Hey everyone,
Just wanted to say that everything CtC is awesome, and I’ve really enjoyed the deep dive into all of the technical aspects of guitar playing that I hadn’t thought about much before.
I’ve been playing guitar for about 15 years now, but I’ve been going to university for 8 of those years working on a PhD in physics and it turns out that is quite time consuming. Recently I’ve been trying to improve but found I had a hit a plateau for the past couple of years, and it was that subtle villain stringhopping. I’ve certainly still got a long way to go on my guitar journey, but all of the information laid out here has been an incredibly helpful resource, and for the first time in what feels like a very long time I feel like I’m making progress.
I’m finding a wrist deviation style for USX is working well for me, and I can do sixteenths at about 180-190 bpm comfortably. I also have a very fast elbow motion for DSX (>250 bpm) and have also learned that I’m capable of hyperpicking, so that’s pretty cool as well. My fretting hand definitely has some catching up to do in the speed department.
I think I’ve watched ~80% of the material on this site and have greatly appreciated how detailed everything is, and all of the hard work that’s been put in to it really shines through. Well done!!
Cheers,
keagsBjammin