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Topic: Speed Picking Exercises... |
Steve Wood
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Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 25 Jul 2013 5:45 pm |
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Hey gang,
I'm in a rut looking for some speed picking exercises to build up my dexterity and speed. Pick/Palm block, Ill take whatever you got!
Any ideas? |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 25 Jul 2013 6:34 pm
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Connie Smith, I'll Come Running.
Play it like Weldon did.
Also, much of Buddy Cage's work with NRPS
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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W. Van Horn
From:
Houston, texas
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2013 9:07 am
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| Hal & Weldon’s Amazing One Pedal Two Finger Three String Song worked wonders for my speed picking and pick blocking. Highly recommended if you can find it. As I recall it was a couple pages of tab with a 45 rpm record and was produced by the Emmons Company. It has been discussed here before and you may be able to find a copy of the tab if you have the time and patience to do a search. |
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Steve Wood
From:
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 28 Jul 2013 8:12 pm
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| thanks, all! |
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Ron Funk
From:
Ballwin, Missouri
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Posted 30 Jul 2013 10:26 am
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| Perhaps Newman's "New Dirty Dozen" - learn and then apply in your songs |
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Dana Shaw
From:
Maine, USA
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Posted 4 Aug 2013 12:15 pm Speed pick in'
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| I know this sounds silly, but after 20 years of learning this way I discovered Joe Wright's simple finger exercises while at St Louis. You will never get to be a good "fast picker" if you can't do it slow. I have gained more in the past 5 years since this discovery than the other years put together I think. I bet a lot of players would agree about the effectiveness of his exercise technique. Best I've found. |
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Mike Wheeler
From:
Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 5 Aug 2013 7:49 am
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Very true, Dana. I learned very early to practice speed licks (on any instrument) slowly at first, then increase speed a little at a time. If I make a mistake, I back down the speed and practice it some more...then try again at a faster speed. The goal being to play as fast as you can without making ANY mistakes.
Eventually one develops the dexterity, and muscle memory, to be able to play amazingly fast AND ACCURATELY. The fastest players didn't get that fast by accident...they worked their butts off. There's just no substitute for that hard work if you want to be your best.
YMMV
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