hhh! are you already training him into the ways of the guitar?? :)

Man I have to say the whole weight lifting thing +the pencil flutter deal thingy from your vid definitintly has peaked my curiosity as far as picking goes...the only thing that I am wondering before I will become dead-sold on this style of picking "Sarod" is how useful it it when applied to non tremello type picking situations...say like when you dont want to be picking the same tone more than once before you play the next tone...is this type of picking purely for tremello note sequences...or if you wanted to shoot up & down a scale w/o hitting any note more than once before moving on to the next...Can this style of picking be effective for that??? Also what about picking w/ regard to tuplet hop-scotching??? Is Sarod like non-rhythmic tremello picking....or can it be used (after great amounts of practice, of course) to say...hop scotch each beat btw/ say...tuplets of 8 & 9?

Well that vids just gone on my favs list
my scalpel picking is getting fast now seems to just morph into sarod at a certain speed..

yES!!!!
Delta thats it....the movement morphs as your speed increases!
I counted three transitions in my technique....one for slower speeds say...below60bpm...more scalpel....wider sarod movement
one for middle speeds say.....60-180bpm....less scalpel...tighter sarod movement(the "marker" notes come into play)
and one for higher speeds 180 plus...Full on tight flutter with sarod and the "marker" notes ARE in place. The scalpel technique is now
sort of placement technique which moves the pick to the next string. This is what allows the alternate picking to continue.

i am way glad you see that!

Its different from one person to the next.....

Have you tried it with scale sequences????

Pebber...when are you going to play live again??

Damn Pebber I did not know you could play like that

I love the song Pebber. Is it available as a downloadable purchase? I checked your website and iTunes and found nothing. Also, congratulation on your degree.

Pebber would never say it himself, but he is a virtuoso of the highest order. He has many live performance videos on his youtube channel as well as studio tracks that you can check out.

Yes he is!
One day you have to come out here and take a lesson with him in person.
Hey will show you the better part of LA...hhmmmm...where is that???
:)


Congratulations Pebber!
It must feel good to be done with all those FRaKhing classes!!

Wow!!!
At the risk of being slapped, it reminded me of Shawn Lane especially after 6:10.

This stuff is great, eh? Actually, I think Pebber is quite unique. He definitely does have influences but he seems to have his own voice. This one is more McLaughlin-like. And I can also go on and say its more Beck, Page, etc. But at the same time isn't. Pebber! release a studio album!! :D

Soviet Lounge is out...yes?

And your book!!
Must finish!

What was it called again??
The Path To Become A Jedi Master???

Ahhh Mr. Fineberg!
How is he these days?

I liked Soviet Lounge....very goodt!

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Still alive..yes?

Hey...where are all the videos???
How are you guys doing???
FRaKh has many thingks to say and show....but where are all the videos of you guys????

I am hoping to see where you guys are with these ideas.
I hate to give more and it might be to out there?

ok

FRaKh

i started practicing open string sarod picking this week. began at 60 bpm on monday. still hard when changing strings when i get to 8s per beat. i just started at 60 to get what it fells like. im switching to 45 bpms next week. and raising 3-5 bpms every week. i'll post video soon

as some1 mentioned the pick tends to bounce off when sarod picking till you get the hang of it. it's weird how different styles picking techniques feel on hand isn't it. i never knew there was so much in things in guitar playing. i wonder how many picking different styles there are

Hi ashan,

I too have noticed that changing between the strings when doing sarod is quite tricky - thanks for bringing this issue to light. I just got Pebber's vol 2 and 3 DVDs. I hope to see if he addresses it there. I can do it but I have to slow things down. It's almost like you are taking a huge leap when you change strings... from stairs to canyons. Whereas, with the scalpel, its much easier.

The use of "marker" notes helps with that......

Its in one of the previous Sarod videos.

i thought. that was for changing strings within a long phrase that involve many strings. so this apply to open string practicing too?