Picking Inside the Strings

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Welcome to the "Picking Inside the Strings" tutorial! First thing you'll want to do is watch the video and notice the difference between picking "inside" the strings and picking "outside" the strings. You can also see the difference from the first 2 tab exercises below. It's also important to note that an alternate picking motion is being used. We will be ...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock

Excerpt: Here we have a nice, soothing melodic riff that incorporates inside picking. Look closely at the tabs below. See how with every 2 notes you play, you're picking inside a pair of strings? The first 2 notes, you're picking inside the D and A strings, then the next 2 notes, you're picking inside the G and D strings. Then the process repeats. Keep steady alter...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock

Excerpt: Now we're going to play another riff very similar to the last one. Just like in the last lesson, we're going to be alternate picking across 3 strings while picking inside. In the first measure, you'll play a C power chord with your index finger on the 3rd fret A string and your ring finger on the 5th fret D string. Then, for the first 2 beats in the 2nd mea...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Beginner Topic: Technique Style: Rock

Excerpt: Now, we're going to mix it up to where you'll be using both inside and outside picking. In this chord progression, we'll be playing power chords. First with E, then G, then A, then B. As in the last lesson, I want you to look at each pair of 2 notes. Notice with the first pair of notes you are using outside picking, then the next pair you are using inside ...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Technique Style: Rock

Excerpt: Here we'll do a little expansion on the last exercise. We'll use the exact same chord progression, except we're going to incorporate some string skipping. Look at all the notes in groups of 4. If you look at the first 4 notes, it's identical to the last lesson. However, the next group of 4 notes are different. You'll notice that after you play the A string ...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock

Excerpt: Here's a cool melodic rock riff we can apply the "picking inside" principle to. This riff will have a mix of both picking inside and picking outside techniques. This exercise is a bit awkward compared to the others when it comes to picking. With this exercise, we need to imagine all the notes in groups of 3. Basically, the pattern is where you'll play 1 not...

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Instructor: Sean Conklin Level: Intermediate Topic: Cool Riffs Style: Rock

Excerpt: Here's a cool melodic rock riff we can apply the "picking inside" principle to. This riff will have a mix of both picking inside and picking outside techniques. This exercise is a bit awkward compared to the others when it comes to picking. With this exercise, we need to imagine all the notes in groups of 3. Basically, the pattern is where you'll play 1 not...

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