:mad: :mad: Uggh, I've been practicing and practicing and feel like I've hit a wall. I'm trying to get my alternate picking faster as well as strumming.

For the strumming I've been putting rubber bands over the corner of the body to keep my arm from moving so I can isolate the wrist movement. One thing I've noticed is that for strumming (and I'll do my best to put it in words), is that I seem to go a bit faster if the knuckle of my thumb is bent so the tip of my thumb is wrapped a little around the side of the pick, where as on picking I have my my thumb sticking out and the knuckle is flat.

The other difference between picking and strumming is that for strumming I've been trying to flatten out my wrist so my pinkie is sticking out to the side, whereas for picking I've been anchoring my pinkie so my wrist is curled a little bit.

Anyone have any suggestions, or who I can look at on those instructional vids who you think has good technique?

Thanks.