Help!!!!

[Lefty_SS]

Howdy,

Iam not sure if my question is right for this fourm, but i need help with this. i have a question about playing my silo than the actual guitar!

If there is anyone on the fourm that can help me out or give me some more suggestions on shredding/alternitive picking that would help alot! its just not coming together the way i would like it to.

i get about 3 strings into a pattern with nice tight form then it all just falls apart. I study "the art of shredding" whenever i can. i just feel that after halfway through a run i get sloppy or i find the power in my picking has slowed down and i can keep the same speed up.

i have been practsing with a metronome for a while and it has helpd me out tremendously but its still not together yet. has anyone else had this probelm before? if it helps I post a video of my playing so you guys can see what im talking about and where the problem may occur. thanks

lefty

 

[roburado]

Well, I'm certainly not the guy to ask. Wish I could help you. Heck, I wish I could help myself.

I don't know. It makes sense to me to just slow it down again and play it at a speed at which you can handle the whole run without any mistakes, even if it seems painfully slow. Then, just try to build up the speed from there.

 

[Lefty_SS]

slowing it down does help alot. when its at a slower tempo such as 90-100 bpm im fine its soid and tight, but when it starts to get up there the momentome in my picking shoots out in the first few lines. maybe working distributing equal power in each motion is the answer?

 

[francric]

Break it down to pieces, master the pieces then put it together and don't rush..................this is what JP recommends. If only we all had the discipline to actually do it this way...........

 

[Lefty_SS]

yeah i try to follow JP's advice as best i can. its hard though. i made up a 2 hour a day practise schedule and its working well.

 

[ripley]

ok... I think I'm going to get yelled at for this one, but it worked for me:

if you're not already, switch to a jazz pick - seriously. one of the little, fat ones. I used Dunlop jazztone 205's until I discovered the Wegen picks from holland (I use the smaller ones, I can't remember what the model is). before that I had been using the horn daugain picks... basically, look for something that closely resembles a flat pebble....

for me - and I stress me because I've had students say that this either doesn't work at all, or is the best thing they've ever done for their playing - the smaller pick allows for much more control, and the fat, smooth surface literally rolled off the strings and really did a lot for my speed.

another good way to train yourself is the (uh... I swear I don't work for Dunlop) Stylus pick. I talked trash about the Stylus for years until a freind left one in my car. after a week of playing around with it I was sold. I still grab it once a week to run through scale exercises. so there you go, that's my bad advice.

 

[Lefty_SS]

that is awsome adivce. i beleive it or not had no interest in playing lead guitar untill i picked up a jazz pick about 4 years ago. my dad shaved down a normally dunlop, one of the purple ones for me. i found the jazz picks and i cant play with anything else. i will have to try the stylus ones. they work perfect for any type of lead playing.