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Topic: How many people are using 3 finger picks? |
Bill McCloskey
From:
Nanuet, NY
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Posted 15 Jun 2010 4:21 am |
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| I just added a 3rd finger pick to my playing. Wonder how many others her are playing lap steel with a thumb pick and 3 finger picks? |
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Tom Gray
From:
Decatur, GA
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Posted 15 Jun 2010 4:44 am
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I'm working on using the naked ring finger for a different voice against a picked melody -- a trick from Jerry Douglas. A soft open string drone, light chord strums, or an answering part in the distance can add a lot of color and depth.
I remember seeing Bobbye Seymour do some amazing things with three finger picks, especially in C6 when he was chunking rhythm Chet Atkins style with his thumb.
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Bill McCloskey
From:
Nanuet, NY
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Posted 15 Jun 2010 5:55 am
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| Yeah, that Atkins, alternating bass, is sort of the style I'm going for. |
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Bill Wynne
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2010 6:07 am
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I have always used three finger picks. I guess I didn't know any differently. 
My father learned eharp tuning. Although I have heard many rumors about the origins of that tuning, some say that the "eha" in "eharp" is from the Hawaiian meaning "four." My father always played with three finger picks and a thumbpick, and I just latched on to the habit.
I play a lot of strum tunings (C13th, B11th, E13th a là Barney Isaacs), and I like for all of the notes to have approximately the same tone, timbre, and volume (unless I choose to hit one harder).
Sorry that I can't speak to the getting used to the extra pick. It would take me some getting used to working without it.
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 15 Jun 2010 6:08 am
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| I use 3 finger picks.....took me a while to get used to it but I'm glad that I did...now, I would not like to play without it...I love to grab a 4 string chord and have that extra finger on standby when not needed..... |
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J. Wilson
From:
Manitoba, Canada
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Posted 15 Jun 2010 6:33 am
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I use three picks but four fingers. One plastic thumb pick, two steel finger picks, and my bare finger (ring finger of the right hand) when I want to get a different tone. Some songs need a warmer sound in general and I will play those without any picks at all.
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