daveinspain Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Can someone explain how to hold a pick in your hand while finger picking to switch back and forth from using the pick and finger picking... Joe Bonamassa is a master at it. He switches back and forth at a seamless blink of an eye. We are playing Babe I'm Gonna Leave You by Zeppelin (Pink's version) and I need to use a pick in the choruses to get the power but the song is mainly fingerpicking. Pinks guitarist uses a pick for the arpeggiated part too but it took me quite a while to get the fingerpicking down and I don't want to relearn it using a pick. I like the finger plucking sound better in this particular song any way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I use the Brian Setzer style - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I slip the pick between the big knuckles of my index and middle fingers. A simple thumb swipe and it's back in playing position. This is just what works for me. There are many ways to "palm" a pick. In the Setzer vid posted you'll see he hooks it with his index finger. A lot of people will hold it against their palm with the ring and/or little fingers. I would give them all a try and see what works and feels natural to you. Of course, there's always the mouth storage system, and the sticky tape on the mic stand method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drog Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I hold the pick between the first and second knuckle of my middle finger to finger pick and use my thumb to slide it back into place to pick again. It helps to use a smaller pick size, I use a jazz III. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I palm it in with my ring finger. Makes for a seamless back and forth. This pink girl, she covered a Zep song? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 If I have a lot of finger picking to do I just don't use a pick at all. The parts typically picked I either use my thumb knuckle for bashing it out or hold my index and thumb as though I were holding a pick, and use the end of my index as the pick. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Same as Larry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 If I have a lot of finger picking to do I just don't use a pick at all. The parts typically picked I either use my thumb knuckle for bashing it out or hold my index and thumb as though I were holding a pick, and use the end of my index as the pick. rct Yeah, like that too. You use the index finger nail as a pick. With a little practice, you can get good pinch harmonics that way too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 I palm it in with my ring finger. Makes for a seamless back and forth. This pink girl, she covered a Zep song? I use my ring finger plucking the strings… I have been doing what rct says strumming as if I were holding a pick… I'll work on the knuckle hold while I'm growing my fingernails… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretplay Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 What about a thumb pick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 If I have a lot of finger picking to do I just don't use a pick at all. The parts typically picked I either use my thumb knuckle for bashing it out or hold my index and thumb as though I were holding a pick, and use the end of my index as the pick. rct I've played like that for ever whether I'm going to finger pick or not. I'm really trying to get used to a pick again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I do the hybrid pick thing. The pick, held with thumb and index finger does what the thumb would do on the E, A and D strings. Then the middle and ring fingers play the G, B and E strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Nah, don't like the clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I don't. I do one, or the other. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan H Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I'm one of the weirdos who hooks it under my pinkie. It's my least used finger for fingerpicking, so that's where the pick goes. -Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L8_4thesh0w Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 If I have a lot of finger picking to do I just don't use a pick at all. The parts typically picked I either use my thumb knuckle for bashing it out or hold my index and thumb as though I were holding a pick, and use the end of my index as the pick. rct That's what I've found to work best but also use my thumbnail on upstrokes. Two nails last longer than one if you use 'em that way a lot. Plus you can get some cool effects or oddball syncopation. Takes practice and a bit more effort than a pick, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 That's what I've found to work best but also use my thumbnail on upstrokes. Two nails last longer than one if you use 'em that way a lot. Plus you can get some cool effects or oddball syncopation. Takes practice and a bit more effort than a pick, though. Yes. The thumbnail on the up can give a really nice recordable shimmer if using an acoustic that doesn't have the dreaded cigarette packa batteries in it and requires a mic. Index nail can too, but takes some gettin the hang of. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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