Exercise 1 had everyone in my street looking for an ambulance XD Thanks Rick. Great stuff as always 🤟

I think of all the super high level players like Quayle, Govan, Hutchings, etc…of the modern era Rick is by far the best teacher. Most super high level players are terrible teachers. Ya know the super technical player that can rip arpeggios and alternate pick at 250 bpm and he teaches you to do this by talking about feeling of string bends….plenty of those teachers. Rick actually gives the goods. Thank you man. So much

Planting, or pick muting as Paul Gilbert calls it, as been one of the best advice I’ve ever learned to clean up my picking technique. And it’s so logical: playing staccato using this technique helps you to play with the minimum of mouvement, with as much dynamics as wanted while staying relaxed between each strike. And it applies the same if you want to stay strict alternate. Thank you Rick! Your Economy picking volume one is a must have for every player.

Hope you're doing extremely well rick thanks for the lesson as always!

Rick, your economy picking lessons have been the best thing that has happened to me and my guitar! I bought them and couldn't be happier! It transformed my picking technique and overall economy on the guitar 🎸 You rock 🤘

This is by far my favorite video of yours so far, Rick! I've been playing for over 20 years, and was doing everything all alternate picking. I was self taught in the days of tab books and instructional videos...no youtube shortcuts. Never even knew economy picking was a thing til recently. So...trying to change picking habits after 20+ years, proves to be difficult. So grateful for the mechanical techniques to help on this journey! Thanks again, Rick. Btw, you and Guthrie are my two favorite players! The feel and techniques and choice of notes you both bring to the table, are simply amazing! Be blessed!

EXTREEEEEEEEEEEMELY WELL upload, thank you very much for that

see honestly i feel like my bigger issue is my left hand isnt fast enough to keep up with my right hand. Im right handed so the economy picking feels really easy i just cant get my fingers fast enough

Extremely good exercises. I can see these will work extremely well for smoothing out transitioning from strict alternate picking to sweep picking, or economy picking. Excellent lesson, thank you Rick.

Thanks Sir Rick😊 Its very timely for me😊

@RickGraham Every time you put out a video it always inspires me to pick up my guitar and play, no matter what. I have had some really down days of playing in the past couple of months to the point where I was like, what am I doing? Am I just wasting time? I have been playing since I was 15 and I am 53 now and your last video and this one made me pick it up and say oh yeah this is why I love playing guitar! I truly appreciate you. I love your playing, it is how I have always wanted to be able to play and it helps keep me going. Thank you sir.

Thank you so much, Rick! 30 minutes of extremely helpful instruction!

Can you do one on hybrid picking 🙏

Great Lesson as Always! 🔥🤘

Excellent video and just in time to my dive into sweeps

Your lessons are the the only lessons i ever paid money for Worth every penny, gotta practice this too

Amazing practice lesson .. thanks Rick !

Thank You very much Rick! 🎸🔥🤘

Excellent set of exercises. It's like the analog of Giuliani's classical arpeggio patterns (or Segovia's culling) but for electric.

I love it.. Exercise one, sounds like a police chase, sirens blaring.. great to see you back .

This is absolutly I want to know. Thankyou sir.

Love you Rick! Thank you!

Thank you so much this helped a lot!!!! You saved my life

Thank you so much for releasing this content for free 🙂

It's a cool video to practice with My guitar. Thanks Master

Thank you Shred Master 🤘😎🎸🎶🎵

Very informative!

brilliant lesson!!

Your knowledge your skill and your ability will go down in the archives of Guitar History for all of the eons!!! Master Meastro!!!! 🤩🤩🤩

Rick, this lesson cured me of issues I've been struggling with for longer than I'd like to admit. Thank you.

There are the perfect exercises to give me the final boost to shred. Thanks so much.

This is pure gold ❤

Please, everyone buy this package, both 1 and 2. Best economy picking content out there...

Fantastic.

Exactly what i was looking for.

Thank you Rick! Do you have lessons on alternate picking?

Best excercise video.

very useful, thanx for sharing!! :D

Ty for le exercises

Awesome lesson. Thank you sir.

This is top notch Would suggest you pull your sleeve up to show how much wrist movement is happening if any

Awesome

Great technique! What is your action setting? 12th fret?

Grazie Maestro!

Exelente exercício, teether

I had the problem of economy picking long time ago but i Remember One day when my old friend showed me the First VHS Gambale "Monster licks":Frank resolve This problem because when he change direction by his sweep picking he use pair Number of notes and not dispair but...The most important thing for that Technic Is to think the chords and not in positions,he plays "Enclosure" by chromatic approch...he moves arround the roots Notes of the chord and not 3 notes for string in a scale!He put inside the spaces "passing notes" For me was a Revolution...the water under the fingers!!!

Get in!

In ex 11, where do you (or do not) plant the pick after last note of one loop? At the G string (up stroke) or B string (down stroke) before you string skip? I understand the concept of planting, but not always sure on which string I should plant it in each individual case🙉

Clear and concise as always...many thanks Rick .

Bang 🔥 RG the goat

No one does it better!

rick is it necessary to be really proficient at alternate picking and then learn economy, or would it just be easier if your not fast already to learn economy.

Me: ah a new vid from Rick, and I am doing extremely wel.. Rick: RIGHT

Do you have anything for alternate picking also?

Practicing exercise 1 for 9 months straight and hitting a speed barrier at around 80bpm played as sixtuplets. It seems like there is no way to get beyond this without tensing up like hell.

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Yes RICK but, what about the Pickslanting?

😳 i have a problem when i play 3 notes per string all its ok but when i try a simple solo i get confused. what situation is not appropriate to use economy picking

Hi Rick. Im curious as to why in the first 3 examples you start with an upstroke? What would be more natural to me would be to do down b string down up e string for the second example, then down down up up on the third example. To avoid the inside picking. Are all these exercises to improve inside picking?

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i dont get the first exercise about start the movement inside picking but dont care cause i fingerpick everything XD

13 and 14 are the same exercises

My little finger wont reach the D string that high up the neck at 11.58. 😞 Need a plastic surgeon to break my little finger and stretch it by 1.5 cm

GOT TABS??

Brain hurts hhaha! nice exercises!

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It's been said before and I'll say it again: ol' Ricky G needs to take a 10 year break from guitar playing so the rest of the world can catch up a bit.

Why do creators think we want to hear them blaber for 20 min before showing us anything......

The first 6 minutes have people quitting rather than inspired to learn. Please review Rock Discipline for examples on inspired practice techniques.

Thank you so much for this freebee. Magistral lesson as always and a priceless boost of technique for broke bastards like me. RG4PM 👉🏻