Hey guys,
I've been playing the guitar for quite a while now (like 4 years), but recently I noticed that my right hand still can't pick very steadily and quickly, but also that my left hand has trouble doing fast triplet runs after slow parts...
For example.. I've been trying to play the 1st solo of Dream Theater's Count of Tuscany song. Basically there's a few simple notes in the beginning, a pinch harmonic and then there's 2 fast
triplets followed by another note. I have tried to play this well around 200 times, and I just can't seem to do the triplets cleanly (even in legatto only style, thus eliminating my right hand from the equation). It's like my pinky gets stuck on the 3rd note of the first triplet and doesn't leave quickly enough.. and my index finger doesn't hit the string at the right time.. however if I do it again after the first failed attempt, I can do it without problems. Seems like my problem is going from 0 to 100 (sort of saying) the first time...
Have you guys experienced this in the past ? What took you to overcome it ? Practice and practice and metronome ? I can do triplets easily with a metronome at the required speed but then when I need to do them suddenly after slow notes they just won't come out at the first time... it's getting me really frustrated...
Do you guys have any good exercises for this and alternate picking in general ?
