Comping & Hybrid Picking Rhythm Guitar Techniques

Andrew answer's a viewer's question...

"I have played guitar for 3 years and strumming with a pick is all that I mainly do when it comes to the playing hand. I have tried strumming with my fingers but, I prefer a pick. I keep hearing of two techniques that do not make sense to me and none of my friends who play guitar around where I live know much about them, because they all do not use a pick.

The techniques are called the, Hybrid technique, and the, Comping technique. I have read a few things online and watched a few YouTube videos about each one, but since I trust your knowledge and teaching abilities above most others, (because you went to G.I.T.), I would really like to hear you explain each one of these in a video."

Thank you very much,
Hector - Cordoba, Argentina

Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio takes a good look at the techniques of Comping and Hybrid Picking. Plenty of demonstrations as well as practice exercises are discussed.


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[psychopathtoine]

I'm so happy i found your channel!! finally someone who doesn't just play a lick and explains how to play that. I like that you really explain the technique. 5 Stars!!

[ambassador7]

By far the best guitar teacher I have found on YouTube.

Thanks. I think I will be spending quite a bit of time looking through th rest of your stuff!!

[t3tsuyaguy1]

@psychopathtoine You may also enjoy a chap named Justin Sandercoe.

[EmoGuitarSceneKidxP]

@ambassador7 i agree, like on his "how to restring a floyd rose tremolo" lesson he is detailed and helpful, everyone else is just like "undo the nut restring it put the nut back on and done" and its like, oh thanks you just didnt help me at all, 5 stars for this teacher

[yonkeythedonkey]

Heheheh "playing sTuperstition by Stevie Wonder"

[NoiseMostBeautiful]

I'm absolutely facinated by the rhythm side of the electric guitar, and am concentrating my 1st efforts at learning the instrument on that. Do you find you have to adjust your output tone when you go hybrid style, by that I mean do you have to adjust down the low or bass and up the trebble so your finger picked notes stand out more? Perhaps I am asking this because my fingernails are too short and can't get the same sound I can from the pick. Thanks for this video.

[tylatylaBill]

I never sign into my account, but use youtube all the time, so i just came to say you're a great teacher.

[ottou22]

Dear Andrew, a lot of great guitar players don't use nails with hybrid picking, for example : Tommy Emmanuel. Having even short nails are certainly not necessary to play well.

[OsamasInferno360]

@ankitrajmasihyoutub1 depends on what you mean difference. Like kharlos84 said, it will provide a warmer tone with less treble and attack, like the tone knob was turned down. If you used pick, you have less fingers to use for comping.

[kharlos84]

@ankitrajmasihyoutub1 tone..... maybe

[ankitrajmasihyoutub1]

what if i use my thumb instead of pick...??

will it make any difference......??

[tayrobinson123]

Thank you sir! You are a really great teacher! :)