In less than 14 minutes, you've corrected 14 years of bad technique in my playing. Once you explained picking using motion from the thumb versus from the wrist, everything locked in. I've read for years on how people have recommended picking from the wrist and it's never felt comfortable to me. I feel like a world of new territory has just been opened to me. Thank you!

Thanks from a 67 year old guitar novice.

I've been trying so hard to find a video for this. Thanks for making this video it really helped a lot.

I have watched a hundred videos on this topic and you have to be one of the best teachers. Thank you for taking the time to share this info for free. Keep up the great work.

This is, by far, the best video I have seen on this subject. Amazing job, Griff! Glad I found you.

that is an awesome lesson, well covered and how to transition to eighth and sixteenth notes is gold. great exercises too, cheers Griff.

I had all but given up trying to master right hand picking technique (electric/jazz guitar) after more than 50 years. My wrist just wouldn't work properly and after two hours (or more) of practice my arm would start to spasm and I would end up throwing the guitar in the corner in disgust (not literally of course!). Your "hand" technique has done the trick and although I know it will take some time to master, after 50 years it's worth it! Thanks so much !!

Thanks for sending this out again, I missed it last time. Excellent Explanation and great practice tool, my teacher had told me how to do this, but I needed to hear it again. Thanks Griff!

Thanks from a 66 year old experienced guitarist trying to improve his technique. Very helpful!

You're a great teacher. I really appreciate and enjoy your lessons!

I've been playing guitar for 13 years and my right hand was stuck, i was unable to do speed picking, i tried many lessons and exercises, uncluding Rock Discipline (John Petrucci). Last week i saw this video and i did what it says and it worked, right now i'm playing all those Metallica and Trivium solos that i always wanted to play! Thank you very much!!! (i've been practicing like 10 hours per day)

Great advice !!!! I like learning to increase the right hand first then adding the left. Usually not taught this way. From a slow picker, I see improvements right away !!!

Very good tuition Man! I'm working on those picking techniques now.!

Great lesson! This is a great lesson to also teach how to count your beats

I found this video lesson on alternate picking to be Very helpful. Thank you and greetings from Ireland.

i am quite advanced guitar player with alot of speed technique for minorish "classical" playing but i watch al yours videos cuz it's great for developing peacefulness between enjoying guitar and practicing guitar. Love it. Tnx!

Thank you very much good sir! Thanks a lot, it's sooo easy now, I just needed this little push and a whole new wolrd opens :)

Thankyou thats a great video and to the point . Been playing lead for about two years and im left hander who plays right handed so my right hand struggles a bit .I will try this for more consistent playing. 👍

Awesome lesson, Griff. Thank you.

Thanks for the lesson...I think it makes a lot of sense and I'm going to try to do it.

Thank you for doing this lesson! Just what I need!

great, really useful and simple advices...that is what a beginner needs!

Thank you! Crystal clear lesson, very helpful!

Damn. Thank god for you and this video.

Thanks to you I can play twice as fast with just a few months of practicing. I wish my guitar teacher back in the days were as good as you.

Fantastic video, I'd like to thank this teacher for the good advices!!! (I must admit that my right thumb is in trouble right now)

Anyone else go like holy shit at 1:10 ?

This helped me so much dude. Thanks!

Excellent lesson !

You are amazing! thanks for these practical techniques!!

Your videos are great, thanks for sharing the good advice! As far as the jumping back and forth with a higher BPM goes, I found a trick that works well for me. If you're playing 8th notes, do occasional bursts of 16th notes, like for half the bar or whatever's comfortable. You might not be able to consistently play that double speed, but you can manage a short burst of notes - kind of like a short sprint. As you manage to hit them in time, you can do longer and longer bursts without getting tired and missing the timing, and eventually you can play a lot faster than before. Endurance training! With the added bonus (for lazy people like me) that you don't to keep messing with the metronome. I don't know if that's any use to anyone else, but I thought I'd throw it out there

Thanks for being a great teacher

I think you're the only person ive seen that explained why the metronome is so important, and really explained to me how to use it effectively. As for picking too hard, yes I have that problem, its terrible, I think my right hand gets nervous and compensates for lack of skill in my left hand. So inevitably I go through 1 set of strings per 2 WEEKS. crazy.. thank you for this lesson, guess i gotta put the rock and roll on hold and back step to this essential lesson. favorited.

Excellent lesson. Thank you sir!

