Flatpicking lesson 1: right hand technique

Sheet music and tabs at www.joseptraver.com
There are some flatpicking beginner exercices for the right hand, alternating down-up motion of the pick.
The basic rule is a down-stroke on a downbeat and an up-stroke on an upbeat.

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[gootcy]

what is that object at the top of your sound hole?

[stringcordeta]

@gootcy  this is the pickup volume control, it's a L.R. Baggs model.

[gootcy]

@stringcordeta o.k. thank you what L.R. Baggs model is that ? I've seen different ones but not one like that

[stringcordeta]

@gootcy It's call Dual Resource, I buyed it some years ago, maybe they changed that model.

Cheers

[enduggy]

Hmm. I think the very first lesson on flatpicking should be on how to hold the plectrum, and from which part of the hand/arm should the motion come from. Have you anything for me sir?

[stringcordeta]

This video is about the alternating down-up motion of the pick but you are right, I have no videos about how to hold the plectrum, maybe in the future? I'll try...

Thanks for your observation.

[TheOpethOfMastodon]

@Casebomb lol,alrite

[Casebomb]

@TheOpethOfMastodon sorry. i dont know why i posted that. it was for the add before this video. still i dont know why i was on this video.

[TheOpethOfMastodon]

@Casebomb what the hell is the ''poser'' way?

[Casebomb]

this is fucking stupid! why cant people just learn guitar the right way.. not the poser way..

[ronemahone]

@enduggy I know you posted this 2 years ago but what the hell ill answer you any way, this guy does an excellent 3 part lesson on right hand mechanics, good for beginners or experienced hand looking to brush up on technique... his youtube name is adamschlenker

[fekinel]

nice one

[maddlesnakes]

For all its simplicity, this video is actually a huge help- thanks.

[niibed]

good job. thank you. very easy and very nice :)

[roscoegino]

these ads are necessary but annoying

[JoshuaParkWM]

hey i have a question. when you are going arpeggio but you want to play with your pick, how do you play it? I tried to go alternate picking, but way too many mistakes. Do I need to just practice the heck out of it or go with some difference picking pattern? for example, you wanna play the strings 6-32-31-23-1231 and then 6. it's really hard to accurately hit the 6th string because when you're playing the bass not the second time, it's an up-picking. I wonder how others do it.