Picking

Pick TypeIn choosing a pick that will be used, should consider the type of material and thickness of the pick itself to be customized with personal character.

To play the electric guitar should use the pick with a minimum thickness of 1 mm or more thick, because by using thick-sized pickup, the regulation dynamics (loud soft) blow the pick against the strings would be easy to manage. Meanwhile, pick the size of the thickness is thinner than 1 mm is usually used for strumming on acoustic guitar.

To pick the material, there is material of plastic, iron, aluminum, mica, or nylon. Pick with materials such as iron or aluminum have excerpts of a sharper character than the other pick material. While the pick with plastic material and similar passages have a somewhat similar character, not too sharp.How to Do PickingThere are three types, namely using a finger, using a pick, and a combination of both.

Picking by using the pick, there are two types of Alternate Picking, how to pluck the strings with alternating between downstrokes (plucked string toward the bottom) and up strokes (plucked string towards the top) consistently. Alternate picking also assist us in providing a clearer sound and articulated. Another advantage of the alternate picking is to train our alternate picking patterns can play any note without having to think how the system is picked, it all becomes more natural.

The second is the Sweep Picking, picking the strings in sequence with the same movement, whether it's all down strokes or all upstrokes. Sweep picking is very easy when we're picking one note per string, the string sequence. Another advantage of sweep picking is picking a very minimal movement, the movement of at least picking us the sooner we can do it. Sweep picking comes from the word meaning sweep sweep.

Picking PositionMost of the world guitarists using the thumb and forefinger to hold the pick, although there is a small holding in other ways. The point is how to pick a specific holding did not make us play better.

For movement in performing picking, most of the guitarist Shredder (played with very fast speed picking) using a picking motion rests on the wrist. There also are using the arm as a pedestal, but the weakness of this method is faster cause fatigue in the muscles. And very rare guitarists who use thumb and index finger for support during picking.