The question posed by the thread title may need some clarifying so I’ll attempt to clarify it here: If you want to do upward pick slanting so that your pickstroke escapes the plane of the strings on every downstroke, what is the fastest method you have found for what would amount to tremolo picking where you’re playing the fastest tremolo picking you’re capable of while still escaping from the plane of the strings on every downstroke?
Personally I have found that using the elbow results in the fastest tremolo picking I can do, but if I use the elbow only, the pick moves back and forth horizontally - it never escapes from the plane of the strings. So unless I’m mistaken, if you choose to do upward pick slanting using the elbow as the primary driver of the pick motion, you still have to add another driver besides the elbow in order for the pick to move upwards enough to escape the plane of the strings.
So, if you’re using the elbow as your primary driver when doing UWPS, what motion driver have you found that works best in conjunction with the elbow for the fastest UWPS tremolo picking possible? Is it turning of the forearm combine with elbow motion?? Is it wrist extension combined with elbow? Is it something else combined with elbow?
@Troy I know you’ve spent a tremendous amount of time and effort trying various picking techniques. I’d really like to use the elbow but using the elbow alone results in horizontal pick motion only - motion that never escapes the plane of the strings - is that correct? So what motion driver have you found personally to work best for upward pick slanting to use in combination with the elbow? Or, of the players you’ve observed who use primarily elbow for upward pick slanting, what other driver do they most often add to elbow motion to change the pick motion from horizontal (which doesn’t escape the plane of the strings) into a motion that escapes the plane of the strings on every downstroke? Thank you!
