15 Economy Picking Essentials You Need To Know

[@satch500]

Exercise 1 had everyone in my street looking for an ambulance XD Thanks Rick. Great stuff as always 🤟

[@yatesbenjamin]

😂😂😂😂

[@headkickko609]

Well you should identify the perf. 5th by ear by trying to remember how an ambulance syren sounds like.

[@OMGitsacrazybadger]

@@headkickko609 The sound of an ambulance is actually a sharpened 4th or a flat 5th. The tritone.

[@LouisGuitarCult]

😂

[@Ningishzidd4]

🤣

[@ParkerPPipe]

I think of all the super high level players like Quayle, Govan, Hutchings, etc…of the modern era Rick is by far the best teacher. Most super high level players are terrible teachers. Ya know the super technical player that can rip arpeggios and alternate pick at 250 bpm and he teaches you to do this by talking about feeling of string bends….plenty of those teachers. Rick actually gives the goods. Thank you man. So much

[@nichaju1]

Planting, or pick muting as Paul Gilbert calls it, as been one of the best advice I’ve ever learned to clean up my picking technique. And it’s so logical: playing staccato using this technique helps you to play with the minimum of mouvement, with as much dynamics as wanted while staying relaxed between each strike. And it applies the same if you want to stay strict alternate. Thank you Rick! Your Economy picking volume one is a must have for every player.

[@ArthurKurtmolla]

EXTREEEEEEEEEEEMELY WELL upload, thank you very much for that

[@andrewwyatt5422]

Hope you're doing extremely well rick thanks for the lesson as always!

[@gurnstein]

I know I am

[@MyGuitartime]

@RickGraham Every time you put out a video it always inspires me to pick up my guitar and play, no matter what. I have had some really down days of playing in the past couple of months to the point where I was like, what am I doing? Am I just wasting time? I have been playing since I was 15 and I am 53 now and your last video and this one made me pick it up and say oh yeah this is why I love playing guitar! I truly appreciate you. I love your playing, it is how I have always wanted to be able to play and it helps keep me going. Thank you sir.

[@kadourimdou43]

Can you do one on hybrid picking 🙏

[@freedomseeds8194]

Extremely good exercises. I can see these will work extremely well for smoothing out transitioning from strict alternate picking to sweep picking, or economy picking. Excellent lesson, thank you Rick.

[@dreamwever87]

Thank you so much, Rick! 30 minutes of extremely helpful instruction!

[@AndoniDiazPuerta]

Please, everyone buy this package, both 1 and 2. Best economy picking content out there...

[@ProphetofGermaine]

see honestly i feel like my bigger issue is my left hand isnt fast enough to keep up with my right hand. Im right handed so the economy picking feels really easy i just cant get my fingers fast enough

[@tijntjeofive8219]

There are the perfect exercises to give me the final boost to shred. Thanks so much.

[@Sebastian_Mroczek]

In ex 11, where do you (or do not) plant the pick after last note of one loop? At the G string (up stroke) or B string (down stroke) before you string skip? I understand the concept of planting, but not always sure on which string I should plant it in each individual case🙉

[@satchrules101]

Amazing practice lesson .. thanks Rick !

[@michaelcameron2292]

This is top notch Would suggest you pull your sleeve up to show how much wrist movement is happening if any

[@DizzyKrissi]

Practicing exercise 1 for 9 months straight and hitting a speed barrier at around 80bpm played as sixtuplets. It seems like there is no way to get beyond this without tensing up like hell.

[@draqlah]

Exactly what i was looking for.

[@gsusforjesus9829]

Thanks Sir Rick😊 Its very timely for me😊

[@pdp7653]

This is by far my favorite video of yours so far, Rick! I've been playing for over 20 years, and was doing everything all alternate picking. I was self taught in the days of tab books and instructional videos...no youtube shortcuts. Never even knew economy picking was a thing til recently. So...trying to change picking habits after 20+ years, proves to be difficult. So grateful for the mechanical techniques to help on this journey! Thanks again, Rick. Btw, you and Guthrie are my two favorite players! The feel and techniques and choice of notes you both bring to the table, are simply amazing! Be blessed!

[@Fieldeluxe]

Over a thousand videos and this is your favourite, I find that hard to believe, frankly.

[@pdp7653]

@@Fieldeluxe obviously, he has many amazing videos! In my opinion, he's one of the best players, ever! Im just saying, in this aspect, I've been waiting years for him to break down his mechanics on this specific technique. So for right now, it's my favorite video of his. Hope you have a great day! 😊

[@negrobarreramusic82]

It's a cool video to practice with My guitar. Thanks Master

[@ramirodelpino]

Great Lesson as Always! 🔥🤘

[@akaerik1]

rick is it necessary to be really proficient at alternate picking and then learn economy, or would it just be easier if your not fast already to learn economy.

[@TheRye07]

Yes RICK but, what about the Pickslanting?

[@67er_matze97]

brilliant lesson!!

[@revzone3544]

I love it.. Exercise one, sounds like a police chase, sirens blaring.. great to see you back .

