How do I stop my guitar from playing the wrong strings?

Think about your overall pick-hand technique

1. Hold the pick differently. The pick should not be perpendicular to the strings, but come down at an angle.
2. Don’t rest your right-hand on the fretboard. (With the exception of muted notes.)
3. Relax your wrist.
4. Relax your grip.

Why do I keep breaking the same guitar string?

Guitar strings break because you’re using the wrong strings. Guitar strings are made to hold up to a lot of tension, so in most cases, repeat string breakage is due to a mechanical problem with the guitar itself. The best solution is to always use the right strings for the job.

How do I make my guitar more accurate?

Here are several simple ways to make your technique a lot more efficient for less guitar playing mistakes:

1. Keep the pick as close to the strings as possible between notes. Don’t let the pick move away from the strings unless you’re skipping strings.
2. Fret notes using the tips of your fingers.
3. Use a stiff guitar pick.

How do you pick without hitting the top of Your Strings?

Go for economy of motion. When you nail it, no part of the picking action is ‘extra,’ there is no hitting the guitar top or adjacent strings. The same thing works here. Play very slowly while transitioning as fast as you can do accurately.

Why do I keep hitting the strings I don’t want to hit?

If you’ve never properly practiced playing faster, or playing something technically complicated like arpeggios or string skipping patterns, your technique is going to be very sloppy, which is the only cause for hitting strings you don’t want to hit.

How do you nail a note without hitting the top?

Play some scale or lick very slowly—a note every one or two seconds, while transitioning to the next note as if you were playing very fast. Go for economy of motion. When you nail it, no part of the picking action is ‘extra,’ there is no hitting the guitar top or adjacent strings. The same thing works here.

How do you pick a note without feeling the string?

Whether flat picking or finger picking, always place your pick/finger on the string a fraction of a second before you play the note. Classical master Pepe Romero has said he never plays a note without first feeling the string under his fingertip. In practice, you do this slowly; at tempo, it translates into accuracy and certainty.