I've been practing the bass runs and I was wondering about your picking pattern on those runs. Or at least what pattern you might suggest starting with to balence speed and the desired tone. Alternate picking? A hybrid of alternate picking?
Hi Stephen, the basic idea is that we want to maximize the use of rest strokes so that those bass runs can speak at (or possibly even above) the volume of a strum. So I’m using all downstrokes (and most of those are rest strokes) with the exception of one upstroke after the slide when I’m striking the next higher string. You can see this pretty clearly at 11:34. When I play it 10 seconds later, the right hand pick directions are off because I’m not really playing it in time.
Hi Chris,
I've been practing the bass runs and I was wondering about your picking pattern on those runs. Or at least what pattern you might suggest starting with to balence speed and the desired tone. Alternate picking? A hybrid of alternate picking?
Thanks,
Stephen
Hi Stephen, the basic idea is that we want to maximize the use of rest strokes so that those bass runs can speak at (or possibly even above) the volume of a strum. So I’m using all downstrokes (and most of those are rest strokes) with the exception of one upstroke after the slide when I’m striking the next higher string. You can see this pretty clearly at 11:34. When I play it 10 seconds later, the right hand pick directions are off because I’m not really playing it in time.
Cheers,
Chris