Hi all,
Video referred to in this post is here:
https://vimeo.com/1104825506?share=copy
The slow-mo clip (25% speed) is of Marco Sfogli playing a three note per string scalar run with 3 notes on the low E, followed by three notes on A, followed by three notes on E then 3 notes on A using what seems to be strict alternate picking starting on a down-stroke. Marco is a primarily downward-escape player so when he moves from the A to the E string after an upstroke the pick should be trapped between the E and A strings. But he effortlessly plays the next note on the E string with a down-stroke.
How is he making this work, considering he is playing at speed here so using his shred technique not any slower speed string-hopping etc?
I can’t quite tell from the video but think it is one of the better angles I have seen of him playing a line like this so thought I would throw it out there for others to comment.
Perhaps he is swiping the low E on the way through? Or it looks like the slightest change in wrist arc as he positions for the down-stroke on the low E so perhaps he is doing some sort of helper wrist motion to get over the string? Or a Martin Millar type finger uplift thing?
For the rest of the line (not shown in the clip) he avoids this sort of awkward string change for a downward-escape player so I don’t think this is a movement Marco does very often (because it is mechanically awkward with this setup), but he clearly can do something to make it work when he has to!
Thanks for any thoughts, and sorry the clip is not the best but it is all I have (it is taken from one of his latest teaching products).
Thanks all.
