Aaron JaxonTeaching Bluegrass and Country Guitar

Amazing Flatpicking Exercise #guitar #acousticguitar #bluegrassguitar

10 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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In this short instructional segment, guitarist Aaron Jaxon presents a focused flatpicking exercise aimed at improving picking technique. He demonstrates a musical phrase and instructs the viewer to play the entire phrase twice: first starting each run with a downstroke, then repeating the phrase starting with an upstroke. He emphasizes practicing this dual‑stroke routine daily over an extended period, promising noticeable improvement in picking accuracy and fluidity.

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All right, here's a killer exercise for developing your flatpicking technique, and it goes like this. So when you're practicing that, go through and play it starting with a downstroke, but then go through the whole thing and do it starting with an upstroke like this. And practice that every single day and stick with that over a period of time, and I promise you, you'll see an improvement in your picking technique.