| ign="center"> | | | | 3. Decide on what guitar pick size to use. Not |
| Learning how to really pick like a professional on | | | | everyone has the same preference for guitar |
| your guitar is an essential lesson for playing really | | | | pick sizes, so you really need to decide for |
| powerful death metal guitar. Most of the verses | | | | yourself. Try out a few different thicknesses and |
| and intros of common tunes are comprised of | | | | shapes to see what really benefits your style of |
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| banging. | | | | 4. Practice consistent double picking. If you're not |
| Professional metal guitarists have usually been | | | | already, you should be double picking, which is |
| playing for years to develop the speed and skill | | | | striking the string as you push it down and when |
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| metal guitar-picking. | | | | 5. Remove your left hand from the equation. |
| 1. Choke up on the guitar pick. Make some small | | | | Having more than you can handle in one song isn't |
| adjustments as to where your fingers feel the | | | | that fun, so sometimes you need to remove the |
| most comfortable holding the guitar pick. You | | | | fret hand. Just let your picking hand work for |
| might find that choking up on the pick, closer to | | | | awhile and add the other to see if you've singled |
| the strings, gives you more control and power to | | | | out your picking long enough. |
| your picking. | | | | There are a lot of lessons to be studied about |
| 2. Move only your wrist or even just your fingers. | | | | death metal guitar that differs from other genres, |
| Learning the lesson about keeping all the | | | | but having a hard work-ethic will always be |
| movement in your wrist or even down to your | | | | important for any style. Try out these tips and be |
| fingers is a good one to learn. In death metal | | | | dedicated to improving your picking to a fast and |
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| equation. | | | | stage. |