I just got my membership and I’m trying to get my head around what the most allrounder technique is. I have taken courses with Tom Hess for a few years and I learned his thumb muting technique which puts you in a DSX without even knowing it and learned directional picking. I have made some nice progress throughout the years but I was never fully able to express myself, because I didn’t understand the different concepts of holding the pick. I knew that I could play with different pickholds and they felt good but I failed to understand which one serves which purpose.
After a few years of pause I’m coming back and I’m wondering what to learn. I can play 3 nps sequences triplets up to 220 BPM, but with directional picking only. So I feel like I have to unlearn that to be able to learn propper alternate picking.
And I feel like I could learn USX as well as DSX as both feel good.
I fail also to see why one wouldn’t learn two-way pickslanting as a general rule. Am I missing something?
I also found the primary motion plus secondary motion not that well explained, mainly as how is one supposed to do the secondary motion? Is it simply a switch from moving your wrist in a reverse dart thrower motion to a more vertical wrist motion for the string crossing and then getting back to your primary motion?
It this “correct”?
You don’t have to unlearn anything. Just learn the new thing. You can continue doing the old thing or drop it if it’s not useful for anything. Knowing one thing doesn’t stop you from learning and doing something else. You’ll probably find some musical situations where directional picking is preferable to alternate picking.
Give this a read: Why don't we all learn DBX First?
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