The Easy Way to Master Alternate Picking!

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  • Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
  • For this full lesson go to goo.gl/O6qmLd
    Check out this video from our friends at Guitar Zoom. Steve Stine shows you the easy way to master alternate picking!
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  • @TheRealisticEnd
    @TheRealisticEnd 4 года назад +368

    As someone who could say they are pretty good at guitar for playing about 2.5 years not learning how to alternate pick from the start is gonna be the biggest roadblock in your progress and I still regret not learning it so early. Trying to learn alternate picking is like trying to learn how to play guitar again.

    • @Yeoldepube
      @Yeoldepube 3 года назад +5

      Trace Kilpatrick it’s just down up down up? Or am I missing something?

    • @jjj-qj8lu
      @jjj-qj8lu 3 года назад +32

      @@Yeoldepube yes youre missing a lot of things. Its easy to alternate pick slowly but when it gets faster its harder. Alternate picking is the most important lead guitar technique. You have to work on it no matter how good you are. Improving alternate picking is an endless process.

    • @user-ql3rm2ci3w
      @user-ql3rm2ci3w 2 года назад +1

      Same shit

    • @Mecha-ddafi
      @Mecha-ddafi 2 года назад +2

      As a former drummer/okay guitarist, alternate picking kinda reminds me of practicing on a drum pad, working on paradiddles and all that stuff. Seems so pointless reading and playing Rs and L's all day until you get to the kit and things come 10x easier. Unfortunately, I'm just now practicing alternate picking since i ran into an issue with keeping up with songs i was trying to learn

    • @TontonTomConcon
      @TontonTomConcon 2 года назад +3

      I recently heard about alternate picking and i though it was a crazy technical thing on guitar. But now i'm feeling lucky to have it naturally because i've learned it from the beggining. For me it was just a basics.

  • @MrThiebaudjulien
    @MrThiebaudjulien 5 лет назад +1132

    James Hetfield wants to know your location

    • @ivancheshmedjiev4291
      @ivancheshmedjiev4291 5 лет назад +74

      James Hetfield disliked the video.

    • @MrMcGear
      @MrMcGear 5 лет назад +5

      Ivan Cheshmedjiev
      OMG!

    • @bangbob7851
      @bangbob7851 4 года назад

      Haha lol

    • @IceCubeNETWORK873
      @IceCubeNETWORK873 4 года назад +6

      Is James hetfeild Self taught? Or someone taught him? Does hetfeild alternate pick? Does He all just do downpicking?

    • @triad5766
      @triad5766 4 года назад +13

      IceCubeNETWORK. - No he doesn’t only down pick. That’s just an internet myth.

  • @1x56
    @1x56 4 года назад +43

    I'm so used to fingerpicking on a classical guitar....Alternate picking is going to take a lot of practice!

    • @willkoestner4159
      @willkoestner4159 3 года назад +11

      Try alternate picking basic chords as arpeggios for practice.

  • @karannsyt
    @karannsyt 5 лет назад +393

    I've played guitar for 2 years
    My worst habit. Not caring about alternate picking.
    It's affecting me as I recently got into electric guitar.

    • @JumpingShroom
      @JumpingShroom 5 лет назад +31

      Karan Sreedhar yeah I’m in the same boat dude. Really kicking myself in the ass hard.

    • @Pr3stig3july
      @Pr3stig3july 5 лет назад +6

      Sameboat as well, its a pain

    • @aa-de2jw
      @aa-de2jw 5 лет назад +1

      SAME

    • @soproparmvfx6269
      @soproparmvfx6269 4 года назад +5

      Very relatable, I find this very frustrating

    • @sohibconner6926
      @sohibconner6926 4 года назад +1

      same, welcome me to ur boat

  • @Die4girl
    @Die4girl 3 года назад +409

    This is what happens when you only learn Metallica songs

    • @user-ql3rm2ci3w
      @user-ql3rm2ci3w 2 года назад +13

      It's about me😄 but what about fight fire, battery, other stuff?

