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As others have said, for me it's a hybrid motion. Basically the overall back-and-forth movement -- the foundation of the strum, so to speak -- is a forearm motion and comes from the elbow, but the actual plucking of the strings is a hand motion and comes from the wrist. I don't think about how those two levels of motion coordinate, it just happens.
I remember in college going to a bluegrass guitar clinic -- I wasn't a bluegrass player, and I'm still not one, but I was curious -- and the instructor advocated an all-elbow, locked-wrist motion. I tried it for a while and said "nope". There was a lot of power available there, but no nuance. It felt like playing with gorilla mitts.
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I couldn’t help but smile when I saw this thread. I’m 6-7 months into learning but I remember the very first YouTube video I watched after I bought a guitar. the guy said to swing your forearm and keep your wrist locked. The analogy he used was that your forearm should be like a piece of wood with a nail (the pick) sticking out the side, that felt awkward but so did everything at that time.
The very next beginner acoustic video I found said “don’t be this guy” and showed a forearm going up and down. This dude said use your wrist. I was like ... As most have mentioned here I eventually ended up in the middle, though I’m still learning and finding my way. When I’m strumming nylon strings I usually go pretty hard and use mostly forearm with wrist flicks for accent. Songs that have single note licks mixed in I usually end up using mostly wrist with slight forearm movement just so I’m always in the right area. |
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Since I do a lot of flatpicking for bluegrass and gypsy jazz I focus more on wrist motion.
I don't know anyone that flatpicks well using just the elbow. Since so many songs call for strummed accompaniment with flatpicked leads and fills, I just stick with the wrist. |
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