This may seem quite awkward at first, but eventually it will open up a whole new world of hybrid picking possibilities for you on the guitar.

Pay close attention to the picking hand positioning in this video guitar lesson because you will want to observe not only how still I keep my hand, but also where the movement of my fingers comes from.

Try to keep a consistent contact point for each finger while hybrid picking. You will develop a lot more consistent technique if you do.

Also, be sure to check out lots of players like Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Chet Atkins, Brad Paisley, Eric Johnson, James Burton and many others who use this technique to great heights!!

Don’t forget to download the TAB PDF for this lesson since it gives you all of the right hand finger patterns you will be watching me do in the video portion of this guitar lesson.

Awesome Hybrid Picking Patterns Pt.2 TAB PDF

Stay tuned for more challenging hybrid picking patterns. By the end of this series you will have the ultimate hybrid picking workout to use everyday during your practice sessions.

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Awesome Hybrid Picking Patterns Pt.2

This style of guitar is used very frequently by great players such as Albert Lee, Brad Paisley, Brent Mason, Chet Atkins, Roy Buchanan, Johnny Hiland and James Burton.

Within this video guitar lesson I will take you through the lick in both the left and rights hands so you can see exactly how these types of of cascading country guitar licks are played. From there, hopefully you will understand how to create you own guitar licks in this style.

Grab the PDF TAB download for this lesson below so the video lesson will be easier to follow.

Cascading Country Guitar Lick TAB PDF

So learn this lick and whip it out the next time you are jamming with friends, it will definitely get their attention!!

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Country Guitar Cascades “Lick Of The Week”

EVERY guitar player should know how to play this classic because not only is it probably the most popular classic rock song of all time, it also has some great guitar work in it by Jimmy Page.

Everything from fingerpicking, fast rhythmic strumming, arppegiated picking and a scorchingly melodic solo make “Stairway To Heaven” a great study on the playing style of the legendary Jimmy Page.

The main solo in “Stairway To Heaven” is thought by many to be Jimmy Page’s finest moment. You can now learn it note-for-note at your own pace.

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Kirk Hammett’s solo in “One” by Metallica uses this kind of tapping lick to build a lot of tension and excitement.

Feel free to do the pick hand tap with whatever finger you are the most comfortable with. You don’t have to use the same finger or tapping direction that I use, it will work just fine either way.

Pay close attention to how you should finger the notes with the fret hand because that can make or break how easily you add this kind of lick to your playing.

Grab the PDF TAB download for this lesson here.

Kirk Hammett and Steve Vai Style Tapping Lick TAB PDF

Watch the video below for a thorough explanation of the technique. The video lesson not only describes how to play the lick but also how to create your own licks using this tapping technique.

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Kirk Hammett & Steve Vai Style Tapping Lick

Plus, we have a new winner in the latest song lessons poll and it is “Stairway To Heaven” by Led Zeppelin. Look for the “Stairway to Heaven” Premium Video Song Lessons to be up by the end of the week.

I will also be starting a new poll later today so be sure to put your votes in for next weeks song lesson!!

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This video should be watched by every level of guitar player because even if you are new to this technique, you can still play through it very slowly to develop proper alternate picking technique.

The ability to cross strings fluently is by far the most difficult aspect of alternate picking. In this video lesson I demonstrate the only two ways it is possible to move from one string to another while alternate picking, and how to practice them.

These are exercises used by players such as John Pertrucci, Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, Steve Morse, Eric Johnson, Alexi Laiho and others to develop their phenomenal picking technique.

At the end of the lesson we will put both techniques together for a nice well rounded picking workout.

Download the TAB PDF below because you will definitely need it to follow along with the lesson.

Alternate Picking Etude TAB PDF

Take your time and keep your picking hand wrist and forearm relaxed while practicing these exercises. It would be great to go through them at least once a day to really keep your alternate picking chops in shape!

Have Fun!!

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Effective Alternate Picking Exercises Etude

Along with this giveaway I am also doing a video demonstration of how this really cool guitar effect pedal works as well.

ANYONE can enter, just watch the video below to learn how. The winners will be announced on Sept. 16th. After that, there will be more giveaways coming.

Besides the Grand Prize of the pedal, there are also prizes for 2nd and 3rd place. It’s FREE to enter so what do you have to lose??

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Hybrid picking is the technique of using your pick with your picking hand fingers at the same time.

Hybrid picking is used by a HUGE number of players is every conceivable style. You have everyone from Albert Lee, Steve Morse, Eric Johnson to Brad Paisley. The list just goes on and on. It is an absolutely essential guitar technique to have nailed.

In this lesson series I have kinda re-arranged Mauro Giuliani’s “120 Daily Right Hand Studies” to be played with hybrid picking. The Giuliani studies have been used for 200 years by classical guitar players to develop their flawless right hand technique.

So I have re-arranged those same studies for all of us hybrid pickers and the results have been phenomenal with all of my students.

Start with these six basic exercises. They will progressively get more difficult each lesson. In the end you will have a fantastic practice routine for hybrid picking that will enable you to hybrid pick virtually anything you can come up with.

Grab the PDF TAB download for this lesson here.

Hybrid Picking Patterns Pt.1 TAB PDF

Have Fun!! More exercises are coming soon!!

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Hybrid Picking Patterns Pt.1

Every thing is here from the ukulele parts, to the full guitar parts.

This song should be approachable by just about any guitarist, and it is a great song to know.

No TAB needed for this one since it is just a few basic chord shapes. Just watch it over and over until you get it memorized then try and play along with the original recording.

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Train “Hey, Soul Sister” Easy Guitar Lesson

This fast paced modern rock song has been requested quite a bit, so I decided to just skip putting it in a poll and go ahead and post it on the site.

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