Juan Coronado: Economy Picking Demystified

Juan Coronado:
When I was a teenager, I landed the dream job for any aspiring guitarist. Though the job was a one concert gig, it didn't matter as I got to be the roadie for one of the most famous bands back in the late '80s / early '90s in Colombia - "Kraken".

It was the only local band I knew that was really big and famous, so as soon as I had the chance during the sound check, I bombarded the guitar player, Hugo, with all my questions about how to play fast scales. The one thing that stuck with me was his advice to "play circles with your pick". I took the advice to heart and started to work on "playing circles with the pick". Somehow I misunderstood what Hugo meant and ended up doing something a bit out of the ordinary, but I never realized this until many years later when I saw the great Frank Gambale explaining the economy picking technique. That day I found out by pure coincidence that I was doing what Mr. Gambale had developed as a new unorthodox technique to play fast. more

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