This guy has dedicated himself to find out the best picking style. Sleeping with picks, eating with picks, cutting his bread with Jazz 3.

@jjzuc

3 жыл бұрын

And my picking still sucks! LOL

@joaofigueiredo3272

2 жыл бұрын

Ahahahh im dead

@PradeepMenon666

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@aaronmaiden3606

2 жыл бұрын

Btw is it a regular jazz iii? Or is it a oversized jazz iii? It looks like a regular one. I'm surprised because he lets a big amount of the pick outside the fingers. I'm used to let just the very tip, so I couldn't do pick slanting

@Amazology

2 жыл бұрын

Tooth 🦷 picks

This dedication to teaching is unparalleled.

@anthonyshaw8698

3 жыл бұрын

I agree!!! He's awesome!!! Great teacher!! This video is going to help me tremendously. Most teachers don't even teach you about picking techniques. Which is so important for the soloist.

@stevenrogersfineart4224

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's awesome

9:15 “Your wrist is always connected at your forearm”. How long have you been sitting on this information?

@JS-vh4yq

4 жыл бұрын

... Unless you've been caught stealing in a 3rd world country.

@priteshugrankar6815

4 жыл бұрын

@@JS-vh4yq 😆😆😆🤘👍

@OPTIONALWATCH

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@guthrie1181

3 жыл бұрын

Obsidian s Then your hand is cut off, and you must ask alah for forgiveness lol

@jeffgarrison7056

3 жыл бұрын

Most underrated comment award winner!!! HAHAHA

This is the exact kind of lessons I have been hoping to find. Ultra specific instructions down to the most nuanced detail. So many people glaze over small details. Thank you.

You and Ben Eller are among the very few online guitar teachers I respect. Straight forward, no nonsense, free of bullshit, clear, intelligible videos and explanations... THANKS A MILLION!!

@christopherharv

Жыл бұрын

Have you checked out Bernth?

@morbidmike

Жыл бұрын

@@christopherharv you beat me to it

@morbidmike

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely check out @Bernth

@zaebos0079

7 ай бұрын

Bernth

@PaulWarrenMusic

5 ай бұрын

Agreed! Troy and Ben definitely do a fantastic job explaining picking so that it really helps!

Dr Troy Grady. Professor of Shred PhD.

This video drastically improved my picking speed and overall playing in just an hour or so. Thank you so much!

There is so much emphasis on theory when it comes to playing guitar. It can be difficult to find good information on technique. Great video. Keep em' comin'.

@nliebert41

3 жыл бұрын

my thoughts exactly.

@joereadel

2 жыл бұрын

Technique and ergonomics are totally overlooked! I really enjoy analyzing people's techniques. It gets weird sometimes - like when you look closely to how Tony picks Church Street Blues in that Homespun Tape or Dan Crary's right hand in general

@vince.inthevoid8158

Ай бұрын

I genuinely can’t think of another common instrument that has less emphasis on theory than guitar

@vince.inthevoid8158

Ай бұрын

I lied. Drums.

Thanks Troy, Your videos helped my playing so much that I decided to apply those same techniques to my love making. I set a camera on my dresser and upon slow motion review, I noticed my hips were bouncing in a double escape with a 10 oclock, 6 oclock, 2 oclock motion. So I started using a strict up and down hip slant and bingo!!! My strokes have doubled in speed and I no longer get leg or hip cramps. You're a genius my friend. PS. My girlfriend sends her "Thanks" and so does my wife. Cheers!

@zombiemachinery4868

4 жыл бұрын

Your boyfriend must be really happy.

@t-boog2173

3 жыл бұрын

@A Lucky Man! Both hips & wrist. This technique applies to all ares of love making, incl self love🙄. (Yeah, like you've never done it)

@rahullou3387

2 жыл бұрын

@@t-boog2173 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@daravikki

Жыл бұрын

😁😁😁😁😁🤦🤦🤦

I grew up learning to play in the 90s and the early 2000s, quit playing about 6 years ago. Unexpectedly got a guitar for xmas, and my god! I wish people like you were around when i was a kid! Utterly amazing

My playing improved drastically after comprehending pick slanting. I think Grady was the first to dissect this technique and then coin the term to facilitate the communication process. I'm a much better guitarist because of it.

