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I would urge you to take a look at the demo at 3:30 in post 9 to see what I am rambling on about....
let me try another way...imagine for a mo your pick is parallel to the B string ready for an upstroke...OK? does NOT have to be slanty!!
now rotate your hand/forearm away from the face of the guitar towards your feet and the pick will strike the string form "underneath" the string ( check vid @ 3:30 for demo)
it is my understanding that this is reverse to regular picking technique .....(an upstroke will rotate hand /forearm towards your face rather that away from it)
I think the confusion may be in the way he explains and exaggerates the movement.
If you were to grab a door knob and twist it clockwise - that would be an upstroke motion, anti-clockwise.... a downstroke.
The movement needed is nowhere near that vast though, only a couple of cm.
No. I play like that, and so do a lot of others.
The only other ways of creating a pick motion would be a side to side movement of the hand (from the wrist). Or some kind of elbow or thumb movement.
if I " twist a doorknob" clockwise that's my down stroke.......that's a valid rhythm/solo movement surely?
rotate to the floor (doorknob/clockwise = down stroke)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHhLCl2_mI
I can't see how it's possible unless you're left handed.
If you grab a door knob with your right hand and turn it clockwise, your thumb and index finger will move up.. hence that is an upstroke.
maybees some other folks will chip in.....
Dan Dan....strum an acoustic guitar with a great big down stroke and it's doorknob/ clockwise/ down stroke
No. It cant be.
from what I can gather most folk are with you on this Dan Dan
no wonder I'm shite
You're not shite. It just hasn't clicked yet.
When I first started I could only play down-strokes with the back of my index fingers nail. When I wore through that I bought some plectrums.
You are luckier in that the information is all there for you and you can ask questions of more experienced players. It seems in the case of Cracking the code, there might have been an overload of advanced technical information, before you were ready for it.
Stick at it and something will happen for you. Try alternate picking on an open string, just keeping a steady tempo and not being distracted by fretting notes. Try Give it a good few minutes and keep the movement you are using quite economical. Your hand really doesn't have to move very far to generate enough of a tone from the string.
Try doing it by moving your hand side to side at the wrist (keeping elbow and forearm rotation to a minimum).
Then try using the rotating action of the forearm (keeping the elbow and wrist movement to a minimum). Even though this picking method involves a rotation of the forearm, the motion is small so it can look similar to the first.
See which feels more natural to you. Don't give up though, everyone hits hurdles.
Dan Dan I've been playin' for years Bro........I probably play in the way you have described and not really noticed........I am guilty though of over analysis and the troy vids just made things worse instead of better...if that makes any sense?
thanks Bro
No problem. Glad to (try to) help.
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I suppose as long as you are satisfied with the results and don't find that your picking is impeded, then all is well.
After watching the cracking the code episodes I started analysing what I was doing more. I've increased my use of economy strokes a fair bit, it is a useful addition once it beds in.
I am looking into upward pick slanting at the moment, just to see if it will turn up some new interesting licks for me. I will only ever use it sparsely though I imagine. The downward slanting is just so right for me, it will always account for 99% of my picking.