Top Guitar Secrets REVEALED! - Pick Tilting Trick

[Slashisthebest8]

isn't this tremolo pick? whats the differerence between tremolo picking and tilt picking?

[magnushenden]

SO easy , but still u made me a better guitarist!

[SallyLovesBlood]

I fkn love you man this really helped

[FoValentine]

well this is weird, I've been playing for a couple of years now and I've been fairly concious about developing a good picking technique, yet somehow I never noticed that I've been doing something this basic...

[donison1968]

Thanks man.

[TheSystemSucks1]

This actually helps for pick harmonics too :)

[Pribnik]

Thanks a lot! that helped me a LOT! funny that. such a small thing but its so much help

[MrStewartist1]

what guitar do you use, I really like it. Thanks for the tips aswell, helped my playing loads

[MrandersH1]

Have you ever tried to use a jazz pick? I think it's way better for fast picking.

[Badgod]

I think this might just be the most useful guitar tutorial on youtube! PitchfeverAcademy, I salute you!

[lilpwincess98]

Thank you so much for this - indeed it helped a LOT!

[Stratocaster42]

This lesson is good. It definitely helped with my alternate picking on one or two strings, but I've been struggling to find help with a picking technique that helps with moving across the string downward (from E to e) and upward. When I use this technique, it actually causes the pick to catch when I'm moving from the high strings to the lower (e to E). What do I do ? Help!

Also, great lesson :) Thanks

[Tedst3r]

im finding it hard to do fast triplets for songs such as, raining blood by slayer, or stuff by bullet for my valentine. something feels awkward about the angle that makes me screw up on the fast paced triplets

[guitarmeister109]

Dude...I saw Paul Gilbert doing this...

[RagnaLoki]

can i tilt it backwards?

[PitchfeverAcademy]

@RagnaLoki Yeah but then you'd look like Marty Friedman. hehe.. anyhow I'd tilt forward just so when you stand and play it's not awkward.

[linuxwave]

@RagnaLoki I can't even tilt forward, cause I got used to holding the pick a bit differently. Anyways, when you play standing and you tilt it backwards in might look a bit akward, but then again, it more or less depends on the anatomy of you thumb, I figured. Either way, whatever works for you, gotta try it out.

[AgentOrange502]

this video is for the biggest amateurs.

[uutooyu]

lame. no control over your picking hand. wrong angle. just my opinion.

[PitchfeverAcademy]

@uutooyu I have no control or you?

[kostasssism]

@uutooyu there is no wrong way to play the guitar if the results are good.

[pcnation11]

I anchor my ring and pinky on the face of the guitar. ive been playing for 5 years like that and my problem is i cant change strings very clean and fast. is this bad technique?

[PitchfeverAcademy]

@pcnation11 If it's hindering your progress then yes. Some people have a ton of bad habits but manage to work through them over time. I sometimes anchor, sometimes not. If I were you I'd look to free up the right hand more by not anchoring.

[MrMuseFan94]

You sir are amazing. I have been looking for a better picking technique and everything else I've tried has been uncomfortable compared to my normal style which is a bad way to pick anyway as I hit a lot of bum notes (Sure I'm relatively new to a guitar anyway, but I heard picking technique contributes to mis-hitting as well). This is easy to adapt to, comfortable, and it allows me to pick much easier than before (and faster ;D) :)

[PitchfeverAcademy]

@MrMuseFan94 Cool. Don't go overboard but find that middle area that feels and more importantly sounds great. ;) Thanks!

[delchavez]

I find the the best angle is basically to match the angle of the forearm of the picking hand. Pick tilting also helps reduce wrist strain and it adds kind of a scratchy sound which i think is really cool.

[LightMusicBand]

hey dude, thanks a lot. now probably i'll have an easier time with my tremolo picking. BTW, i watched your tremolo picking vid also, so thanks. nice guitar, how much did you bought it? XD thanks again.

[myke7777]

@LightMusicBand I got it for a very good price but now I play my strat way more. Who knows though.  I may have to kick the big sound again soon. ;) Thanks!