Troy, I have been watching your stuff since I noticed it online about 4 or 5 years ago. As a fellow guitarist, I am so grateful that you have taken the time to create all of these wonderful videos. You have pushed the boundary of guitar technique to it's highest level. You are a master of guitar and you should have a doctorate in guitar - instrumental performance. I too grew up learning to play on my own in the 1960's. I do remember the agonizing process of slowing down an album from 33 and a third rpm to 16 rpms on old record players and trying to retune the guitar very slightly and then trying to hear the note and what string and fret it was played on while listening to the solo an octave below where it was supposed to be. What a nightmare doing that was back then. I slowly got better and better and learned a lot from it. It is a really great way to train your ears. By 1975, having been out of high school for 3 years already, I was playing with different bands in the NY area and even in Florida, where I live now. I had gotten good enough to play Hendrix, Zappa, Santana, Larry Carlton, etc, etc. I had written about 10 to 15 songs by then and was even trying to arrange horns for my originals in my hometown band that summer. But I still couldn't sight read guitar music. I had learned to read music in elementary school and in summer music courses at White Plains County Center. I had learned piano, french horn, mellophone, marimba, and acoustic guitar, as well as sight singing/ear training. But that was way back in the early 1960's. And then, in late December 1963 or early January 1964, I heard The Beatles. What a joy after that dreadful hell of November and December 1963 when all anybody was talking about was JFK's assassination. I remember that the 1st album I ever bought was "Meet the Beatles". I wanted to play the guitar more than ever. I wanted an electric guitar. I learned guitar quickly but painfully. As guitarists got better and better, so did I. I started writing my own music. I played with band after band, mostly put together by me. I went to Woodstock. I went to the Filmore East and every place in NYC I could see live music. I studied all the great guitarists of the late 1960's and early 1970's. By 1971 I had a black 1969 Gibson Les Paul Custom, a white 1971 Fender Strat, an original 50 watt Marshall and Cabinet, and a Wurlitzer Electric Piano with a Fender Pro Reverb powering a Fender Bassman cabinet. But I still wasn't satisfied. I knew some music theory, I had learned some very early on, but then learned nothing more except what I taught myself. By 1975, I was a very good guitarist technically as well as a good soloist with my own original sound. But I still wasn't satisfied. My theory couldn't keep up with my ideas, so in Sept 1975, I went to Berklee College of Music. I learned so much in those years that I still haven't used all of it. Anyway, I still enjoy learning, I've never stopped and probably never will. Finding you was like finding a diamond. Your work and playing really shine. I really want to thank you for following your calling. You undoubtedly will go down in history for your ability to learn, understand, and communicate the world of guitar alternate pickslanting. You have really brought the guitar world further along on its path of development. And I really mean every word that I've said. You're a genius Troy, thank you.

@troygrady

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks James!

You are a genius, Troy! Truly. Thank you for all of your hard work, AND sharing!!

The best video I’ve found for high speed picking. The close up shots are gold! I’ve maybe watched Troy’s playing 100 times. Having a visual cue for the “standard” helps me fine tune while practicing.

Sometimes it can be hard as a self taught to find gems on technique and critique yourself to what feels fluid without a teacher there to tell you what the problem is. Thank you for these close up instructional videos. Has been a game changer for me and sparked my inspiration to play even more with a new goal in mind

I like how you don’t just read a script! Awesome and authentic. Thank you!

Thanks Troy. I’ve enjoyed your videos, and it’s amazing how breaking these things down can correct your technique.

Thanks for the scientific approach Troy. These techniques have already helped my picking improve substantially in less than a weeks time.

Best picking instruction video ever

The lighting is way better than usual. I can clearly see under your _picking hand_ to see how far the tip of your 1st finger is tucked in relation to your thumb & pick. It really helps when trying to mimic your technique (or someone else's).

BTW, love the quick close up cuts of the masters executing these techniques! I'm sure that took a lot of work and I definitely appreciate it! The theory of Show v Tell is great, but when you take the time and make the effort to Show AND Tell, it covers all the bases and leaves no room for misinterpretation. Well done!!!

I’ve noticed so many people refer to your channel. As a subscriber, I know why. Thanks for everything, Troy!🙏

@troygrady

5 жыл бұрын

No, thank YOU for watching!

I found your channel 3 days ago, and you already made me clicking with so much things, my plateau feels so far away now. Thank you for your high quality content.

