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Topic: Cross Pickin |
Bobby Hearn
From:
Henrietta, Tx
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Posted 3 Jun 2009 6:46 pm |
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| I've heard alot of guys talk about crosspickin and that its faster than thumb index middle. But I've experimented with triplets alternating index and middle on the same string and it seems to be smoother. |
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Ulric Utsi-Åhlin
From:
Sweden
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Posted 3 Jun 2009 11:44 pm
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| Brings back memories,remember Frank Gambales "Sweep Picking" guitar technique of mid 80´s..?..McUtsi |
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Russ Wever
From:
Kansas City
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Posted 4 Jun 2009 1:35 am
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 4 Jun 2009 7:50 am
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Bobby, what works best for you is what you should use. There are no "hard-fast" rules when it comes to playing this thing, and different players successfully use different methods. What really counts is the end product, the music.
How a player plays or what he uses is of little concern to me. Because quite often, I find these factors are unrelated to how good he sounds. |
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Steve Broatch
From:
Newcastle, England
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Posted 4 Jun 2009 8:41 am
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I've always picked like that. I've never been shown 'the' way to pick on steel and that's what came naturally to me. I thought it was probably classed as sloppy technique and I should really learn the other way. Turns out I was right all along.  |
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Jay Jessup
From:
Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2009 9:36 am
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| Once you have the TMTM across the strings down and back and you are looking for a new challenge try TITM, that'll get your picks tripping over each other! In case anybody actually wants to try this it helps to use bar hand muting techniques. |
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David Nugent
From:
Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 4 Jun 2009 12:58 pm crosspicking
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| Being a banjo player as well as a steel player (and I will bet there are many more out there), I find it awkward to use the thumb and middle finger method. When I was taking C6 lessons from Buddy Charlton he strongly stressed using the two finger technique for single string playing and I even went as far as to secure my index finger with a rubber band to keep it out of play but to no avail. It just felt much more natural to me to use the "three finger" method, so as previously stated do what feels the most comfortable for you. |
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Jay Jessup
From:
Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2009 8:27 am
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| The problem with the three finger approach---as in banjo which I certainly did play in my heyday---is in getting the timing or spaces between the notes right if you are playing anything but triplets. This certainly separates the 'real deals' from the pretenders in the world of banjo (I was certainly a pretender!!) and the legion of those steel players that predominantly use pick blocking shows that it can be done eqaully well on steel. The cross picking method may be slightly easier way to manage that timing issue for those new to the instrument but if you already have that skill developed on another instrument the three finger approach may well be the way to go. Both take some patience and focus on the timing to achieve a good result. |
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Scott Swartz
From:
St. Louis, MO
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Posted 5 Jun 2009 10:07 am
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I use a lot of both TI and three finger.
Joe Wright's instruction stresses and has exercises for all possible combinations, which makes sense to me.
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Scott Swartz
Steeltronics - Steel Guitar Pickups
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2009 6:56 pm
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| The problem with the three finger approach... is in getting the timing or spaces between the notes right if you are playing anything but triplets. |
I can't remember who posted it (here) but it was words to the effect that you can use different pick stroke combinations to count out exact note sequences. It really changed the way I look at it - the different picking combinations are tools towards an exact placement of notes in time. I've been (trying to) play very specific classical music pieces, and transcribed horn licks, and "doing whatever feels natural" just isn't good enough - you have to hit the right notes, or you're not playing the music well. Learning to play this beast is largely a process of practicing doing unnatural things till you're used to them....  |
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