[777]

practicing alot of picking excersises lately and i am gettin there gradually [still slow as fuck by shred standards]

but when playing single string exercises its almost as if i have no control over my wrist as if it were trembling , possibly because i dont anchor and i used to

also ive noticed that when picking one string my technique slightly changes , it goes from wrist going right to left ie. <----- -----> it then goes to a kind of motion like that except the would be coming out your screen kind of like a flicking movement

im not sure what to do my thumbs is 2mm in around off the strings and my wirst is contacting at the bone opposite the thumb and the meaty part below your pinky about 1/2 of that area

my hand from wrist to bottom of fingers is pretty masiive so and v got longer than average finers which further confuses things

Anyone got any advice??

[S-O]

Slow down. WAY down. And look at your picking hand. Scruntinize that bastard. Make sure your technique is perfect, adjust shit untill it works.

[777]

well i dont know what perfect technique looks like so i cant help myself , i did the slowing down thing about 3 months ago i sped up to like 4notes per click at 110 and then io try to pick a single string and my hand just goes all wobbly ,

THERES NO STABILITY , my wrist bone is on the guitar for the low e+b and then on the bridge for a-emy fingers arent anchored and my thumb is also not touching anything the meaty are below the pinky is making contac with the bridge but not much i honestly dont know what the fuck to do and im pissed off

this is gona make me quit guitar..

[dream-thief]

My advice would be go back to playing anchored, if I understood right that's what you changed.

If you can play fine one way, No need to change it. As far as I'm concerned there's no "right" way of playing, just whatever is best for you.

[777]

Ok so i went back to my old technique which i found out is almost 100% identical to tom hess' Picking technique which is good coz i hear he's pretty quick here comes the but

BUT<<<<<<<<<<(see there it is)

having your thumb muting the strings and picking fast on the e-e strings what happens when i hit the low b? ive nothing to rest on therefore it cannot be picked as fast , not really sure what i can do here

Tom Hess Technique
TheShredZone.com - Picking Hand Discipline by Tom Hess -- Welcome To The Next Generation

no mention of the low strings =/

[Michael]

Don't be afriad to use some force from your thumb when you're picking. It'll help minimize some movement which could solve your problem and make your playing a little cleaner.

[S-O]

Originally Posted by 777

Ok so i went back to my old technique which i found out is almost 100% identical to tom hess' Picking technique which is good coz i hear he's pretty quick here comes the but

BUT<<<<<<<<<<(see there it is)

having your thumb muting the strings and picking fast on the e-e strings what happens when i hit the low b? ive nothing to rest on therefore it cannot be picked as fast , not really sure what i can do here

Tom Hess Technique
TheShredZone.com - Picking Hand Discipline by Tom Hess -- Welcome To The Next Generation

no mention of the low strings =/

I take lessons from Tom Hess, he says when you are on the low string for soloing (not rhythm) to anchor the meaty part of the baqck end of the thumb where it meets the wrist on the body of the guitar since most shreddy guitars are flat or are level around that area with the strings. For rhythm, he palm mutes.

[777]

wow straight from the man himself, sheers S-O , tell him i said thanks

[S-O]

I was quite relieved when I found out I had the same picking style as him before I took lessons, becuase he talks abotu how it can be awkward at first to play with the thumb muting if you have never done it.

Tom Hess is awesome Way better than his bandmate Joe Stump.

Though I do like Joe, Night of the Living Shred is a damn fine shred album.

[Jan]

Tuck & Patti: Pick & Fingerstyle Techniques

read this. That helped ME. It's about jazz, but still you can relate it to metal. I modified the Benson technique a bit and I am really getting faster/stronger.