Satellite question

dustin10 · Unread post by **dustin10** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 8:43 pm

Hey guys. I was just wondering if Dave uses alternate picking when he plays Satellite. I can play it just fine without using it but I was just curious if he does or not. Thanks in advance.

i-am-me · Unread post by **i-am-me** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 9:36 pm

i have no clue......hehe.

dmfollower · Unread post by **dmfollower** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 11:18 pm

Do you mean switching up the way he plays "while" he's playing? Like, changing it up from the 4-6-8 way to the 4-6-3 way and then the barre at the G way? Or do you mean does he change the actual song and plays something totally different. Or do you mean does he change the way he picks the stings between up and downstrokes? Sorry for all the questions, there are a lot of different ways to play the song.

Duffman · Unread post by **Duffman** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 11:21 pm

dmfollower wrote:changing it up from the 4-6-8 way to the 4-6-3 way and then the barre at the G way?

what way is that?

Matty Boom · Unread post by **Matty Boom** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 11:29 pm

when he says alternate picking, i'm pretty sure he's referring to picking up and down

2StepGranny · Unread post by **2StepGranny** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 2:06 am

I know on the video I have of him playing at FarmAid of '01, he starts out picking down, and then picks up whenever he hits the A String. So it would go, 4(down), 6(down), 8(up), 4(down), 6(down), 3(up), and so on. But once he gets into the song he picks down throughout the rest of it. If that is what you are indeed talking about.

grock · Unread post by **grock** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 9:26 am

i did some flatpicking exercises and now i find myslef alternate picking all the time almost at random. you can't really tell except by watching.

ultimately i think dave uses straight down strokes but it can be done with alternating.

PlayLikeDave · Unread post by **PlayLikeDave** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 12:46 pm

I think that he just does regular down strokes in a mini strum-pick combo that looks like "alternate picking". If he gets tired of thinking about the strings he is gonna hit I think that he uses his ring finger to mute the other strings and he just strums. That is what it seems like to me when I watch him play it.

peace

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 4:55 pm

Dave have played it both ways , only downs picking as well as alternate picking

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