Hybrid picking on guitar: this in-depth lesson will have you playing like a pro in no time

Close-up of picking hand on a Stratocaster-style electric guitar.

Guitarists are always searching for new ways to express their musical ideas on the instrument.

Be it a new chord voicing, scale, arpeggio, lick or riff, their attention is most often focused on the fretboard. But a lot of musical expression comes from the pick hand, where tone, dynamics, and the elusive touch factor are all produced in great part.