Because we will be looking at playing some scales in the near future, I want you to get used to picking out one string at a time. So this a very simple exercise to help get you started with this. It should be easy, but the thing to work on is accuracy, not speed. There are better exercises to work on speed that we will look at later, but for now just try and make sure that you only pluck one string at a time.

Video Lesson

Open string picking exercise

Just picking the open strings, so you can relax your fretting hand now.

Exercise 1 - 1 pick on each string - all down picks
Exercise 2 - 1 pick on each string - all up picks
Exercise 3 - 2 picks on each string - down then up
Exercise 4 - 4 picks on each string - down / up / down / up

It's likely you will be picking the wrong strings sometimes when you start out - it's normal - will take practice :) surprise surprise!

Don't be worried if your little finger is touching the thinnest string when you are playing the thickest one, that is real normal, even desirable! If you do choose to use an anchor then make sure it is relaxed (with NO tension)

This is really to get you warmed up to playing scales which are one of the best ways of increasing your pick accuracy, so just have a go and get warmed up for next stage when we start looking at scales.

Your fingers should be well warmed up now - so lets get into playing some choonz BC-167 • Easy Songs For Stage 6

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