How to Pick Properly Part 3 

thanks Bob - i'm glad your finding them useful! best of luck!

I've incorporated it in to a 2 string run starting at the low E 3rd fret (the 2nd major shape, not the first) working my way up and down the neck. Working in sets of 2 strings. Ex: starting with major shape 2 and then each neck position. Working the Low E and A together, Then the D and G and then the B and high E. Using the fingering for each shape for the appropriate string and frets. Using the alternate picking, and keeping the position of my right hand a key focus. Starting on the low E 3rd fret, i will play the first 3 notes of that shape, and the drop down to the A string and do the next three notes there. Then go back to the low E play the next three notes which starts on the 5th fret, and repeat the process, then back to the low E and 7th fret, and so on and so on. Once i've gone down and back up the neck on the low E and A, I drop down to the D and G strings, and repeat the process on the appropriate frets. I do this until I complete the entire neck of the guitar. It helps once you get things memorized, then i find it easier to focus on keeping it clean with good technique, starting slow and building up the speed.

thanks! all the best.

i'm so glad you like it - best of luck to you!

hi David. sorry, but no i don't slant at all. i'm completely perpendicular to the string - both from string to body, and from bridge to neck. i never like the gliss sound that i got from a slant, plus i like the consistency of feel from both the up and downstrokes when there is no slant. i know it's weird, but it's how i like it. :) guess i'm more of a robot than i thought, lol. cheers!

+Carlos Leon that's great news - all the best

You are very welcome - hope it helped.

thanks!

You start with Economy picking to get the feel of your scale then you move into alternative picking with deliberate practice! NOTICE HIGH HE IS CHUNKING IT! THIS MEANS HE BREAKS DOWN THE TECHNIQUE INTO SMALL PIECES!👈🏿👀 ONCE YOU “SLOWLY” GET THE TECHNIQUE DOWN; YOU THEN WORK THE TECHNIQUE WITH A METRONOME WORKING UP TO YOUR SLOWEST SPEED TO WHERE YOU PLAY SLOPPILY MESSING UP. RECORD THIS IN YOUR “GUITAR JOURNAL”. THEN GO AND PRACTICE 4 TIMES AT YOUR SLOWEST SPEED 4 TIMES. STOP! PUT YOUR GUITAR DOWN. MAKE NOTE IF YOUR MISTAKES AT WHAT FRETS, FINGERINGS, AND WHAT BEAT OF YOUR METRONOME. MOVE ON TO ANOTHER AREA OF GUITAR OR JUST PUT THE GUITAR DOWN FOR THAT AND DO SOMETHING ELSE! COME BACK THE NEXT AND DO YOUR GUITAR WARMS AND DRILLS THEN WORK ON THOSE MISTAKE AREA ONE PIECE AT A TIME, 4 REPETITIONS A PIECE. NOTE ANY MISTAKES IN YOUR GUITAR JOURNAL. WORK ON EACH MISTAKE 2 TO 5 MINUTES AT 4 REPETITIONS. WRITE YOUR MISTAKES IN YOUR GUITAR JOURNAL! ONLY WORK EACH PIECE UP TO 5 MINUTES. PUT DOWN GUITAR OR WORK ON ANOTHER GUITAR AREA FOR 5 MINUTES. SET YOUR GOALS AND GUITAR PRACTICE FOR UP TO 15 MINUTES PER DAY AND GRADUALLY RAMP IT ON TO 30 MINUTES PER DAY DEPENDING ON YOUR GOALS AND SCHEDULE. THAT GUITAR JOURNAL WILL ASTOUND YOU AT THE PROGRESS YOU ARE MAKING! 👈🏿👀👍🏾

yes, just remember your hand placement from my first video and you should be fine. good luck!!

it's up to you - i actually sweep the same way i pick (as you describe). but please decide for yourself what sweep technique works for you, ok. all the best :)

I'm still trying various methods for sweeping but as for alternate picking your technique really suits me. at the 1st hour of practicing I can see results :) thanks! you don't know how much of a help this was!

The wrist action is rocking so that the pick glances of the strings at the bottom of a curve ,if it is a straight up and down motion the pick would get stuck between strings.Percussion such as drums you rock your hands and feet to get bounce (multiples) guitar as percussion you are using a fine rocking action glance for multiple.