Need help ups... 2 note per string pentatonics

Playing Technique
#1

I need serious help with upwards pick slanting, I feel I have the motion correct but just can’t get the pentatonics past 130bpm, picks getting stuck, having a total nightmare, been on years with these and can’t move forward, the more I practice the worse I get

#2

Post a video please.

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#3

I’m trying but it says it can’t authorise the file

#4

The easiest way is to upload on YouTube and set the video as unlisted.

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#6

Dirty as I’ve just literally came in and picked up the guitar, that’s where I’m at with just picking up

#7

That’s the best way to record your playing. I always do that. No warming up, no preparations.

#8

I’m soooo annoyed at these licks, I’m spending hours and hours on a night and getting nowhere

#9

What about starting the lick adding an extra note on the higher string so you’d play 12-15-12 on the E before descending? So the string shift would happen after a downstroke.

After that it would be the same 2nps lick, just with an extra note at the start.

#10

Wouldn’t that make it dwps? Everyone I’ve spoke to has basically said start on a down and I just can’t get away with that technique, I feel way more at home doing uwps, are these licks not possible using an upstroke? I seem to get stuck coming back to the 15 on the High e

#11

Try doing 3 notes on the higher string OR starting with an upstroke and starting with 2 notes on the higher string.

Your problem is the string change. Try playing the lick only changing strings after a downstroke.

#12

I almost feel its a “resting” problem, where I’m not quite fretting and hitting the note at the same time… Its ever so slightly out of synch throwing the whole thing off…

#13

No. There’s no problem. Just try playing the lick as I’ve said. Either playing 3 notes on the higher string the first time or playing 2 notes and starting with an upstroke.

#14

Yeah I change string on a down, strictly upwards pickslanting

#15

Best way to describe it would be… If it get the first few notes right I can look in and it all runs smoothly, but if I don’t I get stuck straight away and it just falls apart

#16

Do you think you could show me a video demonstrating what you mean?

#17

I can when I arrive home

#18

Appreciate your time mate, thank you. Can you nail this kind of thing?

#19

Not above 180bpm 16th notes, and not for long.

#20

Using an upstroke? How lol

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