Alternate fingerpicking exercises

1. How do you practice alternate picking?
2. What should I practice for fingerstyle guitar?
3. Is fingerpicking harder than flatpicking?

How do you practice alternate picking?

How to Practice These Exercises

1. Use a metronome. Practicing these exercises without a metronome will be as useful to your playing as watching a Jersey Shore marathon. ...
2. Practice slowly. ...
3. Watch your hands for efficiency and accuracy. ...
4. Accent different notes. ...
5. Experiment with picking directions. ...
6. Move it around.

What should I practice for fingerstyle guitar?

The 6 Essential Fingerpicking Guitar Exercises

1. Walking fingers on open strings: Walking fingers on simple C Major Scale: ...
2. Basic string crossing on open strings: String crossing across string sets: ...
3. Two fingers fingerpicking exercise on open strings: ...
4. Three fingers simultaneously: ...
5. Four fingers simultaneously:

Is fingerpicking harder than flatpicking?

Fingerpicking requires more dexterity in the beginning but pays off earlier as most people hearing even simple patterns think it sounds like the big time. Flatpicking is initially more direct and easier to grasp but takes much longer to get to a point that it sounds competent and entertaining.