

I'm sorry, I should've specified that I find myself using only the index finger and thumb. Metronome&practise&patience = speed picking Soon things will be possible to perform faster than the day/week before. You have to learn it slow and then speed it up until you loose control and then slow it down a little bit until you can play it correctly.

There is a certain rhythm/flow everything has to move within, pedals/levers/picking patterns/bar movement. Simple exersizes like alternating thumb/index or thumb/middle on the same string and on different strings is necessary to get everything up to speed.
#Buddy emmons pedal steel guitar speed picking techniques how to
All coordination trouble comes from playin too fast and tryin to think about what is supposed to happen instead of knowing that the fingers have already done that kind of movement and know how to move around and pick the strings you need and then it is just to speed everything up.

Best way to do that is by playing real slowly. The R-hand fingers have to be programmed so they will do the same picking movement when you speed things up. Best way get things coordinated properly is to start sloooooooooooooooooooooooooow and get a metronome so you can be sure you are playing at the same tempo until everything flows naturally. You have to use the thumb & index/middle finger to pick so when you say you use them to much I am kind of confused. And my speed and coordination isn't improving the way I'd like. I find myself using just my thumb and index finger more than I want. I think I'm starting to develop bad habits in this area. Your profile | join | preferences | help | searchĬan anyone recommend lessons and/or excersises to increase/improve picking speed? Classic country shuffle styles for Band-in-a-Box, by BIAB guru Jim Baron.
