Pickinstone's Videos

Pick Tests B

Pick Tests

Tremolo On 4-3-2-1

Sloppy, but hopefully the picking motion comes through.

6 nps exercise

Still not fast enough, but getting there

4 nps exercise

Still working on the exercise, but wanted to know if I was on the right track.

close up of picking

Picking on a chromatic run. I think I have neutral picking angle to make it come out right. That said, the technique isn't consistent and powerful enough--for volume and accents.

Playing in Action

Some playing to show the techniques that I use to get the sounds that I want, but working up the speed.

Tremolo Tk2

More footage to critique

Tremolo Tk1

sorry for the multiple posts, I wasn't able to link to multiple videos. Here is a video of me picking on one string.

String Hopping

Troy et all, I've been a member since December of 2022 and the forum members on the website have REALLY helped me navigate the website. You've got a helpful bunch of online guitarists on this here website, which is no small feat. Anyway, they directed me to a couple of your primer videos and I found one about testing motions with a two note per string pentatonic idea. Low and behold, I think I am experiencing string hopping when trying to play a simple pentatonic phrase. For years, I played my guitar without a pickguard. An old teacher got me into picking with forearm rotation and trying to float the right hand. A year ago I reinstalled my pickguard and decided to stop floating my right hand all the time. I don't have a smartphone--the internet can already be too addictive. Anyway, I tried to get some good angles of me picking on one string. I also uploaded some other videos so you could see how my picking translates to my "real-life" playing. I am trying to go for that forearm+wrist gypsy downward pick slant type of technique. Let me know what you suggest. Warm Regards, Alex Link