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The Most Detailed Picking Technique Lesson Video I've Ever Shared
Picking is the toughest technique in guitar playing. To Master the picking technique I've been working and teaching for more than 20 years and I wanted to share my experiences with you guys.
In this video, I' am sharing with you some of the best guitar players' performances such as Guthrie Govan, Al Di Meola, Paul Gilbert, Jason Becker, Yngwie Malmsteen, Rick Graham, Martin Miller...
I will go through all the most important elements of picking technique and the most common mistakes guitarists make.
You'll find the best exercises to improve your technique and picking speed.
Also, you can watch my fundamental lesson videos;
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[@Money.Rocks.Podcast]

Use the wrist... FOR THE PICKING... use the arm... TO CHANGE STRINGS... that is gold advice right there

[@chriscobayne2235]

I’ve been wondering this lol been playing 3 months. And that part has me all messed up

[@fizzy4149]

Do you think it's ok to use both arms to change strings??

[@vlazed4809]

who knows, a 21 mins video could save my 20 years guitar journey. thank you!

[@OzzGuitar]

🤘🤘🤘

[@ant1738]

One of the most important aspects of speed picking is hand synchronization .. If you are not able to synchronize your hands on one string .. a simple ostinato ... start there, then add string skipping

[@sigiligus]

You’d be surprised. A guy called Anton Oparin did a video demonstrating how even revered elite players have problems with synchronisation.

[@ant1738]

@@sigiligus ❤️

[@dudethisismyemail]

​@@sigiligusrick graham and paul Gilbert seem to have the best synchronization relxation hands

[@mikuchajster1994]

You are right. And how to achieve best synchronization? Only when your motion is exactly the same in slow and fast tempos:) then you practice slow and you are sure that it will be synchronized in fast tempos

[@dudethisismyemail]

@@mikuchajster1994 facts

[@TwistedMind86Chern]

Gilbert's alternative picking is so smooth. It looks that he doesn't even trying .

[@sam0435able]

The tip to lightly place the arm on the guitar body for changing strings was golden🛐 I have speed for picking, good left hand posture but was shit at changing strings. Now I can move across the strings like a rocket or something😊

[@OzzGuitar]

🤘🤘🤘

[@jaronepaul66]

One thing to add, not all pick sizes matches all players. I noticed this before when I received a pick from Jonathan Donais. His was pointy, mine was a regular size. Theres definitely a difference. How you angle the pick is one thing, how you hold it is another thing also. Before, I used to closed all my hands but there are some buzzes or noises. When I relaxed my hand, just played fast with my picking hand relaxed, it somehow resembled John Petrucci's. Since then, that is how I hold the pick. I felt less wrist strain and just worked on the angles and arm movement.

[@GaeiusGutierrez]

May I add... the pick thickness and it's sharp pointedness. I wasn't aware of this back then, I used whatever I could find.

[@JariSatta]

Yes, agreed. Good points. I've practiced both wrist and elbow picking, by switching between wrist ( fast runs +180BpM ) and elbow ( middle tempo 180BpM and below ) you have a wiggle room with dexterity and stamina that way. Working with hand synchronization, you'll also need to play tuplets and triplets (and quintolas and septolas) to really master your sense of rhythm I play in Chamelion - Legends & Lores (Rockshots Records) 2023 Power metal

[@Postbedrock]

You’re a great teacher. Most try to show off their player. You can clearly play but focused on teaching. Much appreciated!

[@OzzGuitar]

🙏🫶

[@marcos_c_m]

After 40 years playing guitar.... I thing theres no other element who took me more time discovering. Changing and reinventing than alternate picking. Sweep, tremolo , cross picking, inside string changes , outside string changes , even groups. Inside skipping strings. Outsides skipping strings... A new problem in every corner need a new aproax . Every number os notes for string need diferent strategy. The less notes for string harder it becomes If you is like me and want to do from sweep like gambale to cross like steve morse. Its a lifetime journey to develop and another to keep .

[@someguy4505]

Its neat seeing how rock/metal people play vs how bluegrass players do it on an acoustic. The rock/metal guys don't do much in the way of cross-picking, but their legato work is more of a thing that's afforded them by a very different kind of guitar. Just totally different and valid skill sets that take a ton of work.

[@davuspg]

Wow, Eureka moment with this video. Been playing for a long time and it's only after watching this that i realised my forearm resting on the guitar body has been restricting my movement - no wonder my alternate picking would fall apart on the G, B & E strings. Obvious when you see it in this video, but something I've missed for decades. Thank you for the video, subscribed!

[@Shredologist]

This video shouldn't be free, also thanks for mentioning me sensei!

