吉他交替式拨弦基础

Let's talk about a very, very important guitar technique. This is one of the prime fundamentals that you really need to advance your skills.

I'm talking about alternate picking.�

Alternate picking is the most economical motion to use when playing multiple notes on a single string. Because you get to recycle your motion. When you pick down, you end up being on the opposite side of the string, so if you can pick in reverse at that moment you'll be able to play the second note much more quickly.

This technique can also help you to pick complicated sequences of notes with more accuracy, as reversing the direction of your picking can help you to avoid overshooting the target and hitting the wrong string. It helps you develop a more narrow picking movement which lets you play more accurately.

So this exercise can be done anywhere, but I'll show you on the second fret. We pick four notes per string, and use strict alternate picking going down-up-down-up.�

If I could pick any one exercise that just about every good guitar player has used to develop advanced technique, I would probably choose this one.

Some typical variations on this exercise: you can play it with all down picking or all up picking. This can be a good workout too, and it will help you see how much more efficient alternate picking is in some cases.

You can also play it in reverse pattern, up-down-up-down instead of down-up-down-up. There are cases where the reverse alternate picking technique is the most useful one to use. In fact, when you play this pattern coming back up you may want to switch to the reverse picking pattern as well.�

Great! So really try to get these picking patterns under your finger as these are the basics for almost everything that you will play on the guitar, and it will serve you well.