question on holding a pick

Krems22 · Unread post by **Krems22** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 4:48 pm

exactly what is the correct way to hold the pick...i always find myself hitting my knuckle on the strings even when im playing slow. anyone have any pictures of this so i can correct myself?

i-am-me · Unread post by **i-am-me** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 4:53 pm

well, the way i do it (not sure if this is correct, but my knuckle doesnt hit) is i put my index and thumb facing parallel to the fret board with the pick's point facing straight into the strings. Don't konw how much that helped without a picture, but i tried.

somedevil · Unread post by **somedevil** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 5:43 pm

this may be irrelevant to your question but concerning picks, i found that if you cut your pick to where there is more of a point at the end, it helps amplify the sound as well as helps you pick specific strings

Granny33 · Unread post by **Granny33** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 7:24 pm

somedevil wrote:this may be irrelevant to your question but concerning picks, i found that if you cut your pick to where there is more of a point at the end, it helps amplify the sound as well as helps you pick specific strings

LMAO that is WAY off topic and I was like where the fuck did this come from? it's actually pretty interesting though...i might give it a try. :lol:

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 8:13 pm

Yea, that may be true, but you could also break strings faster that way, somedevil.. anyway I hold the pic pointing towards the strings, and my other 3 fingers(index and thumb on pic) usually either rest on the guitar, or they just hang down towards the bottom of the body.. seems to work fine for me.. I sometimes move the pic away from the tips of my fingers and just use the nails to play..even though they're really short nails..

NoNotThat · Unread post by **NoNotThat** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 10:54 pm

I hold it between my pinky and my middle finger and strum the bridge.

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Thu Aug 07, 2003 11:59 pm

Holy hell sarah.. how can you play like that? doesn't it get tiring at all?

CPTino3001 · Unread post by **CPTino3001** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 12:38 am

NoNotThat wrote:I hold it between my pinky and my middle finger and strum the bridge.

tried it...don't like it...lol

i-am-me · Unread post by **i-am-me** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 12:38 am

my god... i hope that was a joke. that's impossible! lol

CPTino3001 · Unread post by **CPTino3001** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 12:40 am

i-am-me wrote:my god... i hope that was a joke. that's impossible! lol

JOKE!?

m98ter · Unread post by **m98ter** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 9:24 am

I hold mine with my thumb, index, and middle fingers. But to make things even weirder, I dont play with the pointy end of the pick, but rather with the upper curved side of it....not the top curve, but like the side curves near the top...yeah, I'm strange....

Trippin Hillbilly · Unread post by **Trippin Hillbilly** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 9:35 am

This page will show you how to hold it:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~pgt/startingtoplay.html

Granny33 · Unread post by **Granny33** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 9:37 am

m98ter wrote:I hold mine with my thumb, index, and middle fingers. But to make things even weirder, I dont play with the pointy end of the pick, but rather with the upper curved side of it....not the top curve, but like the side curves near the top...yeah, I'm strange....

Why do you do that? Diff sound?

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 9:56 am

trippin', that site doesn't show a good way to hold a pic in my opinion, just cause it seems uncomfortable. Krems22, just hold the pic however you feel comfortable holding it.. hitting knuckles isn't that bad..

Trippin Hillbilly · Unread post by **Trippin Hillbilly** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 10:19 am

Obviously you're meant to close your fist...i should have mentioned that. The main focus point was meant to be the thumb and index finger.
Yeah, hold it whichever way you feel comfortable with. You're bound to hit a few knuckles when you first start but you'll learn how to correct that quickly.

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