[@OzzGuitar]

🙏🤘🫶

[@isolateddemon9438]

THE ONLY GUITAR GODS ARE THE GUITAR PLAYERS WHO KNOW HOW TO PLAY MEMORABLE RIFFS AND SHRED WHEN IT'S NECESSARY🤘🏻👍🏻

[@producer2123]

Great info. Thanks!

[@geoffreymalfi]

OMG why did i think using my arm was wrong, i feel like ive been in a rut so long because i was limiting myself. thank you so much

[@user-bi2vr3gt4d]

Yea I Can Tell U Like JASON BECKER ALOT AN HE IS STILL , TO THIS DAY , By FAR ONE OF THE BEST GUITARIST EVER TO PLAY GUITAR BUT YOUR A BAD ASS GUITARIST YOURSELF BROTHER AN ITS COOL TO FIND YOUR CHANNEL!!!

[@dukewild5071]

At around 0:54 you're playing so focused and intensely that your chin seems to be becoming seamless with your neck/throat there and I gotta say that's kinda neat

[@erix777]

Great video, and focusing on the movements is a great way to get that point across. Now, I think what needs not to be minimized is the Energy, the movements will be wide or narrow according to many particular factors, but the energy needs to be there and it needs to be controlled first to synchronize with the left hand, then to get the pick where it needs to be (especially when crossing, more so when skipping strings), and finally to render the expression so you can render the song. The energy comes from the movements, if you start by not minimizing it, you will get to the point where you are controlling the Energy, and from there fluent playing.

[@Moldovich]

@OzzGuitar, wow thanks for the great lesson. Will download this video to my offline lessons collection.

[@jimmyjams5038]

I like to use the final solo in system of a downs's "Revenga" to practice my picking speed and accuracy while string hopping.

[@tomaszwcislo7116]

Wow thank you so much for this amazing lesson and exercises!!

[@NLongleng]

Great lesson. Thank you

[@fsh3702]

This is great, another extreme example is zakk wyld, he's totally waving his arms while playing.

[@OzzGuitar]

Yes he is! Thanks🤘

[@user-ng3kc4jw6s]

Great video

[@pedroeduardotorresjimenez5021]

this lesson is gold!

[@kaidemen156]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us!

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you🤘🤘🤘

[@Exorcized1]

Awesome, very helpful stuff! Thank you!

[@OzzGuitar]

Tank uou🤘

[@keovongvilaykeo4799]

Great lesson thank you 🙏

[@marcusjohnson58]

Awesome!!!! Thank you

[@emircngz]

Awesome work and effort! Detailed yet one doesn’t get lost in too much information. 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you🙏🙏🙏🤘🤘🤘

[@joachimkauschke8715]

Great Lesson with lots of details other instructors leave out. Thanks for sharing your knowledge !!

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you very much!

[@MookieMaroni]

So glad to find your channel. Great presentation and information. I started playing in '84, with little improvement since about '00. Started learning new stuff the last year or so. This is huge for me. My guitar teacher back then, who was very fast, taught me using the thumb was more efficient. I even remember an article by Steve Morse saying to draw tiny circles on paper to refine this technique, which I would do in school. I have been employing your techniques the last three days. Difficult habits to break, yet am beginning to improve. Thanks so very much.

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you!

[@metinko3325]

Great lesson, thanks 🤘🤘

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you🙏🤘🙏🤘

[@istillremain9064]

great work with the vid

[@ZacH-ir7xr]

Thanks for all the great info

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you🙏🤘

[@rickbusson7260]

You are a great teacher! Thanks you so much for sharing your knowledge and the studies you have composed.

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you very much. My pleasure!

[@xxargunxx]

Thank you so much sir. It really did help me a lot. I was struggling with the way I pickslant and really needed an advice. Definitely trying all of these.

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you!

[@shadesoul]

You won me over with mable's fatal fable!

[@ManNguyen-cz4fv]

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[@Toisen]

17:00 holy right hand

[@FatalArrivalMetal]

Nice lesson! Great job! Keep it up! 🎸🤘🔥

[@OzzGuitar]

Thanks, will do!

[@JonatanKapps89]

Nice lessons

[@BORIBAT]

Good points.

[@4leafclover536]

Thank you so much! very detailed and specific advice!

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you. Glad you like it!

