Re: Picking faster?
That's way beyond me, my top speed is 100-110 bpm, and consistent clean is closer to 90ish.
I have had some pretty good teachers try to explain it, mostly stuff about rest strokes, but I have not achieved that level yet.
Fire on the mountain requires you to pick two courses to get the drone course to ring.
Similar to pike county breakdown.
Exercises I have heard to build up to those speeds are essentially tremolo practice, start without the left hand, to get the right hand solid, then bring in the fingerings. Cramping likely means you are tensing up, the tremolo practice is supposed to get you to be able to do sustained speeds while relaxed.
I've tried pinky plant, resting heel of hand on the bridge, both are about the same, I lean towards heel resting for now, but I think the pinky plant is less RSI prone in the long-run.
There are teachers on this board who can play and teach fast like that, maybe one of them can help. Lessons with someone like that might be the best option.
Davey Stuart tenor guitar (based on his 18" mandola design).
Eastman MD-604SB with Grover 309 tuners.
Eastwood 4 string electric mandostang, 2x Airline e-mandola (4-string) one strung as an e-OM.
DSP's: Helix HX Stomp, various Zooms.
Amps: THR-10, Sony XB-20.
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