Getting Better At Alternate Picking, its working :) |
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Getting Better At Alternate Picking, its working :) |
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May 15 2008, 05:06 PM |
Hey Muris,
I have been practicing few couple weeks now the alternate picking, and i am finaly starting to see good results. I am still not with the speed where i want to be, but my technic is more solid now, so speed is going to have to take some time but the more i practice the faster i get. What i noticed what helped me was resting my palm on the bridge like you do it, and also lifting up my pinky of pickguard. I play on strat, so before when i leave my pinky on pickguard the volume switch would get in my way, but now when i pick i keep the pinky in the air and so it glides above the volume knob. And its easier to switch from playing palm muted notes to clean notes cuse you palm is right there on the bridge. Also what i learned from practicing this is metronome is must, and you have to feal and know how triplest, 16th nots etc. sound, you have to feal the rythm of these notes when you pick them, so that you are playing them in perfect time. Triplets have certain feal when they are being pickied as oposed to 16th notes etc. So i just wanted to share quick update. -------------------- Some ideas i have recorded:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtXfVNlklX0...feature=related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd7_ce2j_Ys My Gear American Fender Strat HSS Marshall JCM 2000 DSL 50 Larrivee D03R Acoustic Guitar Effects Cry Baby Wah Wah pedal Boss TU2 Tuner |
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May 17 2008, 05:44 AM |
Hello James,
From my experience the key is really to keep the wrist moving not the whole arm. If you use the whole arm like you said you lose control. I keep my palm on the bridge and that keeps it stable and then just move the hand, but the move takes place at the wrist, not the whole arm. I hope you anderstand what i am trying to say here, my english is broken. Dont worry about the speed, what you want to worry about is the accuracy, make sure the notes are even. There is good lessons on alternate picking here definitly would recomend to check them out it would be easer to explain when i can show sombody then write in words. Make sure your pick hits the string at an angle that will allow you to pick faster. And just take it slow if you practice with metronome you will see improvement because that 100bps 16th is going to start fealing more confortable after a while and then you add more temp etc. -------------------- Some ideas i have recorded:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtXfVNlklX0...feature=related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd7_ce2j_Ys My Gear American Fender Strat HSS Marshall JCM 2000 DSL 50 Larrivee D03R Acoustic Guitar Effects Cry Baby Wah Wah pedal Boss TU2 Tuner |
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May 18 2008, 06:42 AM |
Thanks,
Key is really to practice with metronome, and to play accurately, and speed will come with practice. Also another thing i could give suggest you is try to find a pick that's pointy, i have been playing with Dunloop Jazz 3 for few years now and i love those. If you can find them check them out, but then again pick is a preference and every players has his favorite, so you might like it, or you might not. Muris is the expert i am sure he could give you better advice, and i would also recomend checking out his lessons on alternate picking. See ya! -------------------- Some ideas i have recorded:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtXfVNlklX0...feature=related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd7_ce2j_Ys My Gear American Fender Strat HSS Marshall JCM 2000 DSL 50 Larrivee D03R Acoustic Guitar Effects Cry Baby Wah Wah pedal Boss TU2 Tuner |
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May 18 2008, 09:01 AM |
I'm really happy to hear you're having progress,well done!!
And you said it right,solid tone/picking is much important than just speed,yeah. -------------------- Youtube
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