Hybrid Picking for Beginners

This is a great hybrid picking pattern to get started with, if you’ve never tried hybrid picking before. One of the biggest benefits of hybrid picking, in my mind at least, is that you gain the ability to pick multiple places at once – something you simply cannot do with just a pick.

Your pick is always limited to being in one place at one time, and if you want more than one string at once, you need to strum them. Sometimes, you simply can’t strum the strings, like with these widespread double stops that we’re playing today.

Our pattern starts out by playing the root note at the exact same time as the second string. I love the effect this produces – it gives a lot of depth and space to the sound which is really nice.