Online Guitar : Alternative Picking and Speed Licks

Alternative picking or speed picking has been the basis of choosing the most talented shredders, because if you want to master speed picking, you should posses fast right hand picking skills and also fast left hand fretting.


In speed picking, probably the most challenging part, is the string switch; In which you have to start pinching the next (or previous) string without ringing the sound of other string, especially the string you've picking. The key to obtain the talent to do a fast and clean speed lick, is only obtained through practice.


Before you begin :


1. Hold your pick like this:





2. For start, you might want to lower the level of distortion (gain)

3. If you're a beginner, try having a seat with your guitar instead of playing while standing.

Practice layouts :

Practice these layouts and set you metronome to 90 BPM. Start increasing the beats as you promote your skills:

Practice these in the sequence they are here in this blog: