In utter frustration, I threw it across the room...
The pick that is, not my Martin! It's been more than a year ago that I started practicing using a pick, and practicing and practicing and.... But it's no use, I just stink with a pick. It's...
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Just because you're taking classical lessons doesn't mean that you have to let your teacher bottleneck you into a rigid disciplined kind of playing. I mean your goal here is not to be a concert...
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I want to also gently "suggest" to classical guitarists... When they teach "technique" to classical guitar students, they seem to "brainwash" them into thinking that the way Andres Segovia held a...
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HOW IRONIC!!This morning I'm watching a Dan Crary instructional video... and he mentioned how he uses his thumb to fret notes over the top of the neck... he said it's a "rule" that can be broken and...
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UIA, yep I remember our exchanges. Working on "Trip to Mabou Ridge" from that JS video these days. I actually have a few Celtic tunes I am working at flatpicking in varying degrees of development. I...
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I do agree with all of the above in that rules are meant to be broken and that ultimately you can develop your own style. Nevertheless, I have to say the way one holds the hands is somewhat determined...
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I say that anything you learn that is useful justifies the experience. Em9... I love the tune Matty Groves... There's a version on the DocFest tribute to Doc Watson CD that has a good version. The...
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Quote: might have to do with me being left-handed. I play righthanded, and do fairly well at it...fingerpicking that is. Perhaps the fact that a pick is in my right hand, my least coordinated hand,...
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I can't flatpick either, i can't even strum with a pick. it's driven me crazy for years. A friend of mine flatpicks excellently and whenever he plays one of my guitars the thing just sounds so much...
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Quote:I have 60 of the horrible little plastic things and none of them are any good. But the next one I buy is always going to be the ONE and it'll all fall into place instead of falling down the...
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UIA, just about finished with Trip to Mabou Ridge except for the polishing. My goal is to complete the Medley on the Scheter Video that starts with Mabou Ridge tune. I am about halfway through one of...
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Jeff Beck doesn't use a pick and he can hold his own with any flat picker.
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And don't forget Mark Knopfler!!!
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P&W, I feel your pain - and frustration. I tried to play guitar with a pick for years and never seemed to get to a point where I felt comfortable holding the thing. Just figured I wasn't cut out...
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Hey powerandwisdom, I started out playing bass guitar both finger-style and with a heavy Fender triangle pick, depending on the feel of each song. Now I play 6-string both ways too, depending on the...
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Quote:Jeff Beck doesn't use a pick and he can hold his own with any flat picker. Of course he can! I never meant to infer that flatpickers are "better." It's different, not "better." I am in absolute...
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The best of all possible solutions for the antiflat pick dilemma is the thumb pick! You can strum with it, flatpick with it, and of course finger pick with it like a made dog. Once you grow comfy with...
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I am going thru the same experience trying to learn to flatpick. A couple of nights ago I was ready to give up. But I decided to try something, and within an hour I was in love with flatpicking again....
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It's interesting to me that someone has difficulty flatpicking inasmuch as it is all that I have been (relatively) good at.I, on the other hand, have struggled mightily with fingerpicking. I admire...
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It is easier to learn with a thinner picks. I have all my students play with medium or thinner picks. Thick picks have no give and a very difficult when trying to learn. Later on they can move up to a...
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I started out classical and have never been comfortable with a pick. I strum with my fingers too...ouch.I did have better luck however with Clayton Gold picks that were at least 1.00 mm.
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