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Post by diego on Jun 24, 2010 16:44:51 GMT -5
Economy picking... I think its a little bit harder, but once you get it down is cool it makes licks sound smooth. I used to prefer alternate picking.
About practicing what i would suggest is break down every lick into smaller ones... For example if you are playing PG licks in two strings for instance practice hitting 2 string downpick and 1 string uppick and repet that... I hope you get the point of doing only that. The other thing that is really helpful is to mute the strings completly and play the picking pattern of any exercise... Try it and tell me it will change completly your technique cause you are used to play bith hands at the same time...
And another thing the more you practice the better you get as long as you are doing things the right way. Learnt that by experience.
Hope this helps. man
D.
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Post by thenotshredder on Jun 25, 2010 20:03:43 GMT -5
Well, I sorta skipped today. Was busy and then super-hungry when I got home.
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Post by patril0mic on Jul 3, 2010 14:35:58 GMT -5
i just got back home after 5 weeks on the road away from my beloved ibanez, and my playing was sorta shabby before that. i'm just thrilled to hear what kind of slop comes out in a little while.
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schweiny the nightguard
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Post by schweiny the nightguard on Jul 15, 2010 20:44:59 GMT -5
Economy FTW. Also alternate, I sometimes slide between them without noticing but economy is physically the winner for speed.
I strongly suggest you look clooosely at how you pick (take the eye really close and look at the pick moving on the strings). Every millimeter you travel away from the string is a millimeter you will have to travel back if you're gonna pick the same string again. Travelling trough space takes time and we wan't to do as many strokes as we can in the least time so > travel as little as you can. Try to stay as fkn close to the string as you can, if you're not leaving it, but of course without muting it. This of course explains my fetish for economy picking..
I did this a few years back and I think it helps me even still today tearing up some one-string raping. I also noticed that the angle between the pick and the string shifted dramatically, going from slanting down to the left to slanting up to the left.
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