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Post by thenotshredder on Jun 13, 2010 14:19:28 GMT -5
I swear. This summer it's going to happen. I'm studying the shit out of Rusty Cooley's technique, and the thing I really need to work on the most is outside picking.
Addendum: I just had an outside-picking revelation. Once I get it really tight and accurate I will try to make a video, because this is a stupid-simple little thing that really helps.
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Post by Tungus on Jun 14, 2010 1:36:44 GMT -5
Honestly....Itll come in time. Patience grasshoppa.
It wont be free.. but if ya put the time in....REWARDS ARE WICKED GOOD!
My epiphany....though I was suckin hard, 1 day BOOM...somehow I taught myself circular picking trying to alt pick. I was like wtf... but didnt complain.
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Post by thenotshredder on Jun 14, 2010 13:23:58 GMT -5
I've just figured out that for the infamous Paul Gilbert lick, one needs to extend the downpick towards the volume knob, using your arm to move the hand, to get over the string consistently.
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Post by thenotshredder on Jun 17, 2010 17:13:09 GMT -5
Update: Paul Gilbert lick quite clean in triplets at 184 bpm.
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Post by Stefvorcide on Jun 17, 2010 18:55:11 GMT -5
Update: Paul Gilbert lick quite clean in triplets at 184 bpm. which lick?
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Post by thenotshredder on Jun 17, 2010 19:03:16 GMT -5
G---------7 D-7-8-10--10-8-7
Outside picking for now. Will work on inside picking later.
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Post by Stefvorcide on Jun 17, 2010 21:19:05 GMT -5
ahh these licks... i always start on the downpick, so the "other string" (the higher one) is a UP stroke. Nothin' else
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Post by thenotshredder on Jun 17, 2010 21:41:37 GMT -5
Yeah, me too. I'm going to work out a routine that has that and ascending and descending sixes (scale degrees 1-2-3-4-5-6, or the reverse, on two strings) with both inside and outside picking. That should cover all the bases for now.
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Post by thenotshredder on Jun 19, 2010 13:32:02 GMT -5
Dammit, had it up to 184 two days ago clean, I swear. And today I can't do it past 152 or so. faggotcockmonstergobbling.
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Post by Tungus on Jun 19, 2010 14:37:10 GMT -5
Dammit, had it up to 184 two days ago clean, I swear. And today I can't do it past 152 or so. faggotcockmonstergobbling. Try practicing just that for 10-15 min a day for a week. Even at slow speeds, you muscle memory will kick into overdrive (of course the faster you play it the better but it has to be clean). After that...just play with it a lil here and there and youll have it @ 200 before ya know it. Too bad time is our enemy eh? Edit: Matter of fact, Im gonna start workin on it today. Im currious to see where Ill be in a week with it. ;D
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Post by thenotshredder on Jun 19, 2010 14:55:40 GMT -5
I should probably work on it at only slow speeds. You sure only 10-15 minutes a day? I've been doing like two hours a day for the last four, just working on picking.
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Post by Tungus on Jun 19, 2010 17:23:58 GMT -5
You can practice it all day if ya want too lmao. I said 10-15 cuz really thats all the time needed for muscle memory..ala...retaining the memory and speed. The more you repeat it the better but you also want to work on other things so ya dont get bored OR burnt out. Both of which do happen.
I looked at it from my standpoint but you probably have more dicipline than I do. I have worse ADD than most 3 year olds ;D
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Post by thenotshredder on Jun 19, 2010 17:30:00 GMT -5
I have a weird sort of almost-ADD that lets me practice one thing to the point of getting burnt out, or just dick around all day. It's really fucking hard for me to keep a really tight practice regimen. Should try it, though, with some online egg timer or something.
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Post by Tungus on Jun 21, 2010 18:20:03 GMT -5
I sat down and played it right off (without thinking about it) and hit trips @ 150. Then I started to pay attention to how I was playing it.
Naturally, I was inside picking it but I was downstroking the stray note which isnt all that economic. So now Im going to try to relearn it the right way.
I was shocked that did it strictly alt picking. Ive been doing circular picking for so long that I assumed thats what I would use. Learn something new every day?
Thanks for lightin the fire under my ass man. I think im actually gonna have fun with this.
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Post by thenotshredder on Jun 23, 2010 13:55:42 GMT -5
You mean like economy picking, where you sweep between strings? That can be fun, yeah, but I've wanted to be a Rusty-Cooley style badass at strict alt picking for fucking ages. It's been 10 days since I posted this thread, and I've practiced for about two or three hours a day since then.
Nothin' yet.
Pushing on.
Also, regarding being shocked: Inside picking is way easier than outside picking, and the PG-lick can't be done with strict economy picking. most of these repeating licks can't, it just takes you into inside picking.
I hit triplets at 192 today, strict outside picking. Inside picking I think I can go way faster (Edit: Yes, I can, sextuplets at 112). Let's just make this the picking thread, post your progress.
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