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One thing I remember Antoine talking about in the class at Django in June was coming up with ways to limit yourself on the fretboard and then doing creative exploration within this confined space. Playing on one string only, or 1-2 strings, or using all 6 but limiting the space to maybe 4-5 frets, etc... And that's what he mentioned in the interview as well. And coincidentally, the guy I'm following on YT (NickyV) just came up with a six weeks challenge doing something similar. Maybe it's time I give this a serious attention.
https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/21334/everyone-is-better-than-me/p4
Just wondering are you the guy who lived in or is from Vermont?
Nah, I'm from Milwaukee, WI - born & raised within a fine culture of beer, sausage & cheese 😎
@paulmcevoy75 if there is someone else from VT that I don't know about, I'd like to
Ahaa! I think it was you I was thinking of! He mentioned being tall.
One fun fact about me is that I can't remember anything at all. Names, faces, dates. Big old blank.
Id love to hear more specifics about how you adjusted with your long arms. I’m not quite where you are, but I’m also tall with long arms and always felt like that made the picking technique more difficult.
How tall are we talking guys? I'm 6'3" and never gave it a second thought.
6’3” as well, but I’m guessing Vuotoreenie is more like 6’6” or just has very disproportionately long arms!
or just has very disproportionately long arms!
It's this. I'm 6'4 but after having had 7 wisdom teeth removed and a tux rental fitter literally laugh at me because they had no coats in stock for my 6'7-6'8 wingspan, I've pretty much came to grips long ago with being a living example of the missing link. But for real, it's probably why the only sport I ever really liked playing was basketball...hard to block my shot, even tho it was generally a brick lol.
But to (somewhat) quickly answer more in depth, my biggest right arm technique arm flaw was anchoring/locking my upper arm too much to the upper bout. I think I did that in part due to laziness but also because it helped me keep my arm in position. Now I'm much more free with my entire arm and while that can require more endurance to maintain, it builds well over time and in my case, I'm much more consistent now than I used to be. I guess it's also worth adding my right hand rest stroke technique was pretty decently established by that time so it was really through this new mechanics understanding of my entire arm that I was able to keep growing and refining.