Amazing, I actually started out holding my pick this, because I didn't know any better, but never was aware of this technique until years later after I had switched to a more conventional hold.
Interesting! I started out holding the pick conventionally but switched to holding my pick at an angle 45 years ago because it felt far more natural. Hybrid Sarod is the alternate picking technique I cultivated over 45 years along with my PhatBhoyPick design to accompany my method. More on this on the new upcoming Second Look series.
@@gitarman666 No, Troy isn't a tool - he just came along a LOT later than some of us. I'd like to know when Roy started. Give Troy some credit, he rightly recognized that most of us figured out how to go "brrrrr" not by getting lessons but more or less stumbling upon it by accident or being shown by other players at gigs or the like. There wasn't a widely available internet when some of this stuff was discovered. The pick-slanting thing is great because it more or less formalizes what a bunch of different guys from all over figured out themselves. Roy just figured it out smarter: Big pick with pointy tip - pick near the bridge - it makes the attack sound a lot different. Wiry.
@aliensporebomb Not accurate and very misleading. What Troy and ‘others’ have said about me to his fan base 2017-present is 100% false, inaccurate and entirely unforgivable. What he could/should have done is invite me to talk about my concepts instead of the latter and judging from old video. It was sold to me that the ‘Grady seal of approval’ was necessary. I certainly don’t need Troy’s or anyone else’s validation! I could go on about the conclusions I learned from over 40 years ago of extensive research touring the Middle East/Central Asia playing with traditional orchestras who play undiluted Sarod form but that again is for another video I am currently working on called ‘Hybrid Sarod’ because that is how I play. It is a Hybrid version of Sarod using my own pick design. Not reverse dart whatever.
It’s a heavily modified 1990 Yamaha1221 custom. They discontinued them in 1992. Fantastic guitars and the first to use double carbon fibre rods either side of the truss reverb.com/uk/item/69100031-yamaha-pacifica-custom-pac-cst-yns-yellow-natural-satin-05-15
@@LawofThree Thank you for correcting me! That is indeed a beautiful guitar. Really enjoy your playing, reminds me a lot of Shawn Lane, but it sounds fresh and original. Hope you have a great day.
From the video it looks like the angle you're holding your pick at is basically parallel to the strings. Is that correct, and do you think it makes much of a difference? I can't get my picking thumb to arch back that far
How does this video look like I am holding the pick parallel to the strings when clearly my hand is held in an up angle 45 degree position? Hold the pick whatever way comes most naturally and practice from there.
@@LawofThree Thank you. It just did! Maybe you think I'm crazy, but it looked like the way you hold the pick with your thumb has you bending your thumb back in such a way that it negated the angle of your wrist. Even on the video thumbnail it appears to me that way. The pick looked like it was hitting the strings at a straight angle on the close ups, too. I wasn't 100% sure of it, so I asked for a correction if needed, and you actually gave it, so fair enough. Thanks again!
That is correct. However it's the pick held at a 45deg angle to the string that counts. I designed a 'PhatBhoyPick' 40 years ago to keep the edge parallel to the strings while I play like this. I started production of the pick in 2017 for both Downangle/Upangle players. Which also has been coined as Upslant/Downslant by you know who. www.roymarchbankguitar.com/phat-bhoy-pick/ I call my method 'Hybrid Sarod' because it is in fact a Hybrid of Central Asia's six thousand year old Sarod alternate picking system. I have performed live with the musicans and orchestras of Central Asia 1999-2002 and continue to work closely with them present day. Troy Grady has clearly slowed down and studied my technique and has hilariously REBRANDED Hybrid Sarod as Reverse Dart technique. However, he has missed some incredibly important points which I am not about to disclose any time soon @@batastrophic9762
roymarchbank.bandcamp.com/album/noneother Two Lp's , two EP's, two singles and another album on the way with some of the greatest musicians in the world.Take your pick!
😳🔥🎸 "I'm not saying it was the aliens but it was the aliens." meme 👽
Amazing, I actually started out holding my pick this, because I didn't know any better, but never was aware of this technique until years later after I had switched to a more conventional hold.
Interesting!
I started out holding the pick conventionally but switched to holding my pick at an angle 45 years ago because it felt far more natural.
Hybrid Sarod is the alternate picking technique I cultivated over 45 years along with my PhatBhoyPick design to accompany my method.
More on this on the new upcoming Second Look series.
Roy Cracked the Code decades ago.
What! Without Troy Grady’s instruction, how can that be?
