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SLY
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SLY
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07/12/2004 4:34 pm
Moving only the fingers holding the pick OR the wrist , while keeping the elbow fixed is the way to go for fast stuff.

Downstrokes sometimes sound better than alternate picking like on the Puppets riffs , but if it's too hard for you to do it , try keeping the pick's surface parallel to the strings ... This should give the same sound for the down and up attacks , which will sound similar to successive downstrokes.

You should practice downstrokes and save this trick for faster rhythms , master of puppets isn't that hard to play.