How Do You Hold A Pick?, Pictures welcome |
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How Do You Hold A Pick?, Pictures welcome |
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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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Aug 31 2007, 03:58 PM |
It doesn't sound narrow-minded at all, fkalich. Just sounds like experienced advice from another person to me. From the way it sounds though, I hold the pick the way you're describing already. My explanation might not sound like it, but it seems it to me. Sadly, I don't have a camera to show you, but I could make a quick scribble in Photoshop if you want. As weird as it sounds, a lot of things I say come off sounding like I meant it in a sarcastic manner, something I assure you is not intended. Not to imply you see it this way, it's simply an observation I made, and a misunderstanding I'd like to avoid. Edited for misspellings. i did not take you as being sarcastic. here is a video some talked about last week. it shows you the basic way I am talking about. now I curl my index finger up even more than this personally. the key is holding it against the side of your index finger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFSgY8Be6Bw...ted&search= maybe you already do this, as you say. This post has been edited by fkalich: Aug 31 2007, 04:01 PM |
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Aug 31 2007, 04:09 PM
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Oh, I think I see what you mean here. I was way off. That video and Dan's picture clearly show what I need to be doing. Thanks guys, now I'm off to bed.
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Aug 31 2007, 04:19 PM |
It's not really important how you hold the pick, the most important is that you feel confortable. There are a lot of guitarrists that hold the pick with a horrible position, for instance Marty Frieman, hehehe, and that's not a problem for their picking.
You can see these video of my friend Toni Lloret (http://www.tonilloret.net/). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M64tpyluNg (Toni is a great guitar player from Spain, but it isn't his best video XD, but for this question is interesting) -------------------- |
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Aug 31 2007, 04:42 PM |
It's not really important how you hold the pick, the most important is that you feel confortable. There are a lot of guitarrists that hold the pick with a horrible position, for instance Marty Frieman, hehehe, and that's not a problem for their picking. You can see these video of my friend Toni Lloret (http://www.tonilloret.net/). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M64tpyluNg (Toni is a great guitar player from Spain, but it isn't his best video XD, but for this question is interesting) I don't agree. Regarding the video, he sounded crappy when he held it in bizarre manners. |
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Aug 31 2007, 04:55 PM |
It's not really important how you hold the pick, the most important is that you feel confortable. There are a lot of guitarrists that hold the pick with a horrible position, for instance Marty Frieman, hehehe, and that's not a problem for their picking. You can see these video of my friend Toni Lloret (http://www.tonilloret.net/). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M64tpyluNg (Toni is a great guitar player from Spain, but it isn't his best video XD, but for this question is interesting) I'm second to disagree. Been there, done that, held it the wrong way for years and years and thought it was right. But I felt staggered and changed my way of picking, very uncomfortable at first but after a while I noticed speed and accuracy increased enormously! I have posted a picture of my holding the pick somewhere, anyone who's eager will surely find it. -------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Aug 31 2007, 08:49 PM |
Andrew (the theory guy) held it in a different way for 20 years prior to coming to this site, but he change to the described method. Yes, I agree totally with fkalich - I got a lot more control and eventually a much more relaxed way of picking by changing to this method. Relaxation is incredibly important in high speed playing, so if you are even slightly tense it will impede your progress. Now I thought I was totally fine with the way I held the pick until others convinced me to try this way. Your mileage may vary, and it may not suit everyone, but if I hadn't tried it I would still be limiting myself, so you owe it to yourself to be aware of different ways out there and to try a few. If you then go back to your old way then fine at least you tried. For me, even after 30 years of playing, changing the way I held the pick wasn't a huge deal, I was used to it in a week or two. Then a little while after that I suddenly got a huge relaxation in my playing that helped me a lot. -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Sep 2 2007, 05:32 AM |
For someone just starting out, is it a good idea to go ahead and hold it as described and get used to it? Right now I'm trying it but since I'm still relatively new I'll probably have to have my pinky on the bridge as an anchor (as KRmachine described). That's a difficult question. If you can find the correct technique to satart with and develop it from there it's an advantage of course (disregard any typos, I'm using a different keyboard and can't get it right... maybe with some practice it will turn out to be faster than my regular keyboard lol) Holding it wrong tpo start with and change and nbotice improvement is proof of success. Starting with the right technique and improvement would probably come at such a slow pace it won't be noticable. I think you should really think about how you should hold your pick, starting now. Then after a few years you can try to improve it but if you get that part right no, the effort in the future wong be so hard, a change won't have that much impact. -------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Sep 2 2007, 06:04 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.
-------------------- "It isn't how many years you have been playing, it's how many hours." -- Prashant Aswani "PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!" -- Michael Angelo Batio Check out my video lessons and instructor board! |
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