Alternate picking

Lesson 3/59 | Study Time: 5 Min
Course: Beginner Lead Guitar
Alternate picking

Alternate picking

The next step is to play the scale ascending and descending using alternate picking (alternating down and up strokes of the pick) as shown below. Alternate picking is commonly used in lead guitar, so practice the following example slowly with a metronome each day until you can play it perfectly, then gradually increase your speed.

Another good way to develop your picking is to play the scale picking each note twice.

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1- INTRODUCTION 2- Slurs 3- Identifying Eighth Note Rhythms 4- Understanding Rhythms 5- The Slide 6- Bending Notes 7- The Minor Pentatonic Scale 8- The Triplet 9- Understanding Triplet Rhythms 10- Sixteenth Notes 11- Identifying 16th Note Rhythms 12- Slight Bends 13- Sliding Pattern 2 14- Set Rhythms Using Triplet Figures 15- Picking Technique 16- Sequences 17- Sixteenth Note Triplets 18- The Release Bend 19- Pattern 1 Extension 20- Vibrato 21- Syncopation 22- The Symbols 8va and Loco 23- The hammer-on 24- Electronic Tuner 25- Stopping Unwanted Notes 26- Alternate picking 27- Riffs 28- Common 16th Note Rhythms 29- Quarter Note Triplets 30- Vibrato With Bent Notes 31- Swing Rhythms 32- The Quick Bend 33- The Quick Slide 34- Electric Guitars 35- Ties 36- The Half Bar Rolling Technique 37- The Pull-off 38- Relative Major and Minor Pentatonics 39- Playing in Different Keys 40- Licks Using the Slide 41- 12 Bar Blues 42- Amplifiers 43- The Trail-off 44- Licks 45- The Shuffle Rhythm 46- Set Rhythms 47- Rolling the 3rd Finger 48- Strings 49- Notes on The Sixth String 50- Understanding the Control Knobs 51- The Importance of Timing and Attitude 52- Technique 53- How to Read Music 54- Tablature 55- Music Notation 56- Learning the notes on the staff 57- Note and Rest Values 58- Time Signatures 59- Chord Symbols

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