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Originally Posted by BULLSPRIG
Here's an example of what I'm talking about. With the harmonics and more subtle sounds, notice the fingerpicking. The actual pick is held back for the more complex and rapid playing. Once he goes beyond Mach 1, or the speed of sound, notice its 100 percent flatpicking.
Take the time to watch most of it.
And then ask yourself if anyone on this planet could do this without a pick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnqpOFcBiMM |
That was tastefully done, and with a pick. It was an example, IMO, of a style that is best done with a flatpick. Another is Gypsy jazz. Another is hard rock. I think that speed and complexity are entirely different issues. I didn't see that as greatly complex or at unbelievable speed. I feel he "held back" to play those things with a pick only because he himself couldn't play them as well fingerstyle. As has been stated, speed can be had with both styles. Some styles are better played with a pick and some better played fingerstyle. I'll accept that. But not that one can handle speed and complexity better than the other.
This is a speedy tune, best played fingerstyle. Pete Huttlinger's "Brown Bomber":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a33rP0u-7eA
And Joe Pass, who played with a pick and fingerstyle, does this fingerstyle, just because he wanted to. He often held a pick in his mouth so he could switch off, when he wanted a different sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDjMLTtv6Us
This is a cool tune played with a banjo roll approach. That'd be hard with a pick. I'm enjoying the CD I got from Martin Tallstrom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XZgz...780A08&index=4
My point is, both methods can be used with speed and complexity.