"tremolo picking" or "double picking". Alternate picking involves a continuous down-up or up-down motion of the picking hand, even when not picking a note...
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Economy picking is a guitar picking technique designed to maximize picking efficiency by combining alternate picking and sweep picking; it may also incorporate...
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Sweep picking is a guitar-playing technique. When sweep picking, the guitarist plays single notes on consecutive strings with a 'sweeping' motion of the...
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Downpicking (redirect from Downstrokes picking)
down-strokes are played without the addition of upstrokes (as in alternate picking), the tip of the pick never comes in contact with the strings as the hand moves...
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Crosspicking (redirect from Cross picking)
[patterns are] forward and reverse "roll[s]"...played in the standard alternating picking pattern (dudududu) or in specialized patterns (dduddudd) or (uuduuduu)...
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the use of one or more picking hand fingers, and/or can reduce dexterity in the picking hand. The pros of each guitar picking style are indirectly correlated...
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approaches to fast picking are alternate picking and economy picking. Alternate picking is when the player strictly alternates each stroke between downstrokes...
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shredding is a complex art form. Shred guitar includes fast alternate picking, sweep-picking, diminished and harmonic minor scales, tapping, and whammy...
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Guitar Craft (section Alternate and cross picking)
second primary exercise for the right hand, which teaches alternate picking. The guitar pick (plectrum) is held between the thumb and the index finger...
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Hybrid picking is a guitar-playing technique that involves picking with a pick (plectrum) and one or more fingers alternately or simultaneously. Hybrid...
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