AK0693
I got to the soloing lesson in GL&M and felt like my right hand technique was getting smoother but I was still stumbling with string jumping, palm muting, pull offs, etc. I bought a book that I really like that talks about fundamentals and gives lots of exercises to help with right hand technique...Amazon "The Serious Guitarist - Right Hand Picking: A Technique-Building Approach for the Dedicated Guitarist. He (Mark Burgess) speaks to economy of motion, alternate picking, string jumping, holding the pick, not supporting the hand, etc. The exercises force you to develop memory of where the strings are and the economy of motion keeps you where you need for picking specific strings...I like it, not a gimme, lots of practice to get there but I believe it has made me much faster, much more fluid, etc. A secondary benefit has been my fast strumming, with all the work on holding and using the pick, I've gained a lot more control of the pick when strumming fast, ability to keep the pick where I want it when strumming, and recognizing some of the concepts Steve gave in GL&M that I didn't get when learning strumming...like holding the pick firmly without tensing up. I've almost got Touch of Gray dialed in for the looper, and I intend to go after Mark's Left Hand technique book next.