12 Essential Techniques to Practice
Practice 12 guitar techniques, from picking to arpeggios
12 Essential Techniques to Practice is a short online guitar technique course taught by GuitarZoom Master Instructor Steve Stine. You learn picking basics like scratching, bouncing, down-picking and alternate picking, plus warm-ups, scale positions, arpeggios and finger-picking. The course has 12 short technique lessons plus an introduction, about half an hour of video, and a 14-page PDF book.
What 12 Essential Techniques to Practice is about
Steve breaks every skill into simple steps you can follow. In this video, he teaches the bouncing technique.
Free preview lesson: Bouncing · 2:11
Is 12 Essential Techniques to Practice right for you?
- Beginners. The lessons start with simple picking motions like scratching and bouncing.
- Players without a practice plan. The course gives you 12 techniques to work into your practice.
- Players short on time. Most lessons are under four minutes long.
- Players working on their picking. Several lessons focus on down-picking and alternate picking.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Practice scratching and bouncing with the picking hand
- Practice down-picking
- Use alternate picking on a single-string scale
- Use a warm-up exercise
- Practice the 20-second exercise
- Practice scale positions and arpeggios
- Get started with finger-picking
What the course covers
The full lesson list is below.
12 essential techniques
Scratching, bouncing, down-picking, alternate picking on a single-string scale, a warm-up exercise, the 20-second exercise, meandering, scale position playing, arpeggio practice, vocal techniques and finger-picking.
Learn at your own pace
Clear video lessons
Every move is shown up close. Pause, rewind and repeat each lesson as often as you need.
Practice materials
Includes 14-page PDF book. Use them to practice what you learn in each lesson.
Yours for life
Pay once and come back any time, on your computer, tablet or phone. No subscription.
Steve Stine
Steve has taught guitar for more than 30 years and has helped millions of players in over 100 countries. He has a Music Education degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead and taught guitar at North Dakota State University. He's known for breaking hard things into simple steps you can follow. Read Steve's full story
What students say about Steve's teaching
Excellent · 4.8 out of 5 on TrustpilotRead our reviews"Steve does it in a nice, concise way, not too fast, not too slow."
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"The content and the video quality are both extremely awesome."
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"I find that I'm playing faster and with great confidence."
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"I love the way that Steve explained things and shows how to become better."
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"It made a difference, it was worth the money. Thank you."
Kevin W.United States
"This is absolutely one of the best classes I've ever taken."
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12 Essential Techniques to Practice questions
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Where to go after 12 Essential Techniques to Practice
Warm Up Routine
Stretching, pre-practice and legato warm-ups, plus 18 down and alternate picking exercises and G major scale picking.
Ultimate Practice Routine
A practice plan in four paths: core technique, learning from songs, fretboard and theory awareness, and creativity.
Picking Booster
Warm-ups, finger combinations, economy and legato picking, metronome drills and bursting for building picking speed.
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