Hey guys, welcome back to another excellent lesson. I am super happy I am finally picking up the electric guitar again after years of only playing the acoustic guitar.

My life has been quite a journey. I played classical guitar from 10 to 20 years old. Then electric and acoustic from 20 to 26 years old. Only electric guitar from 27 to 31 years old and only acoustic guitar from 32 till now. I just recently went back playing the electric guitar, which I still love!

In this lesson, I am going to show you this picking exercise I practice when I go back playing the electric guitar.

When you go from fingerpicking to picking, you should always take it slow. Picking the strings with a guitar pick involves a different wrist angle. If you go too fast right-away chances are you will damage your tendons and muscles.

What I usually do, I would write an exercise (just like this one) that involves different musical elements. In this particular example, I am combining alternate picking, scales, and chords.

Listen to the exercise at the beginning of the video and learn how to play it throughout the video. I am also making this backing track available on my Patreon page, so feel free to check it out if you want to play along.

Enjoy this lesson.