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Blog: The Importance of Technique for your Picking Hand
Evan Skopp, Inside Track International
Sales and marketing reps for Musopia, Reunion Blues, and Q-Parts.Tags: None
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Re: Blog: The Importance of Technique for your Picking Hand
I'm no shredder.
Let's start with that.
From there, I have to disagree with most of the advice on the blog and agree with a friend's appraisal: stop changing up. There are plenty of guys out there, as mentioned early in the blog, who make do with whatever feels right. Marty Friedman's right hand technique is so odd that he can't do pinch harmonics. Just get your feel and stick with it.
It'll come.
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Re: Blog: The Importance of Technique for your Picking Hand
Originally posted by formula73 View PostFrom there, I have to disagree with most of the advice on the blog and agree with a friend's appraisal: stop changing up.
My lessons learned were- Picking mechanics (as well as the pick used) have a big effect on tone. I believe that right hand technique has a much greater effect on timbre than left hand technique.
- Picking mechanics can hold you back as far as speed and accuracy. Practice helps but it can be like trying to pitch consistently with the wrong arm slot.
- Over the years, I kept looking for the right pick for me. My search was too narrow and the plectrums I was using were not helping me overcome my shortcomings in technique. Trying something outside my comfort zone helped me find the right one for me.
Originally posted by LesStratmake sure that you own the gear, not vice versa.
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