June 27, 200718 yr I'm a somewhat beginning guitarist, and I've been needing to know this for a long time:what is the proper way to move the pick if you are doing a lot of repetitions of the same note really fast? If I just move the fingers I am holding the pick with, the pattern gets really choppy because my fingers get tired. So I tried moving my whole hand, but then the pick hits other strings as well as the one I'm trying to hit.:happy:
June 27, 200718 yr Are you using a guitar pick?! That's your first problem...they're way too wide to fit properly into the nose. Most people prefer using the index finger which can easily be inserted fully into either nostril. Moving your hand?! Strings??!! You're getting needlessly complicated here; a simple 'picking' motion with the appropriate digit will result in optimal picking results. Happy hunting!! *sorry I'm not more helpful, I don't play guitar.*
June 27, 200718 yr Guitarists always get worried about using "proper technique", so when they see Marty Friedman hold his pick one way, they try to imitate it because he's undoubtedly better than them. Then the next day, they see John Petrucci pick from the elbow and they try that. Then the next day, they see Michael Angelo Batio picking with his fingers and they try to imitate that. Just try out a bunch of techniques (circle picking, picking from the wrist, picking from the elbow, and even weirder methods) and see what's most comfortable for you, because it's already been demonstrated to guitarists that there are a million different ways to pick fast that all can work. Just make sure that you start slowly and use a metronome. You know, maybe start at 50 BPM playing sixteenth notes (four notes per click) and then try to move up slowly. Speed is a byproduct of accuracy, so make sure that you stay where you can play cleanly and don't just play twice as fast but sloppy so you can say that you played faster. Speed takes patience.
June 27, 200718 yr Watch videos, see how your favourite guitarists do it, then copy them, try out many different techniques, and go with which ever one feels most comfortable.
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