Friday, October 15, 2010

Back to D

No sooner i changed to Eb, i disliked it ._. . Well its too tight to play arpeggios on but the thick strings felt easier to play and sounded better.

Well if they bring ernie ball bottom heavy hybrid set that would be ideal for me now, then i can tune to D and still have stiff coiled strings.

So back to D it is. And at first I was wondering why i cudnt play arpeggios like i cud just the other day. I thought maybe the strings gave way already, but that cant possibly be D: . And like after days and days of struggling with it i like accidently held my pick the way i used to when i played it properly. To an angle and a bit behind the tip of my thumb. Most important i don't move my entire palm up and down the strings to make the sweep motion, i kinda twiddle my thumb up and down for that, the twiddling motion also changes the pick angle, much like how a wood carver would make a spherical hole on the wood.Or like the motion one would use to apply crumpy on bread :P

Ive never really seen anyone else play like this, maybe this is a flawed way of going about it. Doesn't matter to me at this stage. It brings out the sound i want from the arpeggio itself, smooth, fluid, clear and actually less scratchy noises the pick makes upon contact with the string. This sound is almost overpowering when i sweep up and down while keeping the pick in a fixed angle.

I know for a fact the scratchy sound is so intense due to the material my pick is made off, well its already bad enough i cant use any other pick to play arpeggios at speed. Its a pain they wouldn't bring dunlop picks that are stiff and pointed like my alice. >.>

Well today I did learn to play arpeggios all over again almost since i had to recall and really understand what i was doing with both hands so i wouldn't forget again. After a few hours of really polishing i played much better than i ever had. It was perfect now. So now heading for the 5 string arpeggios XD

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