Perfect Your Picking - 110 Right Hand Technique Exercises for Banjo & Mandolin

Enda Scahill

Perfect Your Picking - 110 Right Hand Technique Exercises for Banjo & Mandolin

Bullet proof your right hand picking technique with almost 80 minutes of specially selected exercises, designed to build muscle, quickly create new neural pathways and significantly jump start your over all playing and picking power.

Enda Scahill

Bluegrass · Folk · Celtic

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This course begins with foundational picking theory - perfecting single string alternate picking. It progresses through string crossing exercises, cross picking, note and string hopping, triplets and tremolo. Read full description…

If you dedicate a portion of your daily practice to well executed picking practice you will quickly notice a significant improving in your playing ability. But YOU must do the work!

The exercises I have designed for this course cover every picking possibility you may encounter in your Irish repertoire from upward strong crossings to triplets and even tremolo playing.

There are Four Sections in total:

Single String Picking
String Crossing and String Hopping
Triplets
Jig Triplets and Tremolo

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Full course is 78 minutes across 116 parts

Introduction

Picking Practice Introduction

Pick Slanting / Edging / Angles

Metronome / Speeding Up / Slowing Down

One Last Thought - Practice Times

Section One - Single String Exercises

1_Single String Picking - Down / Up

2_Single String Picking - Up / Down (Reversed)

3_One Note Per String - Down Strokes

4_One Note Per String - Up Strokes

5_Two Notes Per String - Down Up

6_Two Notes Per String - Up Down (Reversed)

7_Emphasising The Down Beat (on 1)

8_Emphasising The Down Beats (on 1 & 5)

9_Emphasising The Down Beats (on 1 & 5) - Across 4 Strings

10_Emphasising The Down Beats (on 1 & 3)

11_Emphasising The 1 & 4

12_Jig Rhythm - DUD DUD

13_Jig Rhythm - UDU UDU (Reversed)

14_Jig Rhythm - Combo DUD UDU

15_Emphasising Syncopation on the 1, 4 & 7

16_Emphasising Syncopation on the 1, 4 & 7 (Faster)

17_All Exercises Faster

18_Exercises on the Scale of G

Section Two - String Hopping and Crossing

1. String Crossing 1 - Down Up

String Crossing Exercises

2. String Crossing 1 - Up Down

3. String Crossing 2 - Up Down

4. String Crossing 2 - Down Up

5. 4 String Cross - Down Up

6. 4 String Cross - Up Down

7. 4 String Hopping - Down Up

8. 4 String Hopping - Up Down

9. 4 String Hopping Reversed - Down Up

10. 4 String Hopping Reversed - Up Down

11. Double Note String Hopping #1 - Down Up

12. Double Note String Hopping #2

13. Double Note String Hopping #2 - Up Down Reversed

14. 4 String Wide Hopping - Down Up

15. 4 String Wide Hopping - Up Down

16. 4 String Wide Hopping Reversed - Down Up

17. 4 String Wide Hopping Reversed - Up Down

18. 4 String Hopping INTERVALS - Down Up

Jig Rhythm Exercises

19. Jig Pattern 1 - DUD DUD

20. Jig Pattern 2 - Double First Note - DUD DUD

21. Jig Pattern 3 - Double First Note - DUD UDU

Cross Picking Exercises

22. Cross Picking #1

23. Cross Picking #2

24. Cross Picking #3

25. Cross Picking #4

26. Cross Picking #5

Section Three - Triplet Exercises

1. Single String Triplets

2. Pick Angle Discussion

Scale of D Exercises

3. Scale of D Slow

4. Scale of D Moderate

5. Scale of D Fast

Scale of G Exercises

6. Scale of G Slow

7. Scale of G Moderate

8. Scale of G Fast

Scale of A Exercises

9. Scale of A Slow

10. Scale of A - Moderate

11. Scale of A Fast

String Hopping I

12. String Hopping I - Slow

13. String Hopping I - Moderate

14. String Hopping I - Fast

15. String Hopping I Reversed - Slow

16. String Hopping I Reversed - Moderate

17. String Hopping I Reversed - Fast

String Hopping II

18. String Hopping II A>D - Slow

19. String Hopping II A>D - Moderate

20. String Hopping II A>D - Fast

21. String Hopping II D>G - Slow

22. String Hopping II D>G - Moderate

23. String Hopping II D>G - Fast

24. String Hopping II E>A - Slow

25. String hopping II E>A - Moderate

26. String Hopping Ii E>A - Fast

27. String Hopping II Reversed D>A - Slow

28. String Hopping II Reversed D>A - Moderate

29. String Hopping II Reversed D>A - Fast

String Hopping III

30. String Hopping III D>A - Slow

31. String Hopping III D>A - Moderate

32. String Hopping III D>A - Fast

String Hopping IV

33. String Hopping IV - Slow

34. String Hopping IV - Moderate

35. String Hopping IV - Fast

36. String Hopping IV Reversed - Slow

37. String Hopping IV Reversed - Moderate

38. String Hopping IV Reversed - Fast

Note Hopping

39. Note Hopping I - G Scale - Slow

40. Note Hopping I - G Scale - Moderate

41. Note Hopping I - G Scale - Fast

Arpeggios

42. Arpeggio of D - Slow

43. Arpeggio of D - Fast

44. Arpeggio of G - Slow

45. Arpeggio of G - Fast

Section Four - Jig Triplets & Tremolo

Jig Triplets

1. Introduction to Jig Triplets

2. Jig D-DUD Single Strings

3. Jig D-DUD Single Strings - Faster

4. Jig DUD-D Single Strings

5. Jig DUD-D Single Strings - Fast

6. Jig D-DUD G Scale

7. Jig D-DUD G Scale - Faster

8. Jig DUD-D G Scale

9. Jig DUD-D G Scale - Faster

10. Jig DUD-D G Scale - Moving On The 1

11. Jig DUD-D G Scale Moving on the 1 - Faster

12. Jig D-DUD String Hopping

13. Jig D-DUD String Hopping - Faster

14. Jig DUD-D String Hopping

15. Jig DUD-D String Hopping - Faster

Tremolo

16. Introducing Tremolo

17. Tremolo Scale of G - Slow

18. Tremolo Scale of G - Moderate

19. Tremolo Scale of G - Faster

20. Tremolo Note Hopping

21. Tremolo Note Hopping - Faster

22. Tremolo for Hornpipes

23. Tremolo for Hornpipes Increasing Pace

About the artist

Enda Scahill

@EndaScahill · Galway, Ireland

Enda Scahill is the 2022 winner of the Steve Martin Award for excellence in banjo! He is one of the finest exponents of Irish tenor banjo in the world, and a renowned teacher

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