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- Outside PentatonicsLEVEL 7Use the pentatonic scale for outside playing to create tension!
- Outside ChordsLEVEL 5"Outside Chords" is the lesson one of the course Angular Phrasing. Learn how to make outside chords
- Rock Fusion Outside LickLEVEL 8Learn how to add outside notes from a scale to create cool sounding to your guitar phrasing.
- Outside PentatonicsLEVEL 5Our trusty pentatonics can deliver fresh 'n outside tones!
- Playing OutsideLEVEL 6A solo over the chord progression of It Don't Mean A Thing by Duke Ellington, using different techniques to play outside the changes (but not randomly).
- Bending From OutsideLEVEL 5A dramatic rock ballad full of emotive string bending.
- Sweep PickingLEVEL 3Play fast passages effortlessly using super effective string crossing.
- Hybrid PickingLEVEL 4Essential exercises to get your hybrid picking chops up and running at a basic level.
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jaguilar1128th September 2014Another Thing that reminds me that I am a noob. Ty Ben for the lessons..
azureus12th December 2012great lesson Ben !verry nice explenation !
I play this pickingmovement over a trance track !
Then i have only to concentrate on the richt hand !
Ben Higgins11th November 2012very helpfull lesson Ben !
a bit strange to get into it but helps me to concentrate on left and right hand using ,
thank you !
Glad it helps Dieter
Dieterle11th November 2012very helpfull lesson Ben !
a bit strange to get into it but helps me to concentrate on left and right hand using ,
thank you !
Piotr Kaczor3rd January 2012Definitely something for me! My technique is very outdated. Thanks, Ben!
Kristofer Dahl3rd January 2012Yep - there is no way around this you want to have control of your alternate picking. Thanks Ben!
- Ben Higgins2nd January 2012
Thanks Daniel and Gabriel. Yes Daniel, like you I was lucky with alternate picking.. I found the right way of picking quite quickly.. but getting good at it was a different matter !!
Gabriel Leopardi2nd January 2012Great lesson mate! This is the most important thing to master the alternate picking technique.
Daniel Realpe1st January 2012really good explanation! and the topic is of such importance. I personally developed these types of picking unconsciously and then learned about them. But that took me a lot more time.
- Ben Higgins1st January 2012
Thank you Gentlemen ! Hey JT, that is so cool !!
Alexiaden931st January 2012I went through this with John Petrucci's Rock Discipline DVD, and he taught it pretty much exactly the same way! A good way to practise is apparently by alternate picking arpeggios instead of sweep picking them etc.
Anyway, awesome lesson, you look just like the young Petrucci too.
Bogdan Radovic1st January 2012Great lesson topic Ben!
Thanks for the insights!
JTaylor1st January 2012YES YES YES!!!!!!!!! You have read my mind and have seen what I need!!!! Thanks Ben!
- Ben Higgins1st January 2012
Thanks guys.. understanding the fundamentals of 'how and why' with picking is very important
Ivan Milenkovic1st January 2012Great lesson, covering very important topic!
thefireball1st January 2012Hmm never heard of this term before, but I know what you mean.
JD_1st January 2012Very Usefull for alternate picking technique. Everyone should learn this because sooner or later it will present itself as an issue that you will have to deal with. You da Man Ben...great lesson
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Hi Guys, and welcome to my lesson focusing on the motions of 'Inside' picking and 'Outside' picking. In order to progress beyond playing alternate picking phrases on one string, you will need to acquaint yourself with these aspects of picking.
If these aspects are ignored in our playing they can hold us back from progressing. You may wonder why it is that you can play fast and clean on one one string but when you try and cross over the strings, your technique falls apart and you can't keep up with the metronome. Well, the motions of picking inside the strings or outside the strings require practice as well. Just like any technique uses a particular group of muscles, so do these motions. If you combine practice of these aspects with simple speed workouts like my Stamina School lesson you will be tackling both the main aspects of alternate picking ability.
Eventually, when you have a degree of confidence and proficiency in these areas, then introducing other, more complex, picking exercises will make more sense. So before you go rushing for the Paul Gilbert and Yngwie Malmsteen licks , schooling yourself in the basic picking requirements first will aid you in your quest !
Enjoy !
Ben
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