Anyone using slow motion to see what their fingers are doing?
I've been working on building clean speed, but always hit stumbling blocks. Either get tripped up on picking or fingers flowing smoothly.
Example: I'm doing an exercise using 2 pairs of triplets on adjacent strings, alternate picked from Low E to high E using fingers 1-2-4 and 1-3-4.
Pick any span of 4 frets. I like 12-13-14-15 or there abouts because it's not a big stretch.
E string use fingers 1-2-4 to A 1-2-4 (frets 12-13-15)
Staying on the A do 1-2-4 then go to the D 1-2-4 (frets 12-13-15)
This has you picking down-up-down and on the string change it's up-down-up
Repeat this pattern across the neck where you'll wind up finishing on the high e with an up-down-up on your pinky.
So my big problem comes on 1-3-4 (frets 12-14-15). I can't hear it 100% but I know that notes are getting crammed together and the flow isn't happening.
Hmmm... iPhone has a slow motion feature. I wonder... ?
Sure enough, 3 and 4 are coming down at the same time and I'm sure this is adding to the stumbling picking, and this is just breaking down the last pairing on the B and e string
Good news, now I can address this. In 1 day of lunchtime practicing (slowly, methodically making sure my pinky wasn't leading, then up to speed) there's improvement in 3-4 finger independence. Still cramming the last triplet and the picking is off but this is 1 day of knowing what to correct!
Updates to follow.