Hey Steve (and anyone else who wants to chime in),
Do you guys change your pick angle when you are soloing vs. when you are playing rhythm?
Do you guys change your pick angle when you are soloing vs. when you are playing rhythm?
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Noumenon
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I don't think I do. I suspect I changle the angle depending on the speed, I know I change the way I pick a bit at different speeds.
when i play all downstrokes palm muted riffs, my pick is kinda flat against the strings. When i sweep it has a wierd upwards angle and has a 30degrees angle to it sideways, and god knows how when i alt/economy pick. don't follow my advice cause it is probably wrong
My rhythm playing has a chunk of my index fingernail hitting the strings as well, I never let my solo and rhythm techniques change as it just complicates things.
Jeff
Jeff
raeon
Addicted Neverhead
good question.. I always wondered if I was doing things wrong, but I guess I'm just doing fine.. I just need more practice since I just started technical soloing 2 months ago
I guess it's a very important technique to learn how to stroke the strings (lol) with both sides of your pick when going for faster rythms and/or solo's. I remembered having a hard time keeping up with fast rythms because I only did downstrokes for a while, and now I can play really fast without breaking a sweat I remember consequently changing the angle of my picking, the tip of the pick is more vertical towards the strings nowadays, to hit the strings in a fluent way. Just be careful not to hit the other strings.. it takes a while to perfect it, but it is very handy to train scales and arps while at it 
But to come back at your question: I think it depends on the guitarist way of playing, and maybe you don't even notice the difference between rythm/solo picking.
Unless it's one of those uber 1337 and secret angle techniques that makes Steve the guitarist he is today I guess
I guess it's a very important technique to learn how to stroke the strings (lol) with both sides of your pick when going for faster rythms and/or solo's. I remembered having a hard time keeping up with fast rythms because I only did downstrokes for a while, and now I can play really fast without breaking a sweat
I remember consequently changing the angle of my picking, the tip of the pick is more vertical towards the strings nowadays, to hit the strings in a fluent way. Just be careful not to hit the other strings.. it takes a while to perfect it, but it is very handy to train scales and arps while at it But to come back at your question: I think it depends on the guitarist way of playing, and maybe you don't even notice the difference between rythm/solo picking.
Unless it's one of those uber 1337 and secret angle techniques that makes Steve the guitarist he is today I guess
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