Gearjoneser said:
Let me get a picture to show the disbelievers. Thank you GJ by the way.Gearjoneser said:
I know what im saying, but you must get the wrong idea. How about this. F it, lets just jam and have a good time! If its not hurting you and that the most natural position for you, then thats that. It hindered me, and I didnt want the same for any of you guys, thats why I went to the great lengths I did to explain it. I just didnt acknoweledge that everyones mechanics are different. I stand somewhat corrected.Dime59hum said:
are you trying to say steve morse is bad because he has his hand a certain way? um i think its more than an opinion that he was one of the best pickers in the world and i dont nead someone telling me that if my teacher has his hand a certain way that i nead to find someone else. how can it hurt. i think it helps. obvioulsy the better pickers in this world know it helps. dont tell its an inferior way. give me 10 good reasons why.Dime59hum said:
i know what you mean. my teacher tony spada is one of the most underrated players. i feal that if he were put up against vai and satcht aht he would kiil them. but people go well if he is so good then why havent i heard of him. i dont know how to respond. i think we are all brainwashed. ha steve morse is the best.Young Angus said:And no my guitar teacher never teached me from tab, he worded out everything by ear from super fast hammet solos to john fogherty complicated country licks with all sorts of weird bends and stuff that werent in his everyday arsenel...yet he got them spot on. He is one of the best guitarists in the world and would quite happily get up on stage with morse,vai,satriani and co. and sound just as good, even better in some cases in my opinion (not than morse
well for classical peices i play with my fingers. for actual picking i use a pick. how does it make them look like they dont know what they are doing. i think for me the the other way around. the "right" to you looks like what every person does and looks like a rip off. and fyi when im sitting down i hold my guitar on my left leg!Gearjoneser said:
john petrucci holds his pick with 3 fingers. and your point sucks btw.Dime59hum said:Let me get a picture to show the disbelievers. Thank you GJ by the way.
Observe:his fret tapping hand is arced the same way you would hold a pic with 3 fingers. that "arc" hinders you in speed and could lead to damaged tissue. The constant over stretching required to play that way, an overstretching that your mind has accepted as normal and that you subconsiously except as "part of playing" so you dont feel the stress. Can you play fast and accurately without any fatigue, picking every note, say 16ths at 180 bpm with that hand position? For about 14 minutes? I doubt it (and yes it is possible, just go see some of the solo work that John Petrucci does thats insanely fast and long).
This picture showcases the arc much better.
This next one doesnt show much arc, mainly because I didnt hold the pick correctly for the photo. I didnt adjust my hand as if I had the guitar in my hand, though if I would have you would see a much more noticable arc. NOTE: I had ny hand in the right position, but from months of training not to hold the pick like that, I experienced pain and tension and without my noticing I adjust more towards the traditional technique, yet not quite correctly.
steve holds his hand wrist at a 90 degree angle for fast picking. and haveing TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THIS he tells me he using three for the pick support and hid pinky for hand support and he tucks his ring finger under because it gets in the way. he tells me its better to have your hand turned paralel with the strings and i think his reason is way better than yours.Dime59hum said:Its just me trying to prove a point, and I also used both hands since im lefty and used my left and rigt for the pics. If Ihad a video I would show you dudes, but I had that same technique about a year back and I know what it was like. And I know Morse man, I like DP and watch Perihelion almost daily.
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