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Palming the pick
This guy alternates between flat picking and fingerpicking all through this video. Yet I never see him lay down the pick. It is almost like a magic trick. There is one frame that you can see the color of the pick.
Do any of you do this? Tell me how. Thanks https://youtu.be/6Z8uz8QTeWI |
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I hybrid pick a song or two, but I don’t think that’s what he’s doing. It looked like he slides and keeps the pick between fingers while he finger picks. I think his method actually slows him down. If you want to see/hear how great hybrid picking can sound, check out Clarence White. After listening to Clarence White, I bet you start hybrid picking. Haha
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You were in the right place to start with - YouTube. Different (pick) strokes for different folks, variations on a theme:
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As a four-finger picker (I took classical lessons in college) I don't seem to be able to pull palming off but I am able to pull a pick out of my mouth really quickly. BTW, my picks practice social distancing to the max. In one band I had a song where I did leads and fills and I went between bare finger picking on the right and slide on the left to using a pick on the right with bare fingers on the left and back twice, each within two measures.
Bob
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I do it all the time when playing on stage, folks watch and say they are amazed, I have no idea how. For me it's subconscious.
Last edited by stephenT; 03-30-2020 at 09:23 AM. |
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The best way to start getting proficient at this is to just keep a pick in your hand all the time and don’t lay it down when you need your fingers to perform a task. You’ll be amazed at how quickly palming a pick will become second nature.
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I'm glad you don't feel guilty!
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Never! But thanks for the correction, my post was precoffee. Not "sub-conscience",.. subconscious.
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I've palmed the pick for a few songs. I find it easier with a triangular pick, because I can use whatever playing surface presents itself.
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Roger McGuinn and Neil Young are good at this.
Hard as I've tried, I just can't get it down. Wish I could though because it would open up a lot of opportunities! |
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Did you wash your hands between measures?[emoji6] |
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I'm much better with a pick than I am as a fingerpicker. whm |
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So my first try lasted 27 seconds before the pick flew of to Neverland! Seriously, I can’t find it. Lucky I have 200 more Barbourville Vision Center Picks. We are only seeing sick and hurt eyes, so very few patients, and fewer opportunities to talk guitar.
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I tend to do this in a jam situation. Using fingers when someone else is leading a song so as not to play louder than them and going to a pick when I lead. Never thought it was out of the ordinary.
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If you can’t wash hands between measures, make certain to wash when moving from Bar to Bar. It’s a cruel world out there
Blues |