Originally Posted by: jessica325can someone explain to me how picking is done. i can only play two songs which involve the lowest e string the white strips - 7 nation army and the intro of deep purple- smoke on the water
ive searched up other songs but on some u have to use all 6 strings and i only have 4 fingers that are able to play and a thumb to hold up the guitar lol and then there is songs that have the a string on the second fret and the e string on the 6 fret and my fingers cant reach that far lol can someone help me :( :o :confused:

this will sound strange, but keep practicing, ive been playing for 2 years now, im not that great, but over that time, my hands couldnt really stretch that well eitehr, but over time, the small muscles in your hand will get stronger, and expand, youll improve, just gradually. now, it takes a while to learn the chords, but practice them alot too, your not gonna learn in one year. some chords do require like the full 6 strings to be covered, that requires normally one finger to hold 1 full fret down, and the other three to hold sepearate imagine this (223452) those being frets (ps, if that is a chord, then haha)
i started with smoke on the water, then to beatles day tripper, then to like iron man, just start with simple songs until you catch what your doing