Mike here from KillerGuitarTips.com
Here's a great tip for beginners learning to play the electric guitar. Most guitar playing is done using a pick or plectrum to strum the strings. If you don't hold the pick or guitar plectrum correctly you will find it a lot harder to progress so here's how you do it.
The best way to hold your pick is to hold it between your thumb and index finger and to have hold of most of it with only a small amount protruding. When you strum the guitar, angle the pick so it glides over the stings and use only the very tip of the pick. Avoid letting the pick go to deep into the strings and strum using your wrist rather than your elbow (you have more control in your wrist than your elbow).
Practice this strumming one easy chord that you know until it sounds melodic and each string rings evenly.
As the old saying goes... A picture is worth a thousand words! May I stress that in my brand new Audio/Video guitar tutoring program which uses uniques speed learning techniques that have taken me over two decades to perfect, you will be able to hear exactly what is being shown and be able to follow seeing demonstrations close up and be able to play it back to yourself over and over again on demand.
I always tend to try to give you more than one great tip each week in this series of articles... This is no exception so here's goes with your second tip.
This next tip is a great alternative to strumming your guitar and will make you sound really cool.
So using your pick (plectrum) we are now going to try to pick out each note of the chord in a regular order.
In this exercise we will use the chord progression G,D,C,D as we need a nice chord progression to work with.
Holding down a G major chord follow tis picking order: Play the bass note of the chord (which will be on the 6th string) then pick the 3rd followed by the 2nd string and then pick the 3rd again.
Now to cover one bar play the 1st, 2nd 3rd and 2nd strings. Follow the chord sequence for one bar of each chord remembering the bass note for D os the 4th string and for C it is on the 5th string.
Play this chord progression with this picking style over and over againfor a really cool sounding guitar piece. Tip: Check out "Wonderful Tonight" by Eric Clapton (especially the verses!).
I know quite a few people who will be reading this will be relative beginners and it may sound a little confusing. Don't panic! My full home study DVD course will cover everything you need to know in a step by step chronological order bringing your guitar playing on as fast as possible. There you go for now, take care
Until next week. Mike - 32370
Here's a great tip for beginners learning to play the electric guitar. Most guitar playing is done using a pick or plectrum to strum the strings. If you don't hold the pick or guitar plectrum correctly you will find it a lot harder to progress so here's how you do it.
The best way to hold your pick is to hold it between your thumb and index finger and to have hold of most of it with only a small amount protruding. When you strum the guitar, angle the pick so it glides over the stings and use only the very tip of the pick. Avoid letting the pick go to deep into the strings and strum using your wrist rather than your elbow (you have more control in your wrist than your elbow).
Practice this strumming one easy chord that you know until it sounds melodic and each string rings evenly.
As the old saying goes... A picture is worth a thousand words! May I stress that in my brand new Audio/Video guitar tutoring program which uses uniques speed learning techniques that have taken me over two decades to perfect, you will be able to hear exactly what is being shown and be able to follow seeing demonstrations close up and be able to play it back to yourself over and over again on demand.
I always tend to try to give you more than one great tip each week in this series of articles... This is no exception so here's goes with your second tip.
This next tip is a great alternative to strumming your guitar and will make you sound really cool.
So using your pick (plectrum) we are now going to try to pick out each note of the chord in a regular order.
In this exercise we will use the chord progression G,D,C,D as we need a nice chord progression to work with.
Holding down a G major chord follow tis picking order: Play the bass note of the chord (which will be on the 6th string) then pick the 3rd followed by the 2nd string and then pick the 3rd again.
Now to cover one bar play the 1st, 2nd 3rd and 2nd strings. Follow the chord sequence for one bar of each chord remembering the bass note for D os the 4th string and for C it is on the 5th string.
Play this chord progression with this picking style over and over againfor a really cool sounding guitar piece. Tip: Check out "Wonderful Tonight" by Eric Clapton (especially the verses!).
I know quite a few people who will be reading this will be relative beginners and it may sound a little confusing. Don't panic! My full home study DVD course will cover everything you need to know in a step by step chronological order bringing your guitar playing on as fast as possible. There you go for now, take care
Until next week. Mike - 32370
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About The Author: Mike Jones is a Professional Guitar Teacher. Offering Guitar Lessons created to bring the beginner through to an great player in the shortest possible time, using amazing speed learning techniques developed over two decades of teaching and playing guitar as a professional. To get more information about Mike's teaching methods and receive FREE tips and tricks each week visit his website at: Guitar Lessons