A good lesson and a lot of help.thanks a lot.

This is outstanding.

excellent video thank you very much. I've been playing bass and guitar for years and made money as a bassist and guitarist professionally; not to mention making Gold and platinum records; but it goes to show you this instrument has no limits and you can always learn MORE!!! Thank you again

this guy is literally the best teacher

Thank you! Great lesson helped a lot

Awesome lesson!!

Thank you so much for making and sharing this video. Regards

Excellent! Thank you for the tips

Thanks for the two fingers tip, I just couldn't figure why it was so slow on my side, I never realised I might have been holding the pick wrong way :)

Thanks so much for this. It really is helping.

Awesome lesson!

Today in thanksgiving day I’m thankful that I found this video.

I like this guy. Very helpful, I'm just starting out but have the fire!

Great lesson

Very helpful video, I was oblivious to the fact that holding two fingers on the backside of the pick could be obstructive

Wish I saw this sooner. Thanks

Griff, thanks buddy. I have watched this video several times. You have amazing economy in your picking. I notice when you are moving fast across strings, you don't necessarily always alternate, i.e. Two upstrokes in a row when you change strings. Would love to see a follow up deep dive video on picking quickly across strings and maybe some more on hand motion and pick orientation. This is a real rate limiter for me.

Thanks..good ideas..its more help me to improve my speed for arternate picking

this guy is a good teacher.

exatcly exactly exatcly exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!! movement of the thumb opened a new world for me.. i've been playing guitar for 10 years though...

that was very helpful, thanks!

Thank u so much. i finally improved my picking technique

Dude, great video. Thank youuu!!!!

Pebber brown has a great vid for this. It helped me out alot too.

You pick twice as fast as me just down-picking...

Thanks for the video i find it very helpful

Excellent explanation at 5:41 - thanks!

ohhh man really learned me a awesome techniques i found my so many faults ,,yahh and overcoming ,,thnx for video man. ..

Thanks! Very helpful.

had the same problem Thanks for the vid

clear and helpful

Thanks for your advice

short and sweet 'thanks'

Amazing, thank you.

Great video - thanks a lot.

Thanks a lot. I'm moving to an oud and these tips should prove really helpful. My left hand is working OK, but my picking is weak.

very informative thanks man

i actually alternate pick like you & it came to me naturally ..my thumb also dive down it help me to use the gravity to go down faster but i saw some great guitar player thumb's head parallel to the string . they actually move the picking finger to alternate pick unlike me where i use elbow wrist to alternate pick .so which is more comfortable,economic in the long run

Excellent ..thanks alot

Same thing for me, 10+ years of trying to shred using the wrist. This video changed it all in 2 minutes.

very good lesson, thank you so much :)

Thanx man,I hv been doing this since a long time,n this ensures me I hv been practicing right,I managed to go upto 90 beats in 5 subeats,

Thanks man !

much helpful thanks

I totally agree... I also feel much more comfortable with the thumb motion :)

Wonderful thank you

Diggin the Tele! I have one just like that!

Weird. I've never seen your videos before. That's a shame, because you're a great teacher! I'm definitely going to watch more of your videos :)

awsome really helped me

Great advice here thanks a lot

You can make subtle adjustments to the pick for changes in tone and feel as you get better at it. But at first, I would concentrate on just making it sound smooth and easy. Don't worry about the details. In my experience, once you have it down you'll naturally make adjustments as your ear requires them. You won't really have to try or think too much about it.

Thank you!!

being a slide guiarist ( Indian classical)it is useful about fingering with the thumb&first finger up & down(relax )

The best lesson on the web but where is part 2 ?

Thank you 🙏

I got past guitar basics in a month, I'm still stuck on intermediate level because I keep having trouble with alternate picking.

wow man... just wow. yesterday i was struggling with 16th's at70 bpm. but now i can play at 160 bpm?!?!? that thumb tip made this possible.thank you so much.

man, I have played guitar for more than 5 years, and my right hand picking still sucks. Hope this exercise helps.

thanks! very useful

Great player, as others have said it doesn't look like alternate picking, rather economy. A great thing to learn, but confusing if people think it's alternate.

thank you so much

thanks alot i am a beginner i have after practicing 3 hr i have improve a lot.

Good lesson! Thank you.....I posted this for a friend.

Thank you sr

Griff, Are you using an extra down or upstroke when you cross strings or strictly alternate picking?

I'm a master at morse code picking, I freakin' suck.