THIS Is The Secret To Mastering Alternate Picking!

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I like how you just became one of those serious yt teachers for this vid, also thnx this was very helpfull.

Nice work! The slanted appearance of the pick is "pickslanting", and the diagonal path of the motion to get over the strings is what we now call "escape motion". They're both important, but they're separate things, and they don't always correlate the way you might expect. For example, for alternate picking and upstroke string changes, some downward pickslanting is typically necessary to ensmoothen the attack, and you will almost always see some in the techniques of good USX players. However... this is not equally true for the most popular DSX techniques. By comparison, the wrist motion used by John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Jeff Loomis, and Andy Wood on guitar, Chris Squire on bass, and even Mike Marshall on mandolin is one of the most common picking motions in the world. It's a DSX wrist motion, so it moves along a diagonal where downstrokes go up in the air. But it is typically performed with a zero-degree or vertical pickslant, not upward pickslanting. It was in fact when we filmed Andy that we first noticed this. Anyone copying his form will achieve the same setup, even with their forearm tilted slightly toward the floor. You might expect this arm position to produce DWPS but when this technique is done correctly, it does not. In fact, if you tilt your arm even more toward the floor, and use a middle-finger pick grip, you can still have a zero-degree pickslant, the same as Hetfield and EVH. This is also correct. So the arm tilt != pickslanting. In fact, the motion you make at :08 is the McLaughlin motion, and you have essentially no upward pickslant there either. But you're doing it correctly! I'm sure for upstroke sweeping you'll pronate to UWPS. But that's because UWPS is necessary in that case. For pure alternate lines, with a McLaughlin style motion specifically, no UWPS is necessary nor recommended if you'd like to also do more complicated arpeggio picking with double escape motion. And don't get me started on trailing edge grip, where all bets are off. Welcome to the rabbit hole!

I've been playing guitar for over 20 years and this is the first time I've heard such emphasis being put on the pick angle. Thanks for the great video Beanley!

Dud, you just completely changed my picking approach!!! This eliminates the roadblock I have had with alternate picking for many years. Finally a video clearly showing how to correctly slant the pick. Time for me to get back to the woodshed! Thank you so much Beanley. 😎

What a great video. I think this is something I was doing instinctually. It just kind of happened intuitively when I tried some alternate picking exercises for the first time. But now that you've called attention to it and explained it, I can be more aware of it and get even better at it. I never would've noticed this on my own without someone pointing it out. So now I can focus on it and get even faster.

I've been searching picking techniques for years now and this is the video that I was wanting to see the whole time! Thanks man!

This is one of the clearest tutorials on pick slanting that I have seen. Thank you so very much!

OMG 13years of practice and never hear about it... Gonna mastering this!!! A BIG thank you, Bradley!!

Thank you so much Beanley. That's totally what I needed

This is such a game changer for my picking technique. Thanks for the video!

Awesome riffing and great explanation of the focus on the pick slanting technique rather than the type of pick you use. So many players attribute good picking technique as a result of the type of pick you use instead of the pick stroke angle and pick motion as being essential! Very well explained!

thank you so much. great lesson huge help. been playing forever and never knew about this and already see results

I've been searching for so long how to fix this problem and your video was the solution. Thanks!

Thank you so much beanley, you just improved my playing by a ton!

Thanks mate really needed this. Sick of not knowing how to practice right thanks for sharing mate.

My mind just got blown. Thank you so much for this excellent video!!!

These licks are actually fun to play too. Making a bit of progress thanks to you 🙏

This was really helpful. Thanks so much!

one of the best lessons on the internet, congratulations !