    • @MSt_fighter
      @MSt_fighter 2 года назад +12

      @@user-ql3rm2ci3w I can only down stroke and when I was playing Fight Fire my hand was so painful🤕

    • @cristi9213
      @cristi9213 2 года назад +13

      Literally the reason i clicked on the video,was tired of playing metallica

    • @antonymalko2009
      @antonymalko2009 2 года назад

      Lol, learning am I evil

    • @fortefatale5695
      @fortefatale5695 2 года назад

      For whom the bell tolls 😩😩😩

  • @apno7234
    @apno7234 5 лет назад +299

    I can't see his picking hand because of that obnoxious banner

    • @AM-we8hj
      @AM-we8hj 4 года назад +3

      which banner? have you tried adblockers?

    • @nehemiahzo_
      @nehemiahzo_ 4 года назад +8

      A M the one that says click the link in the desc

    • @rustbeltgypsy3713
      @rustbeltgypsy3713 3 года назад +1

      E string, Down Up, down up , A String down up pick and .....just switch index faster back to E and repeat...if you go higher in pitch, (up to i.e) . G string, going down in pitch it's backward, up down , up down

  • @Iheartdgd
    @Iheartdgd 6 лет назад +79

    I’ve improved my picking more this week than I have in my entire life while playing guitar , together w a few of your videos. Thank you very much , I’m definitely looking forward to more. Been more of drummer throughout my life , but I’ve recently picked up the guitar again and I wanna take if further. Been studying theory and scales and techniques, and practicing every moment I can. Looking for more exercises

  • @timrussell1559
    @timrussell1559 3 года назад +40

    As a greenhorn newbie to guitar i first thought that alternate picking was just something the pros did to show off. Then i decided to try to learn the riff to thunderstruck. I quickly realized that alternate picking isn't for showing off, its a fundamental necessity!

    • @edreed5571
      @edreed5571 Год назад

      What is gren horn

    • @Kaleke09
      @Kaleke09 Год назад

      @@edreed5571 Inexperience, He was saying he had no experience playing stringed Instrument's.

    • @aquatichighs
      @aquatichighs 6 месяцев назад

      Thunderstruck is merely the path to the gates.

  • @barkwhoop8052
    @barkwhoop8052 4 года назад +7

    This is so much better in form than a lot of guitar lesson content, the speaker is super concise in what he’s talking about, the way playing is interspersed is super functional, AND there’s a separate camera for playing which makes it really easy to jump to the clips that should be referenced for technique. Good shit.

    • @sinjon
      @sinjon Год назад

      Totally agree. This guy is one of the best guitar teachers on RUclips. He’s very concise and tells you different ways to make learning a technique easier

  • @sandeepsreehari9188
    @sandeepsreehari9188 2 года назад +9

    I have been using only single picking so far. I am not able to achieve much speed although I can contemplate some good riffs and solos to play. This video helped me as it gave me a foundation as to how to start off with alternate picking. Thanks a lot man 👍

  • @EnigmaticAnamoly
    @EnigmaticAnamoly 3 года назад +15

    I wish someone gave me this advice 15 years ago. I was self taught and i was always the guy who looked for shortcut ways to alt picking instead of just taking my time to practice it slowly. That's the only way to get good at it. Took me forever to learn Crazy Train because the 16th noted on the muted A in the rhythm, I never could play it, I never took it slow, just bent my pick and played it like crap lol

  • @JohnOhkumaThiel
    @JohnOhkumaThiel 2 года назад

    Thanks for covering that so thoroughly.

  • @sinjon
    @sinjon Год назад +2

    Hats off to this guy for being one of the best guitar teachers on RUclips

  • @adamcogan211
    @adamcogan211 7 лет назад +3

    First guitar world vid i've ever seen with good sound

  • @celica6661
    @celica6661 7 лет назад +2

    Good lesson- and great sound !

  • @000Skill
    @000Skill 6 лет назад +6

    Best teacher ever

  • @gaysquirrels6915
    @gaysquirrels6915 6 лет назад +2

    Awesome lesson!

  • @thatOneSexySonofaBitch
    @thatOneSexySonofaBitch 6 лет назад +3

    Thanks for the tutorial!

  • @ColdAssRanch
    @ColdAssRanch 7 лет назад +2

    Great lesson! Thanks!

