Guitar Player's Thread

[Mystique1721]

yes! I think it is economy picking! thank you.

 

[enjoi17]

yeah it is, I've always done that automatically when it proves useful.

 

[Mystique1721]

see that's what I do naturally also. and when I was watching intense rock vol. 1 last night, I automatically did it when practicing the first lick that PG gives...so do you think that's bad? should I practice alternate picking that lick instead, like how PG shows?

 

[enjoi17]

sure you can practice both but in application you'll most likely use whichever is more comfortable for you.

 

[Mystique1721]

ok, but I automatically use economy picking every time...so there's probably no point in practicing alternate picking (why does that sound so horrible to say?!)

 

[Chairman Kaga]

hey guys, what's it called again when you don't alternate pick all the way, but kinda pick like you would if you were sweeping? like this (d= down, u= up):

d u d d (instead of up, cuz if it was up, it'd be alternate picking)
E-------------12-
B--12-13-15--------

so in other words, since you downstroked the D you also downstroke the E since it's in the string below. Do I make sense?

I personally tried this and I find alternate picking to be way faster and more even in sound; however, I alternate pick as many things as I can just cause I love to alternate pick.

 

[Stonecoldsoul07]

I personally tried this and I find alternate picking to be way faster and more even in sound; however, I alternate pick as many things as I can just cause I love to alternate pick.

Me too!

 

[OvSeth]

Same. Disregard my last post, I half read, I'm so tired.

 

[Mystique1721]

but is it because you guys have trained yourselves to alternate pick from the very beginning?

 

[Chairman Kaga]

but is it because you guys have trained yourselves to alternate pick from the very beginning?

nope, I actually started with economy picking first, then I realized how much easier alternate picking was.

 

[Altitudes]

Yes, learn to alternate pick! That way you always land on a downstroke on the first beat, which is most natural. I use economy picking too and that was what came naturally to me. But for accuracy, alt. picking is what you should practice.

^ What Kaga said XD

 

[Chairman Kaga]

Speaking of alternate picking, here's a nasty little guitar lick I made up that I like to play sometimes if you are intrested in trying it.
It's all STRICTLY alternate picking and it's tricky at first.

B Locrian (5 notes per octave)

||------------------------------12-13-15-13-12-----------------------------||
||------------------------12-13----------------13-12-----------------------||
||----------------9-10-12----------------------------12-10-9---------------||
||-----------9-10--------------------------------------------10-9----------||
||----7-8-10------------------------------------------------------10-8-7---||
||7-8--------------------------------------------------------------------8-||

 

[shredtastical]

hey guys, what's it called again when you don't alternate pick all the way, but kinda pick like you would if you were sweeping? like this (d= down, u= up):

d u d d (instead of up, cuz if it was up, it'd be alternate picking)
E-------------12-
B--12-13-15--------

so in other words, since you downstroked the D you also downstroke the E since it's in the string below. Do I make sense?

economy picking.

 

[Stonecoldsoul07]

Speaking of alternate picking, here's a nasty little guitar lick I made up that I like to play sometimes if you are intrested in trying it.
It's all STRICTLY alternate picking and it's tricky at first.

B Locrian (5 notes per octave)

||------------------------------12-13-15-13-12-----------------------------||
||------------------------12-13----------------13-12-----------------------||
||----------------9-10-12----------------------------12-10-9---------------||
||-----------9-10--------------------------------------------10-9----------||
||----7-8-10------------------------------------------------------10-8-7---||
||7-8--------------------------------------------------------------------8-||

how fast do you play it?

 

[Chairman Kaga]

how fast do you play it?

since they are fifthtuplets, it's a small bit slower than my sixthtuplets I'd say

 

[Stonecoldsoul07]

since they are fifthtuplets, it's a small bit slower than my sixthtuplets I'd say

Sorry to ask but what's a fifthtuplet?

 

[Chairman Kaga]

Sorry to ask but what's a fifthtuplet?

five notes per beat.

 

[Stonecoldsoul07]

five notes per beat.

Mkay I get it,thanks!

 

[Chairman Kaga]

Mkay I get it,thanks!

It can be played as septuplets as well but to timing it would be even trickier.

 

[shredtastical]

should the screws that adjust my spring tension (level out the bridge plate) on my floyd on the back of the guitar in the floyd cavity be on the same plane? specifically, parallel to the neck? or is one screw supposed to be in front of the other?