Cmcgee 902 picking motion critique

Technique Critique
#182

It’s getting pretty fast! I scrolled through to some of your earlier videos. I sort of forgot what an amazing start you had after just a few days lol! Some of your early Tumeni attempts were really fast. Still, great progress. It looks more controlled/relaxed now and the success hit rate is much higher. It’s crazy you’ve been at this for only ~3 months. Or…maybe it’s not so crazy…

You seem to have done this the ‘right’ way. Starting fast, finding “the motion” and not worrying about squeaky clean in the beginning. Tons of documenting, lots of little tweaks. Thanks again for the whole thread. Hopefully this spawns some more DBX players around here, as we all know, it’s an area of frustration for many.

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#183

Damn I actually lost track and thought I started in March! I definitely hope this thread helps some folks out.

I would like to try out Tumeni again - I think it’s actually less difficult than Glass Prison not just with the difference in speed but due to the swapping between the diminished and maj/min shapes.

I’ve made a lot of progress on the Bach Solfeggietto and had an idea for a hair metal album - so I’ve incorporated it in the intro of a song I’ve mostly finished drafting up - got a Guitar pro export loaded on soundcloud.

Lately I’m going back and working on 2 way escape versions of Yngwie runs and some Gilbert stuff again. I think the crosspicking naturally slides into swiping but I prefer the palm muted swiping sound for most scalar runs.

I’ve also noticed I’m swiping on some of the one note per string runs, if I flatten the motion out too much just going at all out speed. But in doing that I also noticed that it’s not that audible. Tempted to see how clean I can get 802 picking+swiped arpeggios sounding.

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