  • @nylonsteel
    @nylonsteel 7 лет назад +784

    There is no easy way to Master anything

    • @lewisbirkett4428
      @lewisbirkett4428 7 лет назад +291

      apart from mastur bating

    • @ctnicetune141
      @ctnicetune141 5 лет назад +1

      practice and patience.

    • @chazbono5991
      @chazbono5991 5 лет назад +7

      eh, easy and hard is subjective. i bet someone like yngwie would say that mastering alt picking came easily.

    • @minutesagoedited9761
      @minutesagoedited9761 5 лет назад +4

      I can bate like a master! mastur? where's the dreams that ive been after.

    • @David-hl9iv
      @David-hl9iv 4 года назад

      apart from snorting coke

  • @scottybandicoot6347
    @scottybandicoot6347 2 года назад

    Thank you for this lesson ❤️

  • @starlodear2987
    @starlodear2987 5 лет назад +26

    I noticed breathing slowly helps me relax and focus.

  • @wolfgangwolfdogplaysguitar701
    @wolfgangwolfdogplaysguitar701 3 года назад +2

    This video is what I definitely need because I can't alternate pick and I'm a beginner I do know a few chords but I'm working on alternate picking because that type of picking is required for solos

  • @maximrahman
    @maximrahman 5 лет назад +159

    There is an easy way to master building a rocket but not alternate picking

    • @davidefrasca8062
      @davidefrasca8062 4 года назад +13

      Trying in these months to improve alternate picking, it's ridiculously hard, also after years of guitar playing, you really need to put all your attention on it!

    • @Would_YouKindly
      @Would_YouKindly 2 года назад

      Please watch Michael paouris!!! He mastered everything!!!

  • @brodieross1868
    @brodieross1868 4 года назад +48

    Insert James Hetfield joke here:

    • @mrnohax5436
      @mrnohax5436 4 года назад +2

      *Kicking Jason newsteed out*
      I’m not laughing

  • @rustbeltgypsy3713
    @rustbeltgypsy3713 3 года назад

    Reminder to Relax . Nice! ..and slow defined moves in relaxed felt better on hand/arm/wrist/fingers and most importantly my brain. Thx for the tips. Learning alone is difficult sometimes/no help for first hand in my area that doesn't charge big $$. Working on buying some lessons soon.✌️

  • @pinoymetaltv1882
    @pinoymetaltv1882 4 года назад +21

    I'm playing guitar for 11 years and i play lefty .and i want to convert into right handed playing. So i am starting again
    This tutorial realy helps me .. Thanks dude

    • @joetroutt7425
      @joetroutt7425 4 года назад +1

      I thought about doing that too.

    • @morgangerminario9336
      @morgangerminario9336 4 года назад +1

      Why do You Want to change? Im right handed but im wondering, it Is because there are not many guitars or is It more difficult

    • @pinoymetaltv1882
      @pinoymetaltv1882 4 года назад +3

      @@morgangerminario9336 its hard to find cheap left guitar, and i cant play along in any occasions,

  • @eeejayseven
    @eeejayseven 2 года назад

    Great video. In depth explanation!

  • @therepairguys6862
    @therepairguys6862 3 года назад +1

    Good teacher, thanks brother

  • @geoffwhitemusic
    @geoffwhitemusic 3 года назад

    Excellent instruction

  • @dtechx7124
    @dtechx7124 4 года назад +2

    Steve, you are an excellent instructor. Please do a video that shows how to achieve palm muting.

  • @johnw1566
    @johnw1566 4 года назад +8

    Damn I used to dread alt picking at first but after I sat down and really dug in with it I can't see myself playing arpeggios with all down picking again😂

  • @jaydenanderson53
    @jaydenanderson53 4 года назад +1

    Bro Steve Stine is the GOAT

  • @danio-LP
    @danio-LP 11 месяцев назад

    Danke schön! Das hat mir sehr weitergeholfen. 👌

  • @miky8788
    @miky8788 7 лет назад +7

    hey... nice quality in this video (and great video too)

  • @sweetgyy
    @sweetgyy 7 лет назад +4

    Steve rocks

  • @peterklein5861
    @peterklein5861 2 года назад +3

    The main riff in Fear of the Dark by Iron Maiden is a really good exercise for this too.

