Originally posted by lhallam
Sorry to be so dense Jack but it's still not clear to me.
Numbering the illustrations 1-3 from left to right.
#1 appears that we are looking from the lower bout of the gtr. ie, from the back of the bridge. If so, it looks as though it's in contradiction to #2.
What am I missing?
Originally posted by jzucker
You're not missing anything other than the fact that I'm lame at drawing 3d diagrams.
Originally posted by lhallam
LOL - gotcha.
Just an aside, I use the corner of my pick rather than the tip. In other words, I hold the pick sideways.
I noticed last night that for slower passages I have the pick perpendicular as ill. #2 says not to do. But as I speed up, I rotate as ill #2 shows.
Originally posted by lhallam
Just an aside, I use the corner of my pick rather than the tip. In other words, I hold the pick sideways.
Originally posted by bbarnard
Then you are in good company. Both SRV and Robben Ford do that as well. I'm starting to play that way more and more too (not that me doing it puts you in good company).![]()
Originally posted by lhallam
So does Steve Morse.
And BTW- you are good company even if you did go to Huguenot.Eight people died in Richmond from Charley floods. Took my bud 3 hours to get from Broad Street to Jahnke. Shockoe is a total mess and now we've got a new hurricane. That makes two years in a row of Richmond hurricane damage. Unprecedented.
Originally posted by aeolian
Sorry Jack, would differing opinion have been a better choice of words? As you say, there are many folks playing very sucessfully with some highly unorthodox techniques. But when giving advice that will be picked up by beginners, I tend toward some degree of orthodoxy. So your centered pick orientation is a good idea. When folks ask about picking and tone production, I often refer them to the Eric Johnson video as he gives a fair cross section of techniques most of which are not too awkward. A fellow who taught around here, Warren Nunes, advocated keeping the hand rigid and flexing the whole wrist. I've always been into the Johnny Smith technique of flexing just the thumb and forefinger which feels looser and more fluid to me. Some folks move their whole arm. But I usually start out with the minimum motion and work my way up to larger body parts if someone has trouble with controlling just their fingers.
Did someone say different strokes for different folks?