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Great work Brendan. Your picking technique could be holding you back on the speed a bit and that’s just something you have to work on to get more efficient at it to get the speed up where you want it. When the pick bounces out away from the strings and back into the strings like your doing, there is a physical limit on how fast you can go using that technique. I wish I could get you better advice on it, but it’s a difficult thing to teach and I’m suffering from that same thing to a degree as well but have made some progress. We’ll both get it eventually, just takes some concerted effort and light bulb moments on what makes an efficient motion from good teachers on that subject.
That camera angle makes it very clear for you to see for yourself that bouncing away motion from and to the strings. That works, but is not very efficient for increasing speed.
One simple piece of advise that really helps me, is to keep your picking hand very relaxed and less ridged. Think minimal motion and work on one string first before moving around to other strings if you want to improve speed.
The over all timing is not bad, so keep plugging away at it.
Go slow and practice correct technique, and your abilities will dramatically improve.
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I think your tone on this is great Brendan and that’s what counts the most.
Speed is always going to be a thing but I have always thought it a little overrated. Over many years of playing, i have improved speed by playing scales and chromatic progressions with a metronome for my classical guitar playing. I can only realky speak to classical guitar on this but, like Michael says, a lot of it is about keeping the arms and shoulders relaxed while playing. In the classical world posture is realky important and electric guitarists completely neglect that.
These days, I find speed work tedious and I prefer to focus on other things but that’s just me 😉
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That’s the way to do it Brendan. Slow it down and gradually speed it up. I thought this sounded really good.
Joe
The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
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Sounded great Brendan. Yes, speed, not easy to master. I’m definitely on the slow player side. I always learn the lesson then use the SoundSlice tool only upping the tempo when I master the bpm. Once I get to an acceptable speed (and that’s what I’m happy with, not necessarily Brian’s speed) I’ll start to gradually practise with the BT only in my DAW. All the best! 😎🎸😎
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