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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Sep 6 2007, 02:27 AM
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If the pick is slipping in your hand, try out some Clayton Picks.
I use the .50 MM here: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Cla...icks?sku=110419 |
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Jan 30 2008, 09:02 AM
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If the pick is slipping in your hand, try out some Clayton Picks. I use the .50 MM here: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Cla...icks?sku=110419 .50 mm really!? wow! thats must feel like a limp chicken. i use 3 mm big stubbies, and think they are too thin. to each his own i guess. after countless experiments with different pick sizes and shapes, and ways of holding them, this is what i found out. if you are going for speed, and articulation, the thicker, and stiffer, the better. pointy picks are better then rounded ones. better for cutting through the string, fewer snags. how you hold it is of great importance. there really is a right way, and all the rest are simply wrong. again, i underscore, strictly for speed, holding the pick between thumb and first knuckle of the index finger, angled slightly to the plane of the strings, is the right way. also, the rest of the fingers should be curled gently under (ala pavel). the reason for that is simple physics. the smaller the fulcrum (ie the distance between the wrist, the pivot point, and the tip of your hand), the less torque you need to apply to achieve the same angular velocity. the faster you can play. also pivoting with the wrist is a lot better, faster, and more controllable, and accurate then pivoting from the elbow. and the most important thing i learned is, the more relaxed the hand is, the faster you can play. that comes only through countless hours of playing slow to build up muscle memory. boris |
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