Thank you Thank you for getting straight to the exercises. I dont need to know your journey of life for 10 minutes prior to the exercises. I will for sure utilize these exercises. Thanks.
For North Americans, when he says quavers, he means 8th notes, and when he says semi quavers, he means 16th notes. It's a different music note terminology that we don't use here in Canada or the United States.
I regularly do scales to warm up and then try to improve my picking speed as I'm rusting off some years without playing so this is perfect - simple and sounds very effective. Thank you!
I like using backing drum tracks for a metronome so you train your ear to hear the drums as your metronome giving you the full band feeling. Some metronome units have this feature built in and are awesome!
For me personally, the trichky part is playing 16th tripelts on 2 strings using outside, inside picking pivots. The outside picking seems really weird and unnatural to me. Specially the upstroke on the higher string where I have to skip the string and do a upstroke. I can't do them faster than 75 bpm. I aim for 90.
@@rferguson3 thanks mate, just clicked that he was probs talking about the one in the thumbnail! I haven’t used them myself I will have to check them out!
i have watched a lot of videos about picking exercises and the tips you give here have helped me immensely. simple but effective. subscription and like and i am going to go through all your lessons. thanks donovan!
Great lesson, straight to the point. I've been playing for 15+ years and I still have tremendous difficulty pushing 16ths past 140 bpm reliably. This has caused issues for lead playing, gallops, tremolo, everything. It's super frustrating. I think one issue is that I have a lot of trouble playing quickly with a conventional right hand position (right hand playing like your own, with the wrist acting as the lever for alternate picking) because my wrist feels stiff or weak. If I want to play fast, I have to push the knuckles of my pinky and ring finger outward, making a hockey-stick like position with my wrist, and using my elbow as the lever for alternate picking. This method is MUCH faster (16ths at 190+ bpm), but I don't have any control over how I articulate the notes, so my tremolo sounds like crap. So I guess what I'd like to know is, should I try and build up speed with a conventional way of picking, using just my wrist, or try to build control with the elbow method of picking? Have you heard of people with this problem before?
Hi mate, thanks so much for your support! Definitely a super common problem when getting up to those higher speeds especially with accuracy and control as you mentioned. The issue with the elbow picking is the amount of motion required and as you would know gets quite tiring through any longer duration of tremolo. I would recommend trying to build up your conventional wrist picking technique, making sure that you have your forearm, all the way down to the upper palm area connected to the guitar body/bridge. This allows a point of stability and plants that right arm. This will develop into much more control, accuracy and stamina for you in the long run! Best tip i can give is just being aware of that picking hand from here on out. everything you do warmups, drills, covers, songs etc just constantly ask yourself. What is my picking technique using right now? Hope this helps mate, Kind Regards Donovan
Thanks so much! Great thing to incorporate into your routine. I would keep it brief practice this right hand method for around 10 minutes only but do it regularly! Cheers Donovan
Thank you Thank you for getting straight to the exercises. I dont need to know your journey of life for 10 minutes prior to the exercises. I will for sure utilize these exercises. Thanks.
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed!
For North Americans, when he says quavers, he means 8th notes, and when he says semi quavers, he means 16th notes. It's a different music note terminology that we don't use here in Canada or the United States.
I know the British Dialect is more artsey in a lot of terms, but the dialect's terms for note divisions are just impractical.
Very good lesson,started practicing it right away. Thanks ❤
Thanks for your support! Great to hear, you will notice improvement in no time at all 🎸🤗
I regularly do scales to warm up and then try to improve my picking speed as I'm rusting off some years without playing so this is perfect - simple and sounds very effective. Thank you!
Awesome! Should be a good way for you to combine the two for warmups. Enjoy!
I like using backing drum tracks for a metronome so you train your ear to hear the drums as your metronome giving you the full band feeling. Some metronome units have this feature built in and are awesome!
Yep that’s a great way to do it as well! Also makes the practice a little less tedious too doesn’t it!
Thank you for this video, straight to the point, simple and clear, I'm going to start practicing these exercises from today. (say hi to Brazil 🇧🇷)
Much appreciated! Hope you get some skills development from these drills. Much love from Australia 🇦🇺
Great lesson makes sense always have trouble getting past certain speed this seems like great way to make progress 🤘
Thanks so much!! Yep a great way to break through those frustrating plateaus! 🎸🤗
Wow such a good lesson !! Thank you
You're very welcome! 🎸
Awesome exercises. Thanks for sharing. Im subbed
My pleasure Robby!
For me personally, the trichky part is playing 16th tripelts on 2 strings using outside, inside picking pivots. The outside picking seems really weird and unnatural to me. Specially the upstroke on the higher string where I have to skip the string and do a upstroke. I can't do them faster than 75 bpm. I aim for 90.
Cheers m8
My pleasure mate!!
Wait...that's a Megadeth poster behind you!
Tambien se puede emprzar golpeando hacia arriba.El cruze se hace mas interesante.
Certainly can!
What brand of pick do you use?
At the moment using a Jeff Loomis sharp 1.5mm
The one shown in the thumbnail for the video is a Rombo pick. They’re a German company & have outstanding picks. I have a few different models myself.
@@rferguson3 thanks mate, just clicked that he was probs talking about the one in the thumbnail! I haven’t used them myself I will have to check them out!
i have watched a lot of videos about picking exercises and the tips you give here have helped me immensely. simple but effective. subscription and like and i am going to go through all your lessons. thanks donovan!
Thanks very much Marco! I’m glad this video could provide some useful info for you!
Great lesson, straight to the point. I've been playing for 15+ years and I still have tremendous difficulty pushing 16ths past 140 bpm reliably. This has caused issues for lead playing, gallops, tremolo, everything. It's super frustrating.
I think one issue is that I have a lot of trouble playing quickly with a conventional right hand position (right hand playing like your own, with the wrist acting as the lever for alternate picking) because my wrist feels stiff or weak. If I want to play fast, I have to push the knuckles of my pinky and ring finger outward, making a hockey-stick like position with my wrist, and using my elbow as the lever for alternate picking. This method is MUCH faster (16ths at 190+ bpm), but I don't have any control over how I articulate the notes, so my tremolo sounds like crap.
So I guess what I'd like to know is, should I try and build up speed with a conventional way of picking, using just my wrist, or try to build control with the elbow method of picking? Have you heard of people with this problem before?
Hi mate, thanks so much for your support!
Definitely a super common problem when getting up to those higher speeds especially with accuracy and control as you mentioned. The issue with the elbow picking is the amount of motion required and as you would know gets quite tiring through any longer duration of tremolo. I would recommend trying to build up your conventional wrist picking technique, making sure that you have your forearm, all the way down to the upper palm area connected to the guitar body/bridge. This allows a point of stability and plants that right arm. This will develop into much more control, accuracy and stamina for you in the long run!
Best tip i can give is just being aware of that picking hand from here on out. everything you do warmups, drills, covers, songs etc just constantly ask yourself. What is my picking technique using right now?
Hope this helps mate, Kind Regards
Donovan
This was an amazing lesson, I’ll be using this everyday from now on. One question though, how long should I be practicing this for?
Thanks so much! Great thing to incorporate into your routine. I would keep it brief practice this right hand method for around 10 minutes only but do it regularly!
Cheers
Donovan
@@DonovanTaylor1Awesome, thank you!
I need to learn this
Any suggestions for fast downstroke?
Sure do mate, stay tuned I’ll do a video this week on down picking for ya! 🤘🎸
@@DonovanTaylor1Thank you)
Thankyou!
You're welcome!