QUOTE (Alex87 @ May 18 2008, 12:33 PM)
Hi Daniel, sorry for the slow reply.
Its mostly timing that's the problem, when doing alternate picking. ofcourse its easier to follow a metronome at slower tempo but in general it can be hard to keep it up when i for example practice a pentatonic scale up and down maybe 10 times in a row. but i think you are right about letting your muscles relax a bit, because it helped already.
Sounds like your on the right track Alex,
This is a typical problem when starting out because you are training your fingers to do what you want them to do. Your brain has to keep trimming the neurons for your reflex. Just stay relaxed, and focus on the task at hand. Before you know it you will be ripping that Pent box up. In the early stages your gonna get pauses and hiccups just because its not a reflex action yet. Repition will help you get to the point where you dont have to think about it anymore and it will become more fluid.
After that you just have to keep doing it to speed up. Like i said before your brain has to constantly trim the neurons for the action so that its a smaller and smaller distance.
Daniel
QUOTE (at lights end @ May 18 2008, 12:39 PM)
i can't play long AP runs. my hands seem to go out of sync about halfway through or i pause.
im just playing it slower, hopefully ill get past it. seen some improvements already.
at lights end,
Just like i told Alex just stay relaxed and practice. Syncing your hands for AP takes some time. Another thing that can help is altering the amount of notes your picking. If its a real sync issue that is. Try doubling the notes so you play it twice then switch.
Like this
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5--5--6--6--8--8-----
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------5--5--6--6--8--8--------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------5--5--7--7-----------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------5--5--7--7--8--8-------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------5--5--7--7--8--8---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------5--5--6--6--8--8-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
When learning to AP you have to train your fretting hand and picking hand to play it multiple ways. Typical 3nps patterns your moving to the adjacent string on an upstroke. In this excersise your moving to the adjacent string on a downstroke.
The whole point of course is to teach your right and left hands to be on the same page so to speak. Just keep working at it you will get it. Also if you didnt know, this shape is an A Phrygian box shape.
Daniel
QUOTE (Outlaw2112 @ May 18 2008, 12:44 PM)
women....
Its a big weakness for me too Outlaw, my advice is not to give you any because that would mean i know what i am talking about on this subject, which i clearly do not. If you want advice on this subject i suggest you look to the Ladies forum.
Or better yet just live in your ignorance.....sometimes we just have to let go
Daniel
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This post has been edited by Daniel Robinson: May 20 2008, 09:24 AM