Basic Motions for Lead Guitar

If you ever hear or see Yngwie Malmsteen play techniques like speed picking, speed legato, or sweeping arpeggio. Or ever see Paul Gilbert plays very fast legato. They play it very clean, precission, without felt stiff , even impressed easy going. After see it you surely will think, how he can do it?
The first step that must you knowing are you must control basic motions before.
After control elementary movement, you will be easier to develop your ability for more difficult technique. Most beginner often disregard this part, most of they wish immediately control difficult technique, nevertheless forget to train elementary movement truly, as a consequence they found resistance when will study other technique. One point that must remembered that in learning primary matter is process, and all of that must start with systematic, even require much times. Also in studying lead guitar technique that consist of quite difficult technique. Required patience to be able to control it, because we will start systematically from easiest till the most difficult.

There are two basic motions, that is for right hand and left hand.

For Right Hand.
Right hand haves function to pluck every strings . Every guitarist have different hold pick position. Nevertheless, in general, pick are held between thumb and the index finger. When pluck strings makes movement as minimum as possible, this will good for when we play speed picking, don't make movement too far. There are three ways for alternate picking. :


1. Movement by nudge - This Way inadvisable because require sufficient muscle adjustment.

2. Movement by wrist hand- its very suited for speed picking technique, because we exploit wrist pliability to pluck, this make more efficient.

3. Movement by finger- its only uses thumb and the index finger movement. This method suited for legato technique.


For Left Hand

Left hand haves function to play every note that played above fretboard. There are two positions when you grasp neck . First, p grasps neck position with thumb reside in neck back, this position good for creates wide finger range, more than anything else when play a part legato. Second, grasps neck position with thumb hooked over the top, this position good for gave strength when conduct strings bending. When play note or legato, don't lift finger too high, keep distance between finger and fretboard, because if you lifted finger too far, it would be eat time and get into the habit that will pursue for ability development up at speed technique. Its caused by when you play speed picking, you require efficient finger movement to play note with fast duration

After find basic motions position that correctness, you can continue to next lesson------> Alternate Picking.