  • @Raziel6523
    @Raziel6523 5 месяцев назад

    this is a really good lesson.
    I actually used to have my pick at a high angle to the string, almost perpendicular...
    no more swishy sounds lol
    thanks

  • @Mr.Nichan
    @Mr.Nichan 4 месяца назад +1

    The most important thing I learned from this video is that you can go faster by turning the pick sideways (lol), though he's right it doesn't sound the same. My main issue is getting the control so that pick actually goes through the string every time instead of sometimes just hitting it or going over it, and yet doesn't have enough force to pluck another sting after the one I intended to.

    • @Mr.Nichan
      @Mr.Nichan 4 месяца назад

      Well, in another video, Steve legitimizes my idea that maybe I shouldn't be trying to speed pick with super-floppy picks, not that I don't also have control problems of course. I thought that felt a bit like cheating, because thicker (or harder) picks have a different timbre (louder noisy attack I think) also, so being able to speed pick with either soft or hard picks would give you more options, but I guess there's no harm in starting out with harder (thicker) picks. He even suggests pointier picks, which I don't think I have any of right now.

  • @BigStarch96
    @BigStarch96 7 лет назад +149

    God i want that guitar so bad.

    • @joshuamichael4312
      @joshuamichael4312 7 лет назад +10

      BigStarch96 an Ibanez jem with EMG pickups. It's definitely a hotrod.

    • @jayvalentine2046
      @jayvalentine2046 7 лет назад +14

      BigStarch96 yeah its a real JEM 😉

    • @mridulsagar4106
      @mridulsagar4106 5 лет назад +3

      it looks like acid was dropped on it

    • @unlshtb4524
      @unlshtb4524 4 года назад +1

      Sounds so good doesn't it... Maybe its about the amp though

    • @CosmicHarmony58
      @CosmicHarmony58 3 года назад +2

      @@unlshtb4524 ya, amp and the EMG pickupzzzzz

  • @mr.yellowstrat3352
    @mr.yellowstrat3352 6 лет назад +1

    Damn Steve.. shittin' on the pick slanters! 🤘😈🤙

  • @alekrous6650
    @alekrous6650 5 лет назад +2

    Damn you explan good bro I practice that since on year

  • @agentsnyper6354
    @agentsnyper6354 6 лет назад +3

    That Ibanez Jem look’s cool

  • @TKD187
    @TKD187 3 года назад +1

    Damn I love you guitar 🤘🏻

  • @cc12yt
    @cc12yt 5 лет назад +53

    Who knew that Arthas Menethil played guitar

  • @expired_pomegranate8717
    @expired_pomegranate8717 3 года назад

    Holy shit bruh this guys a genius

  • @maxwestfall1873
    @maxwestfall1873 3 года назад

    thank u bro

  • @edwardheins2930
    @edwardheins2930 2 года назад

    love your aproach i appreciate you im 58 self taught wait i meant self scewed up .Man its harder to unlearn bad habits so listen to Steve kiddies. Stevie Ts dad lol !

  • @avocadocommander
    @avocadocommander Год назад

    i have been playing for like 22 days and when i go a bit faster when alt picking i tighten my thumb on the pick and it just hurt thank you for this i think this gives me an actual idea on how to alt pick

  • @TomyBach
    @TomyBach 4 года назад

    Yes! Yes! Yes! ❤️

  • @JohnHWelch63
    @JohnHWelch63 5 лет назад +2

    When I first started learning to play guitar alternate picking just came to me as natural and logical. It never had to be explained to me. I started doing it right from the start. When I started taking lessons I learned the practice patterns and stuff but the idea of alternate picking was something I started to do naturally.

  • @Brosky1998
    @Brosky1998 4 года назад +2

    5:45 haha that was wicked

  • @grabsmicug7622
    @grabsmicug7622 2 года назад +2

    thanks my hand gets tired when doing only down strokes when playing dumpweed by blink 182 very helpful video

  • @matheusgarcia8975
    @matheusgarcia8975 5 лет назад +8

    2:15 that is what Paul Gilbert does and it sound metal af

  • @_tor
    @_tor 6 лет назад +9

    course no longer available.

