How to Play Fast: Hybrid Picking

Hybrid picking is when you use both the pick and your fingers to pluck different strings.

Key:

D= Downstroke with pick
a= Pluck string with middle finger
b= Pluck string with ring finger
i= index finger
m= middle finger
r= ring finger
p= pinky

Figure 1


E-3---3---3---3---3---3---3-
B---7-------------------5---
G-------7-----------5-------
D-----------7---5-----------
A---------------------------
E---------------------------
  a D a D a D a D a D a D a

  i p i p i p i r i r i r i

Figure 2

Notice on the last chord, your pick plays at the same time as your middle and ring finger.


  
E-----7-----9-----10------12-------14-------15-------17-------18-19-
B---5-----7-----8------10-------12-------13-------15-------16----17-
G-4-----6-----7------9-------11-------12-------14-------15-------16-
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
  D a b D a b D a b D a b D a b D a b D a b D a b D a b D a b D a Dab

  i m p i m p i m p i m p i m p i m p i m p i m p i m p i m p i m imp

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