[@juancarlosgranados4425]

Best excercise video.

[@edmega4481]

Thank you Shred Master 🤘😎🎸🎶🎵

[@erichaddadi1516]

Rick, your economy picking lessons have been the best thing that has happened to me and my guitar! I bought them and couldn't be happier! It transformed my picking technique and overall economy on the guitar 🎸 You rock 🤘

[@TowardtheKing]

Thank You very much Rick! 🎸🔥🤘

[@EthanMckennaMusic]

Thank you so much for releasing this content for free 🙂

[@MILLERTRANSCENDENT]

Awesome

[@alanwneatly-crowe1197]

Clear and concise as always...many thanks Rick .

[@chikung]

Fantastic.

[@johnplaystheguitar123]

Hi Rick. Im curious as to why in the first 3 examples you start with an upstroke? What would be more natural to me would be to do down b string down up e string for the second example, then down down up up on the third example. To avoid the inside picking. Are all these exercises to improve inside picking?

[@johnplaystheguitar123]

nevermind. i realised a lot of this focused on inside picking. these are some inside picking nightmares!

[@DanyAguilar]

Brain hurts hhaha! nice exercises!

[@taunokekkonen5733]

Me: ah a new vid from Rick, and I am doing extremely wel.. Rick: RIGHT

[@These_go_to_eleven_1959]

Great technique! What is your action setting? 12th fret?

[@Pulpaficcional]

13 and 14 are the same exercises

[@wildstringdom]

Your knowledge your skill and your ability will go down in the archives of Guitar History for all of the eons!!! Master Meastro!!!! 🤩🤩🤩

[@armawhatnew2998]

😳 i have a problem when i play 3 notes per string all its ok but when i try a simple solo i get confused. what situation is not appropriate to use economy picking

[@cris_horizons]

i dont get the first exercise about start the movement inside picking but dont care cause i fingerpick everything XD

[@Tathagata_TG]

Very informative!

[@markslist1542]

Rick, this lesson cured me of issues I've been struggling with for longer than I'd like to admit. Thank you.

[@sirobellino]

facts...

[@alessandrograsso8570]

I had the problem of economy picking long time ago but i Remember One day when my old friend showed me the First VHS Gambale "Monster licks":Frank resolve This problem because when he change direction by his sweep picking he use pair Number of notes and not dispair but...The most important thing for that Technic Is to think the chords and not in positions,he plays "Enclosure" by chromatic approch...he moves arround the roots Notes of the chord and not 3 notes for string in a scale!He put inside the spaces "passing notes" For me was a Revolution...the water under the fingers!!!

[@michaelcraig9449]

GOT TABS??

[@janezimmerman7987]

Excellent set of exercises. It's like the analog of Giuliani's classical arpeggio patterns (or Segovia's culling) but for electric.

[@AlfonsoCorace]

very useful, thanx for sharing!! :D

[@DendroCovers]

Thank you so much this helped a lot!!!! You saved my life

[@t3hgir]

Thank you Rick! Do you have lessons on alternate picking?

[@gopalkrishnabehera3231]

Do you have anything for alternate picking also?

[@joshsmith7033]

Why do creators think we want to hear them blaber for 20 min before showing us anything......

[@affif330]

why do you have such a short attention span. besides maybe just skip to what you wanna hear? takes less effort than writing a whole comment, besides what he said wasn't just random blabber but actually important things to consider.

[@joshsmith7033]

@@affif330 whatever bombom

[@affif330]

K brodie

[@818Kira]

Your lessons are the the only lessons i ever paid money for Worth every penny, gotta practice this too

[@wizhnew1237]

This is absolutly I want to know. Thankyou sir.

[@neildeakin4454]

My little finger wont reach the D string that high up the neck at 11.58. 😞 Need a plastic surgeon to break my little finger and stretch it by 1.5 cm

[@JesseMichel]

No one does it better!

[@m3m3sis]

Excellent video and just in time to my dive into sweeps

[@Tedshred]

Love you Rick! Thank you!

[@jav6665]

This is pure gold ❤

[@NeuroApathy]

Ty for le exercises

[@afkaustin]

Bang 🔥 RG the goat

[@BrunoRodrigues-tm3gg]

Exelente exercício, teether

[@MegaDemartini]

Grazie Maestro!

[@spirorips]

😍

[@randomkipper2516]

Get in!

[@JCazz-ts4lu]

💯

[@DrsJacksonn]

It's been said before and I'll say it again: ol' Ricky G needs to take a 10 year break from guitar playing so the rest of the world can catch up a bit.

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Like deployed 👍

[@jimjones6419]

The first 6 minutes have people quitting rather than inspired to learn. Please review Rock Discipline for examples on inspired practice techniques.

[@paulbaglio6295]

Awesome lesson. Thank you sir.

[@jonathanalcover1539]

Thank you so much for this freebee. Magistral lesson as always and a priceless boost of technique for broke bastards like me. RG4PM 👉🏻