Big change!!

This “cracking the code” program, in all my years of playing the guitar, has been such a fun adventure with many interesting curve balls. Breaking down every component and solving each problem has been quite perplexing at times. Every challenge, along the way, has forced me to zoom in and analyze the issue more meticulously but this latest curve ball has yielded surprising results unlike any other. I kept trying to maneuver around the problem of alternate picking/navigating across the G, B, & high E string. The problem that seemed to persist was the conflict between the palm of my picking hand (part of the palm just below the thumb) and the lower strings, especially the low E string, when trying to navigate the pick across the higher strings. It seemed that the most obvious solution was to somehow raise the picking hand out and away from the string plane just enough to provide clearance and alleviate the conflict between the palm and the strings. I was reluctant because I didn’t know how I would do it without drastically changing my overall form and everything I’d learned so far. But I tried it anyway and the results were very surprising! Although I was unable to prevent it from making a drastic change to my overall form it was worth its weight in gold! Making this adjustment forced my picking hand into a different position which converted my overall form from an upward pick slant player with a downstroke pick escape, to a downward pick slant player with an upstroke pick escape. In addition, this also caused me to change my picking motion from exclusively elbow to a combination of elbow and forearm rotation. Raising the picking hand away from the string plane changed everything but it solved the conflict between the palm and the low E string when trying to cross over multiple strings. It feels so much better now I must admit I think I had some help from the man above discovering and solving this issue but I truly believe I’m on the right track now!