I feel lost here ;)

Playing Technique
#1

Hi

I´m here since ne and a half month now. I got inspirations and was motivated about “kind of picking”. But i feel a bit lost here, perhaps someone could point me on the right way.

I´m more a blues&rock player. I don’t need to be extremely fast in picking, thats not my primary goal ( but it would be fine in some cases) .

My most motivation to enter MasterOfMaechanis was and is to improve my picking and become faster. I miss some examples here based on the old school pentatonic patterns, modes etc. I miss some examples for 2NPS in this case and a mixture with 3NPS. I’m sure , its here on the site.

Perhaps some one can point me in the right way.

Best,
Tom

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#2

You really don’t need anyone to give you examples of old school pentatonic patterns. You can create those licks on your own with a little bit of imagination. Use CTC to learn how to pick properly so that whether you are playing old school pentatonic patterns or something more diatonic, you will be able to play them faster and cleaner than you ever could before.

Look at it this way. Don’t rely on this site to give you licks to play. Use this site to develop picking techniques and motions that will enable you to play whatever you want.

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#3

Thank you fort your response. What do you mean by “CTC” ?

#4

It means Cracking The Code - Troy Grady’s business.

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#5

ok… Thanhx … i will use use CTC in my way … your response was helpfull.

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#6

The Eric Johnson “Cascade” seminar has some good advice about 2NPS licks.

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#7

I’d say the best way to improve technique is uploading certain parts and let people look on it.
Troy usually comes up with very detailed analysis (and he’s not the only one) and if you try to improve certain things you’ll usually get some cool advices and strategies including links to exercises if they exist.

#8

Hi!

Are there examples of something you’re doing now that doesn’t work well, and you would like to improve? What would that be, and what’s the trouble you’re having?

In general, becoming more knowledgeable about picking technique can be helpful at all speeds, and all styles of music. And if what you’re doing is already mostly working, sometimes just becoming more aware of what you are doing can be helpful, even if you don’t change anything.

One thing I would recommend is checking out the live broadcast on picking motions:

https://troygrady.com/channels/talking-the-code/introduction-to-picking-motion/

This is a good general overview of common arm positions and picking motions. You might already be doing something that is similar to one of the techniques we look at. In which case, no problem. But again, sometimes, just understanding the names of things, and what the possibilities are, can make it clearer why things feel and sound they way they do in your technique.