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Topic: Joe's picking techniques during his fast runs

Hi, I've posted on here about Joe's picking/fingerings on his fast solo runs and was wondering if i could get more info from other players about it. I see people have posted utube videos of what notes Joe is playing but they dont go into details on exactly how he is picking the notes to get them up to hyper speed. thanks for the you tube links guys and responses. Its hard to watch Joe's picking without slowing it down. Does anyone know any tricks on how to play Joe's fast runs on "No love on the street" or "Heartbreaker"? The tab book says to pick every note but it seems like it is impossible to get it up to Joe's speed. Any thoughts? helpful tips/tricks? Joe doesnt seem to move his right hand that fast when I watch his live DVD/Blue ray videos. And its hard to tell if hes using all alternate picking/economy picking on those fast runs. its soo smooth and effertless. there has to be a trick to it or something I'm missing..., LOL. I did notice on his fast runs that hes using alot of his 2nd and ring finger and avoiding the pinky finger alot. Not sure why...

any info would be appreciated.

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Re: Joe's picking techniques during his fast runs

Hi bluezguitar. You may get a better response if you c&p this post in the gear thread. That's were most players go first and often don't even check other threads. Good luck, Cathy

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Re: Joe's picking techniques during his fast runs

bluezguitar68 wrote:

Hi, I've posted on here about Joe's picking/fingerings on his fast solo runs and was wondering if i could get more info from other players about it. I see people have posted utube videos of what notes Joe is playing but they dont go into details on exactly how he is picking the notes to get them up to hyper speed. thanks for the you tube links guys and responses. Its hard to watch Joe's picking without slowing it down. Does anyone know any tricks on how to play Joe's fast runs on "No love on the street" or "Heartbreaker"? The tab book says to pick every note but it seems like it is impossible to get it up to Joe's speed. Any thoughts? helpful tips/tricks? Joe doesnt seem to move his right hand that fast when I watch his live DVD/Blue ray videos. And its hard to tell if hes using all alternate picking/economy picking on those fast runs. its soo smooth and effertless. there has to be a trick to it or something I'm missing..., LOL. I did notice on his fast runs that hes using alot of his 2nd and ring finger and avoiding the pinky finger alot. Not sure why...

any info would be appreciated.

As Cathy said, ask over in the gear section. He has been practicing hard since he was a tyke which has a lot to do with it, along with God given talent. My yt channel (link below) has a lot of Joe shot really close up and I like to zoom in on his hands a lot. Another with some real good closeup work is Pete the Cabby, channel Omegalast800. Maybe that will help.

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