Hi I have been trying the alternate picking exercises with a metronome as suggested but I can't play the notes on the beat, the metronome is at 60 bpm. I have previously also tried practicing with a metronome but I always stopped as it didn't seem to make any sense, I used to practice an exercise where I did muted strums on each beat such that the sound of the click got disappeared, but was not able to go anywhere beyond that. Any suggestions would be helpful
Hello Raghav
I too struggled with this at the beginning. Tap your foot along with the the 60bpm metronome. Every time your foot hits the floor. Down pick. Do this for a while.
Next every time your foot rises up to a stop, play an upstroke.
Use your foot as a training wheel till you don't need it anymore.
You'll do well :)
~peace