Get this right before you start working on alternate picking!

Here is another video in a bit more detail on how to dial in a relaxed picking hand before getting into the gritty details of pick slanting and mechanical optimisation.

[@AndykWilhelm]

Wow, heard it explained like this!

[@Darksightkellar]

This video has changed my trajectory. Thank you thank you, thank you!

[@JuciferN9]

Appreciate the idea from this video. I’ll pay more attention to this in my practices.

[@PixelThief69]

Very cool. I'd love to see you do a full video focusing just on the infamous Paul Gilbert lick. The licks you showed in this video are even notes per string so you can stay with your one pick slant (sorry for going back to the Troy Grady stuff but really my biggest problem is odd note groupings on string changes).

[@ultrabars7070]

underrated video

[@nami7810]

You sound so much like chris buck :))

[@JustSajojo]

he does

[@koyjonplaysguitar]

Thank you so much.

[@creamysauce7966]

Thank you man

[@musiclabtr]

Thanks!!

[@mcclary8225]

are you supposed to keep your hand on the bridge? or can it hover over it a little bit? im on my 5th rewatch trying to get it down

[@Kerriben]

so generally the little bony nodule (pisiform if you want to google it and see exactly what I'm talking about) on the outside of the wrist sits around the bridge area - it can move up and down depending on what string you are playing however. Andy Wood also does this and explains it in his interview with Troy Grady, might be something else to check out

[@mcclary8225]

@@Kerriben Thank you Ben. Got in some good ass practice today because of your video and reply. I teach myself to do a lot of things from CZcams, so I feel like I’ve developed the ability to sift out which videos are fluff and which actually can get you somewhere and yours definitely pushed me on the right path. Keep being righteous 💪🏾

[@jsoye]

I have been working on some of these factors in the last couple of weeks with a view to trying to get a nice wrist motion with an upstroke escape etc. On looking at this, to me, all three motions you have used look different. The faster picking motion on one string did not look the same as the slower one on one string?

[@Kerriben]

I’ll dive into this in a future video, but instruments are all about ‘feel’ not visuals. I really dislike a lot of modern teaching that focuses on zooming in and trying to match how something looks, when fundamentally you are using tactile response to train the muscles and nerves in the hand / arm. It might look slightly weird here (my technique has since greatly improved) but I’m more bothered about it feeling effortless and relaxed.

[@jsoye]

That’s really interesting - as someone at the wrong side of this process let’s say, you wonder whether the issues raised by those at the “right side” of the process are actually those that I am experiencing, or which are what I need to progress. I have a way of picking fast, which is very anchored, and which I can start with a downstroke escape, but in some ways is very limiting. I would like to develop a wrist based motion, hopefully which has an upstroke escape. I can tremolo pick nicely but it doesn’t work at all for me starting from slow and then going to faster speeds. I am trying to look at developing control and relaxation of the tremolo process so that I can slow it down and then start trying to bring the left hand from there…

[@Kerriben]

@@jsoye my advice would be to work out some exercises that really exacerbate what you are having an issue with - doing one note per string banjo roll alt picking stuff really helped me understand string changes and tracking better because it’s essential to even get started with that style. If you always work on the same picking drills sometimes you just end up getting good at something impractical!