So in my month of posting here, I’ve discovered that, despite not being a natural player, I’m actually even worse at being analytical. Doing a simple windshield-wiper movement with my hand feels comfortable. But the only way I can do it is by keeping my wrist completely flat, with the pick path going across all the strings. Every time I TRY to do DWPS or UWPS with that same simple, relaxing movement, I come across this problem of my hand being blocked by the guitar before the pick can even hit the string. HEAVY EDIT: I’ve sort of figured out a way past this, but it’s using mental trickery rather than logic I understand.
The problem is, it takes so much effort to play “properly” with the DWPS technique to clear the strings that I can’t even think about making music, and haven’t learned any new licks since I discovered the concept of DWPS and UWPS, as the last thing I want to do is learn more licks with the wrong technique and solidify my incorrect technique even further. So, in the interest of my gig this weekend, I’m going to post my attempt at playing guitar without worrying about escaped pick strokes, and see if I’m accidentally doing DWPS and UWPS - some have commented that I am, but again, I don’t know how. Here’s me playing “normally”, then attempting crosspicking without thinking about DWPS, and then me trying to DWPS.
HEAVY EDIT: Alright I’ve found a slightly unorthodox solution to my DWPS woes. It still doesn’t make logical sense to me, but it seems to work. I’ll upload a thread about that later when the youtube vid loads, but in the meantime, I would love a review of this technique, because it feels great when it works, but sometimes I try to do this and it’s a complete mess of unwanted open strings.