Alternate Picking

Let’s face it. There is something very cool about the sound of guitar licks played with alternate picking. I particularly love the sound of shredders like Paul Gilbert and Michael Angelo Batio racing through some monster alternate picking licks at lightening fast speed. It’s very inspiring. And listening to them definitely helps me to stay […]

If you’ve been learning lead guitar for a while you may have come across the technique “alternate picking”. And like many guitar techniques, it can be a bit confusing if you haven’t done it before.
So what is it?
Simply put, alternate picking is when you play something using alternating downstrokes and upstrokes of your pick. For […]