I Want To Learn Guitar

[Rudi]

Dave, that is a great audio demo of your style. I think I will try it myself.

[TapperMike]

I used to always be losing my picks when I first started playing and I couldn't play to save my life without one. I'd tear up match books and fold the cover into a triangle. As well as cut up plastic milk jugs and play with dimes. The thing about playing with a dime is that because it's so small and has that ridged surface your attack has to be parallel with the string.

 

 

Finally one day I said enough is enough it's  past time to learn how to fingerpick. I couldn't get that classical right hand posture down to save my life (I still fight with it) but I did get a lot of methods via trial and error including thumbing with the side of the thumb down.

[Rudi]

I used to always be losing my picks when I first started playing and I couldn't play to save my life without one. I'd tear up match books and fold the cover into a triangle.

 

 

LOL

Yep, me too, I used to cut picks out of sheet perpex. I didnt have much idea of what I was doing. The picks were too thin and I cut the points sharp & pointy. The opposite of what I use now. I was still using these things when I got my strat.

[Kayleigh1998]

You could use the pads of your fingers buuut that would be quite challenging. You could also learn how to finger pick

[tomcollins]

david , that brought back memories for me , the old guy that taught me, well not taught , guided me , said " if you wanna make love to you guitar put down the pick !!" good stuff !!

rock on !!

[LondonGuitarSchool]

Learn both ways :-)

 

But playing without a pic is way cooler ha!