  • @sourbrothers73
    @sourbrothers73 3 года назад +1

    Alternate picking between strings is no problem playing scales and chords, or just open PM'd strings.
    As soon as I try to learn a song, all my picking progress goes out the window. Idk why I cant do it.
    The first 10 years of my self-taught guitar career were on an acoustic, and I hardly used a pick.
    I _picked_ up some bad picking habits.
    Now that i own a proper left electric, re-learning to use a pick, and not wailing on my instrument has been challenging.
    Electric guitar is far more gentle of an exercise, believe it or not.

  • @crisoliveira2644
    @crisoliveira2644 3 года назад +1

    Now I understand why I can't develop my playing. Thanks!

  • @bananaclipper9343
    @bananaclipper9343 2 года назад +1

    Turning your pick is super beneficial in some circumstances. Two-way pick slanting is pretty common in technical death metal

  • @kingbaconvi2650
    @kingbaconvi2650 3 года назад +10

    First warmup: AlTeRnAtE PiCk ThIs LiCk
    Me: *Does Hammer ons* “
    Also Me: “I’m not getting any better at this”

  • @maxsterling5247
    @maxsterling5247 2 года назад +1

    Do I need to alternate pick 100% of the time? Or there are some cases you need to upward or downward pick?

  • @nicholas7781
    @nicholas7781 6 лет назад +7

    i feel like i am actually progressing from your lessons, verses most teachers.

  • @FrancoAguileradonillan
    @FrancoAguileradonillan 4 года назад +2

    What is the guitar model?, its a jem, but which one ?

  • @FirstLast-zv5od
    @FirstLast-zv5od 3 года назад +3

    "As opposed to just picking down."
    Shit...I've been picking at a 57° angle in an upwards jerking motion this whole time.

  • @selection5072
    @selection5072 3 года назад +2

    I don't know why but my hand seems to be too stiff when picking, cause my pick sometimes gets stuck on the up-stroke...

  • @LITRLG0D
    @LITRLG0D 4 года назад +4

    Anybody else waiting for Paranoid by Black Sabbath to start playing after hearing him pick the E string so many times?

  • @TheRealKirkHammett
    @TheRealKirkHammett Год назад

    What I want to know is, does anyone use alternate picking on every note? Also, just want to say that I love that version of the JEM. That's the best one they ever made in my opinion. The mody paint is awesome and the mirror guard. Everything about that version. I believe it's the JEM 7?

  • @wlmirand
    @wlmirand 3 года назад

    Is a good habit, alternate even if im going to play notes in two different strings?
    After playing with attention, I noticed i use up and down, but not 100% alternate.

  • @dariixxiv5371
    @dariixxiv5371 4 года назад +5

    Skwisgar Skwigelf has really been working hard on his American accent

  • @mackenzieray3493
    @mackenzieray3493 2 года назад +3

    I've been playing for 15 years and Everytime I've ever tried fast alternate picking my pick will get hung on the g string and it literally sounds like I'm trying to rip my strings off. I cannot comprehend the idea of it.

    • @oliverwilliamson6528
      @oliverwilliamson6528 2 года назад +1

      Try picking shallower and with the pick at a greater angle. That'll lessen resistance against the strings. Also use a thinner pick so the pick bends past the string more easily.

  • @jamesluisculaway8041
    @jamesluisculaway8041 4 года назад

    tnx sir.. beginner here

  • @thesabbath483
    @thesabbath483 Год назад +2

    As a guitarist, I can tell you alternate pick is definitely harder than downpicking. Yes, downpicking requires more strength, but alternate picking requires much more precision.

  • @Ava-fx6dq
    @Ava-fx6dq 2 года назад

    How do u get your guitar to sound like that is it the way you tune the amp or is it how the guitar is made

  • @giannislymperopoylos5574
    @giannislymperopoylos5574 4 года назад

    the question is one master..please answer...
    when we have pull offs and hammer ons ..why we break the up down sequence...?when we have 4 16ths and the first two notes are a pull off we pick up the third down ...so we have two downs and an up.... breaking the second nature sequence..isnt this a headache...?is it necessary to play with alternate pickin if we want to reach a descent level?if you answer YES...i ll do it...promise!!

