The Secret to Fast & Clean Picking (Starts With Your Grip)

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Timelines:
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - What's the video about
0:54 - Why is it important to hold your pick right?
1:19 - Best pick for metal
1:48 - How to hold your pick
2:29 - Angle your pick up/down
2:50 - Angle your pick sideways
3:15 - Playing examples
4:00 - Summarizing
4:42 - Down picking
5:00 - Alternate picking
5:40 - Palm muting
6:12 - Experiment yourself
6:40 - Mistake 1: Holding pick too tight
7:38 - Mistake 2: Exposing pick too much
8:09 - Mistake 3: Wrong pick angle
8:20 - Amon Amarth - Pursuit Of Vikings
9:27 - Amon Amarth - Cry Of The Black Birds
10:00 - Outro & last words

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