Guitar Technique Basics

Guitar Technique Basics

Here are some basics of guitar technique that you should learn right away. All these technique are required before you move further to learn some advance technique. Once you mastering all these technique, you will have a good foundation to learn more advance and tricky technique. So, here we are :

Alternate Picking
Alternate picking is a guitar playing technique, used only by pick users, that employs strictly alternating downward and upward picking strokes in a continuous run, and is the most common method of plectrum playing.

Palm Mute
This is one of many basic techniques that will make you rocks. Often used by hard rock, heavy metal, and particularly thrash, speed and death metal guitarist.

Palm mutes are executed by placing the side of the picking hand below the little finger across all of the strings very close to the bridge and then plucking the strings with the fingers while the damping is in effect. This produces a muted sound. The name is a slight misnomer, as the muting is usually performed by the side or heel of the hand.

String Bending
This is one of the most basic and widely used techniques of the modern guitarist today. It is usually achieved by playing a string, then pushing the string up with the fingers to create a pitch change. Keep in mind that you should be pushing mainly your wrist upwards to achieve the pitch change, and that putting your unfretted fingers behind the finger used to bend can give you more strength in your bend, and therefore, more accuracy.

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Finger Vibrato
Finger vibrato is vibrato produced on a guitar by cyclic hand movements. Despite the name, normally the entire hand moves, and sometimes the entire upper arm.

Hammer On & Pull Off
Hammer-ons and pull-offs (hopo) are also known as slurs. They help to create a smoother sound between notes. This is the most important guitar technique you must learn. This technique used by every guitarist that exist in the whole world.

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I guess all the techniques I mention above for sharpening your guitar skill. In the next post, I will cover more of guitar techniques. Don't miss it!

Guitar Technique Basics