Does anybody else pick with the left hand? Is it a recognised technique or is it a case of the attack not being strong enough? Not sure I will still be doing it when I am a rock god, but I am just curious if anybody else has developed this fully and is it worth it?
Left hand fret plucking
Right, I am practicing some finger style alternate picking in a D chord, the first 4 stings. I was playing along ok and decided I wanted to try to pluck some bass as well on the 5th and 6th. I decided to try and do it with my left hand pinkie. It sounded ok and wasnt too hard. I am a total beginner in my first 2 months of playing.
Does anybody else pick with the left hand? Is it a recognised technique or is it a case of the attack not being strong enough? Not sure I will still be doing it when I am a rock god, but I am just curious if anybody else has developed this fully and is it worth it?
Does anybody else pick with the left hand? Is it a recognised technique or is it a case of the attack not being strong enough? Not sure I will still be doing it when I am a rock god, but I am just curious if anybody else has developed this fully and is it worth it?
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Are you doing a hammer-on with the left hand fingers?
If you are just playing the open string, it would seem easier to play them with your right hand thumb and use your 3-4 other fingers to play the higher strings.
If you are just playing the open string, it would seem easier to play them with your right hand thumb and use your 3-4 other fingers to play the higher strings.
# 2
nope, I am just picking in the same manner I would with my right hand, just up the fret board. Not a hammer on. I started doing it because I was not fast enough to get what I wanted with my right at all my usable fingers were at max output (for my current abillity). It seemed to work ok.
I have to say it did sound decent, but it sounded decent on my hideous buzzing, warp necked, classical Admira guitar :( . I bought it about five years ago before I knew anything about guitar for 40 pounds from a pawn shop but since I did my inital learning on my fathers goodish accoustic I now appriciate how bad it is. Everything I play on that guitar is masked with the same rubbish tone. Doing this might be exposed as being a really bad idea on a guitar that sounded any good.
So with that new info, does anybody else do it? Could somebody just have a quick try on a good guitar and tell me what it sounds like?
I have to say it did sound decent, but it sounded decent on my hideous buzzing, warp necked, classical Admira guitar :( . I bought it about five years ago before I knew anything about guitar for 40 pounds from a pawn shop but since I did my inital learning on my fathers goodish accoustic I now appriciate how bad it is. Everything I play on that guitar is masked with the same rubbish tone. Doing this might be exposed as being a really bad idea on a guitar that sounded any good.
So with that new info, does anybody else do it? Could somebody just have a quick try on a good guitar and tell me what it sounds like?
# 3
It may seem easier right now, you might even be able to turn it into 'your thing' (like EVH Tapping, Or Batio playing a double neck etc)...
I doubt in the longer term you'll find it useful - you'll be wanting your fretting hand picky to fret notes. As Benoit says, using your thumb is the most economic way of hitting the lower strings. Speed comes with time.... patience... :)
I doubt in the longer term you'll find it useful - you'll be wanting your fretting hand picky to fret notes. As Benoit says, using your thumb is the most economic way of hitting the lower strings. Speed comes with time.... patience... :)
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