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downstrokes with fingers - upstrokes with thumb
using downstrokes with one's fingers, and/or using upstrokes with one's thumb.
how common is this? |
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I would say that down strokes with the fingers is pretty common but up strokes with the thumb...not so much.
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When I pick my fingers pick up and my thumb picks down. No offense meant, but are you Australian?
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It would work best for a BIG monkey with 4 opposable thumbs.
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Are you talking about strumming with your hand?
Otherwise, for fingerpicking, that sounds a bit backwards... |
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Do you mean strumming this way? Sure. I don't often strum, but when I do, this is how I do it. Stay thirsty, my friends.
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not too common, i guess. lots in flamenco playing, but i'm thinking more individual notes and fingerstyle.
martin taylor clip of upstrokes with the thumb. jump to 5:18 if you want. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tYjIfesgY4 and this fellow agustin amigo from this recent thread has a bit of a downstroke/strum/pick/percussive technique he uses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4c_i8kicAo http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...d.php?t=235072 Last edited by mc1; 12-13-2011 at 05:50 AM. Reason: tpyo |
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When frailing you pick down with fingers. Thumb does a special move that's neither up or down. Look up Steve baughman on YouTube, I think his new channel is called thepowerofclaw or some such.
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It's the only way I strum. Simple, use only nails.
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For basic strumming without a pick (very simple style), it would be pretty normal to strum down with fingers (together) and up with the thumb - backs of the nails in each case if long enough - or alternatively just with the thumb, in both directions. This is quite a lazy technique, though, certainly nothing as fancy as the videos posted, nor as fancy as flamenco technique, which uses thumb and fingers in both directions. |
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Upstrokes with your thumb are uncommon, but done. Tony McManus uses it all the time. Tommy Emmanuel uses his thumbpick like a flatpick, and picks upstrokes.
Downstrokes with the fingers is common for strumming, and as someone noted, clawhammer style uses exclusively downstrokes, as in Steve Baughman's video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Me42csgzU Gyan Riley has an interesting classical technique that he calls iPicking, that is basically alternate picking with his index finger. It lets him play pretty fast! http://www.acguitar.com/video/playvi...y_Bonus2_AG193
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after watching the clawhammer technique mentioned below, it's rather like that. Quote:
i hadn't seen that clawhammer technique. i have heard of clawhammer banjo, but i didn't realize it was downstroked. that was very interesting. steve baughman was entertaining as well. seems like he grabs the chord with an upstroke after the bass note (the and of 2), but i could be mistaken. i'll need to watch those again. |
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Not sure how common or uncommon it is. Being a finger style player, and one who prefers to work without picks, I stroke downward with the backs of the nails 2-3 and upward with the lower edge of the thumbnail. Been doing this for about 47 years and all my students learn it fairly easily and quickly. I developed this type of strumming to go well with finger style playing, and it is very robust sounding, and can be punchy - but it's not that much louder than my finger styling (much to the frustration of some sound techs). This 3:33 video shows the 3 styles I use. Three strums without picks - CLiCK Hope this helps... |
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i find steve very intense in this clip, which is neither here nor there in regards to clawhammer. i have an old homespun dvd with steve playing that's quite a different style, if i recall correctly. Quote:
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