[namiguShin]

Hi Kirk,

well the question is not quite about this exercise... I wanted to ask you what picking hand motion do you use when playing scales? Or not necessarilly scales, maybe whenever you play two or more consecutive notes on a single string, or a pair of strings...? Do you use alternating index and middle finger motion or something else?

Just don't say you were using pick in this exercise... LOL If that's the case, please tell me which motion do you recommend when playing with fingers...

Thanks in advance

[Kirk Lorange]

Originally Posted by namiguShin

Hi Kirk,

well the question is not quite about this exercise... I wanted to ask you what picking hand motion do you use when playing scales? Or not necessarilly scales, maybe whenever you play two or more consecutive notes on a single string, or a pair of strings...? Do you use alternating index and middle finger motion or something else?

Just don't say you were using pick in this exercise... LOL If that's the case, please tell me which motion do you recommend when playing with fingers...

Thanks in advance

Hi, namiguShin.

I use a combination of thumb and index when playing single note melody on one string. That's it ...

[namiguShin]

Thank's Kirk, means a lot...

All best

[Kirk Lorange]

Just checked while having a twang ... on the top strings, the treble strings, I use more of and index/middle combo. It's not really a strict thing I adhere to, though ... the phrase I'm playing (because it all comes in little chunks) dictates the exact combination, if you know what I mean. In other words, I'm in control of the picking, not the other way 'round.

[jhoita]

Great message here Kirk.

Thanks

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[namiguShin]

Originally Posted by Kirk Lorange

Just checked while having a twang ... on the top strings, the treble strings, I use more of and index/middle combo. It's not really a strict thing I adhere to, though ... the phrase I'm playing (because it all comes in little chunks) dictates the exact combination, if you know what I mean. In other words, I'm in control of the picking, not the other way 'round.

I think I get it... It's not the rule and then you stick to it... It's just what suits you best in that precise moment of a tune you're playing...

Thanks again... That was my thought actually... to play treble strings with index & middle... It's this thumb & index that really supprised me... I would never think of that and I think it's a good combination for thicker strings... It seems to me that thumb handles them better...
Well, off to practice...

Cheers

[sora]

Hey, Kirk! do you have any advice for pick users int this sing? thanx

[Kirk Lorange]

Originally Posted by sora

Hey, Kirk! do you have any advice for pick users int this sing? thanx

Sorry, sora, not being a flat picker I don't really have any advice.

[randomaire]

Flat picking you have to be like faster on the strings... with the fingers it makes things a little easier to control because you don't have to shift the pic to the other strings, because your fingers are alrdy there.

I find myself lately having to put down the pic, just so I can make something sound right.

The way I've found to build up speed with the pic is just to play a chord and pick the strings alternating the 6th and 5th string and only playing the lower 3. Over and Over again. I know its repetetive, but you gotta do it.

Another way I sometimes do the pic thing by combo'ing with the fingers also, I use the pic to play the bass lines, and the fingers to play the lower strings. I still hold the pic with the index and thumb, so you basically shift to using.. middle, ring, and pinky in place of the normal fingerstyle without a pic.

Hope this didn't confuse you.