Alternate Picking |
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Dec 9 2022, 10:26 AM |
This is where I am now on the alternate picking lesson from Bear.
Look forward to feedback Cheers, Gert This post has been edited by Gert1973: Dec 9 2022, 10:29 AM |
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Dec 9 2022, 12:21 PM |
Very cool Gert
This is promising and you are doing a great job practicing within your range (yet still progressing fast!) There are some 'hick-ups' when something challenging happens such as a position shift (00:45). The way to go about this is to practice the difficult parts separately, in order to avoid repeating the same mistake over and over (this is dangerous as it can create bad habits). Then, when you can play the whole thing - your goal should be to practice and build speed with no mistakes at all. As far as your picking goes, I would advice you to angle your pick so it's not completely parallel to the string. Here is an exaggeration of the pick angle, so you can see what I mean: When you do this, the string crossing requires much less effort - which has many advantages. Pro tip: You are using lots of wrist movement here on not that much thumb joint movement. Here is an opportunity for you to economise your movement and build speed much faster. I explain those movements in detail in part 2 here: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/How-To...ernate-Picking/ |
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Dec 13 2022, 02:17 PM |
Hi Monica,
Here's a record of the task you gave me... |
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Dec 13 2022, 03:43 PM |
Hi Monica, Here's a record of the task you gave me... Hi Gert! First of all, thanks for the fact that you spent the time doing this additional task. In this way, you can analyze and focus on your right hand movement without being distracted by the left hand. Now a few words about your take. Overall, you keep a very good timing. The only exception is the part from 0:41 - 0:45 where you rush the timing. The upstroke picking - are moments when the upstroke is not well audible/ not well defined. What causes this issue is simple: - strength management - we need to use an equal strength for both: downstroke and upstroke. - be very careful because you tend, when you play, to change the angle of the pick and this causes issues. I mean when you start the recording, you have the pick angled as Kris told you and that is a very good thing. When you finish the recording (starting with 0:42) your pick returns to a much more straight position (parallel to the strings) and this is not good for the alternate picking technique. Look, we use the pick in a straight position when we play something slow or soft because it gives us the maximum amount of tone and less amount of pick noise. BUT...when we have fast patterns, a lot of string skipping or alternate picking, we always use the pick in an angled position. Now let's solve another problem. Kris gave you golden advice about using the thumb joint movement. I can see in your video that you "locked" your hand and you make some movement with the thumb, but it is not the correct one. Watch Kris's video again about the alternate picking ( https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/How-To...ernate-Picking/ ) and look very close at his thumb finger. You will see that his thumb doesn't remain straight, he bends the finger to be able to make the movement. Think that your thumb finger is going to the gym to do some abs. Here you can see the difference: If you succeed in making this thumb movement, it will help you in your further development because it's a short cut which will make you able to play at high speeds. |
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Dec 16 2022, 11:48 AM |
Kind of proudly present...
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Dec 16 2022, 10:38 PM |
I just want to shime in with some praise here - you are doing an excellent job developing your right hand Gert! 😎👌
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Dec 19 2022, 12:59 PM |
I decided to go for the index finger on the long slide.
I played it in a slow tempo. To me it sounds right |
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Dec 22 2022, 07:29 PM |
Hi Monica,
Any last issues or recommendations before going to full speed? |
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