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Article #253: How To Pick A Guitar

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When you play a guitar, you will have to deal with feedback that they don't want.
know how to pick a guitar and these are The problem with this variation is that
some of them. you have to play with a side to side
There is the standard style of picking a motion rather than at the wrist. This
guitar. The standard style is holding the will eventually lead to having a locked
pick between the flat of the thumb and wrist and you will not be able to play
the side of the index finger with your faster.
fingers either anchored on or draped There is another variation of standard
across the pick guard. style. When you play using this
This style does have some disadvantages. variation, you have the thumb side of
You will find that pressing the thumb your palm raised with the opposite side
against the side of the finger to be an of your palm resting on the bridge. The
uncomfortable position. You will also only difference between this variation
find that if you don't press hard enough, and the regular standard style is the
the pick will become unsteady when you hand location.
pick the string. You will find that the Another variation of the standard style
pick will catch on the strings. is called circle picking. You hold the
There is a variation of the standard pick the same way as the standard style.
style where the remaining fingers are in You move by flexing the first joint of
a loose or tight fist. There should be no the thumb, with the index finger
contact between the hand and the guitar extending at its second joint. You slide
except through the pick. The advantage of the pick along the string before crossing
this standard style variation is that you it, turning counterclockwise on down
should have less baggage to swing around. strokes and clockwise on upstrokes. This
This is because the mass of the fingers essentially means that you are making a
are closer to the axis of the wrist. circular motion to play the strings and
The main disadvantage of this variation the reason that it is called circle
is that even in the greatest of players, picking.
they were inconsistent in the accuracy of The main advantage is that you can play
their playing. They kept on losing on several strings with no arm or wrist
losing their point of reference of motion at all. The tones sound nice when
fingers that were touching the pick using this style. It is a fun way to play
guard. if you don't mind looking weird.
Another variation of the standard style The main problem with this picking style
is that the palm rests flat on the is that your feel will suffer. You will
bridge, either behind or in front, constantly have to will yourself to
depending whether the strings need muting control your timing. It is hard to do
or not. You can have other fingers open large strokes like strumming. You will
or closed. find eventually that the extra motion of
This standard style variation is perfect the thumb and index finger are
for electric guitar players who usually inefficient and limit speed.






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