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Oct 24 2017, 08:02 PM
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Hello folks,
I've always tried to, (and I don't really know why) keep my pick parallel to my strings. In this week's Livestream with Kris, I noticed that as he was shredding and went to the higher (thinner) strings, his pick kind of changed angle to between 30 and 45 degrees from parallel. To demonstrate this to yourself, put your picking hand on the bridge so that a flat pick sits on the bass E sitting flat on the string, (neck and and bridge end of the pick lying on the string. Now keep the flesh of your hand on the same part of the bridge as though there is a pin through the hand, connected to the bridge and rotate until you get to the high E. That's the kind of angle I'm talking about, not the hand position, that's just for this demo. So if you imagine a clock face with 12'o'clock pointing to the floor, on the bass E your pick would be pointing to 9'o'clock and by the time you get to the high E your pick angle would be like the minute hand at 10 or 11'o'clock. My question is, have I been hindering myself all this time? I'm going to experiment a little bit but I've been trying to keep it parallel for so long it may be tricky. Apart from my question, I thought this might make a good discussion  Cheers folks. -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE  “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Oct 24 2017, 09:45 PM
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Thanks Mertay,
I'm working on pickng with Gab at the moment, he hasn't spotted anything and said my right hand picking is fine.. I guess it's whatever works for you. When Kris was on the thin strings the pick was traversing diagonally across each string but I don't think it was on the wound strings. Cheers This post has been edited by Phil66: Oct 27 2017, 05:00 PM -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Oct 24 2017, 09:56 PM
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Thanks Todd,
You may have missed my post immediately above yours as you posted a split second after me. Cheers -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Oct 24 2017, 10:07 PM
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Hmmmmm, my cheap and cheerful Peavey Telecaster copy makes a kind of whistling sound as the pick hits the B string on my current alternate picking practise lesson, no other guitar does, if you make your mouth like you are going to whistle and move your tongue backwards and forwards quickly (not using breath) you will get a similar sound.
Cheers -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Oct 24 2017, 10:16 PM
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That might be a harmonic spot on the string, so extra pick angle+where you hit the string makes a difference in tone. Good example.
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Oct 25 2017, 12:45 PM
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Yeah that's it Kris, look at the lock angle on the unwound strings. Much more than on the wound ones.
When I've been trying to keep it pretty flat across all strings I have to shuffle my hand across the bridge to help maintain parallelism. Cheers QUOTE (Mertay @ Oct 24 2017, 10:16 PM)  That might be a harmonic spot on the string, so extra pick angle+where you hit the string makes a difference in tone. Good example. Ahh, I hadn't thought about that. Makes sense. Every day is a school day eh? 
-------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Oct 25 2017, 03:48 PM
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Personally I have no rules on this. I change pick angle all the time. It's a varible thing. Only general thing is - the smaller angle, the more tone and less pick noise.
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Oct 25 2017, 09:36 PM
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QUOTE (Darius Wave @ Oct 25 2017, 03:48 PM) the smaller angle, the more tone and less pick noise. So this is due to less angle being more of a "pure" pluck of the string (like a harpsichord) than a scrape diagonally along the string and off? Thanks people, this is getting interesting
-------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Oct 26 2017, 12:38 PM
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How do you manage to think of all that while playing at blistering speed?
 Thanks for explain Kris This is interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNGhugyNcMY -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Oct 27 2017, 04:56 PM
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All these things become our habits. We don't think of this at all
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