1. Hold the pick between your thumb and first finger. 2. Use as little grip strength as you can. Grip too tight and your fingers will tire – and you'll keep dropping those picks!

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First of all, set your metronome to around 120 beats per minute (bpm) and pick an open string using all downstrokes. Then start using alternate picking on the open string at the same tempo. These ...

First get used to playing the eighth-note bassline using your pick to play downstrokes throughout. Next use the second, third and fourth fingers to pluck the notes on the top three strings. Notice ...

The Pick Punch looks and functions much like a hole punch except that rather than generating confetti it makes guitar picks! Losing picks is the bane of a guitarist's life.