Hi Guys and Gals,
I need some advice on how to improve my picking accuracy. I am good when moving through adjacent strings when I am practicing a scale, but when I run into a bit of trouble is when I have to skip over strings. My accuracy is a bit off sometimes. Do you have any suggestions on practice routines or a particular lesson on this site to help improve my pick accuracy? Many Thanks, -KS
I'd be happy to share what worked for me. Not sure what stage of your guitar journey you're in, so apologies if anything I say is redundant for ya 🙂
The first step is to focus on getting your picking hand technique consistent. There are plenty of "right" ways to do it; anchor your fingers on the pickguard, anchor palm on the bridge, float your hand and don't anchor at all. The technique you choose is less relevant than the act of simply choosing one and honing it. Once I started to pay attention to my right hand more, and specifically to how I was picking, I dialed in the technique that worked best for me which allowed me to consistently and deliberately work on picking accuracy.
Once you have that figured out, you could work on string skipping drills. Practice them slowly and deliberately, focusing on consistent right hand technique. I don't have any specific exercises in mind, but a quick google brought me here. https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/1064/what-is-a-string-skipping-exercise There are plenty of resources out there if you just google "string skipping exercise" or something along those lines.
Hopefully that helps!
Thanks @elliotsperlinggmail-com . I have been looking into different methods and have been working on the "Old Grimes" lesson that Devin has posted.
First work on accuracy at slow speed then gradually increase your speed.
