Lead Guitar Articulation Help?
A tough lead guitar question this week. Let’s dive straight in
Question: im am trying to learn lead guitar. when i play a scale at a moderate tempo a lot of times my pick simply gets "stuck" and will not pass the string, expecially in the bass notes. what is the solution and why is it doing this? do thicker picks help or hurt this although i want to be able to use thicker picks effectively
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Answer: Right hand rules, my friend.
When you practice, spend 10 extra minutes just hammering on stings using you left fingers in turn. Hammer just with you 1st, then with only you 2nd…and so on and do your little finger, too. Now, with the right hand hit that string with every hammer on.
When you practice, spend 10 extra minutes just hammering on stings using you left fingers in turn. Hammer just with you 1st, then with only you 2nd…and so on and do your little finger, too. Now, with the right hand hit that string with every hammer on.
It’s harder than it sounds. It will greatly improve your coordination. Move to different string, with your fingers still going in order, and the rhythm staying the same.
I use Dunlop Ultex 1.0. (the big triangle pics) Its like a man-hole cover, but I use it because I have a snap trick I use when I solo. I take a bend and at the end of the bend I snap the string with my pick. It’s like a wrist move, and from there I can get the craziest vibrato ever. It sounds like you’re beating you poor guitar to death, but I think she likes it…
There could be a couple problems. Are you using your wrist to pick? or your arm? Because if you’re using your arm that will always make it more difficult. Also don’t hold the pick straight. Hold it at a slight angle so that when you’re looking down on it, the left side is a little bit closer to the floor. The only other thing I can think of, is if you have some crazy thick ass strings on there, tuned up to standard or higher, the strings will be really stiff but that isn’t always a problem. Now picks…For me, I use the thickest picks I can find: Big Stubby 3mm. It all depends on which one you are most comfortable using. I don’t recommend using a really thin pick. If you can fold it and put a crease in it, the only thing I would use it for is if you’re playing a lot of rhythm where you need to be muting the strings. You just have to try a bunch of different picks of all shapes and sizes and see which ones you like the most. You can pretty much use a heavy pick on any gauge of strings, but a light picks on gauge 12… not gonna work lol. Hope this helped!
try a Fender thin
Try a triangular bass guitar pick, eg Gibson heavy, and angle it as suggested above. That is easier if you grip with your middle finger opposite your thumb and the index finger just steadying it. Don’t dig in too hard; the tip of the pick doesn’t want to go much more than another string’s thickness past the string. If the bass pick sounds too dull, try a Jim Dunlop 2.0mm triangular pick, that is still the same shape, but sharp edged.
Hey.. James here..
It wasn’t until probably the last six months or so that I’ve been able to play the guitar. I’ve always been very interested since a young age considering my dad and his brothers pretty much grew up on the guitar and drums. It’s always been in the family and when I would watch them play they always made it look so easy.. it seemed like almost a natural thing for them. I tried for years to learn how to play… tried to have my father help me, looked to books to teach me, spent hours on youtube watching people try to explain.. etc. Nothing ever really worked. I eventually gave up for a few years then just within the past year or so I became interested in it again when I would see all these girls just going crazy over musicians at shows/concerts… lol. So I started looking online and came across this website .. http://www.guitar.pcti-system.com … which is an online program with videos and the works that teaches everything you need to know to learn how to play.
It’s probably the best tutorial/instructional course I’ve ever seen… I learned how to play the guitar very quickly and now it seems like I can almost play songs by ear.. something my uncle can do. I’m actually planning on tryin to start up a band with a few friends of mine after I get myself a newer more expensive better quality guitar. But I definitely would have never learned it if it wasn’t for that course.
I hope I was of some help to you my friend, and I wish you the best of luck! Rock on.