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In one of his instructional videos, John Standefer suggests working on a picking pattern while watching TV. As you pay more attention to the show, you start to commit your playing to your subconscious. Makes sense, although I haven't tried it yet.
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Thom Bresh has a DVD out on Travis Picking - and he's Travis's son. Like Father Like Son - CLiCK He plays Thumb-n-3, but can reduce it to Thumb-n-one. There are 3 (or 4) styles of fingerstyle guitar.
It is also not essential to use a thumb pick, though some do all the time while others move the picks in and out. In addition, you can replicate all these techniques with a Flat pick plus fingers (called hybrid picking). It is not critical to lock the fingers down, just because Merle did. But touching a pinky to the top won't hurt anything, (nor mute the top). There is a lot of debate on the issue, but reality is even Tommy Emmanuel is a pinky dropper. Many highly skilled players touch the pinky down as a place finder (like the home row of keys on a typing keyboard). Hope this helps... |
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Personally, I'm not a big fan of anchoring your pinky on the face of the guitar. Pete Huttlinger explains that the face of the guitar is the soundboard, so if you place your finger on it there could be some interferance. Those are probably not his exact words, but you get the idea. I think it just forms a dependency that can be restrictive. Then again, you'll find others who take a different stance.
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