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After my play lay-off I need a few more simple picking exercises to get me going again.
Currently I'm using
2-4-5-2-4-5 etc as triplets
2-4-5-4-2-4-5-4 as 1/8 and 1/16 notes
and some simple pentatonic ascending and descending runs
IE
15-12-15*-12-14*-12-14* etc changing strings at the asterix's.
I'm not looking for complex fretting, more just to focus on my picking hand.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
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@ChrisMusic yeah, my picking hand is usually on top of the steering wheel, going (hopefully) in time with the picking on the CD that's playing.
It's more that I need a few simple exercises to focus on my right (picking) hand, as this seems to have lost it's way.
@Clarky thanks for the suggestion, I'll be using them more in the future, I'm trying to focus on one hand at a time.
I'll be working with a metronome to keep my picking accurate, and (hopefully) make things a bit (lot) tighter.
Once this is up to speed (no pun intended), then I'll be looking at other techniques (legato, tapping etc).
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Close your eyes and concentrate on the feel. Specifically on finding any tension when picking (or any technique). Then eliminate it, or it will eliminate your ability to progress.
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Thanks Tigger, I really need to practise regularly, work and health issues have kind of taken over, and I'm trying to get my picking back to speed.
I shall get my picking sorted first, then work on other techniques.
After the surgery I'm not back up to full strength in my shoulder quite. So it's half-hour to 45 mins at the most per day.
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my personal lil' take on this is... I've never been a fan of those chromatic picking exercises for a few reasons.. one being that they leave me a feeling a bit cold.. another being that I very rarely play 4 notes per string, so they don't help with the string transitions and the feel for the placement of the strong beats in the count when playing 1/8 or 1/16notes, 3 notes per string.. they also don't help with the transitions between scale patterns..
this is why I practice G major [3nps] and Gmaj pentatonic [2nps], in all positions, from the 3rd fret, up to the octave and back down.. I'll practice these two fingering templates alternate picked, non-alternate picked and legato, in simple time and triplets to a click..
the benefits are: you get to hear the tonality so it's good for aural perception, you're picking a lot of notes a lot of different ways so it's a nice picking exercise, it's great for nailing the fingerings within each pattern and for working on the transitions between them [in both directions - from above and below].. and most of all, these are patterns that I use in real playing, so they have real application that will fit with a majority of my playing..
@Clarky I'm in agreement, though I do use chromatics as a finger loosener/warm up, at a very slow tempo.
Ie
frets 5-6 from string 6-1 then back. Using finger 1 & 2
Frets 6-7 from string 6-1 then back etc Using fingers 2&3 etc.
so each finger gets an equal amount of playing. This is done at 50 or 60 BPM, only changing on the click (that slow).
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)