How to play more string with guitar pick?

I can play Nothing else matter my metallica on classical guitar, and now I’d like to try on electrical with a guitar pick. But I don’t understand how to play 2 or more notes at once, for example on classical I pluck with my fingers both high E and low E string. But if I use guitar pick I can’t pick both string at a time, so how to do it?

Usually your going to be playing adjacent guitar strings when you play them with a pick, like if you play a chord. Some songs it would be better to fingerpick, like the example you gave with the note being on the 1st and 6th string. But otherwise, you’d just have to pick out 1 note and/or adjacent notes and leave the other notes to another guitarist (if the notes are supposed to sound at the same time). If they’re not sounding at the same time, but just quickly behind one another, you just have to coordinate your picking. Maybe you’d hit the 6th string on a downstroke, and the 1st string on the upstroke. With practice, you’ll find the best and quickest method for what your trying to play.

edit:
If you need to play the E strings at the same time open, what you could do is mute the strings in between (A,D,G,B) with your fretting fingers while you play the 2 open E strings like a chord.
Good luck!

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  • RIPDimeCFH says:

    Usually your going to be playing adjacent guitar strings when you play them with a pick, like if you play a chord. Some songs it would be better to fingerpick, like the example you gave with the note being on the 1st and 6th string. But otherwise, you’d just have to pick out 1 note and/or adjacent notes and leave the other notes to another guitarist (if the notes are supposed to sound at the same time). If they’re not sounding at the same time, but just quickly behind one another, you just have to coordinate your picking. Maybe you’d hit the 6th string on a downstroke, and the 1st string on the upstroke. With practice, you’ll find the best and quickest method for what your trying to play.

    edit:
    If you need to play the E strings at the same time open, what you could do is mute the strings in between (A,D,G,B) with your fretting fingers while you play the 2 open E strings like a chord.
    Good luck!
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