This is the 3 PS's per note, & 4 PS's per note single string exercises demonstrated twice using all forearm rotation DWPS position.

Uploaded: Oct 18, 2023 4:53 PM

This is the 3 PS’s per note, & 4 PS’s per note single string exercises demonstrated twice using all elbow UWPS position.

Uploaded: Oct 18, 2023 4:44 PM

The elbow motion is a lot easier and more “locked in” with the upward pick slant on the low E, A, & D string with palm (part of palm just below the thumb) resting on the body of the guitar just above the strings. Crossing over to the higher strings is a challenge because my palm hits the low E string when trying to move downward to pick higher strings. Hope that makes sense it’s difficult to explain in words. The elbow movement has the advantages and disadvantages. Advantages are the tremolo is faster and smoother and superior to the forearm rotation movement. With pick slanted downward it’s much more difficult to use the elbow motion and that’s when the forearm movement comes more into play. So, in essence both pick angles have pros and cons. Upward pick slant - Pros - easy to use pure elbow movement which is my fastest, most accurate and smoothest motion. Cons - due to palm resting on the body, it’s very difficult to cross downward to higher strings. Downward Pick slant - Pros - palm is lifted in the air above and away from the string plane which eliminates conflict between palm and strings when trying to cross downward to the higher 3 strings. Cons - due to the awkward hand position it is difficult to incorporate the elbow motion and so the forearm rotation comes into play which is not as consistent, accurate, or nearly as fast.

Uploaded: Oct 16, 2023 8:40 PM

Please pardon me if this video causes any confusion I just wanted to give the downward pick slant, DSX, pure elbow motion another try. Unfortunately the downward pick slant motion only works on the low E string, A string, and D string. The G, B, and high E will not work sufficiently due to conflict between my palm of picking hand and the low end of the string plane (it works for single string playing but becomes a problem when trying to cross over to another string). If there was a solution that could fix that problem I would gladly stick with the downward pickslant movement. Nevertheless, today I just felt the need to experiment! So this is’nt even close to perfect but as close as I could get for part of what you suggested in the last critique. Please pardon the sloppiness I’m still struggling with hitting outside strings. The first run should be the 4 pick-strokes per note, and the second run I tried to play the 3 pick-strokes per note, as you suggested.

Uploaded: Oct 15, 2023 8:21 PM

Here is the 1-2-3 fingering, as close to tremolo speed as I could get, with the phrase you demonstrated on your last clip.

Uploaded: Oct 10, 2023 3:54 PM