Sorry for the quality, this is the best video I could find where you can see his hand and thumb rotation. It’s really interesting, it’s like he’s drawing or writing with the pick. Have you guys seen this before?
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Impressive technique.
I personally think using the thumb/finger rotation combination is great… I use it myself. It gives you great precision. However, by itself… it has a big limitation in that you can’t get wide pick-strokes from only that mechanic without fatiguing very quickly… and of course… tiny pick-movements will make changing strings difficult.
At high speeds… you really have to ‘mix-in’ another mechanic, and he does that. Im not sure which mechanic he’s mixing in… maybe the wrist.
Honestly, I think the secret may be that middle-finger wag haha.
Here’s another video, better lighting and quality, showing his technique and slight motion from the elbow/shoulder/wrist
Some people call this Scalpel Picking.
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Whatever he’s using sounds damn good, very accurate. Would be interesting to know if he only uses this on speed stuff or whether he has a more standard looking technique for mid tempo stuff. As @hamsterman points out, it’s a super small movement. But hey, if it works for him!
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Check out Norifumi Shima
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Yeah. there is a really clean speed-picker who uses that term. Basically… he uses the thumb/finger and adds it to his existing wrist method.
So basically… at his highest speed (220 bpm 16th), he can use the combination of two mini-mechanics (thumb/finger & wrist) to get a nice-sized pickstroke. It’s an additive effect. It’s super clean and accurate.
Here’s his video:
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