Do you mean right at 1.14, when you can see the bass player? Because his fretting hand isn't moving at all...
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Do you mean right at 1.14, when you can see the bass player? Because his fretting hand isn't moving at all...
There are a few parts in the track that are 16ths @ 122bpm, that isn't easy to jump into with 2 fingers and keep consistent especially if it involves a bit of string crossing for sure, I'd go with a pick for it personally. If I was going to play it with fingers, I'd be on the metronome notching up the bpm up to and slightly past 122 with constant 16th's until it's consistent with the string crossing involved, I can see why your finding those bit's tricky, they are.
I use more than two fingers, I use three, I have always felt rather differently, that I can play much faster with my fingers, and I am fairly good with a pick. I don't like using a pick though unless it's the right tone-plastic.
It can all be done one way or another for sure, I rarely use picks, but for 16th's @ 120+/- for 3/4 minutes for that consistency and tone edge they do come in handy, it's quite a bit of stamina even with 3 fingers to keep flow at those tempos over say 2/3 minutes. You can match pick speeds with your fingers but it's the stamina to keep it constant over time that's a bit more difficult especially hitting it harder for a bit of edge. Depends on what your playing though I suppose, picks do have some advantage's for certain stuff.
A lot of it probably has to do with my comfort level, I have been trying to increase my pick usage in practice time, just in case I want to switch for some songs that I feel may perhaps sound a bit better with a pick. I tried finger picks for a while too, that was interesting.
Skitch it! said:
And for the OP, the only way one builds said stamina is by doing lots of 16ths at speed. Just like being able to do lots of consecutive pushups, the only way you get there is by doing lots of pushups. You have to build up and train your body and mind that a particular level of activity is normal. It isn't about building muscle, it its all about conditioning your existing muscles to function that way.
To carry the pushups thing a little further OT (but pertinent to building stamina), I know right now I probably couldn't do more than about 20 pushups without it being really uncomfortable. But I know from experience that if I put forth the right effort over next six weeks, I could do over 100 consecutively and in less than 2 minutes. I did this last year, starting from about where I am now. The program I followed can be found at hundredpushups.com. The program consists of doing- surprise- pushups. It provides a simple way of tracking your progress and increasing duration and reps. You do it a few minutes every other day, and it is really easy and totally works. After completing the six week program, I felt much stronger, but gained very little appreciable muscle mass. What I gained was tone and stamina. But stamina is a use-it or lose-it situation. Your body will adjust to what it sees as normal activity. Having done it though, I have high confidence I could easily do it again.
I have no affiliation with the site or program, other than having followed it. It is free, btw.
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Working with the right technique, prep, and working at a comfortable incremental pace will pay-off in foundation far better than trying to race ahead. Conditioning muscles and synapse connection for certain tasks is better achieved over time and comfortably graded practice for consistent solid improvement.
Getting the right economy/accuracy of technique is a big part of the right hand efficiency, learning to conserve and control energy and it's release over time, which comes with practice of course.
relax while you play...feel the music flow through your fingers. Play some blues or soul 
might help. Then (if you havent already) play every scale you know, again, again, again,...every time with more precision, comfort, and then speed will come as you get more comfortable with whats going through the strings then you alternate faster, fret faster, etc. I play stevie ray vaughan songs on guitar; on bass
might help. Then (if you havent already) play every scale you know, again, again, again,...every time with more precision, comfort, and then speed will come as you get more comfortable with whats going through the strings then you alternate faster, fret faster, etc. I play stevie ray vaughan songs on guitar; on bass 