By far the most comprehensive videos online showing picking and dissecting it. Thanks Troy! My 2 hand syncing is what messes me up as well as the wrist motion. It's a fun challenge though.

Just brilliant. The thought, effort and dedication that went into this - mind blowing.

This is the best video I've seen yet on speed picking! Thank you! 👏😉

@gabrielp9646

5 жыл бұрын

I don´t get it. First, most "speed picking" guitar players do NOTHING of what he says here... xDxD (people like malmsteem, marty friedman, paul gilbert, buckethead, etc..) And second, fast picking is not difficult... I literally could do it after 3 or 4 months playing :S:S

Thanks Troy for this information. I combined this technique with the economy picking and the results are amazing. Thanks again Troy!!!

Thank you so much, I was afraid of building up speed in a broken technique, but this is the greenlight for me to practice madly

Troy I could never thank you enough. I still don't have it down yet but I'm having those times where I can tell I'll eventually get it. It feels great like a million possibilities are going to start happening. I just keep watching this video over n over to see what I can improve. THANK YOU\../

And huge thank you for all the hard work and the research that you made! It's invaluable

Great service. Thanks Troy and Co.!

"the problem happens when look down at your hand... and you see this." OMG, I've been seeing this for 30 years and just figured that I needed more practice to be able to do it fast and smooth!!!

Still without doubt, one of the best channels on here. I’ve just gone through the Cracking the Code episodes again to pull out the jems on how to get get my picking issues resolved. Sheer class. This, as an individual video, is nothing short of a slice of fried gold. The picking efforts continue, and it will get cracked...

@troygrady

5 жыл бұрын

Glad to be of service!

Never seen such an insightful video on picking technique. Thanks helped me a lot!

Good stuff. I've been watching these videos and I've learned a lot . Especially how to escape trapped positions. Keep doing what you do. 🤘

Cracking the code saved me years of frustration. Can't thank you enough Troy.

Thanks Troy. Moved to West Islip from Boston back in the early 80's . Left for South FL 5 years ago. I played and learned with a lot of great Long Island guitarists. I even had John Petrucci as a teacher for a few months at Focus II Guitars in Bellmore. Your work has helped in so many areas of my picking technique. 30 year overnight success. Keep up the great work!

@troygrady

5 жыл бұрын

Haha I think I'm on the same 'overnight' plan!

3:53 has improved my playing in the course of the week. Thank you very much for this.

Best picking lesson ive come across. Thanks!

These videos are absolutely terrific!

Excellent materials for all of us mortals wanting more. 😎💪🏽 Thank you for sharing such amazing work.

I've been following Steve Morse and petrucci's instructional vids for lessons and I developed some serious technique, but I stopped playing for a couple of months because of some personal issues and I ended up with a really poor technique and have been trying to figure out what's wrong with my technique, now I know what I forgot, thanks a lot brother. Much gratitude

Best Video I've watched this year

Thankyou…..great lesson, helped straight away !

This video was written for me!! Thanks Troy!

Ctc has helped me so much

@troygrady

5 жыл бұрын

Have we helped you to practice less and improve more? Because that’s what we really want to do!

@StarDarkAshes

3 жыл бұрын

For me it was LSD.

@TheBlackHelicopterRevue

3 жыл бұрын

What is Ctc?

@64siskat96

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheBlackHelicopterRevue cracking the code

Awesome! I discovered the usx by accident many years ago. I had felt like I was bouncing too much and so I started experimenting with different angles of attack and found that I was a lot faster with the usx that I called the "out to in" technique. So I would use it for the top 3 or G, B, e strings and switch to the "in to out" (opposite of out to in) on the D, A, E strings... I did that for awhile, but realized that I didn't always remember to switch and the usx or out to in technique was just as effective on all of the strings. I also found that holding onto just the edge of the pick made me slightly faster, I thought because it allowed the pick "wiggle" in between my thumb and index a little easier creating less tension. So whenever I feel like I'm not as fast as I should be, I roll the pick out most with my thumb and index. I had never actually looked into any of this or spoke with anyone else about it, so I think that it's pretty cool that you did a video about it, that I stumbled upon accidentally. Very cool actually. Thanks guys! You won a new loyal subscriber and I am good at recommending guitar channels to people in an effort to help them grow! Keep up the good work, I'll be sure to check out the rest of your videos!

my new favourit guitar channel

Mister, u r incredible ur content is incredible. I'm so grateful. Thank u

Still making great videos. Picking is so important and crucial.

