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Topic: Playing a 4 note chord - rake all 4 strings? |
David DeLoach
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 17 Jun 2021 5:44 am |
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If you are using a thumb pick and 2 fingerpicks and have to play a 4 note chord on 4 consecutive strings...
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Do you rake all 4 strings with the thumb pick, or rake the 2 bass strings with the thumb pick and play the 2 treble strings with the 2 fingerpicks?
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 17 Jun 2021 6:17 am
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Option 2, or option 3 would be to just use the pickless ring finger for a tighter sound. Option can be to sound the lowest note with the thumb and forcefully snap the two fingers to include the next to lowest.
Option 1 is fine when the chord can be strummed or arpeggiated. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 17 Jun 2021 6:38 am
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I use 4 picks on 4 fingers. Why waste two fingers?
Put on a pick on your ring finger and welcome to a brave new world... |
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Brian Evans
From:
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 17 Jun 2021 7:53 am
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| Three finger picks, or a fingernail, to pop out a chord. I am quite accustomed to the thumb/three finger thing from hybrid picking on guitar. But there are no rules, a sweep might be best in the circumstance. |
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Phillip Vaught
From:
Dallas,Texas, USA
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Posted 17 Jun 2021 8:31 am
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i like option 2
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 17 Jun 2021 8:41 am
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| I have been playing with 3 fingerpicks and a thumb pick for years since I play eharp, Most of my chords are four note chords. |
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Dom Franco
From:
Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Allan Revich
From:
Victoria, BC
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Posted 17 Jun 2021 11:56 am
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I’m happy enough playing with a flat pick, so for me it’s always one string at a time or raking. But if you’re playing with thumb and finger picks I think the answer to the question is more about context then about what’s “best”. If the song asks for rhythm strumming, like a fast rock or blues, then raking all 4 strings with the thumbpick would seem to make the most sense. Otherwise, you can choose whatever combination of thumb and fingers sounds best to your ears.
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Nic Neufeld
From:
Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 18 Jun 2021 4:26 am
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I like arpeggios and sweeps especially for looser Hawaiian sounds. For tighter swing stuff where you may need to pop out the chord a bit more quickly/rhythmically, option 2 is what I've been taught, but it takes practice. I have a hard time properly controlling a thumb sweep while also playing the top two notes with index/middle. Just will take time and practice to clean up, I'm sure...
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Garry Vanderlinde
From:
CA
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Posted 18 Jun 2021 5:23 pm Re: Playing a 4 note chord - rake all 4 strings?
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| ... rake the 2 bass strings with the thumb pick and play the 2 treble strings with the 2 fingerpicks... |
Thumb raking the two lower strings and middle, index finger picks on the higher two strings is the way Buddy Emmons taught us at Jeffran College back in the 1980's to get those big C6th chords. Lots of fun! 
p.s. Willie Nelson told me never to name drop. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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