TG's going to take an educated guess here and say that if no-one's told you how to pick it's likely that you use downstrokes exclusively. This tends to be the default technique for new guitarists. Try ...

Guitar lessons: Compared to simple strumming, the beautiful and intricate sounds of fingerstyle acoustic guitar are a step up, technically speaking. Still, you shouldn’t be intimidated by this way of ...

If you're just starting out on guitar, or perhaps you've just taken your very first guitar out of its box and you're raring to get playing, this is the place to start. Here in the first of a series of ...