The best teacher ever, god bless you ❤️

I consider Andy Wood the best alternate picker I've ever seen.Thx Troy for covering his technique.

Thanks Troy!

This one helps me a lot actually. I see the improvement of my picking technique.

This is priceless. Thank you!

This is an absolutely game changer for me. The explanation made a lot of sense to me and I gave the video a like, then I took my guitar and in no time I was flying. I just sorry not to have found this video before!

Excellent video, Troy, thank you! It's so exciting to be watching this all unfold; coincidentally, I've recently discovered the usxmotion 10 - or so - days before you posted IG & this video. I'm extremely grateful for all your amazing work in this (previously uncharted) domain. To me the most revealing video about my most natural movement when picking was the Andy Wood video series. He's an amazing and inspiring player who conveys so much detail about his technique - unprecedented! Thanks!

@troygrady

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks for watching!

Hi Troy, what you said at 4:03 brings up an observation I’ve had in my own playing. After years of struggling with my picking technique, I’ve improved massively since I found a guitar that suits me. In my technique, that ‘winding back’ of the wrist you mention lowers my elbow position, which in turn pivots my forearm & wrist off the guitar body. As such, I’ve noticed on certain guitars it’s a lot easier to anchor the right hand. I imagine this effect is lessened the bigger your hands are, because your wrist will naturally be sitting nearer to the edge of the body.

Thank you for legit making my picking smoother instantly.

@troygrady

5 жыл бұрын

Excellent! That's what keeps us going

Thanks Troy for these videos...there has always been a big hole for information on how to pick those strings! ..guitarist's get sucked into worrying about where to put their fingers on the fret board....which is understandable...but after a while you realize you can't pick comfortably or fast...and so you get forced to pay more attention to your picking...but you still arnt sure where the problems are or how to solve them ...thanks to you that problem has been solved..

FINALLY!!!! Someone who truly breaks down all the different methods. I've been playing on/off for 15 years and trying to relearn how to hold the pick properly is very difficult. So easy to fall back into old habits. Crazy how some guys hold it reverse but still get great results. Obviously practice is #1 here but I'm biting the bullet and trying to learn the proper way. My only issue is when playing heavy rock / metal and I constantly palm mute with my right hand (which makes me do the fan / ok sign) which i've seen is not a good habit to have...but I can't really do proper palm mute with my hand closed...not sure what to do here.

Remember how when Steve Morse, Van Halen,were figuring a lot of this stuff out in the 70's?The 80's exploded with shredders,90's brought even more & new techniques and now that Troy's groundbreaking videos are giving all the secrets away,now everyone will be able to play stuff it's taken me 30 years to learn...Troy is nothing short of brilliant using modern technology to explain what's happening and making Van Halen available to the beginner an pros alike...I believe he's entitled to a bunch of $$$ and a nice bro to boot🤘😜🤘

Such a legend troy grady🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

This is fantastic Troy, i've been watching the content on your KZread channel and could 'see' how it was supposed to looked but couldn't quite grasp how it was supposed to feel. The step by step approach to getting into the correct position has definitely helped with getting the feel correct (noticeable difference to where I was generating the picking from). This confirmed I wasn't quite doing the correct thing. I also noticed the difference in pick grip on this video too. I'll be definitely looking at your courses when I can take the plunge.

@troygrady

5 жыл бұрын

Right on! This level of specificity is what we’ve been working on for a while now. You will always have to take it the last mile through some amount of trial and error but we want to reduce the length of that mile as much as we can.

Atlast some real info.. Thanks alot man! Perfect video.

Troy Grady...my gosh...you have gone scientist on this stuff and I find it very fascinating!

Very good video, thanks!

Great video! Thanks Troy.

Thank you for this video

I'd be interested to see more of a look into different pick grips. (eg. tip of the finger vs. more of of index finger)

@troygrady

5 жыл бұрын

The "pick grip" section of the Pickslanting Primer is ten chapters about every grip we could think of. They're not "KZread-sexy" in their presentation - it's just, here' s a grip, and here's how to do it. So we haven't put any of those chapters up here.

Great explaining

Damn, that one piece of information about the center of your side to side wrist motion being slightly towards the ulnar side, invaluable!

