Pentatonic Two Note Per String Patterns, Starting with an upstroke? |
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Pentatonic Two Note Per String Patterns, Starting with an upstroke? |
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May 9 2012, 09:51 PM |
The pentatonic scale is just a hard scale to master in terms of picking. It just takes practice and patience. If starting with an upstroke works, then by all means do it, but you really should be able to do it both ways. I know I neglected concentrating on learning to AP it efficiently when I first started, and it has been the bane of my existence as of late as I try to master it. Picking 2 notes per string is just more difficult than 3 nps in my experience.
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May 10 2012, 12:51 AM |
Ha!! Todd, when I was in the vid chat the other day and mentioned that I had been working on some Walliman vids, that is one of them!!
Also, that represents the 3 notes per string shapes that until recently, I have been completely unfamiliar with. For starters, trying to run two note scales for speed is Noble, but frustrating. You can learn lots about picking, and it's good practice. But. Try three notes per string instead and watch your speed skyrocket. It takes a better stretch and more reach, but the mechanics of three note per string scales lend them to faster speeds IMHO Here is a vid showing what I"m talking about. In the freeze frame you can see the pattern. As for starting with an up stroke, Marty Friedman does it all the time If it works for you, why not? Join me this Saturday for my video chat lesson if you can as we work on wads of Alternate Picking stuff -------------------- Check out my awesome Nintendo Cover-band, EMULATOR!! http://www.reverbnation.com/emulator Now.....go practice!! |
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May 10 2012, 09:33 AM
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Thanks for your answers everyone! Todd Simpsons, the video you posted exactly deals with what I was talking about (playing the pentatonic scale repeatedly on two strings). Now that I´ve read your answers I think I noticed that there´s some room for improvement for my picking hand!
(I really don´t know how to explain it though, maybe I should take photos? How can I upload photos to a post?) I tend to hold the pick parallel to the string, in a 90 degrees angle. So everytime I do upstrokes on the e string to get to the b string, my pick will be in a position where it inevitably hits the b string if I don´t "jump over" the b string. I think this is the unwanted extra movement that kills it. Now, if I hold the pick in an angle (I´m still figuring out how to do it, it fells kinda awkward to me, but I guess it´s just a matter of practice and getting used to it), so that the edge of the pick is kind of "facing" to my face a little more, I can do the movement without having to jump over strings because the pick will go over the strings anyway! Do you know what I mean? It´s difficult to explain. Then there´s another thing I noticed, this again has to do with the angle of the pick. You can not only change it in one way (the way I described above), but you can also kind of "turn" it to the right a litte bit. I think Paul Gilbert explains how he does it in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpJNUGHxC3M The part I´m taliking about starts at about 2:18. Do you get the idea? Todd Simpsons, you do hold the pick in a similar way, don´t you? |
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