[@bluestringmusic]

Great video, thanks 🤘

[@OzzGuitar]

Thanks a lot🙏🙏🙏

[@megablasterboc7474]

In the short time I've watched your video it has already helped me! I have been struggling to get the correct picking technique on Yngwie's "As Above, So Below." I was getting some unwanted string noise when I would try to sweep the notes in the opposite direction of the main theme. I changed my pick angle to a more downward slant as you suggested and that did the trick! A much cleaner attack with better note articulation and a *burst in speed! I will continue watching your videos and pick up playing tips from you. Much thanks! 🤟

[@OzzGuitar]

Welcome on board 🤘😀

[@IshredGuitar]

I have found a light as feathers touch with alternate picking and total relaxation of the left hand produces warp speed shred. Another thing is the way you pick and hold the pick is going to be slightly different for every player, there's no wrong way. I hold the pick parallel and light touch attack for warp speed.

[@nouse3771]

Thank you!!

[@wadosenpai1056]

Thank you so much. I always appreciate this detailed videos about a subject that is not talked that much

[@OzzGuitar]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@user-qi2zt8nr9u]

Great video! Thanks!

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you!🤘

[@Peck_Bull]

I love your style. Thanks for the great content. Don´t give up.

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you🤘

[@devlimbu4151]

Very very helpful video... Please upload more & more detailed guitar technical videos.

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you! I’ll try my best 🤘

[@devlimbu4151]

​@@OzzGuitaryour most welcome sir... Please make a video on legato and pull offs sir. Thank you

[@GuitarLife123]

Thank you for this great video, the picking hand, imo, needs more work and it's more complex as the work with the left hand. Relaxing / relaxed muscles are absolutely fundamental for fast and clean picking! If you have small hands it's difficult just angle the picking hand from E to e...so it helps to move the whole hand up and down.

[@russ_caps72]

very good lesson and tips, thanks a lot !!😀🎸

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you🤘🤘🤘

[@rastanz]

Great teacher, Fantastic technique, precise and very detailed lesson. Subbed!

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you!

[@nirinirnirn]

Best video lesson for picking 🤘

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you🙏🤘🙏🤘

[@AndrewArnall]

Great video Thanks.

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you🤘

[@berkaycelikguitar]

Elinize sağlık hocam, çok güzel anlatmışsınız👍👍

[@MILLERTRANSCENDENT]

Masterclass! Awesome

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you?

[@MILLERTRANSCENDENT]

@@OzzGuitar U R welcome?

[@andialienskyid9690]

thanks man

[@JessesAuditorium]

Awesome channel amigo

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you🤘🤘🤘

[@obiem9319]

You're my favorite shredder teacher on Earth. Thank you Amigo.

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you!!!🤘

[@rt5u]

Please please do something like this for the left hand. Thanks!!

[@Artekey1]

This is like giving us a christmas gift ❤️

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you!!!

[@stevejohnston8543]

Good stuff and great job I like shredding and was raised on it like a lot of us but I’ve recently come to really realize nothing beats an emotive, tasteful and expertly crafted solo in the vain of Hotel California, Comfortably numb etc. To me that’s real guitar playing, which is to say, using the guitar as a true musical instrument rather than as a vehicle for pyrotechnics, which don’t get me wrong, is still cool and impressive and forms part of my playing. However, listen to the way a guy like Randy Rhoads played. He encompassed the best of both worlds. There’s a million noodlers out there who’s solos I could never be bothered to learn, but I wanted to learn just about every one of Randy’s because they were mini compositions in and of themselves.

[@OzzGuitar]

You are right all guitarists love emotional playing. This lesson is just about technique. It doesn’t mean I play nonsense fast stuff all day long :) It is just the topic of the video

[@ninkichan7209]

The Al Di Meola riff is the most intimidating for me. I mean, picking that fast on arpeggios using alternate picking is just a skill that requires a lot of time to master and play with relaxed hands like how Rick Graham will play.

[@sinisterminister6478]

Thank you so very much Ozz. For years I've wondered about the direction of the pick attack when you are ascending and descending. I've been doing your work outs for the past couple of months and my picking technique has greatly improved and your advice on pick angle is the icing on the cake 🎂👍👍👍👍

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you🙏🙏🙏🤘🤘🤘

[@sinisterminister6478]

@@OzzGuitar And thank you, my friend.

[@dreamrockstudio111]

Nice!

[@1234drums]

Thank you, Sir ❤❤❤❤

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you too!

[@danhilllyngdoh6347]

thanks Ozz

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you!🤘

[@mcarthneylaron8582]

Nice lesson, subscribed instantly

[@OzzGuitar]

Thanks! 🤘

[@richardsrensen4219]

great video i did not see it to the end but i come back to lean more lather i need to practis what i learn

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you! Use your time, there is a lot of information in this video.

[@toshiaier1786]

Awesome

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you!

[@mayhemmm]

all in one lesson video 🤘

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you🙏

[@jeshuapaligutan183]

Thank you so much!

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you!

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you!

