Fretting Hand Problems Only In Certain Patterns

On trills:

Here’s John McLaughlin.

Notice how the trilling action at 0:25 is generated by planting the index finger and rocking the wrist back and forth. This allows the trill to be executed with a faster movement pattern that naturally synchronises to his picking technique.

I wrote more about John’s rocking mechanics here (and in the comments that follow):

And here’s Marshall, trilling by alternating different fingers to avoid the finger reuse problem.

That entire video of Marshall is full of ridiculous stuff.

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