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Post by jono1uk on Jul 21, 2015 21:25:36 GMT
nmmm dont want to go bigger as i may dip into standard tuning ..
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Post by jono1uk on Jul 21, 2015 21:31:46 GMT
thanks Snake thats exactly what i am after the RH muting technique!!! it doesnt help that i use a pick ( i am trying gradually with fingers) I appear to be getting the hang of this now..
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Post by 5slide on Jul 22, 2015 14:22:56 GMT
I would definitely recommend ditching the pick and getting used to playing with bare fingers (or fingerpicks) it makes it much easier to mute with the right hand as snakehips video demonstrates.
The right hand muting in my opinion helps to eliminate unwanted string noise more than muting behind the slide with the left hand, although obviously you want to do both. I always mute all strings except for the string/s I'm playing with electric, but with acoustic, allowing some overtones to ring out sounds great, it creates a natural reverb and adds those little nuances to your sound. The trick is knowing when and when not to do it. As has been said it's just practice.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2015 18:20:56 GMT
Why recommend ditching the pick BTW? It depends what style you want to play. There's a few tunes I can't currently play too well (or don't sound as good) with a pick, but lots of tunes I play either sound better now I use a pick instead of fingers, or just have to be played with a pick. I'm aiming to be able to play all my tunes with one. Cheers, TT
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Post by slide496 on Jul 22, 2015 20:39:58 GMT
I don't do it, but I think hybrid picking is great - Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler, Rory Gallager, George Harrison are among the musicians who used the technique
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Post by jono1uk on Jul 22, 2015 20:59:22 GMT
If hybrid picking uses pick ..then sorry but Knopfler doesn't use a pick ..
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Post by slide496 on Jul 22, 2015 21:54:12 GMT
If hybrid picking uses pick ..then sorry but Knopfler doesn't use a pick .. I didn't think so either but he is listed on wikipedia and also there are discussions of this on the internet. Jimi Hendrix is listed as doing one song that way so maybe it's some material. Hybrid picking is a guitar-playing technique that involves picking with a pick (plectrum) and one or more fingers. There's also some players who use a thumb pick and will go back and forth on a string with the thumb pick like you would a flat pick. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hybrid_picking_guitarists
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Post by 5slide on Jul 23, 2015 16:55:55 GMT
Why recommend ditching the pick BTW? It depends what style you want to play. There's a few tunes I can't currently play too well (or don't sound as good) with a pick, but lots of tunes I play either sound better now I use a pick instead of fingers, or just have to be played with a pick. I'm aiming to be able to play all my tunes with one. Cheers, TT Are you talking slide playing, or without a slide? I personally find playing slide easier with fingers as it allows the thumb to rest on the bass strings (usually the bottom three strings depending on which you're playing) to mute them. If you're holding a pick that means your thumb can't really be used as it is holding the pick, I understand you can use your palm instead but this just doesn't feel natural or accurate - to me at least. I also find that I can play with more feeling using fingers, it's such a tactile thing and I can express myself easier when I am direct contact with the strings. There are some great slide players like Roy Rogers who use a pick though so each to their own. If you're talking playing without a slide, I use a pick for electric blues playing and find it easier to pick fast runs, but much prefer fingers when it comes to slide. Anyway, like I said every one is different and I shouldn't have made it sound so general. Edit: Just thought, you're not talking about a thumb pick are you? I was referring to a plectrum.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2015 17:44:28 GMT
Referring to a plectrum with a slide, 'flat-picking' / hybrid style. As you say, each to their own, but its a tricky skill well worth having a go at, if not persevering with. I feel like I'm in an exclusive club! TT
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Post by 5slide on Jul 24, 2015 16:57:17 GMT
Referring to a plectrum with a slide, 'flat-picking' / hybrid style. As you say, each to their own, but its a tricky skill well worth having a go at, if not persevering with. I feel like I'm in an exclusive club! TT Ok yes, that's what I thought. I do use hybrid picking a lot when playing electric (non slide) but I can't get on with it for slide playing, think I'm just too used to using my fingers. I agree though, definitely worth persevering if it works for you!
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