Hi there!
I've been playing for 18 years now and consider myself an advanced player. But, being between bands right now, I'm starting to feel the urge to improve beyond the pentatonic blues based stuff I've been playing over the last 10 years. I'm trying to get into this Steve-Morse-arpeggio stuff, and while my picking hand's already been doing these alternate picking stuff for years without me even thinking about it, my left hand gives me major problems. I've never ever had a lesson in my life, and now I'm the roll-and-hide-the-pinky type of player. Now I'm looking for some advice, or maybe some online lessons, that help me getting my left hand into shape. I don't really know how to get my pinky working well, just forcing myself to use it makes my hand hurt and cramp pretty fast and lets me know that I'm definitly doing something wrong, and I don't want to ruin my hands. It's very hard to break out of my well known patterns, but it frustrates me that my fingers don't work as fast as my brain wants them to. Any hints, tips, advice how and where to get started?
Thanks!