[LightMusicBand]

@myke7777 oh, a strat, cool. i already have a strat, but i prefer the one you use in this video. it looks so cool. and thanks again for the tip. gosh, how could something so simple can't be that obvious to me.

[Koopagamelouda]

does tilting the pick backwards have the same effect? because I see all the fastest guitarist, they pick with the pick forwards like this guy. Does it make certain things easier or just personal preference?

[uutooyu]

@Koopagamelouda personal preference.

[kingrutoz]

omg its so simple i cant beleive i never thought to tilt the pick

[2paktolife]

genius!

[Guitar8Jay]

This is the most helpful tip on guitar I've ever seen. I'm sick of losing my pick in the sound hole on my acoustic every half hour. I'm also learning knights of cyndonia by muse of guitar and you need to tremalo pick for a bit of it, I was getting mad i coudn't do it cause the pick got caught. Saw this and now I can play it descent after like 3 minutes. Thanks!

[PitchfeverAcademy]

@Guitar8Jay Awesome response my friend. Glad it helped!

[xGuitarStianx]

Yeah, but you know, ur holding your pick with the thumb, so it is a little bit hard to move the thumbs away.

[xGuitarStianx]

FAWCK, Im tremolo picking a lot, and now my thumb is all sore, cuz it hits the strings.. Is it anything I can to so the thumb dont hit the strings? I can play like To End the Rapture by Avenged Sevenfold, at that speed.. But my thumb is so sore so I cant play that now :(

[PitchfeverAcademy]

@xGuitarStianx Move your thumb away from the strings. It's only going to make more noise and pain.

[MisticWays]

hahaha i didn't even need to learn this cuz i learn it by myself in accident.lol I don't have a guitar teacher and so when i started playing guitar i was learning by myself. =D

[csguitarsk8dude]

i discovered that myself too, 3 days ago xD

[Gannonslayer]

dude ur awesome and thanks for the lession, helps alot and was thinking if u could show how to gallop picking

[cjkeegan100]

cool

[SlimfullSim2]

Something about your picking makes it sound really untidy even if I saw you play quickly already in your other vids. O.o

[PitchfeverAcademy]

@SlimfullSim2 cool

[TheFriedSky]

@SlimfullSim2 Probably because you hear the sound of the strings as well, coming from the lavelier microphone. The technique seems pretty fine to me!

[airgumbee]

Could you please do a sweep picking video???Im really struggling with that...

[rubmeister]

I noticed that too =) But when you tilt the pick the other way so it does not 'roll' of the string you can really accentuate the note without making a big effort, which is great for a pinched harmonic or whatever =) . (more material on the string etc.)

Also, I subscribed to your channel :P

[sbtrackrunner]

OMG dude!!!!! ive been playin 3-4 WEEKS and thanks to this trick i can play faster songs such as Knights of cydonia and stuff

[PitchfeverAcademy]

@sbtrackrunner Sweeet!

[vegitoxtreme]

dude, THANK YOU

finally I'll go beyond the stupid *pick keeps getting stuck, gets angry* phase :D

[0phreak]

is that a medium or thin pick?

[PitchfeverAcademy]

@0phreak Medium heavy.. Like a .88

[ThomasRussia]

@0phreak I think it's DUNLOP's Tortex green .88 pick lol

[punkfunc]

i figured this out my self without any vids : D...

just waching your vids y rock

[gigaves]

Man, your videos are pretty good, that's the reason why I'm subscribed to you, but do you think that it all comes naturally, I mean I play for about a year, I'm not a great guitar player but most of the pick stuff have come to me naturally. I don't even needed to try something else it's just was easier and the transition from wrong to right when all by itself.

[PitchfeverAcademy]

the only thing that comes naturally is your level of inspiration. What you do with it will determine your skill level. I've seen 'naturally' talented people stall on the guitar while those who may be slow starters become amazing because they simply put in the time. :) My advice. Just Play! :) All the time.