  • @saikiace7409
    @saikiace7409 5 лет назад +21

    I have to use a bread seal as a pick

    • @Dilaudid123
      @Dilaudid123 5 лет назад

      hahaha I enjoyed this comment

    • @devonboes2376
      @devonboes2376 5 лет назад

      Or cut an old credit card and sand it down lol

    • @chazbono5991
      @chazbono5991 5 лет назад

      @@Dilaudid123 i also enjoyed this comment, maybe more than i should have, lol.

  • @TKD187
    @TKD187 3 года назад

    I'm here because I have to learn cowboys from hell solo and I have a problem with alternate picking I can do it on one string but when it comes to alternate picking a whole scale I get messed up

  • @ferdiaroalbert989
    @ferdiaroalbert989 5 лет назад +3

    This guy is in the guitarzoom. Com channel too?

  • @joesmith5617
    @joesmith5617 Год назад

    I can do one or the other it’s more switching between the two

  • @thesonicexplorer75
    @thesonicexplorer75 4 года назад

    So your saying I didn’t even know what this was but I still mastered it

  • @scottautoprep94
    @scottautoprep94 Год назад

    Been practicing this using this video for 4 years and still can’t get it at all😑 people say use your wrist instead of fingers but I found that slows you right down

  • @Mattypantaloons
    @Mattypantaloons 3 года назад +1

    If I'm a first week beginner, and just learning my first scale, should I be using alternate picking or is down fine for now? Or would down picking only be creating a bad habit?

    • @willferrel3767
      @willferrel3767 2 года назад

      I've been playing for 5 years now and I wish as a beginner I would have learned alternate picking I can mow but yes it's a good thing to learn early

  • @nbcnbc8252
    @nbcnbc8252 4 года назад

    You mean locking wrist using the elbow. Not locking elbow using elbow. Great lesson 👍

  • @Haltzo
    @Haltzo 4 года назад

    Dat 6min47 riff tho 😍

  • @marceli155
    @marceli155 2 года назад

    si nothing under this link! thanks !

  • @malakaimillsap4484
    @malakaimillsap4484 2 года назад

    My issue is I usually miss a note so I'll hit three in a row and then miss the string and then back and forth.

  • @mauritsp4420
    @mauritsp4420 6 месяцев назад

    Why do I automatically pick the string I just upstroked when going to the string below?

  • @skaterjoe1669
    @skaterjoe1669 4 года назад +2

    dude i always end up sweeping

  • @theguyof360
    @theguyof360 3 года назад +3

    0:31 wait a second...

  • @bluesatmosphere4659
    @bluesatmosphere4659 Год назад

    I always alternate picked and thought that’s normal, in my head alternate pick always was hybridpicking

  • @PulledPurk
    @PulledPurk 4 года назад +1

    I have a habit of manipulating bthe pick with my fingers instead of my wrist. I cant stop!

  • @corryburton9252
    @corryburton9252 6 лет назад

    kinda cool i didnt know guitar world was affiliated with steve...

  • @samuelcramphorn3874
    @samuelcramphorn3874 3 года назад

    Also make sure you have a comfortable pick...

  • @michaeljfox16
    @michaeljfox16 7 лет назад +11

    No link in description

  • @dondeestacoconut
    @dondeestacoconut 5 лет назад

    Google's URL shortener is saying you're violating TOS

  • @adalbertusignatius4967
    @adalbertusignatius4967 4 года назад

    I never cared, because I always played legato like Joe Satriani does in nearly every song. But then I discovered Andy James and purchased his Backing Tracks and Tabs. Alternate picking is the only way to get close. Legato for example sounds totally different, because there is no attack.

  • @rizha5964
    @rizha5964 3 года назад

    What guitar are u using?

  • @Leopold---1320
    @Leopold---1320 6 месяцев назад

    Wow. A 7 min nothing burger. Thanks!

  • @andrewharichandran3465
    @andrewharichandran3465 3 года назад

    Angle the pick for Barracuda

  • @BruceWayne-ve9nl
    @BruceWayne-ve9nl 3 года назад

    I like your hair

  • @masterchimichanga117
    @masterchimichanga117 3 года назад +2

    But I like picking down😞

  • @metalmaniac6896
    @metalmaniac6896 3 года назад

    I only pick up