Alternate Picking - Guitar Lesson World https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/tag/alternate-picking/ Play better with free online guitar lessons. Sun, 16 May 2021 11:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-guitarlessonworldlogo-whitebackground-1-32x32.jpg Alternate Picking - Guitar Lesson World https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/tag/alternate-picking/ 32 32 Ex-021 Alternate Picking Sixteenth Notes https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/exercises/ex-021-alternate-picking-sixteenth-notes/ https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/exercises/ex-021-alternate-picking-sixteenth-notes/#respond Thu, 19 Jan 2017 02:21:04 +0000 https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/?p=1852 Practice your alternate picking over sixteenth notes with this exercise. Sixteenth notes are great for alternate picking because they must be played quickly and alternate picking helps you play faster!  This one focuses on four [...]

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]]> https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/exercises/ex-021-alternate-picking-sixteenth-notes/feed/ 0 Ex-020 Combining Alternate and Sweep Picking https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/exercises/combining-alternate-and-sweep-picking/ https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/exercises/combining-alternate-and-sweep-picking/#respond Wed, 23 Nov 2016 05:00:25 +0000 https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/?p=1813 Improve your technique and speed by combining alternate picking and sweep picking.  In the following exercise, you will combine alternate picking lines with sweep picking lines in both directions (ascending and descending). When ascending, notice [...]

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]]> https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/exercises/combining-alternate-and-sweep-picking/feed/ 0 Ex-010 Alternate Picking Exercise https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/exercises/ex-010-alternate-picking-exercise/ https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/exercises/ex-010-alternate-picking-exercise/#respond Fri, 19 Feb 2016 05:01:45 +0000 https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/?p=1439 Practice switching strings while alternate picking with this exercise.  When practicing alternate picking, most people can quickly learn the basic motions (down, up, down, etc).  The hard part comes when you switch strings and skip strings.  This exercise [...]

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]]> https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/exercises/ex-010-alternate-picking-exercise/feed/ 0 Ex-002 Alternate Picking Exercise https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/exercises/alternate-picking-exercise/ https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/exercises/alternate-picking-exercise/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2015 14:45:11 +0000 http://www.guitarlessonworld.com/2016/?p=224 The goal of this exercise is to improve the speed and accuracy of your alternate picking. Go slow enough to play it perfectly before increasing the speed. The following picking combination should be used: d, [...]

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]]> https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/exercises/alternate-picking-exercise/feed/ 2 Picking Techniques https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/picking-techniques/ https://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/picking-techniques/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2015 02:40:49 +0000 http://www.guitarlessonworld.com/2016/?p=134 Learn strumming, alternate picking, and sweep picking in this lesson that covers an introduction to each. Holding the Pick Always point the pick directly down towards the guitar Do not allow it to spin while picking [...]

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