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episode 1...."get down for the upstroke"
at 2:40 there is a wee animated diagram explaining downward pick slanting......anyone know if there is a similar animation for the UPWARD pick slanting technique?
http://troygrady.com/code-s2/
Some players pick like this most of the time according to Mr Grady (Vinnie Moore springs to mind). Most downward pick slanters that sweep, will switch to an upward pick slant so there is less resistance as they sweep in the upward direction.
Hope this helps.
Dan.....Dan.......
where I get concussed confused is .....take the downward slant thing...if the guitar was flat on your lap say, and you played the downward slanty thing, the tip of the pick in the upwards stroke motion would be heading towards the ceiling, yeah?
Not towards the ceiling so much, just away from the body of the guitar. I just drew this lets see if it will work.
This is looking from the head-stock down the neck (of a right handed guitar). The red thing is obviously a Jazz III.
I've been playing a long time and have used almost no upward pick slanting. I'm checking it out at the moment just to see what I can get out of it. All new techniques open up new licks and ideas, so I'll see how it goes.
The diagram above is just for you to be able to visualise the direction of the pick travel. It's not that perfect in reality. In the image above the pick is contacting the string parallel with it. Most players will put a slight turn on the pick so that one edge of it contacts the string first (on a down stroke, the edge nearest the headstock for me. The egde nearest the bridge for Clarky.).
So there is no one way of doing things. Just try them out and see what works for you.
Dan...Dan....
thanks for that Bro.....one other question for you.
I watched the rotation mechanics clip and he was on about the forearm rotation motion when doing these pickin' techniques and what threw me was the direction of the arm/hand....he says when using an upstroke on the guitar the hand rotates AWAY from the face of the guitar and the opposite for the downstroke......this is kinda the reverse of a general strumming/rhythm technique, yeah?
There is a difference between which parts of the arm/wrist players use to pick.
Some use a side to side motion of the hand by moving at the wrist. Others pick by using a rotation of the forearm. I am in the latter camp. There is a definite turning motion to the hand that you can see in some of Troy Grady's slo-mo clips of players that do this.
As far as I can see, I adjust at the elbow to move up or down when changing strings. I also use the elbow a little more when strumming, but the forearm rotation seems pretty much the same just slightly more exaggerated.
My strumming is quite compact compared to most busker type strummers who have to generate volume. They look to be using largely an elbow movement. I sometimes try to make it look like I'm putting a huge big effort of a strum when I play live, just for entertainment purposes. But really, the picking is quite precise and measured (I never break strings). My hand would probably not move more than 8" - 9" without the showboating!
Super in-depth interview with Grady here:
http://canebrakeandtortuga.com/canebrake-interview-Troy-Grady.html
Some pretty bizarre stuff in there, and a heavy academic slant, but great background.