when you look at the physical motion/requirements. Wrist rotation solves this problem inherently if your not going the economy picking route and for other techniques that may be important to you.
3. Learn to experiment. I know we all want to make progress but sometimes you've just got to re-evaluate and try something different. If that means completely changing your picking motion/hand/pick position you've just got to be prepared to do it. You might be surprised at how little time it takes to get back to where you were and beyond and if you waste some time and it doesn't work out at least you can move on.
4. Try and pick movements that are absolutely repeatable. If you're constantly changing your picking hand position up and down the guitar for example then getting nanometer accuracy is going to be challenging! Again you need to think before you do...
There is no special magic in this and anyone can learn to pick faster and with greater accuracy. You just have to want to do it badly enough, be sensible/analytical in your approach and never give up!
Si
Ooh, he does some interesting stuff! I'd not run across him before, I quite liked some of the tunes/licks I watched. \m/ 8)
I'd encourage you to answer your own question about pick slanting/angling/edge picking/whatever by exploring Troy Grady's Cracking The Code stuff. There's so much of it to trawl, including his own forum, that you might not even need to pay for his premium content to access what you want to know and progress as you wish.
Oh, and your English is just fine.
Just hit the ball as hard and fast as you can........don't worry about getting it in the court .....we'll worry about refining it later
Once he could hit very hard and with immense topspin his coach gradually tamed the style and refined the technique until 9 out of 10 balls stayed in court but the power was all there ..........he was unstoppable and changed the game.
It's the same approach.....
Go mental ,get the speed then worry about refining the technique .
Paul Gilbert is the obvious example, and he's relaxed as anything. If Paul plays something slowly, his pick will travel quite a distance from the strings. You need to focus on staying relaxed; the movement will refine itself at high speeds. It doesn't need to be a small movement at slow speeds. You don't run the same way you walk. Martin Goulding is good on this stuff.
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