Absolutely. Needed this training in 1987.

I agree 100%, I've been playing for over 30 years, basically self taught, I wish this valuable advice was available when I first started playing instead of having to take the last few years to fix the bad habits and bad technique holes I fell into, I'm always learning something new thanks to great vids like this.

Get a violin.

just keep in mind you add a slight delay using softer picks.

@@Recals Thx for your comments. I started guitar right handed 1987, 2005 left handed. Only last month did i learn to hold the pick between side of index finger and thumbtip(thx Theo Ziras!) with picking hand c shape and palm on base of guitar(previous index finger tip and thumbtip is incorrect 1987-2023). Not one teacher ever corrected me, metal method, reh vids guitar player didnt help but perhaps i wasnt paying attention though. Ive learned directional inside economy picking last week and alternate outside picking. I use strict alternate picking for pick attack and slow training for note memory and creativity while directional picking is for speed and lessening frustration although its harder to keep time as im very explosive. I always use down picking for lower to higher tones and upstroke higher to lower tones to start note sequences as a rule but if im alternate strict picking i try to follow note sequences for picking direction and slant. I very much like Mikes training here its much better than i ever had in the late eighties. I use the thinner picks the delay makes it easier for my fretting hand to keep up the slowing down makes error detection easier for example during string transfers. I also like the thin feel and the bright tone of thinner picks as i train with amp off. I like the pick bend when sweeping too. Now i use 0.88 to 1 mm picks. My recording on my channel i used a 1.5 mm pick which i used two decades. To me the 1.5 mm pick is dull sounding and transfers picking errors to the fretting hand plus its too easy to pick so again harder to detect errors which to me causes excessive fretting hand pressure i have divots in the frets on the right handed strat in part due to this. So the pick width and directional economy picking and alternate outside strict picking stops frustration, you can hear how strong my pick attack is in my videos. My playing is getting better although i have a unique sound you can hear it in my videos theres a nice depth in my playing, again these videos were with incorrect pick holding and ad libbed alternate picking it still sounds good but im still improving. I train daily on left and right handed guitars.

@@5zazen same except i play right handed guitars right and left handed/ upside down.

No kidding!

try strict alternate outside picking to train slow and directional inside picking(mike and tom hess) to help. Strict alternate helps big time in memory. Directional economy picking for fun and speed. Use a 0.88-1 mm pick to slow down and get it right with a metronome. Upstrokes to start note sequences from higher to lower pitches and downstrokes for lower to higher pitches as a rule of which way to pick a note. Take it in small steps.

look up strict alternate outside picking vs inside directional economy picking.

examine how your picking hand is interacting with fretting hand. i found 1.5 mm too fast for my fretting hand with my fretting hand tensing up. i use 0.88 mm to 1 mm picks now.

@@5zazen I'm using a 1.2 mm but that wasn't an issue. I finally fixed the problem when watching Dean Lamb from Archspire play diminished runs. His hand is fairly relaxed but I noticed that his whole arm was very loose too. I would starting tensing up my forearm or biceps in the middle of fast runs. Then it was just a matter of realizing how relaxed the whole arm can be if you try and make it like a "wet noodle". The hand and fingers are using just enough tension to perform the required technique, it feels amazing.

Yep. I couldn't hack it with sh*tty technique. So, resorting to using the correct technique it is.