How Do You Hold A Pick?, Pictures welcome
Ayen
Aug 31 2007, 02:23 PM
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I was wondering how everyone here holds their picks. I hold mine in my own way, but that might not be the best for speed. Could anyone show me a different way to hold it?

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Pavel
Sep 2 2007, 06:04 AM
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It's best if you start and get used to one certain style. Than you won't have to relearn later! It's not good to plan on changing picking style or any part of technique. Every change is a pain in the ass and a waste of time so better learn it one way and stick to it for the rest of your life.

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QUOTE (Pavel @ Sep 2 2007, 12:04 AM) *
It's best if you start and get used to one certain style. Than you won't have to relearn later! It's not good to plan on changing picking style or any part of technique. Every change is a pain in the ass and a waste of time so better learn it one way and stick to it for the rest of your life.


remember "Animal Farm". "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others." In this case it is all "All changes are a pain in the ass, but some changes are more of a pain in the ass than others".

QUOTE (Juan M. Valero @ Aug 31 2007, 12:04 PM) *
Why doesn't it sounded too bad? simply what I wanted to say is that the most important isn't how you hold the pick. The most important is the movement of your wrist. Without a good wrist move you cannot find a good sound.


Sorry to go off on a tangent a bit, but what is your philosophy here, regarding wrist. At higher speeds, at least what I consider higher speeds, say 200bpm 16th notes, I find myself playing with my lower arm, the pivot point being the elbow. My wrist is fairly fixed. I think we will have some opinions on this, regarding playing that way, or with wrist movement.

edit: even so at slower speeds, I find this sort of kicking in at about 140, and certainly by 17.


EDIT &2 Wow! I had a typo, and due to that had a seriously vulgar phrase, fixed it, sorry, absolutely unintentional.

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QUOTE (fkalich @ Sep 2 2007, 07:21 AM) *
Wow! I had a typo, and due to that had a seriously vulgar phrase, fixed it, sorry, absolutely unintentional.



Don't worry wink.gif I like learning new bad-sounding words biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

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- Ayen   How Do You Hold A Pick?   Aug 31 2007, 02:23 PM
- - shredmandan   I hold a pick like this. My thumb leaves about 20...   Aug 31 2007, 02:31 PM
- - Ayen   Sure does, thanks for the picture. I usually held ...   Aug 31 2007, 02:43 PM
|- - shredmandan   QUOTE (Ayen @ Aug 31 2007, 09:43 AM) Sure...   Aug 31 2007, 02:46 PM
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- - fkalich   QUOTE (Ayen @ Aug 31 2007, 08:23 AM) I wa...   Aug 31 2007, 02:45 PM
- - Ayen   QUOTE (fkalich @ Aug 31 2007, 02:45 PM) l...   Aug 31 2007, 02:52 PM
|- - fkalich   QUOTE (Ayen @ Aug 31 2007, 08:52 AM) Than...   Aug 31 2007, 03:03 PM
|- - Andrew Cockburn   QUOTE (fkalich @ Aug 31 2007, 10:03 AM) A...   Aug 31 2007, 08:49 PM
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- - Ayen   It doesn't sound narrow-minded at all, fkalich...   Aug 31 2007, 03:22 PM
|- - fkalich   QUOTE (Ayen @ Aug 31 2007, 09:22 AM) It d...   Aug 31 2007, 03:58 PM
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- - Ayen   Oh, I think I see what you mean here. I was way of...   Aug 31 2007, 04:09 PM
- - Juan M. Valero   It's not really important how you hold the pic...   Aug 31 2007, 04:19 PM
|- - fkalich   QUOTE (Juan M. Valero @ Aug 31 2007, 10:1...   Aug 31 2007, 04:42 PM
|- - MickeM   QUOTE (Juan M. Valero @ Aug 31 2007, 05:1...   Aug 31 2007, 04:55 PM
|- - SLASH91   QUOTE (Juan M. Valero @ Aug 31 2007, 10:1...   Sep 3 2007, 04:41 AM
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- - Juan M. Valero   Ok, wait a moment please XD I want to explain tha...   Aug 31 2007, 06:04 PM
- - KRmachine   I've changed my picking hand twice, and i thin...   Sep 1 2007, 09:40 AM
- - Jared   For someone just starting out, is it a good idea t...   Sep 2 2007, 03:57 AM
|- - MickeM   QUOTE (Jared @ Sep 2 2007, 04:57 AM) For ...   Sep 2 2007, 05:32 AM
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|- - shredmandan   QUOTE (Pavel @ Sep 2 2007, 01:04 AM) It...   Sep 2 2007, 06:12 AM
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|- - MickeM   QUOTE (Pavel @ Sep 2 2007, 07:04 AM) It...   Sep 5 2007, 05:29 AM
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- - Ayen   Well I've just checked out Pavel's Ionian ...   Sep 5 2007, 10:41 AM
|- - fkalich   QUOTE (Ayen @ Sep 5 2007, 04:41 AM) Well ...   Sep 5 2007, 11:13 AM
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- - Ayen   Glad to have that cleared up, I was dreading the i...   Sep 5 2007, 11:16 AM
- - buttmonk   Hi all, Any thoughts on pick size? I use a normal...   Sep 6 2007, 02:17 AM
- - Ayen   If the pick is slipping in your hand, try out some...   Sep 6 2007, 02:27 AM
|- - ch00ch00man   QUOTE (Ayen @ Sep 5 2007, 09:27 PM) If th...   Jan 30 2008, 09:02 AM
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- - Evan   I've been thinking about this subject a lot la...   Sep 7 2007, 12:00 AM
- - Bulletproof   Interesting topic. to be honest...I usually hold m...   Oct 19 2007, 06:57 AM
- - PlayAllDay   I hold my pick with side of finger and thumb - no ...   Oct 19 2007, 07:18 AM
|- - Andrew Cockburn   QUOTE (PlayAllDay @ Oct 19 2007, 01:18 AM...   Jan 29 2008, 10:18 PM
|- - Henkka   QUOTE (Andrew Cockburn @ Jan 29 2008, 11...   Jan 29 2008, 10:51 PM
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- - Melvyn   My picking is wierd, i use my Middle finger and th...   Jan 29 2008, 02:59 PM
- - Dejan   I never thought on how I hold a pick I just hol...   Jan 29 2008, 10:32 PM
- - Bali   I've been through the most amazing changes t...   Jan 29 2008, 10:45 PM
- - Mr T   Funny that you all should write. I've also rec...   Jan 30 2008, 12:34 AM
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