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Post by blackjack on Jul 3, 2014 11:34:34 GMT -6
Hey Mike,
I just recently found this video of you on youtube:
My question is, for someone who already has been playing for qute a few years and already has his own style of tremelo picking, do you know of any ways for that person to increase his tremelo picking speed so as to increase his Potential Picking Speed? Thank you!
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Post by SendHelp on Jul 4, 2014 14:19:06 GMT -6
My guess would be to try to minimize the distance the pick moves in any way possible. Maybe consistent tremolo exercises could help build muscle to play faster.
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Post by blackjack on Sept 11, 2014 16:39:08 GMT -6
Has anyone heard from MAB recently? Is he doing alright? I just realized I've had this question up for over 2 months now. I hope MAB is able to get back to posting soon.
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Post by BKW on Sept 11, 2014 21:33:17 GMT -6
Has anyone heard from MAB recently? Is he doing alright? I just realized I've had this question up for over 2 months now. I hope MAB is able to get back to posting soon. He has been traveling a lot lately. He just got back from China. I'll mention it to him tomorrow. |
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Post by Michael Angelo Batio on Sept 13, 2014 13:59:45 GMT -6
Hello everyone. Sorry I haven't posted as much as usual lately. What I have discovered over the years about increasing your PPS is that once you have attained a certain speed, you can gradually increase your speed by playing the tremolo longer. You might ask yourself what this has to do with increasing one's speed, but I equate this to a long distance runner. Most long distance runners find it easy to run at full speed for short amounts of time. It's almost too easy for them! The same with your PPS. Increase the length of time you play the tremolo. Play the tremolo at top speed for as long as you can. Time it. Increase the length. Then, practice tremolo picking for a short "burst" of time playing as fast as you can without considering whether you are playing it clean. You want to become accustomed to how it "feels" to be faster. Increasing the length of time playing a tremolo will help in increasing your over all PPS. I sincerely hope this helps. :-)
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Post by blackjack on Sept 14, 2014 17:45:14 GMT -6
Hello everyone. Sorry I haven't posted as much as usual lately. What I have discovered over the years about increasing your PPS is that once you have attained a certain speed, you can gradually increase your speed by playing the tremolo longer. You might ask yourself what this has to do with increasing one's speed, but I equate this to a long distance runner. Most long distance runners find it easy to run at full speed for short amounts of time. It's almost too easy for them! The same with your PPS. Increase the length of time you play the tremolo. Play the tremolo at top speed for as long as you can. Time it. Increase the length. Then, practice tremolo picking for a short "burst" of time playing as fast as you can without considering whether you are playing it clean. You want to become accustomed to how it "feels" to be faster. Increasing the length of time playing a tremolo will help in increasing your over all PPS. I sincerely hope this helps. :-) This sounds like a very interesting way of increasing PPS! I will definitely try this and see how it works for me. Thank you very much for answering my question, Michael, and it's good to see you are posting on the forum.  |
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Post by blackjack on Oct 20, 2014 10:54:08 GMT -6
Hey Mike, I've been trying the technique you suggested I try so that I can increase my PPS. I think it's working. The only downside of practicing this way is that after a practice session of the intensity my recent practice sessions have been, I find that my hands need more time to recover before I can practice again. So I'm playing roughly every other day now, but when I do practice I play until my picking hand in particular is completely exhausted. Usually if I try to play the very next day I find that I'm still not able to play fast yet because my muscles and tendons are still recuperating from my previous practice session. Once in a while I am able to play two days in a row but generally I need to have about 48 hours of rest between practice sessions so that my picking hand is ready to play fast again.
It reminds me a little of how you need to have at least 48 hours of rest when doing weight training before you can exercise the same muscle group again. My practice sessions have become similar to "workouts"! Reminds me of my Gold's Gym days. But I do think it's increasing my picking speed. It's just frustrating to have to wait so long to play again.
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