Mixed Escapes (Hard Mode)
Hey all - Thanks to previous TCs, my mixed escape/two-way pickslanting is pretty decent. I was recently very inspired by the interview with Dimitri Miles Baker and wanted to work on phrases where you have to do multiple inside picking escapes. See Dimitri Escapes vid. my biggest problem is, once i hit that last note on the higher-pitched string, my wrist refuses to simply move left to hit the lower-pitched string without it feeling like big, conscious effort is involved. it’s like some invisible force is pushing back on it. and when i do hit that string, the pickstroke feels unnaturally short with delayed timing and that i have to get back to the higher-pitched string asap. and on the low e, forget about it, it’s like my wrist is pretending to hit the string and it feels v awkward. the rest of the lick feels easy. see “regular sixes” as this isn’t much of a problem with normal 3NPS scales. that “regular sixes” lick is much more natural though. just one escape in the middle of the beat. based on my review of the Synchronicity seminar, I’m wondering if there’s a chunking issue here, as the escape in the Miles-type lick is in a pretty random part of the sextuplet. this is at a measly 80bpm too! it’s not the tightest against the click because i feel like there’s a hiccup or glitch when moving left. like zoolander, i can’t turn (my wrist) left! what am i missing? thanks all! UPDATE: If I just play 10-9-7-9-7 on the high e and then 10 on the B, it’s super easy and i can play it cleanly quite fast. but if i know i have to go back to the high e, then hitting that 10 fret on the b string all of a sudden turns into the “can’t turn left” problem….
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