holding a guitar pick is always an interesting topic before even we jump into the discussion we have also take into consideration about the lead playing or rhythm playing. Both are different styles of playing guitar and requires two different techniques of holding the pick which we will focus on this discussion forum. HOW TO HOLD A GUITAR PICK WHILE PLAYING RHYTHM GUITAR Considering you are a right hand guitar player, While playing rhythm guitar you must hold the pick between your right hand thumb and index finger as shown in below picture. HOW TO HOLD A GUITAR PICK WHILE PLAYING LEAD GUITAR If you are playing lead guitar then you must hold the pick as shown in the below picture that helps you