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I was looking at Jose Mena's lesson on alternate picking in which he said that he had to jump over strings to get over to the next string that he wanted to play to avoid hitting the string that he just picked. I have the same problem where my pick accidentally hits the string that i had just picked with an upstroke, when i was trying to pick the other (higher in pitch) string with a downstroke. So i now have to slow down my picking speed drastically, to try this jumping over strings method 
I find that it requires more movement and i'm not sure if i will be able to pick fast again. Will this technique be ingrained in my hands after a lot of practice and thus feel natural to me? Is it worth learning this method?
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Sep 26 2011, 01:27 AM
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It would be good to only practice the string skip, only those two notes where it is. That way you'll develop the feel for it.
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and get to practicing slowly |
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Sep 26 2011, 10:49 AM
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I think the most important thing when playing string skipping is a good muting technique so even if you ever happaned to hit a string you dont want it still wont sound
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. What i'm actually talking about is alternate picking technique, not string skipping. You know when you alternate pick, sometimes your pick accidentally hit the same string that you just played on when you actually wanted to go over to the next string? Yep, that's my problem 
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Sep 27 2011, 09:34 AM
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QUOTE (dark dude @ Sep 26 2011, 11:09 PM)  Not sure about GMC lessons, perhaps somebody else can point some out for you. Pretty sure this one centres around a lot of inside picking https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...loing-lesson-2/ |
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Sep 27 2011, 03:54 PM
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QUOTE (dark dude @ Sep 26 2011, 10:09 PM) The first is stolen from another forum post, the rest I've just made-up. Not sure about GMC lessons, perhaps somebody else can point some out for you. D, U, D, U, etc E-15-------15-------15-------15-------15-------15--- B------12--------------------------------------12-------- G----------------12------------------12---------------- D---------------------------12------------------------- D, U, D, U, etc E-15---15---15---15---15------------------------ B----13---12---10---------------------------------- G----------------------12--------------------------- D------------------------------------------------------ Start on an UPSTROKE: U, D, U, D, etc E---15--12---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B-------------15--12--15--12-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G-----------------------------------14--12--14--12--------------------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------------14--12--14--12--------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------14--12--14--12--------------------- E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15--12------------ just one more question, does this technique becomes natural to you after a while? Do you actually have to think about it when you are alternate picking? QUOTE (Ben Higgins @ Sep 27 2011, 08:34 AM) Pretty sure this one centres around a lot of inside picking https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/solo-guit...loing-lesson-2/ thanks ben! looking forward to your next chat session 
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