Today's guitar lesson for beginners is about how to alternate pick for beginners. Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you & today we're going over alternate picking! This is one of the most crucial picking techniques for any guitar player to get down so today we're going to answer the questions "What is alternate picking?", "When do you use alternate picking?", "How do you alternate pick?", "How do I practice alternate picking?", & "What do I do when changing strings and alternate picking?"

Chapters:

0:00​ - Intro

1:21 - What is alternate picking?

2:39 - When do you use alternate picking?

3:10 - How do you do alternate picking?

3:34 - Angle your pick

5:23 - Pick from the wrist

7:07 - How do you practice alternate picking?

9:56 - Alternate picking & scales

12:36 - Review & Final tips

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