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  1. Dan Shipway

    1-1 help

    Hey guys, you are honestly the best! I am definitely one to feel self concious a hell of a lot.😂 I am currently in the uk so my time zone is GMT. Unfortunately though due to university commitments I am usually only free on weekends.😃
  2. Dan Shipway

    1-1 help

    Hey guys ( I know what you are thinking "f**king hell, a new thread", apologies) over the past few months, despite using lots of different sources of information, I am really struggling with basic picking and hand placement. I have sunk loads into online courses and its always the cycle of: Ask...
  3. Dan Shipway

    Pain in fretting hand wrist + picking consistency at higher speeds

    I managed to sort out the problem with wrist pain. Turns out it was the thumb position causing it, I saw a video (and when I tried it ,it made complete sense) which talked about how when your thumb is perpendicular to the neck, a lot of excess muscles are needed and tension is applied. It talked...
  4. Dan Shipway

    Pain in fretting hand wrist + picking consistency at higher speeds

    Cheers, I will try everything out and get back to you guys tomorrow on progress, it's late as balls over here xD
  5. Dan Shipway

    Pain in fretting hand wrist + picking consistency at higher speeds

    Thanks everyone! I have been practicing technique for pretty much about 80% of my routine or 45 mins - an hour (Not every day due to uni work taking up a load of free time so I end up noodling with what little free time I have). I tend to run stuff like 1234 2134 etc and doing some work on...
  6. Dan Shipway

    Pain in fretting hand wrist + picking consistency at higher speeds

    Hey guys, as a few of you will have probably seen, I have been on a quest to improve all the little faults in my technique to become a cleaner player. One of the areas which I felt was super important to address was finger strength. It was something that became apparent when playing riffs like...
  7. Dan Shipway

    Guitar is just nothing but frustration 24/7

    I have recently been running into problems with my forearm and wrist and wondered if you guys could help The main problem is my picking Arm gets stuck on the guitar if direct skin is in contact with guitar (possibly putting too much weight on it causing it to take more effort to move) which...
  8. Dan Shipway

    Guitar is just nothing but frustration 24/7

    Thanks! I will have a look into some songs :)
  9. Dan Shipway

    Guitar is just nothing but frustration 24/7

    Do you guys have any tips on how to shred but musically? Due to practicing workouts which are designed solely to work I have neglected working on how to apply the techniques and wondered if anyone had ways they go about adding speed runs into improvisations or different things they practice to...
  10. Dan Shipway

    Guitar is just nothing but frustration 24/7

    My practicing has been going pretty well lately. I found a dude on YT called Bernth who offers absolutely stellar courses which i have been working on. the main focus of my practicing has been on hand synch and trying to build up spped without going sloppy or loosing the feel and its actually...
  11. Dan Shipway

    Guitar is just nothing but frustration 24/7

    I have managed to find a technique that worked, its still on the bridge but it has been a lot more comfortable than before. I have almost completely eliminated tension and at the moment im just working to make it feel more natural as its completely new
  12. Dan Shipway

    Guitar is just nothing but frustration 24/7

    as i have been working on my picking hand and arm, one of the big things has been positioning, i have watch a few videos all similar view points but some differences but the one which resonated with me was one by Guthrie Govan which talked about your hand and arm having to turn off and on again...
  13. Dan Shipway

    Guitar is just nothing but frustration 24/7

    I have decided to invest in a different chair to help with posture as I have noticed that the way I sit with my current chair leads to my body being quite tense. I am also looking at maybe getting a massage soon or something of the sorts to take any knots etc out that I may have. Mainly just...
  14. Dan Shipway

    Guitar is just nothing but frustration 24/7

    A big issue I noticed that I need help with is trying to cover large amounts of strings with minimal wrist and hand movement, when I watch a lot of players they can hit all 6 strings almost without moving their hand whereas I feel I have to make huge movements to go across all the strings. I...
  15. Dan Shipway

    Guitar is just nothing but frustration 24/7

    As I am slowly analysing where the tension lies in my body when playing guitar, I noticed that my shoulder is a large source of tension and pain. The main problem with this is that whilst my wrist has quite a lot of movement, my elbow and shoulder feel locked up. This is mainly due to the way...
  16. Dan Shipway

    Guitar is just nothing but frustration 24/7

    Yeah man, It is still down on the strings but thats just how my hand naturally falls on the guitar. Now I just have to keep practicing to get my picking more fluid and release unwanted tension from my forearm
  17. Dan Shipway

    Guitar is just nothing but frustration 24/7

    I think I may have sorted the issue with tensing up when playing the low E and A strings. I watched a few videos on the matter but the breakthrough came when I was playing chords and I noticed that when playing lead I anchor with the fleshy area beneath my thumb which is why I was rolling when i...
  18. Dan Shipway

    Guitar is just nothing but frustration 24/7

    Thanks for all the advice and tips guys! All of the information you have provided has been super useful and I cant wait to get to work on the issues!
  19. Dan Shipway

    Guitar is just nothing but frustration 24/7

    apologies in advanced for all the random blank moments, im not the most confident when it comes to talking
  20. Dan Shipway

    Guitar is just nothing but frustration 24/7

    Sure thing! I will be able to share one tomorrow as I have a pretty busy evening. On the topic of teachers I guess I didn't word it as well as I could've as I get lots of valuable information from being taught by them but it can be tough not having something to go to day in and day out for...
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