Originally Posted by
Billslovin
I just bought a copy of Andy Statman's long out of print book that details Jesse's playing. I've been crosspicking for close to a year now and I have the basic d-u-u-d-u-u-d-u roll down but I find that when I try to push the tempo I get to a point where everything falls apart and tension builds up in my right arm. Right now I use the same right hand posture that I use for normal melody playing which is a semi closed hand with no fingers touching the top of the mando.
In Andy's book he talks about how Jesse adapted his right hand specifically for crosspicking by anchoring his pinky and playing with more thumb and first finger action. Have any of you had success with crosspicking up to speed without using Jesse's specific technique? From looking at players who are deep into this style like Jordan Ramsey, he is using Jesse's right hand technique. I'm questioning whether it's really worth it to make such a drastic right hand change since I'm concerned that other aspects of my playing would suffer as a result.