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  pick versus fingers

  Posted by teriv2 on January 21, 2023 at 10:07 am

  Just curious why we learn using a pick versus fingers.

  teriv2 replied 3 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Cadgirl

  Member

  January 21, 2023 at 10:25 am

  @teriv2 , I would guess it’s just what is comfortable for you. For myself, I get better volume if i use a pick. Also I can play flat-picking a lot faster than I could do with just my thumb and fingers. It good to learn both ways, than you can make your own comparison.

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  teriv2

  Member

  January 21, 2023 at 10:29 am

  Thanks!

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  KayMesser

  Member

  January 22, 2023 at 1:36 pm

  Every few weeks the Daily Challenge seems to change from using a pick to using fingerstyle. I personally like Fingerstyle better, but the pick lessons have really helped me with learning to stay on rhythm. The pick has also helped me learn where the strings are without looking at them as much as I did when I started.

  If you go to the skill Courses Tony has a great fingerstyle focused course that I’ve done a few times. If you like music by John Prine, Blaze Foley, etc then Fingerstyle is good to learn. If you like Willie Nelson then a pick would be better. Lots of options for different tones and styles of playing.

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    teriv2

    Member

    January 23, 2023 at 12:05 pm

    I appreciate the comment!

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