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Where should I look (fret board / picking hand) when playing single notes on guitar? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi, I'm new to playing guitar. I was practicing single notes of song (All we know, intro) and it is surprisingly difficult to pick right string at right time without looking at my picking hand.

So should I learn to press right notes blindly or picking blindly as I can't look at both simultaneously.

Strumming feels much easier as I only have to look at fretboard. I tried muting strings which I'm not playing but it sounds bad.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Eventually you won't have to look at the guitar at all, but it takes time. You'll learn to pick blindly before you learn to fret blindly.

Maybe try some easy riffs where you don't need to move the fretting hand very much and then focus on getting the picking in order. When you learn to palm mute, you'll always know where your picking hand is or you can rest your pinky on the pick guard or on other strings.

It really just takes practice to get a feel for it.

Something like "Wish you were here" by Pink Floyd might be a better starting point for picking practice.

"All we know" has a lot of large jumps on the picking hand, which makes it somewhat difficult to get right. It's easier to fret though.