So, departing from the focus of most free acoustic guitar lessons, we will look at a few ways of working with the right hand to allow it to become more expressive and to give you more control over your picking and strumming. First, I should mention something that if you are new to the acoustic guitar, you might not know about: if you try to play fast, you will almost certainly lose volume.

This loss of volume needs to be compensated for if you really feel that you need that extra bit of speed. To add volume to fast passages, you must add force to your picking or strumming. This does not necessarily mean that you need to tense your right arm. You could slow down your playing and focus on accuracy. You watch how you pick or strum and make sure that your playing is a series of movements that go from one to the other without hesitation and without having to close your eyes and hope you hit the right strings.