@troygrady

5 жыл бұрын

The John McLaughlins and Di Meolas of the world all operate on the ulnar side of the motion. Maybe a simpler way of thinking about it is that the starting point of the motion is more or less a straight wrist, in line with the arm. Then the downstroke goes ulnar, and the upstroke comes back to straight again.

@YetiOnGuitar

5 жыл бұрын

@@troygrady Even after applying the pickslanting and edge picking concepts, my upstrokes always gave me trouble for some unknown reason-I think this may be the key to changing that.

Thanks man , really working ...

Troy is the man.

35 years and I finally get it now.

This fella knows what he is talking about 🔥👌💯💯

Fixed my horrible technique in 5 mins. Thanks man

I can easily pick this fast it's syncing my left hand to my picking hand that's has been my biggest challenge thus far.

5:50 You know where you are? You're in the jungle baby, you're gonna diiiEEEEEEEE!!!!

@jakubturlinski7159

3 жыл бұрын

Watch it bring it to your Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na-na knees, knees... It's gonna bring you down! Huh!

Finally a perfect video! My natural pick motion is the opposite of this, I do a down/outward motion.

@troygrady

5 жыл бұрын

Not a problem with that - that's the DSX picking motion used by John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Andy Wood, Andy James, and many other players. It's arguably even more common. To handle every kind of string change though, you will need both motion types.

I didn't know Steve Martin was so good at guitar... great video btw I will definitely try and implement this technique!

This theory has helped me tons.

Awesome! Thanks for the video

salamat kuya troy! 💕

This is guitar nerdery to the max. Love it.

great video! thanks man! was really helpfull

The only man with a PhD in Pickology

Thank you for this!!

Excellent!

You're awesome 👌👌👌🙏 thanks for everything

Troy seems to have a magnetic personality.

Um wow! from what i just saw in that intro Troy is every bit as good of a player as many of these greats like glen campbell.

Wonderful..

it would be cool if Troy had those "CODE" saddles (from the website graphics) on one of his actual guitars

Wow. I’ve never hit a string like the first motion intentionally, ever. I always keep the pick *parallel* to the strings. Not perpendicular. Thank God I found this video. Already showing me a couple things I’m doing wrong

Troy is a freaking god-level teacher pioneer! He's a genius! Now I would love him to create a new gadget to observe the fretting hand from the guitar players perspective.. Through their eyes, or just below, looking down from above fretboard. Then we can analyze all of the mysteries of the left hand wrist and fingers in close up glory, speeding and flying all over the place with physics of bends, legato, hammers, pull-offs, chord changes, open strings, squeals, etc.. I want to see the other 50% now ;)

Top notch video, thank you very much Troy G. and team. There are so many small but vital tips in this video, succinctly presented with great camera and editing. Something as simple as the slight ulnar deviation makes a big difference, and is so obvious in retrospect, but those "obvious" revelations only come after all of the work and analysis you've done. Thank you very, very much!

@troygrady

5 жыл бұрын

Right on! If you don't get better, we're not happy.

Que excelente toca este tio

Hey Troy! Another amazingly helpful video, thank you so much! I have a question: I seem to have some wrist pain after practicing this method for only 4 hours spread over 3 days. I was super careful of excess tension and very conscious of how my right hand felt the entire time. I have had wrist pain before using my wrist as the main picking motion. For the last 4 years I have played with forearm rotation, practicing speed 1-2 hours a day but can’t seem to work up the speed to play 2 note per string lines in live situations. Does the forearm rotation lack accuracy and ease of use when switching strings? Should I overall ditch wrist picking and just figure out how to get forearm rotation up to speed for 2 nite per string? (I’ve been able to get 200bpm on the pop tarts lick!) Thank you man for all your hard work and amazing videos! Been subbed for years 😍

Wow talk about freedom. My first instructor taught me the Jazz technique. Keep my arm and wrist stiff and pivot from my elbow. This will definitely help me. Thanks.

@troygrady

5 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with elbow motion! We teach that too. There's no single "correct" joint to use for picking motion. However, for each joint that you might want to use, it can be tricky to figure out how to actually do the motion. That's really what we're trying to do here, i.e. we're not telling you to use wrist, but we're trying to provide instructions for doing so if that's the joint you want to use.

@monkeysbum999

5 жыл бұрын

Wasn,t Johnny Smith was it?