I am a bedroom guitarist who earns a living as a physicist. I'm very interested in discussing picking technique! I am a big fan of Vinnie Moore, Dream Theater and the instructional material by Troy Grady. https://www.tinyurl.com/tommoguitar
For simplicity I tabbed this as 16th notes indicating only the bass notes plus the melody note. This should be executed as a tremolo - 32nd notes (1 bass note + 3 melody notes) - as hopefully it is clear… More…
For now I only tabbed the verse (first guitar) + guitar solo. I will later add the second guitar plus the ending.… More…
For the most part this should be very close to what Vinnie plays. I made small changes to the fingerings/phrasing of some licks to fit better my technique, while trying to retain the intention of the original.… More…
Don't you hate it when you are palm muting and have to pick odd numbers of notes per string? I do :-)… More…
A monster solo by John Petrucci! I rearranged some of the fingerings and added the occasional cheeky pull-off to make some of the licks easier to pick. I also think my phrasing is not exactly the same… More…
A great neoclassical piece by my favourite guitar player. Not 100% identical to the original in some passages, but I like how it came out. Took me many years of study to get it down to a decent level :-) More…
A picking technique etude based on the "escaped upstrokes" technique (pick diagonally such that downstrokes rest on the higher string, while upstrokes go up in the air allowing for efficient string switching). More…