On some days, days like today, I have real trouble keeping my arm still, which obviously creates consistency issues. By this I mean that the arm adds an unwarranted rotation movement, and also jiggles around a bit. Has anyone had this problem, and solved it, or at least found ways to minimise extraneous arm movement?
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I don’t know if it’s the same issue I have.
I had to overcome string muting issues, for example playing two string arpeggios on the E & B strings, I had to train myself to be conscious of muting the other strings all the way to the low E string.
This involved properly resting and posing my hand on the bridge, maybe this will help you if you’re not already resting or lightly anchoring it.
I have thick fleshy palms, not sure if that’s a good thing or not, but I guess I got em’ work for me now.
I had the same issue and I solved it by practising a three string roll on the fourth, third, and second strings, down, up, down, up, down with cross picking on opening strings. I watched my hand and arm in a mirror and by staring at the top of my arm where it meets the wrist I could see every time it rotated and could then stop doing it. Then I moved onto single escape picking with the stable wrist across three strings.
Ok I tried that - unfortunately, it didn’t work. I’ve also tried
- anchoring the hand on the bridge
- anchoring the arm on the body
- tensing up my arm
Nothing seems to be working. Here’s a vid to illustrate what I mean. It’s hard to see in the vid but when I do the chuggy stuff, it causes my whole guitar to shake