Picking - Technique Primer
Lessons Included in this Course
Course Content Overview
This course offers a focused and practical approach to developing your picking proficiency. Each module is dedicated to a specific technique, complete with exercises and musical examples to ensure you can apply these skills in a real-world context.
- Alternate Picking: Build a rock-solid foundation with the cornerstone of precision picking. Learn the mechanics of strict down-up alternate picking to play scales, riffs, and solos with flawless timing and clarity, even at high speeds.
- Economy Picking: Discover the secret to effortless string-to-string transitions with economy picking. This technique, which combines alternate picking with sweeping motions, will help you play faster and more fluidly, making complex arpeggios and scale runs feel smooth and natural.
- Hybrid Picking: Expand your sonic palette by integrating your fingers with the pick. Hybrid picking opens up a world of new possibilities, from chicken-pickin’ country licks to intricate, wide-interval patterns in rock and fusion, allowing you to play parts that are impossible with a pick alone.
This Course is Ideal for Players Who...
This course is essential for any guitarist who is serious about their technical development. It is perfectly suited for intermediate players who have hit a speed or accuracy plateau and are looking for a structured method to break through their limitations. If you are an aspiring metal, rock, or fusion guitarist, the techniques taught in this course are fundamental to those genres. Even advanced players will benefit from Sam Bell’s insights, which can help refine existing skills and increase overall picking efficiency. If you want to play with greater precision, speed, and musicality, this technique primer is for you.
What will I achieve from completing this course?
Picking - Technique Primer is a no-nonsense, results-driven course that focuses on the mechanics of what makes a great picker. Sam Bell’s teaching style is direct and effective, providing you with exercises that are designed to build muscle memory and ingrain perfect technique. Unlike other courses that may gloss over the details, this primer dives deep into the nuances of each picking style, ensuring you develop good habits from the start. As a LickLibrary online guitar course, you can expect the highest quality production, with clear demonstrations and multiple camera angles that give you a close-up view of every motion. This is not just a collection of exercises; it is a complete system for transforming your picking from the ground up.
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Picking - Technique Primer: Mastering the Art of Guitar Picking at LickLibrary
Welcome to "Picking - Technique Primer," an exclusive series from LickLibrary designed to elevate your guitar playing through focused instruction on three pivotal picking techniques: alternate picking, economy picking, and hybrid picking. Each lesson is crafted to not only demonstrate the technique but to integrate it into your playing style, ensuring you can apply what you learn directly to your music. This course is taught by Sam Bell.
Alternate Picking
Alternate picking involves alternating downstrokes and upstrokes in a consistent manner. This technique is essential for playing faster sequences more efficiently, as it maximizes economy of motion and helps in maintaining rhythm and timing. Our course breaks down the fundamentals of alternate picking, with step-by-step instructions to master this technique. Learning alternate picking will enhance your ability to tackle fast-paced solos and complex melodies with ease, significantly boosting your agility and precision on the guitar.
Economy Picking
Economy picking is a technique that combines alternate picking with sweep picking to allow for faster and more fluid movement across the strings. It is particularly useful when changing strings after a downstroke or upstroke, reducing the amount of motion needed and increasing picking efficiency. Our lessons guide you through the nuances of economy picking, from basic exercises to more advanced applications in solos and riffs. Mastering this technique will provide you with the tools to play more smoothly and quickly, bridging the gap between scales and arpeggios seamlessly.
Hybrid Picking
Hybrid picking combines the use of a pick and fingers, allowing for greater versatility and the ability to play complex patterns that would be difficult with a pick alone. This technique can be used across various genres, from country twangs to heavy metal riffs. Our detailed tutorials will help you integrate hybrid picking into your playing, expanding your expressive capabilities and offering new ways to approach your guitar technique. This will open up a new realm of sound textures and playing styles for your musical expression.
Benefits of Learning These Techniques
By focusing on these specific picking techniques, guitarists can unlock new levels of technical proficiency and musical expression. Each technique covered in our "Picking - Technique Primer" offers distinct advantages:
- Alternate Picking: Increases your speed and accuracy, essential for solos and fast passages.
- Economy Picking: Enhances fluidity when transitioning between strings, making your playing smoother and more efficient.
- Hybrid Picking: Expands your textural and rhythmic possibilities, allowing for simultaneous melodic and harmonic playing.
These skills are not just techniques, but pathways to more dynamic and engaging guitar playing. They enable guitarists to explore new genres and styles, ensuring a comprehensive toolkit for any musical situation.
Conclusion
"Picking - Technique Primer" at LickLibrary is your gateway to mastering some of the most effective and challenging picking techniques on the guitar. Whether you're a beginner looking to start off right or an advanced player aiming to refine your skills, this course offers valuable insights and practical lessons to enhance your playing. Join us to discover the potential of your guitar playing and transform your musical abilities.
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About The Tutor
Tutor Profile
Sam Bell
Sam Bell has been playing guitar from the age of 4, since then he has played many styles from Funky Blues to screaming Metal/Fusion on 8 string guitar. A member of UK tech metal band ‘Mask of Judas’, he is also currently writing his own solo instrumental album. He also...