QUOTE (Azzaboi @ Nov 11 2013, 09:50 PM)
Thanks for the vid tips, I'll work on that wrist idea it's interesting but gone unnoticed
Does it matter on the leg you place your guitar? I think you idea works better on the right leg, but a bit confused about it on in classic position?
It's hard to give an insightful answer as I never play in the classical position. One reason I don't do it is because I don't feel it gives a true representation of your hand positions when you would be playing standing up. The other position doesn't either but is still a bit closer to it. But I don't think it should matter. If you can develop it with the guitar in 'side saddle' as Todd calls it, then when you can do it you could revert to practising in classical if you prefer
QUOTE (Jim Seekford @ Nov 12 2013, 12:49 AM)
I really liked this video, it has answered a few questions I've forgotten to ask. When I listening to a song and either air strumming or picking my hand is in this position and very relaxed. It would seem that I could play just as fast as the record. So I tried to pick like this but since my hand is basically floating above the strings, accuracy and the ability to palm mute dropped. However even with the awkward hand position I could see that if I could pick accurately with my hand not tethered to the body then this could be very powerful tool. I had forgotten about it until today!
I practiced it for just a moment today and realized palm muting seems very difficult with this technique. Anyone else have experience with this?
Yeah I try not to float it away from the guitar so I don't lose the connection with the strings. If I move my hand a bit higher and closer to the bridge, then it turns my wrist away and out.. this enables me to use the little finger side of my hand to rest against the strings and mute
It will take a bit of fiddling around.. I had to mess around for a while before I 'got it'. You may find yourself doing it one way for several days and then discover that a small adjustment will work better, then try that. That's what I did
QUOTE (Mertay @ Nov 11 2013, 08:43 PM)
For speeding up the right hand I recommended short busts of picking but the concentration was to listen to his body. Like trying to figure out what was limiting the movement for example shoulder angle, how hard the pick is held etc.
Excellent advice.. that's what I recommend
QUOTE (Darius Wave @ Nov 12 2013, 08:47 AM)
The differences come when we play on high strings. He keeps his hand position while I usually get exactly opposite wrist rotation to mute low strings.
Yeah it took a lot of experimentation to be able to get the right feel for picking the high E string in the same way as I pick the rest of them. A lot of players can pick really well on the low E, for example, but struggle on the top E.
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