Hello, I am new to this site and have already learned a lot. As a lone guitarist I have slowly figured out many techniques on my own over the last couple years. But I didn't know how to do sweeps, which i just learned and am having a great time with.
The one thing that I am having a great deal of trouble with is economy picking and alternate picking. I can do them both slowly, but am having a hard time building speed. There is one vid on this site that is a malmsteen economy run, and I've been trying to learn it slowly. I play some malmsteen stuff with pull offs, but I'm trying to upgrade to the real picking now.
I don't know if I have too much tension in my hand or what, but it seems virtually impossible. Like the pick gets caught up or something. I watch the vid with the fast picking, and it just seems rediculous when I try it. (I'm practicing it slowly too). Does anyone have any advice on how to build a lot of speed?
Thanks
Aaron