Chicken Pickin


mojomostyn
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01/31/2007 10:39 pm
I have a question concerning chicken picking, Greg Koch say's in order to get the (clucking sound) you first have to pluck the note whilst muting (or deadening) the same string with your finger or pick then plucking the string again clean (hope no-ones confused) thus really plucking each note twice. my question is this........ is there anything in the rules that says you can't mute the note with you fretting finger then play the note clean as surely this is getting the same result but the other way round....... hope no-ones confused i tried to explain it the best i could . . .

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01/31/2007 10:58 pm
you might want to look at these lessons for examples of chicken picking.
http://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=7631
http://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=10063
http://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=9960
http://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=9615

If you are looking for that style of hybrid picking and chicken picking, I'd suggest that you take a look at the lessons from our different country instructors. Most of them will use these techniques.

Follow this link and look a the country section. LOTS! of lessons for you.
http://www.guitartricks.com/instructors.php

Hope this helps you out :)
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01/31/2007 11:18 pm
great thanks for that :)
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02/03/2007 1:39 am
It seems to me that it would be to difficult to get ay speed by muting the string with the fretted finger. I believe I would just try to mute with the picking finger. But that's just my idea. You may be able to develop the other style just fine.
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02/03/2007 5:38 am
Originally Posted by: 40ftsmurfIt seems to me that it would be to difficult to get ay speed by muting the string with the fretted finger. I believe I would just try to mute with the picking finger. But that's just my idea. You may be able to develop the other style just fine.



That approach is actually more condusive to speed, from a pure economical standpoint, than lifting your finger all the way off the string. It stabilizes your hand, first of all, and second, the timbre of sound produced by the fret hand mute is better for this style than pick hand muting.
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02/03/2007 11:24 pm
Thank you for the info. I'm going to have to give it a try.
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