Picking for Beginners

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

Excerpt: In this lesson, we're going to explore the basic fundamentals of standard picking. As I mention in the video, standard picking is the most basic form of guitar picking. So if you're just starting out on the guitar, you're in the right place, because this should be the first type of picking that you learn. Standard picking involves our pick playing the strin...

Media Length: 2:25

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

Excerpt: Let's take a look at alternate picking. Alternate picking is definitely one of the most popular forms of guitar picking. The reason it's so popular is because it's extremely practical to use in many musical situations. Alternate picking involves our picking hand making consistent down, up, down, up, down, up motions. So as you can imagine, doing a swift dow...

Media Length: 2:34