Summary: Learn alternate picking techniques to play harmonics on electric guitar in this free guitar lesson video from our expert music instructor and rock and roll professional.
Casey Cormier has been playing both the guitar and bass for ten years, performing in rock and roll clubs along the New Jersey Coast as well as in New York City. He studied jazz at the...read more
"CASEY CORMIER: Alright. By this point, you might have, you know, created thinking patterns where you're picking down and up, but something that is really good to get quick with is alternate picking itself, where you're playing up and down but at a faster pace than usual. This is popular in cert - sudden - certain genres like punk rock and surf rock, and different things like that. So, basically, this is [INDISCERNIBLE] hold onto the pick between your fingers like usual, and instead of playing above like we have been usually where- well, we're playing up here and having our anchor down here. We're going to be behind the bridge; kinda locking our hands, facing down towards the neck. -You can use your anchor still, this is our anchor. Okay? You can also add a palm mute to make things more interesting using the back of our palm right here to touch the bridge."
eHow Article: Alternate Picking Technique for Guitar Harmonics