GUITAR PLAYERS- any good ways to improve at speed picking? i have a habit of turning the pick to the side.?

Question

ive always turned the pick sideways when speed picking and now after about 2 years its hurt me in the long run. any ways to practice speed picking the normal way and get good at it? thanks.

Answer 1

well jus take it real slow and then speed it up after a while if that doesnt work try a different pick

Answer 2

1. Go to your local craft store and get string, a chain, or anything to use as your necklace. 2. Measure out how long you want your necklace (using a necklace you already have to measure how long the necklace you're making should be is a a good method). 3. Using your hole punch or a sharp knife, punch or drill a hole into one of the corners on your pick. Be careful to make sure you make a complete cut on the guitar pick so you have something to string onto. You could also take a nail, and hammer it into the pick to get a really small hole, a hole puncher might make the guitar pick weak. 4. String the guitar pick onto your chosen necklace string. 5. Either tie, or attach a clasp to the necklace.

Answer 3

i like using hard picks when i speed pick. Hold the pick firmly slightly at an angle, but the fingering has to be done correctly and smoothly or else it will sound sloppy. Practice scales slowly and develop speed. Make sure your wrist is sort of loose

Answer 4

The best technicians of the instrument use the "consecutive" picking technique. A book that explains this technique and provides tons of examples and exercises is Jack Zucker's "Sheets of Sound" found here: http://www.sheetsofsound.net/ Check out the sound clips of some of the exercises.

For holding the pick, check out how George Benson holds his. He angles the pick UPWARDS, which is opposite of what most players do. Strong articulations, especially on the up-stroke. This also helped me get a more consistent sound.

Something that helped me is the Tuck Andress picking treatise found here: http://www.tuckandpatti.com/pick-finger_tech.html Tons of info.

Answer 5

Just do as th Starless5 tells you but you can find the pick with a thin slice of cork fixed on it. This may help you hold the pick more firmly. Remember that for some liasions we don't need to pick, just try to sound the note by your left fingers, I know you know it too. Best wish.

Answer 6

Get a metronome for when you practice. Work on Alternate picking. Practice, practice - get into the woodshed.

Answer 7

pick up the current issue of guitar magazine, but make sure the cd is in there. There are some killer lessons with some of the fastest like dave mustaine, trivium, lamb of god, and dream theater's john petrucci.

Answer 8

practice, practice, practice