String Skipping

[Torched]

I'm trying to get this riff down and it made me realize how much I suck at string skipping. It's a riff from Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson (distorted):

E-15--15--15--15--15--15--
B---19------------------17
G-------19----------17---- Repeat
D-----------19--17--------

If I play it like this:

E-------------------------
B-201920--20--20--20--2017
G-------19----------17---- Repeat
D-----------19--17--------

...it's somewhat easier but I still manage to butcher it. ANyone have any good string skipping exercises or alternate ways to tackle that ^

[pagemalicious]

Re: String Skipping

Don't give up on the string skipping. Just take it really slow and constantly repeat untill you're comfortable. Then start to speed it up. It will come to you, just don't give up.

[Endrik]

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dude, don't string skip/alt pick it, use the chiken/hybrid picking techique like Eric does.

[kmanick]

Re: String Skipping

Right chicken pick it. Start slow and just practice it.
If you try to string skip this at the speed he plays it ,
you're making it much more difficult than it needs to be.

[Ace]

Re: String Skipping

I usually tie two strings together at the ends to make sort of one long string. I try and use heavier gauge strings since they are easier to see so you don't trip on them. Start with standing with your arms at your sides and the ends of the strings in your two hands. Have the strings behind you on the ground, and swing them up over your head. When the strings come back down towards your feet jump up in the air over the strings as they pass under your feet. Bring the strings back around over your head and see how many times you can jump over the strings in a row. That's the Rocky Balboa style of string skipping. Eric Johnson uses chicken-pickin'.

[pagemalicious]

Re: String Skipping

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I usually tie two strings together at the ends to make sort of one long string. I try and use heavier gauge strings since they are easier to see so you don't trip on them. Start with standing with your arms at your sides and the ends of the strings in your two hands. Have the strings behind you on the ground, and swing them up over your head. When the strings come back down towards your feet jump up in the air over the strings as they pass under your feet. Bring the strings back around over your head and see how many times you can jump over the strings in a row. That's the Rocky Balboa style of string skipping. Eric Johnson uses chicken-pickin'.

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[rps14a]

Re: String Skipping

theres a takasaki string skipping riff i trip up on when trying to alternate pick string skip, im gonna try the chicken pickin right now!

[Shawn Lutz]

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The proper way to pay that lick is the first way you tabbed it. To me it wont sound right any other way.

What I do on that lick is use hybrid finegr pick / picking and pluck (and the way I believe Eric plays it) the note (G) on the hight E string 15th fret is not picked with the pick. Use your middle finger of your pick hand to pluck upward every 15th fret E striing and then use the pick and all down strokes for rest notes. Give that a try and I'm sure you get it down.

[MBreinin]

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I usually tie two strings together at the ends to make sort of one long string. I try and use heavier gauge strings since they are easier to see so you don't trip on them. Start with standing with your arms at your sides and the ends of the strings in your two hands. Have the strings behind you on the ground, and swing them up over your head. When the strings come back down towards your feet jump up in the air over the strings as they pass under your feet. Bring the strings back around over your head and see how many times you can jump over the strings in a row. That's the Rocky Balboa style of string skipping. Eric Johnson uses chicken-pickin'.

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[mazhar]

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uhhh...what's chiken picking??? *takes cover* [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[maotar]

Re: String Skipping

picking with your fingers,

-you can come out of hiding now :-)

[Newc]

Re: String Skipping

Chicken pickin was later renamed "hybrid" picking because Chickin Pickin was a primarily Country style, adapted from the banjo to guitar.

The intro to Sweet Child O Mine is great for developing string skipping speed if you move it farther up the neck and adjust the starting string (heck, screw trying to keep the same tune as the song, just practice it in all the fret groups you can think of [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] )