12/20/2023 0 Comments One guitar tab![]() Alternate PickingĪlternate picking is when you alternate between down and up picking. Simply anchor your picking hand to the guitar and pick all of the notes with a down stroke. A lot of his riffs are played completely with down picking. It’s also the preferred picking style James Hetfield uses. It’s exactly as it sounds – you pick every note in a downward direction.įor beginners, this is the easiest picking style to practice. The first picking style to use to practice this riff is all-down-picking. It might feel strange at first, but this will make a huge difference to your picking accuracy.Īnchor your hand to your guitar all the time except when you want to strum chords. To anchor your picking hand, rest your pinky or ring finger on the body of guitar. The blue arrow shows how I ‘anchor’ my hand to the guitar to keep it stable.įloating your hand above the guitar makes it harder to accurately pick the strings because you have to guess where the string is or look at your hand every time you want to pick a note.īy anchoring your hand, you will quickly learn to pick the correct strings without needing to look at your hand. In the below photo, you can see how I position my picking hand. This can be annoying, but with a slight change in your picking hand, your picking accuracy will improve. Anchoring Your Picking HandĪs a beginner, you may accidentally pick the wrong string from time to time. You can pick simple riffs like this one pretty much any way and it won’t affect how the riff sounds or feels.īut I recommend using this riff as a way to practice two very useful picking styles. If you stick to this practice routine, you’ll eventually reach 100 bpm, which is the tempo of the above video. Over the next few days, repeat this process starting at 50 bpm and increasing it every time you get through the part without any mistakes. If that feels easy, continue increasing the metronome’s tempo until you start making mistakes or you feel rushed. If that feels easy, increase the metronome’s tempo to 55 bpm and try again. Use a metronome and try playing along with it starting at 50 bpm (beats per minute). ![]() If you have any trouble playing along with the above video, that’s fine. ![]()
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