Oh Right because Troy Grady is a tool
selling his wears to kids that don’t know any better
@@gitarman666 No, Troy isn't a tool - he just came along a LOT later than some of us. I'd like to know when Roy started. Give Troy some credit, he rightly recognized that most of us figured out how to go "brrrrr" not by getting lessons but more or less stumbling upon it by accident or being shown by other players at gigs or the like. There wasn't a widely available internet when some of this stuff was discovered. The pick-slanting thing is great because it more or less formalizes what a bunch of different guys from all over figured out themselves. Roy just figured it out smarter: Big pick with pointy tip - pick near the bridge - it makes the attack sound a lot different. Wiry.
@aliensporebomb Not accurate and very misleading. What Troy and ‘others’ have said about me to his fan base 2017-present is 100% false, inaccurate and entirely unforgivable. What he could/should have done is invite me to talk about my concepts instead of the latter and judging from old video. It was sold to me that the ‘Grady seal of approval’ was necessary. I certainly don’t need Troy’s or anyone else’s validation!
I could go on about the conclusions I learned from over 40 years ago of extensive research touring the Middle East/Central Asia playing with traditional orchestras who play undiluted Sarod form but that again is for another video I am currently working on called ‘Hybrid Sarod’ because that is how I play. It is a Hybrid version of Sarod using my own pick design. Not reverse dart whatever.
@@gitarman666 exactly
@@LawofThree I stand corrected - do you actually play sarod in addition to guitar?
Christ on a bike! I had no idea this was possible. Bravo sir 👏
“ it’s harder than it looks” as if ANY OF THAT LOOKS EASY
Sorry it took so long for me to be introduced to your playing! Wow!
Still the fastest hands in the west!
You're a beast Roy.
Holy hell...
I can only imagen how fast this can brush his theeth
WHAT KIND OF GUITAR IS THAT YOU ARE PLAYING IN THE VIDEO??
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT..
If I'm not mistaken, it's a Vigier. French brand.
It’s a heavily modified 1990 Yamaha1221 custom. They discontinued them in 1992. Fantastic guitars and the first to use double carbon fibre rods either side of the truss
reverb.com/uk/item/69100031-yamaha-pacifica-custom-pac-cst-yns-yellow-natural-satin-05-15
@@LawofThree Thank you for correcting me! That is indeed a beautiful guitar. Really enjoy your playing, reminds me a lot of Shawn Lane, but it sounds fresh and original. Hope you have a great day.
"its harder than it looks" idk man i think it looks pretty hard as it is
You have to see it in context. It means to control dynamics/change volume while maintaining the same speed
@@LawofThree that was my attempt at humor lol, mad respect to this skill tho
@@progfox I explained incase anyone else reading didn’t get it bud. Y’know how it is.
😮 Ok, How many FPS should I set the Camera to?
Cool... Which is that guitar?
It’s a heavily modified now discontinued 90’s Yamaha custom
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Excuse me, Sir... what the fuck?
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From the video it looks like the angle you're holding your pick at is basically parallel to the strings. Is that correct, and do you think it makes much of a difference? I can't get my picking thumb to arch back that far
How does this video look like I am holding the pick parallel to the strings when clearly my hand is held in an up angle 45 degree position? Hold the pick whatever way comes most naturally and practice from there.
@@LawofThree Thank you. It just did! Maybe you think I'm crazy, but it looked like the way you hold the pick with your thumb has you bending your thumb back in such a way that it negated the angle of your wrist. Even on the video thumbnail it appears to me that way. The pick looked like it was hitting the strings at a straight angle on the close ups, too. I wasn't 100% sure of it, so I asked for a correction if needed, and you actually gave it, so fair enough. Thanks again!
That is correct. However it's the pick held at a 45deg angle to the string that counts. I designed a 'PhatBhoyPick' 40 years ago to keep the edge parallel to the strings while I play like this. I started production of the pick in 2017 for both Downangle/Upangle players. Which also has been coined as Upslant/Downslant by you know who.
www.roymarchbankguitar.com/phat-bhoy-pick/
I call my method 'Hybrid Sarod' because it is in fact a Hybrid of Central Asia's six thousand year old Sarod alternate picking system. I have performed live with the musicans and orchestras of Central Asia 1999-2002 and continue to work closely with them present day.
Troy Grady has clearly slowed down and studied my technique and has hilariously REBRANDED Hybrid Sarod as Reverse Dart technique. However, he has missed some incredibly important points which I am not about to disclose any time soon @@batastrophic9762
Interesting. Now make some fooking music.
roymarchbank.bandcamp.com/album/noneother
Two Lp's , two EP's, two singles and another album on the way with some of the greatest musicians in the world.Take your pick!
@@LawofThree I'll check it out and get back to you
this doesnt look ez :>