Comping with a pick
Hello all,This may seem like a trivial question, but being used to playing with the fingers for years, I had practically never used a pick. I am trying to learn some jazz comping the past while...
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Hi Brian, I started out with bare fingers, and couldn't seem to get a grip on playing with a plectrum, either. Then, I surfed around and found this free lesson by Justin Sandercoe. It was a big help...
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I had the same problem. What fixed it was to bend my index finger a bit more than justin shows in the link above. My thumb is straight and the index bent so the outermost part is parallel with the...
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Jimmy J wrote:Hi Brian, I started out with bare fingers, and couldn't seem to get a grip on playing with a plectrum, either. Then, I surfed around and found this free lesson by Justin Sandercoe. It...
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I score the surface of my flat picks with a razor knife or an X-Acto knife in the area where I hold it, on both sides. Makes them much easier to hold.
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