Guitar Lesson #49: String Skipping


String skipping is a guitar-playing technique that is used mainly for solos and complex riffs in rock and heavy metal songs.

String skipping is a method of achieving a guitar sound that is different from more traditional solo riff styles. In more traditional styles, the guitarist will often play several notes on one string, then move to the adjacent one, noodling on the fretboard in a melodically linear manner. In string skipping (as the name implies), a string is often skipped during the riff.


String skips - Paul Gilbert





String skipping arpeggio - Paul Gilbert





Rhythm based string skipping lesson - Dave





String Skipping exercise - Paul Gilbert





String crossing and string skipping - Justin Sandercoe





How to string skip - Drew




How to play the riff o' the show: string skipping - Marc





String skipping licks from the song outworld - Rusty





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