Learn hybrid picking with this in-depth guitar lesson
Blair Dunlop shows you an essential acoustic technique
Brit folk guitarist Blair Dunlop is a dab hand at acoustic picking, as his latest album, Gilded, attests, combining traditional folk techniques with a dash of electric guitar and contemporary musings.
Blair sat down with his Tanglewood TSM1 to share some tips on that most coveted of picking techniques: hybrid picking, where the pick and fingers are used simultaneously.
In the video above, Blair shares the knowledge, using his song No Go Zones as an example of the technique in action.
Blair Dunlop's new album, Gilded, is out now via Gilded Wings Records. Look out for more from Blair in the Summer edition of Guitarist Presents Acoustic, where you can also win one of three Tanglewood Crossroads guitars.
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Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and 15 years' experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. His writing also appears in the The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.
