Cecil Alexander posted a video talking about his picking technique. You don’t often see trailing edge players talk about their technique.
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If you look on his website he also has a picking tutorial available for purchase.
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Love Cecil! Thank you for sharing!
Fun fact, his picking is technically trailing-edge but if you look closely, he is actually playing in a way I’d describe as leading edge going full circle.
Sorry, I’m not sure what you mean. Could you please explain?
I mean that he doesn’t really bend his thumb backwards like Benson. Instead, his pick grip is fairly standard but the reverse attack is a result of his hand position being super low, so he’s kinda playing ǝƃpǝ ƃuı̣pɐǝן.
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Lol I love this!
Another way to think about it is to try and imagine that the hand is not there at all, and see what orientation and trajectory the pick has
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