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Topic: Which PICKIN' fingers do you use? |
Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 12 Mar 2008 8:52 pm |
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I just noticed during one of my many replays by JERRY BYRD........that he does a majority of his two string playing....using his thumb and pointer finger.
It was then I realized that I played that way for years, UNTIL, I attended one of Jeff Newman's Seminars wherein he stressed the use of the thumb and middle finger.
WHAT SAY YOU? Which two are your preference? |
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John Roche
From:
England
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Posted 13 Mar 2008 12:48 am
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Ray, I use any combination of thumb index and ring finger, and sometimes I involve my little finger for a strum. I work very hard on the finger picking . I try to pick complex patterns , they don't have to be musical but just awkward enough to make the fingers work different movements that they don't normally do.
I spend about two hours in the morning on this and play along with bunch of new songs in the afternoon.
I fill up the Mp3 player anything from country to jazz and classical , the classical is very suited to the steel as the movements are sometimes very slow and is a good way learn bar control, JR |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 13 Mar 2008 1:43 am
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For years I also have been playing with the thumb and first. I have lately been trying to RE learn to the thumb and middle as this gives the opportunity to add the FIRST in between if necessary.
I feel the thumb and middle is a much more natural and comfortable POSITION for the right hand, especially if you have the desire to really play at meter. |
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Brendan Mitchell
From:
Melbourne Australia
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Posted 13 Mar 2008 3:26 am
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| Mostly I use thumb and middle finger , it just feels natural to me . |
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2008 5:22 am
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Dobro, lap, pedal steel and banjo thumb and two fingerpicks.
6-string (electric and acoustic) I "hybrid pick" with a flatpick and my middle and ring fingers with no fingerpicks. I can use my ring finger like crazy when hybrid picking, but can't play steel (or anything else) with a fingerpick on it. It feels totally natural playing hybrid, but awkward with a pick on it.
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Carroll Hale
From:
EastTexas, USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2008 5:33 am pickers.................
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use several fingers/thumbs/picks....etc
whatever feels comfortable at the time
mostly thumb/mid finger.....
sometimes flat pick.....& mid finger....
diff strokes for diff folks...
ch |
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Bill Dobkins
From:
Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2008 6:31 am
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Strait pick and middle finger.DSFDF
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