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Unread post by Dancing Ants » Thu May 22, 2003 6:55 pm

..i'm sorta new at guitar (6 months), and I can't get a nice clean upstroke. I use a pick 95% of the time, and it just doesn't give me a good upstroke, and my guitar doesn't play loud enough without using a pick. any suggestions?
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Unread post by PureDaveAddict » Thu May 22, 2003 7:35 pm

First of all, I don't really understand ur problem, but ill do the best I can

Is the problem that you cant get enough power to pull an upstroke without having the pick fly out of ur hand? If so then I have 2 things of advice for u, 1) try using a different pick size( medium, or large, never use the Lights) 2) practice practice practice and one day u just might get it.

Of course those answers probably made no sense at all, but give us some details of whats goin on and we can help

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Unread post by Dancing Ants » Thu May 22, 2003 7:40 pm

okay...whenever i go for an upstroke, i can do it, but it isn't a smooth sound...it kinda of drags on the strings as it's coming up. i don't really know how to explain it any more than that....i'll practice alot, though. ;)
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Unread post by PureDaveAddict » Thu May 22, 2003 7:45 pm

Oh yeah, for that all you can do practice more to get ur hand stronger, and perhaps you might want to fool around with the angle that you hold ur pick :P just an Idea


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Unread post by Pickles » Thu May 22, 2003 7:50 pm

a good practice for upstrokes (and muting for that matter) is ska and/or reggae music. mute the downstrokes, play the upstrokes.
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Unread post by grock » Fri May 23, 2003 11:00 am

shane wrote:a good practice for upstrokes (and muting for that matter) is ska and/or reggae music. mute the downstrokes, play the upstrokes.
this is very good advice. i would have said the exact same thing.
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