Uploaded July 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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The concept of "two-way pickslanting" opened doors for so many players when we discussed it in our original "Conquering the Scale" feature with Michael Angelo Batio years ago. But it also confused lots of players who thought, ok, we need to turn the forearm in two directions to get over the string. But since then, we've learned that when wrist players like John Petrucci and Paul Gilbert play scales, this isn't what's happening. Instead, they use the multi-directional power of the wrist to switch the "escape" and get over the string, with almost no motion in the forearm most of the time.
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The concept of "two-way pickslanting" opened doors for so many players when we discussed it in our original "Conquering the Scale" feature with Michael Angelo Batio years ago. But it also confused lots of players who thought, ok, we need to turn the forearm in two directions to get over the string. But since then, we've learned that when wrist players like John Petrucci and Paul Gilbert play scales, this isn't what's happening. Instead, they use the multi-directional power of the wrist to switch the "escape" and get over the string, with almost no motion in the forearm most of the time.
