What pick grip do you use? Poll.
I often notice that the "correct grip" is supposed to be where one curls the index finger in and the pick is being held by the thumb and the SIDE of the index finger. In all my years of playing I...
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Went to the "Live and Kickin'" Willie Nelson concert in Fort Worth last week. He rides Trigger hard and picks with that straight-on pencil? grip. He uses his middle, ring, and pinky fingers like a...
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I use a bottom thumb/side of index finger exclusively pick grip.My thumb is hanging past the pick just a little. I like this in case I need to pluck a string with my thumb and fingers with the pick...
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Maybe it has something to do with the shape of the hand? When I've tried to do the "standard grip" the pick seems to be fixed in one postion and it is angled and the tone is not good and I can't...
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I'm with Steve Gage.When I strum, I'm "correct". When I pick, I'm "pencil"Does that make me a "correct pencil"That's not euphamism like "boning a woody" is it???
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I used to use the pencil grip and also anchor my hand on the pick guard with my little finger. I played the electric for many years and thought this was the way to go. However after becoming a...
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Could you post the link for the instructions? I'd be interested especially in the part about not anchoring. I sometimes anchor in tricky passages for control although not always.I just noticed on...
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Hummous, one of the first problems in the change over as you mentioned earlier was the loss of tone or the finesse of the string attack. It felt bad and sounded bad! This will improve over time as...
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D28GEMIKE,By the way I also sometimes do the Dan Crary 3 finger hold.Thanks for the post. Actually I can hold the pick standard with a mandolin easily with no pain and I'm not at all spastic when...
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bottom of thumb, side of index. Use donlop tortex 88 and 96 mm. No problems, pinky of pick hand rests lightly on the guard and moves as it needs to. Try to keep a good bit of the action end of the...
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All of these posts from different guitar players begs the question:Is there really a 'correct' way to hold a pick? If so, who decides which grip is correct?It still interesting to describe different...
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I use the "standard" grip, all the time...rythmn and lead. (thats the thumb and side of index finger, with the finger curled in...and the thumb parallel to the strings)Mike
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Very interesting thread, I guess perhaps we should use the term "standard" rather than "correct" grip. It does seem from the posts that most people except myself and a minority are more comfortable...
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I use thumb & side of index finger at all times. I also started using the "free form" right hadn technique where you don't rest your right hand on the bridge or brace your pinky on the top. It was...
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I started the thread because I noticed that my picking style is not "standard" but since I started the thread I've done some searches and discovered that there are lots of famous speedy pencil...
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Just as an aside, Steve Kaufman, a pretty fair bluegrass picker is the first person I learned from about the pinky as a moveable guide on the pickguard. At first I tried it selfconsciously and it...
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Now that I think about it, I look pretty much like what some call the "correct" method, described in posts above -- thumb and side of a bent index finger. Ken
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Well, now we are turning to the "pinky" thingy! lol!My pinky does in fact stay in contact with the pick guard all the time I am playing. Its a "depth guide" when playing rythmn and an anchor when...
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Speaking of technique, has anyone seen up close how Tim Stafford of Blue Highway holds his pick, and how he holds his right hand?He said he got to playing that way because of learning to play the...
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Here's how I do it:Bryan's right handA single photo from that page:
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