Australian Guitar

STRING SKIPPING

This special tutorial focuses on the art of string skipping with a pick. The aim is to develop your picking hand accuracy and also to provide you with some interesting new soloing ideas.

String skipping is a simple concept: the notes you play are on non-adjacent strings, so you have to ‘skip’ over certain strings as you play – and this calls for accurate picking. We’re focusing on lead guitar uses the technique extensively.

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