How You Hold The Pick |
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Feb 27 2011, 08:56 AM
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"Eric prefers to alternate pick most of his pentatonic ideas. He describes his slightly unconventional picking technique as alternate picking where he holds the pick at an angle to minimize friction and facilitate speed."
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Feb 27 2011, 03:06 PM
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I'm using a pretty standard techinque, with the pick between thumb and the side of the index finger.
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Feb 27 2011, 03:29 PM
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Between my thumb and side of the index finger, with my palm closed.
No fingers sticking out or anchoring. |
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Feb 27 2011, 10:31 PM
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My picking style is consistently evolving. I used to hold it between my thumb and the side of my index finger, but more so towards the tip of my finger (rather than the conventional style where it is between the tip and the knuckle on the side of the finger). I also kept the rest of my fingers 'fanned' out loosely. Eventually, I realized my picking technique was really limiting my playing. I noticed that my middle finger sometimes brushed the strings and would create unwanted noise and I wasn't as fast as I could have been.
I eventually came across an instructional video by Paul Gilbert where he explained his picking style and I've adopted the way he picks into my style. Basically, when I am playing metal rhythms and generally riffing, I hold the pick on the side of my index finger between the knuckle and the tip, with the rest of my fingers loose (since I noticed my problem of the fingers brushing the strings, that doesn't happen anymore, I guess because I'm more aware of it and I've made some minor adjustments to stop it from happening). Sometimes my loose fingers (I think mainly my middle finger, I don't have a guitar in my hands to check  ) act as an anchor depending on what I'm doing. Also, the pick strikes the strings at about a 45 degree angle. When I am getting into more technical stuff and soloing, I tend to use a mixture of what I just explained and a closed fist style, very similar to Gilbert.Here is the video: edit: did the video work for anyone? It's not showing up for me, but here is the link anyways: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpJNUGHxC3M This post has been edited by spacebran: Feb 27 2011, 10:37 PM |
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Feb 28 2011, 04:55 AM
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I hold the pick with my index finger and thumb with my other fingers dangling freely at the side.
QUOTE (spacebran @ Feb 27 2011, 03:31 PM)  edit: did the video work for anyone? It's not showing up for me, but here is the link anyways: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpJNUGHxC3M I didn't see the video. It was blank for me too. However, I just looked through the link. thanks for sharing that video! it gave me ideas about accenting notes! |
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Mar 4 2011, 01:32 AM
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Using several different techniques can be useful. For faster passages, clean wrist movement, with the palm semi-anchored to the bridge can produce very good precision. Playing with more dynamics require some picking from "the distance". In all cases, when hand is completely relaxed, it gives out the best tone. Using the palm weight when picking can also sound very natural.
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Mar 4 2011, 01:38 AM
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This is a great question. I get this one all the time. I finally took a picture of how I hold the pick when doing high speed/alternate picking/economic picking, etc. It's way easier than trying to describe it
 How you hold the pick, and how you address the string is crucial. QUOTE (Kristofer Dahl @ Feb 27 2011, 02:56 AM) "Eric prefers to alternate pick most of his pentatonic ideas. He describes his slightly unconventional picking technique as alternate picking where he holds the pick at an angle to minimize friction and facilitate speed." Check out Sinisa's new lesson, "Eric Johnson - Looking For The Tone", and then post a reply to today's topic. Sinisa's quote above describes Eric Johnson's technique on holding the pick. Is there a way that you specifically hold the pic? Why? |
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