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Jul 5 2010, 12:16 AM
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alternate picking is not three years .. .. I wonder if I could not figure out what the problem how much a day should work seamlessly
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Jul 5 2010, 01:31 AM
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Be sure to check this instructor out man.
 He is helping us with alternate picking.https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...p?showuser=8794 https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...=0&p=473580 |
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Jul 5 2010, 01:33 AM
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Alternate picking is easier for me than downpicking and I use it all the time - much faster and a good thing to learn!
I suggest learning with one note and then practicing through scales, then up to licks. Don't overkill the same exercises over and over. A bit a day seems to work better. Start off slowly, speed up with the metronome for timing, then reach your peak slowly, then back off again. Never stop at your peak, it will become slopy and you fingers will learn it that way rather than controled. Take it slowly at first, make sure the pick is at a 90 degree angle when you pick. If your've been picking downstokes a lot, you might notice this mistake of angling it up or down. Angle of the pick makes it easy one way but harder the other. Keep it straight (ceiling / floor 90 degrees). If you need more grip angle it slightly back (towards the bridge). Use just the tip, really important to cut the string with the least amount of force. When picking slowly or downstrokes only, the pick has more time to bend and reshape back, alternate picking doesn't allow this, another common mistake. Get a thick pick and shape the tip. It flexes less, not as much surface area to affect and therefore much faster. Another thing which helped me a lot was the position of the guitar and arm. Try sitting with the guitar on you left leg in the middle if that helps rather than the right side. Lock the arm to the top-side of the guitar body and play from the wrist (i don't recommend the fingers, it's slower for most). If still having trouble, rather than floating the hand lock the thrid and/or pinkie to the base of the guitar, it might give more control. When I vibrato I do this and rock from those fingers to get extreme speed. However switching between strings becomes harder. Good luck working out your issue. This post has been edited by Azzaboi: Jul 5 2010, 01:38 AM --------------------  Play Games Arcade Take a break, Play Games! Play the best free online flash games at Aaron's Game Zone like Bloons Tower Defense 4! |
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Jul 5 2010, 11:15 PM
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I say 2-3 hours is a good number, but as Vasilije said, it's all about being patient, and staying on slow tempos to develop accuracy. On the other hand, you should constantly strive to become more faster, but first things first - accuracy.
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