winkybear
First Lieutenant   Posts: 7 Registered: 3/26/2005 Status: Offline
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 posted on 4/24/2005 at 04:57 |
When i practice chromatics and use the metronome at my speed, my pick
hand's elbow starts to ache. Is that normal? Or is it because the way im
picking is wrong?
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 posted on 4/24/2005 at 12:48, Reply 1 |
:no:
You shouldn't be using your arm at all. The trick is to use your wrist and
over time you will just use your thumb and first finger in a circular
motion.
Your arm should never get tired if your picking correctly.
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winkybear
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posted on 4/25/2005 at 10:48, Reply 2 |
I knew something was wrong.... but thumb and first finger in a circular
motion? I read an article that i shouldnt be using my fingers but wrist?
 all these while
i was doing it the wrong way... 
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posted on 4/25/2005 at 11:04, Reply 3 |
I read an article that i shouldnt be using my fingers but wrist?
Using your thumb and first finger in a circular motion is a trick. If
your cross picking this is must!
never say never!
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GuitarMuscle
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posted on 5/4/2005 at 01:50, Reply 4 |
I agree with what MOD said. I do alot of speed picking myself and over time
you will start to use more of your wrist and the circular motion thing as
mentioned.
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ZeldaMentalEvil
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posted on 8/28/2005 at 09:36, Reply 5 |
Dont want to unnecessarily start a new thread, so is picking with the
finger and thumb in a circular motion the way it should be? i have been
trying to use my wrist ever since i found using my entire arm makes my
playing rough and "not clean". I heard Al Di Meola say we ought to use the
wrist all the time.
I pick with some effort at 135 BPM (4 notes per beat), which is
pretty much my fastest, and i've been stuck there for a year. Am i supposed
to allow the joints of my fingers to do the picking, cause i found
sometimes they come in but i've been forcing myself to limit it's movements
only to when i'm moving from one string to the other? ____________________
7 days without prayer makes one weak!
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Guitar101
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posted on 8/30/2005 at 19:44, Reply 6 |
| Most people do use your wrist but players like EVH and others use just
their thumb and first finger in a circular motion with some wrist movement.
It takes many years to get this down. ____________________
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ZeldaMentalEvil
First Lieutenant Posts: 21 Registered: 2/27/2004 Status: Offline |
 posted on 8/31/2005 at 11:21, Reply 7 |
It'd be great if some of you guys could post some links to some picking
techniques pages. Itd be good to have other tips too....esp. to improve
tremolo picking. cause i suck at it when it comes to using my wrist or
fingers. They say its all down-hill after you get the tremolo picking right
with the hand (not the arm thank you  cause thats how
i get by on stage right now)
[Edited on 8/31/2005 by ZeldaMentalEvil] ____________________
7 days without prayer makes one weak!
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357mag
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posted on 2/12/2007 at 17:37, Reply 8 |
I too have always picked using my wrist. But lately I've begun to wonder if
there is a better way of picking. If you look at Malmsteen it appears that
his hand and arm float over the strings. And when I pick from the wrist I
can feel tension setting in especially if I try to pick as fast as I can.
I've begun to start moving my forearm more and the tension disappears.
Suffice it to say I believe there is more than one approach to picking.
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ricoboc
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posted on 2/13/2007 at 04:00, Reply 9 |
For most of my speed technique I use economy picking. Sweep picking is also
a nice added bonus to this style of playing.
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