Guitar Picking PatternsThis video shows guitar picking patterns and how to hold the guitar pick. Guitar picks come in various shapes and sizes. If you’re just starting out then you should choose a standard plastic guitar pick that is about 1 millimetre thick. This means that it doesn’t bend too much when you pluck a string. Guitar picking uses the down stroke and the up stroke. The Guitar Picking Exercise Down Stroke Reading tab the guitar pick down stroke has a  Symbol and you’ll see it written like this (it might also be written above the tab as well as below). The Guitar Picking Exercise Up Stroke The up stroke has a  symbol and is written like this - Back to lessons from guitar picking patterns Comment on this lessonLeave me a comment in the box below. What do you think and what else would you like to learn? |