by Nick Dillon
This lead guitar lesson will focus on the commonly used picking techniques used to play guitar solos. Understanding when and how to use a particular picking technique is an important skill in lead guitar playing.
In this lead guitar lesson, three picking techniques will be discussed. These include downpicking, sweep picking and alternate picking. Each technique will be better suited to a certain phrase of music and will reflect individual preferences and styles of playing.
Alternate picking involves an alternating pattern of strictly up and down strokes. To play the C major scale using three notes per string, with alternate picking, we first start with a downstroke on the C note. Next, an upstroke on the D followed by a downstroke on the E . We then strike the A string where the F note is an upstroke followed by a downstroke on the G note and then an upstroke on the A note, and so on. We then continue with alternating up and downstrokes until we complete the scale. Alternate picking ultimately helps us stay in time and promotes a steady rhythm with our playing. There is a better economy of movement using alternate picking over using just down strokes. This picking style helps achieve greater speed, potentially double that of using down strokes alone. This lead guitar lesson will hopefuly emphasise the importance of alternate picking.
An advanced and less commonly used lead guitar technique is sweep picking. When used correctly it can provide great speedy lead lines. This picking style is best used to cross several strings using one stroke in one direction. It is best thought of as strumming a chord without letting the notes ring out in a single motion. When crossing adjacent strings, this picking style will enable the best economy of movement and speed.
The easiest way to start playing lead guitar is to use purely downstrokes. This may be the steadiest and most accurate way to hit notes, but this style of picking has its drawbacks. Picking in this manner will limit the speed in which notes can be produced as compared with the alternate technique which potentially could be twice as fast.
When learning lead guitar it is important to practice propper picking technique. A good starting place is to repeat a scale pattern using purely alternate picking. Gradually increase your speed as you improve but not to the point in which your playing gets sloppy. As you practice this type of exercise, your timing, rhythm and precision will improve which will be greatly beneficial to your lead playing. An important lead guitar lesson tip is to start slowly and to always use a metronome to stay in time.
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Title: Lead Guitar Lesson : Picking Techniques Explained
Author: Nick Dillon
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Keywords: pentatonic guitar scales,blues guitar scales,learn guitar scales,guitar lesson,learn guitar,guitar,learn musical instruments,learn music,music,education
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