I’m working on this Bach Double that’s in Pumping Nylon but playing it with a pick on electric.
There’s a few spread arpeggio sections which are really beautiful and also pretty tough. I was wondering if there’s any string Skipping info in the pickslanting primer? I think this will end up being a bounce technique thing. I was wondering buying the pickslanting primer but I don’t know if that’s covered.
For 1NPS string skipping, I’d look at the crosspicking stuff.
I’m not familiar with that book, is it an arrangement of part of this? Bach Double Violin Concerto - Yehudi Menuhin And David Oistrakh. - YouTube
When I read sheet music I lay it out as TAB to try to optimize the mechanics, do you have something like that to share? My rule of thumb is roughly this:
if it has only one note per string, and such strings are isolated, one must use double-escaped motions (although there is a special technique, swiping, that I’m not a fan of).
if it has only one note per string, and such strings are adjoining, one can sweep.
Changing sweep direction is interesting, and what I do (I’m not sure if it’s optimal) is that I usually escape on the last note in a given direction and flip my pick slant. (I’m really 2WPS falling back on double-escape when necessary, I suppose.)
I put that book in my shopping basket at Amazon, I might pick it up after I finish all of the sheet music before it that I still have to do! 
When you transcribe Sheet Music to tabs you start playing at center of the neck or somewhere else, I think about 10 to 14 Frets is a good place to start, you have more register covered in the same place, just have to move for reach more high or low tone notes. Later you can select the place for play having in mind the sound you like more brilliant or fat.
Sorry for the delay in replying. I was trying to make some videos and got sidetracked. Pumping Nylon is a classical guitar book that was highly recommended. I’ve used it for a few different things, the Guiliani right hand exercises are great for hybrid picking and there are some cool warmups and exercises. I like it a lot. Not just for classical.
I just started messing with the Bach in January and it’s been really excellent to work on. Amazing piece of music. I just do 15 minutes a day on it and take it as a bunch of little études. It’s really fun to play. I am slowly working my way through the 2nd part. My picking has gotten much better from working on it.
Here’s me practicing the string skipping thing above:
And this is practicing the first half (with a false start)
My current question is whether I should stop dragging my right hand fingers on the pick guard. It seems like it would be much more efficient to keep my pinky up into a fist but currently when I do that I lost some control and also it sounds pretty harsh. Not sure if I should expend the time to work on control without dragging my fingers.
I’ll work on some better recordings. Thanks for your thoughts. This is roughly quarter=100. Goal would be 147 (at least that’s how fast Hillary Hahn plays it but everyone seems to play it pretty burning)
