Count's Monster Picking Sequence

Playing Technique
#1

Trying to record a super fast picking/sweeping lick for my new EP and thought it might be fun to share with everyone, because it’s a real pain!

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As you can see, there’s a lot going on. Should anyone fancy a go at it, I’d love to see the results! Trying to get it to 160bpm for the song which is… too fast! Ha!

I made an attempt last year which @Troy pointed out could have been a lot cleaner. So back to the drawing board, would be interesting to see anyone else have a stab at it!

Edit: I realised I don’t actually play the ending of the second bar correctly in this take! Oops!

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#2

I’ll pass :slight_smile:
(20 characters)

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#3

http://www.usanetwork.com/sites/usanetwork/files/13_2.gif
:wink: Can’t be worse than the trilogy intro! Haha!

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#4

Indeed it can! Because at least Trilogy is at a playable tempo :stuck_out_tongue:

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#5

Fair point! Haha! I really regret that tempo now. Still, there’s a lick that’s harder than this one and I managed to get that down, with a few more weeks of driving myself and my family insane with this lick, maybe i’ll actually get it!

#6

Way too fast for me, especially the sweep picking part. I would love to see someone playing this.

#7

Man 6s at 160 is very ambitious! I struggle to pick 5s at that speed (e.g. the erotomania lick). In general I don’t enjoy playing guitar when it goes beyond 6s @ 130bpm or so… it becomes too much work :smiley:

Do you get fatigued when picking this lick?

On the plus side, it seems perfect for UWPS so it may feel comfortable to me (at a more humane speed) - might give it a shot :slight_smile:

#8

Pure legato at 110bpm might be possible, not sure how I’d play the sweep picked bit.

#9

I actually got pretty close:

(sorry for the Facebook link. I deleted the original file for some reason so can’t put on youtube. Hopefully everyone can still watch it!)
But as you can hear, this isn’t 100% there, few fluffed notes. I even recorded a take at the correct tempo which I was almost happy with but then decided I could do better.

As for fatigue, not a lot. If I play it for extended periods of time when practice, sure my arm will get a bit tired, but after a few minutes rest I can go again straight away.