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The Most Detailed Picking Technique Lesson Video I've Ever Shared
Picking is the toughest technique in guitar playing. To Master the picking technique I've been working and teaching for more than 20 years and I wanted to share my experiences with you guys.
In this video, I' am sharing with you some of the best guitar players' performances such as Guthrie Govan, Al Di Meola, Paul Gilbert, Jason Becker, Yngwie Malmsteen, Rick Graham, Martin Miller...

I will go through all the most important elements of picking technique and the most common mistakes guitarists make.

You'll find the best exercises to improve your technique and picking speed.

Also, you can watch my fundamental lesson videos;
How to Fix Your Picking Technique
How to Play Electric Guitar Properly

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[OzzGuitar]

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[Money.Rocks.Podcast]

Use the wrist... FOR THE PICKING... use the arm... TO CHANGE STRINGS... that is gold advice right there

[ant]

One of the most important aspects of speed picking is hand synchronization .. If you are not able to synchronize your hands on one string .. a simple ostinato ... start there, then add string skipping

[vlazed]

who knows, a 21 mins video could save my 20 years guitar journey. thank you!

[jamesmccormick]

As a guitarist, I could play Yngwie when I was 16 and really into shredding. As I got older, I got into Blues, Country and classical guitar. I got into legato over speed picking. Now I’m in my late 40’s and trying to go back to play Yngwie and I’m having to learn all over again.

[jaronepaul]

One thing to add, not all pick sizes matches all players. I noticed this before when I received a pick from Jonathan Donais. His was pointy, mine was a regular size. Theres definitely a difference.

How you angle the pick is one thing, how you hold it is another thing also. Before, I used to closed all my hands but there are some buzzes or noises. When I relaxed my hand, just played fast with my picking hand relaxed, it somehow resembled John Petrucci's. Since then, that is how I hold the pick. I felt less wrist strain and just worked on the angles and arm movement.

[Postbedrock]

You’re a great teacher. Most try to show off their player. You can clearly play but focused on teaching. Much appreciated!

[samable]

The tip to lightly place the arm on the guitar body for changing strings was golden🛐 I have speed for picking, good left hand posture but was shit at changing strings. Now I can move across the strings like a rocket or something😊

[JariSatta]

Yes, agreed. Good points. I've practiced both wrist and elbow picking,
by switching between wrist ( fast runs +180BpM ) and elbow ( middle tempo 180BpM and below ) you have a wiggle room with dexterity and stamina that way.

Working with hand synchronization, you'll also need to play tuplets and triplets (and quintolas and septolas) to really master your sense of rhythm

I play in Chamelion - Legends & Lores (Rockshots Records) 2023
Power metal

[TwistedMindChern]

Gilbert's alternative picking is so smooth. It looks that he doesn't even trying .

[Homermad]

My dude, I have been trying to play for five months and thought something was wrong with me. I had 80% of beginner technique down, but something always seemed off. No matter how many videos I watched, it was off. At the ~7 minute mark when you talked about how to hold the pick and the angle, you cleared up 99.996% of the my issues. Thank you so much. Liked, subscribed, recommending you to all the other shred-dad guitars guys possible. Thank you so much.

[davuspg]

Wow, Eureka moment with this video. Been playing for a long time and it's only after watching this that i realised my forearm resting on the guitar body has been restricting my movement - no wonder my alternate picking would fall apart on the G, B & E strings. Obvious when you see it in this video, but something I've missed for decades. Thank you for the video, subscribed!

[someguy]

Its neat seeing how rock/metal people play vs how bluegrass players do it on an acoustic. The rock/metal guys don't do much in the way of cross-picking, but their legato work is more of a thing that's afforded them by a very different kind of guitar. Just totally different and valid skill sets that take a ton of work.

[GaeiusGutierrez]

May I add... the pick thickness and it's sharp pointedness. I wasn't aware of this back then, I used whatever I could find.

[ToxiicTheGuitarist]

Nice Video, thanks to you i learned how to play the 5th caprice of paganini and i have just 3 months playing guitar, your videos helped me so much with progress so far

[dukewild]

At around 0:54 you're playing so focused and intensely that your chin seems to be becoming seamless with your neck/throat there and I gotta say that's kinda neat

[MookieMaroni]

So glad to find your channel. Great presentation and information. I started playing in '84, with little improvement since about '00. Started learning new stuff the last year or so. This is huge for me. My guitar teacher back then, who was very fast, taught me using the thumb was more efficient. I even remember an article by Steve Morse saying to draw tiny circles on paper to refine this technique, which I would do in school.
I have been employing your techniques the last three days. Difficult habits to break, yet am beginning to improve. Thanks so very much.

[marcos_c_m]

After 40 years playing guitar.... I thing theres no other element who took me more time discovering. Changing and reinventing than alternate picking. Sweep, tremolo, cross picking, inside string changes, outside string changes, even groups. Inside skipping strings. Outsides skipping strings... A new problem in every corner need a new aproax . Every number os notes for string need diferent strategy. The less notes for string harder it becomes If you is like me and want to do from sweep like gambale to cross like steve morse. Its a lifetime journey to develop and another to keep .

[ManNguyen-czfv]

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[shadesoul]

You won me over with mable's fatal fable!