Upward Pickslanting Licks

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Continuing this picking technique demonstration with upward pickslanting licks. First I'll demonstrate what it is, compare it to downward pickslanting, then provide some licks you can practice to develop the technique. Below, you'll find links to related content as well as a downloadable PDF transcription of the licks in the video.
Much of the terminology in this video is borrowed from Troy Grady and his show, Cracking the Code. If you haven't seen his channel yet I highly recommend it. He has made some of the most impressive breakthroughs in understanding the techniques of the greats. My goal in this series is to build on some of his work by providing you with interesting ways to adapt his observations.
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@Loutube2006 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Very "Troy Grady" like in both content and dialogue.

@KevinOShaughnessyGuitar 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. You may notice I have a link to one of his videos in the description and I've given him props in other videos in this series. He's doing some absolutely amazing work for advancing guitar education.

@ingemarnilsson5498 Жыл бұрын

You have very good ideas about guitar technic.

@matzanrock 5 жыл бұрын

liked this a lot

@jackmaple6679 3 жыл бұрын

That was great thanks

@KevinOShaughnessyGuitar 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@deeforty 2 жыл бұрын

Mate, I'm struggling massively with playing 2 note per string pentatonics with an upward pickslant, it's synching it all together at speed, any tips

@KevinOShaughnessyGuitar 2 жыл бұрын

The short answer is, let it suck for a while. Deveolping skill on an instrument is a lot like kids learning how to walk: there's a lot of falling involved. What I usually do in the situation you describe is to play it a few times at half speed then right away go into the same number of times at full speed. This helps me identify any previously unnoticed changes in my orientation or movement between playing slow and playing fast. At slower speeds it's possible to get away with a completely different orientation than what is needed for fast playing. The other thing I will do is focus on the first note of each chunk. Troy Grady does a great episode on this in the first season of Cracking the Code. In short, all you really focus on is synchronizing the two hands on the first note of a repeated pattern, and with practice the rest of the pattern falls in line. Let me know if you have any other questions. I hope this helps. Good luck!

@davystrangename 2 жыл бұрын

I use downwards pickslanting for playing pentatonics

@arvkolo4arvkolo438 3 жыл бұрын

please upload C major scale, starting on 5th string. it has odd and even notes on each string, how to play it.

@KevinOShaughnessyGuitar 3 жыл бұрын

Here's a link you might find useful. nationalguitaracademy.com/c-major-scale-guitar/ I don't really know anything about National Guitar Academy and I'm not endorsing them, but this page shows a couple of ways to play the C Major Scale including the one I think you're looking for. There's also some additional information that might be helpful. Thanks for watching this video and let me know if I can help you with anything else.

@arvkolo4arvkolo438 3 жыл бұрын

@@KevinOShaughnessyGuitar I know how to play it, i was looking for the pick slanting pattern, couldnt use downward only or upward only for the entire scale of 8 notes, so whats the solution, you please play it and suggest what to be done

@KevinOShaughnessyGuitar 3 жыл бұрын

@@arvkolo4arvkolo438 Sorry about that, I totally misunderstood your question. When ascending, you use upward pickslanting on the first note then switch to downward pickslanting for the remaining 7 notes. Simply do the reverse for descending: Downward pickslanting for the first 7 notes then switch to upward pickslanting for the last note. There are other solultions but this should get you started. Hopefully, that answers your question and I can shoot a video on it as soon as I get a chance. In the meantime, Check out Troy Grady's show Cracking the Code here on KZfaq (if you haven't already). He's got a video on two-way pickslanting that may help.

@arvkolo4arvkolo438 3 жыл бұрын

@@KevinOShaughnessyGuitar thanks you for your response and video, I already watched troys, thats how I got to your video, I tried and the 5th note g needs a change in pick slanting again to upward to get to A note. quite annoying, I'm playing another method for long time just for major scales. it is skipping the alternate picking by using two down stokes from D to E and G to A, I begin with up stroke both ways on C.Im trying to figure out how do you play fast with both ways pick slanting while playing a scale or any melody.

@KevinOShaughnessyGuitar 3 жыл бұрын

@@arvkolo4arvkolo438 The speed come with time and practice. There's no work around for that. Also, If you've seen Troy's videos, have you watched his observations about Yngwie and Eric Johnson? The most relevent for this conversation is that they both write licks that favor downward pickslanting. Generally speaking, players of any instrument rarely run up a scale in real music. It happens, but it makes up a very small percentage of a musician's actual playing. Therefore, learning to play a scale up and down really fast may be less important than learning the pattern and developing licks and sequences that fit with your preferred picking orientation. Does that make sense? However, if you do want to learn an interesting technique for playing scales up and down the neck quickly, Check out Troy's video "Conquering the Scale" (I think is what it's called) featuring Michael Angelo Batio. The timing of his pickslanting changes is really interesting. Good luck! And feel free to hit me up if you have any more questions.

@shashanksherkar392 4 жыл бұрын

Good work Kevin. I would definitely try this where I literally suck totally. Please check your email for a request from me Shash-OneManBand from India.

@KevinOShaughnessyGuitar 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Got your email. Thanks for following up.