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Old 02-04-2019, 07:24 PM
Paddy1951 Paddy1951 is offline
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Default Unusual Fingerstyle

I watched a documentary tonight about bluesman Mississippi Fred McDowell.

His playing style was somewhat unusual. Thumb pick and his index finger. No other fingers. Other blues artists were also shown and their fingerstyles were kind of all over the place.
I know Elizabeth Cotten's playing style was ridiculed at one point. She was also a two finger player.

This has me wondering.... Do any of you fingerstyle players routinely play with an unconventioal approach?

I admire those that make great music doing it as they chose.

I once saw an Irish player who used ALL of her fingers and her thumb. She was wonderful.

Whatever works... works, IMO.

So, any non-conventional fingerstylists?
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