Hey guys, welcome to another guitar lesson. Today we are going to take a look at one of the most simple yet effective techniques available on the guitar: The down-picking technique.

On the guitar, there are two picking movements. The down-stroke and up-stroke. These two picking movements combined make up another useful technique called alternate picking.

Most of the time, guitar players focus a lot on the alternate picking because it is essentially the most common way to play scales, arpeggios, melodies, and riffs. It is also the ultimate technique for fast playing, so guitar players love it!

In this lesson, though, we are going to take a look at the down-stroke only.

The goal is to learn how to play all the chords with the down-stroke only so that you can familiarize yourself with this technique and make a drastic improvement on your picking hand.

I did my best to come up with a captivating chord progression, so I hope you enjoy it.

Tab and backing track available on Patreon.