Start Here: How to Get Results with This System

Copy of Start Here: How to Get Results with This System (2024-09-29)Total Artist Development System - Start HereIt's vital that you know how to (and how NOT to) approach your overall

BONUS: Polyrhythms & Polymeter

BONUS: Polyrhythms & PolymeterUltimate Picking - Musical ApplicationOne situation that can easily throw you off with your picking is when the rhythm itself is significantly more difficult to follow, being based

Improvising Rhythmically

Improvising RhythmicallyUltimate Picking - Musical ApplicationDespite all of the systematizing and planning and establishing "default" approaches we've done so far, that's especially hard to stick to when there's no "right way"

Lead Guitar

Lead GuitarUltimate Picking - Musical ApplicationSo far, we've mostly looked at what all this picking technique stuff means for your rhythm guitar playing, but here we'll explore some of the situations

Planning Accents in Longer Patterns

Planning Accents in Longer PatternsUltimate Picking - Musical ApplicationKeeping your place in the music largely comes down to clear, deliberate accenting. But how you deal with this in the case of

Rhythmic Awareness

Rhythmic AwarenessUltimate Picking - Musical ApplicationBeing off-time, playing sloppy is just one misplaced note away. Play one note too many, or one note too few, and you're off. In both Shred

Building Speed

Building SpeedUltimate Picking - Musical ApplicationSpeed isn't just about showing off. I mean, it *can* be about that too, and that's totally fine, but most importantly, it's about MAINTAINING CONTROL no

BONUS: Pinch Harmonics

BONUS: Pinch HarmonicsUltimate Picking - Picking TechniquesAs with Palm Muting, this picking-hand technique will also greatly define how you hold your pick and how you position your picking hand, while furnishing

Palm Muting

Palm MutingUltimate Picking - Picking TechniquesThis single technique is more multi-faceted than most guitarists realize, and your mastery of it will largely define your "default" picking hand position on the guitar.

Picking During Legato

Picking During LegatoUltimate Picking - Picking TechniquesWhile legato playing typically involves NOT PICKING each note, there are inevitably going to be the occasional pick-strokes that need to happen to keep the