Alternate Picking/speed Picking |
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Alternate Picking/speed Picking |
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Aug 1 2014, 03:46 AM
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Hello everyone, something is really bothering me today.After so much practice in alternate picking, with lessons such as Neoclassical Etudes #1 & #2, String skipping Etudes, Modal Madness Series, I came to the conclusion that I might be doing it all wrong.
I have been playing guitar for quite a while, so I can reach a decent speed with alternate picking for a intermediate player. As I play in slower tempos, I find no problem in the way I pick. Up and Down , pick angled, all that stuff. The notes come out clear, no problem , I'm happy. However,when I start to add some bpm to the tempo, in order to be able to play faster, I notice that my picking hand starts to do some kind of a diving motion, and very often the pick hits the pickups (The distance between the strings and the pickups on my Ibanez is not very big). I can still make the notes sound, but I feel like doing this motion kind of stops me from going on to higher tempos.The pick doesn't just lightly scrapes the string, it goes deeper and hits the pickups. I'm not sure I've made myself perfectly clear, but does any of you guys experience the same problem? If so, how did you fix it? Thanks in advance. Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7nKMdRmARs...eature=youtu.be This post has been edited by Maboroshi: Aug 1 2014, 05:54 PM |
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Aug 1 2014, 01:52 PM |
yep keeping contact with scratchplate or just below the strings keeps my distance balanced...even if it's just the side of the pink.
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Aug 1 2014, 05:39 PM
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I personally do not use an anchor, however my brother does. He rests his pinky finger on one of the pickups, and although he still has the same problem as I do, he can have a little bit more control. I'm going to post a video where you can see my playing exactly.
We can play fine in lower tempos, but when we up the speed it starts getting really hard to keep with the right hand, because it needs to go faster and we lose time by diving the pick too much between the strings. Just how deep should the pick go in order to be able to do fast alternate picking? Ty in advance The video is here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7nKMdRmARs...eature=youtu.be This post has been edited by Maboroshi: Aug 1 2014, 05:53 PM |
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Aug 2 2014, 04:48 PM |
Hi Maboroshi. You've been clever asking this question here and posting that video. I can see clearly what's happening and I'm sure that you will be able to fix it soon if you follow Todd's suggestions. Each things he commented on the previous post will have a big effect in your alternate picking technique, and based on your video, you definitely need to improve it.
I know that it can be a bit tricky to think on all those things at the same time, but as Todd said, start slowly, just focusing on your right hand (you can practice playing open strings, you don't need to use your left hand) and once you feel that you start to see improvements, record a new video and share it here. We'd like to monitor your progress to be sure that you are on the right track. Keep on the hard work! -------------------- My lessons
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Aug 3 2014, 09:59 PM |
Thanks guys for replying with such helpfull tips, ill make sure to correct my picking habit according to the advice i have received here And i will make sure to post my progress results here aswell This sounds great mate, we will wait for your update! -------------------- My lessons
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Aug 4 2014, 12:46 PM |
Hey mate Since everyone already posted very important insights, I would like to offer a lesson suggestion which focuses on picking one note at a time for each type of rhythmic subdivision you will be playing - this will give you the time to focus on building the right hand picking habits in a musical context as well
Here's the lesson: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Picking-Hand-Basics/ Let me know what you think about it and I'd be glad to assist further! |
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Aug 5 2014, 12:15 AM
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Alright, thanks guys
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Aug 6 2014, 07:07 AM |
Hey guys, im still having trouble figuring out where to put the heel of my right hand so that i won't have my hand floating and doing all that unecessary mumbo jumbo. Im not sure i get the concept of hovering over the strings, i mean was i not hovering over the strings in the video i've sent in the sense that i wasn't touching them? Sorry for bombarding you guys with so many questions... it would be nice if one of you guys could show me how you position your right hand on a video of your own. Hey mate To be quick with responding, I thought you could get a good idea about what I am doing when picking without muting - that is holding the hand over the bridge without touching the strings. The amount of touch, as Todd and Ben said, is a thing that varies, in respect to what you want to achieve, so please watch video nr 2 - all of it, focusing especially on the right hand position - in the following lesson: https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Tesseract-Style/ Notice that my hand is positioned over the bridge in order not to touch the strings - if I wanted to mute them, all I had to do was to drag the hand slightly towards the neck and I could've executed the same lick with palm muting. The amount of palm muting is decided by the amount of skin that touches the strings. That is something you should explore and decide how you like it better - more or less palm muting. Please let me know if you understand the mechanics explained here and I'll be around to help further |
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