[@ionasguitar]

great video thx

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you🤘

[@theanalogkid4171]

Really appreciate all the picking lessons Ozz!! Thank you!

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you very much🙏🤘

[@zoinx8256]

guitar pick thickness and material is important

[@LKpixels]

Nice

You're the best guitar teacher on KZbin.

[@OzzGuitar]

Thanks a lot for your generous comment🙏🙏🙏

[@fluntimes]

Jason Becker might just be the best technically we've ever seen. Shawn Lane is right there with him.

[@craigpaulson3503]

You earned a subscriber. Thank you.

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you🤘

[@doinyamaam3677]

Nice one

[@OzzGuitar]

Thanks🤘🤘🤘

[@shanedefeo6881]

Just checking to summarize:It took me ten years of hours a day to open the doors of speed picking techniques and all I can say is that from a certain point on we are all on our own and persistence ,posture and breathing relaxation are the main key elements before all the above start to flow. .And sometimes it's good to pay close attention to the fretting hand technique

[@Dwoed]

Amazing CGI 😊

[@paulosicne8498]

God given talent, nothing more. As a truthful old friend of mine who knew how to play guitar good once said: "It's like learning to do the splits. Not everyone can accomplish it." I've been playing guitar for 30 years and still can't achieve this type of playing. And before the whole, "you need to practice or learn different techniques" comes out, there's videos of 5 year old children who can play Jimi Hendrix songs. Yep, God given talent.

[@OzzGuitar]

Beginning on the video I shared my student’s performances, they were not able to play these things 2 years ago… 30 years of wrong practice not gonna improve your technique.

[@robertodaici8334]

Great!!

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you!

[@bobbycline8043]

Thank you

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you!!!

[@cr4957]

Great lesson. This is the technique that most of the great players use and I practiced too for a long time. However I have always had problems in relaxing my shoulder and arm muscles and lately I got interested in Takayoshi Ohmura. He has a very peculiar and effective technique that engages mostly finger movement. In my opinion his picking sounds really good and I am trying to learn it but It's difficult to learn a completely different technique.

[@aleksandrkorobeinikov6700]

Can you suggest maybe a video on this matter? I'd appreciate it.

[@cr4957]

@@aleksandrkorobeinikov6700 Sure, but posting links in YT Comments doesn't seem to work. Try searching for this text in YT: "【サークル・ピッキングではない!!】大村孝佳ピッキング決定版【2013年度版】" It's a video with Ohmura himself explaining the technique (at 7:15 there's some English too :))) ). For another good video search for "fujiokapicking" (add ".MOV" at the end of the text) with Mikio Fujioka. To see it in action "Takayoshi Ohmura shredding like a mad storm" or "Takayoshi Ohmura - Super Fast".

[@hafizjumat]

synyster gates probably one of the best economy guitar technique player too..his technique incredible..

[@Zombie_13x33]

that yellow ibanez is awesome

[@jamwithcem]

Amazing lesson Ozz! I love the exercises, and can't wait to put them in my practice regimen. Such good tips on ergonomics, too! Also, what an honor to be featured in the video. Thank you for all your knowledge and hard work 🤘

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you my Padawan. I am proud of you🤘🤘🤘

[@abhaysharma5072]

please do a lesson on inside picking

[@orkuntahiraran]

Tam olarak gitar çalışmayı bırakma nedenimdi bu, çok bakındım videolar izledim, özel dersler aldım. yok abi sağ elim bir türlü tam oturmuyordu. Şimdi sizin teknikleri uygulamaya başladım, tuşem inanılmaz değişti - ki çok sloppy'iydi bence - . Tekrar da çalışmak için gaza getirdiğiniz için de video için de teşekkürler. 4 haftalık program üzerine Cliffs of Dover çalışmaları sonucunu da umarım paylaşabilirim.

[@ugur.ozdemirr]

Elinize emeğinize sağlık hocam 🤘🤘🔥🔥🔥

[@OzzGuitar]

Çok teşekkürler Uğurcum🙏🙏🙏

[@danhilllyngdoh6347]

I just joined as a member... enjoyed your tutorials.. really helpful keep up the good work Ozz

[@OzzGuitar]

Thank you!!!🤘🤘🤘

[@OzzGuitar]

@@hon8177 No. Sorry to hear that :(

[@773Spair]

7:27 Parallel picking is difficult at first, but restaint can be learned.

[@ShaneStoneOfficial]

Only another 20 years of practice and I’ll be able to pick like this 😅

[@OzzGuitar]

Never too late man🤘😀

[@teeple1877]

Some of my favorite Petrucci and Jason Becker right at the beginning? Guess I’m watching the whole thing.

[@OzzGuitar]

🤘🤘🤘