Comments on: Should You Play Guitar With a Pick or Your Fingers? https://guitarfirstchord.com/should-you-play-guitar-with-a-pick-or-your-fingers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=should-you-play-guitar-with-a-pick-or-your-fingers Free Quality Guitar Lessons Tue, 14 May 2019 19:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Paul Chan https://guitarfirstchord.com/should-you-play-guitar-with-a-pick-or-your-fingers/#comment-212591 Fri, 24 Aug 2018 05:39:19 +0000 https://guitarfirstchord.com/?p=24130#comment-212591 Strumming with a pick or with a thumb produces different sound effects. I used to do fingering styles for a few decades, but recently I have found that using a pick would produce clearer and sweeter sound.

]]> By: Kofi https://guitarfirstchord.com/should-you-play-guitar-with-a-pick-or-your-fingers/#comment-160436 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 11:22:02 +0000 https://guitarfirstchord.com/?p=24130#comment-160436 Hi I’m Kofi from Ghana and I have been playing guitar for almost 6 months now and when I started out I found it difficult to use the pick but now I have seen an improvement even though I’m not perfect at it yet but I know as I continue ill get it.thanks for the post and the motivation

]]> By: Klaus Crow https://guitarfirstchord.com/should-you-play-guitar-with-a-pick-or-your-fingers/#comment-160105 Sun, 28 Aug 2016 14:46:46 +0000 https://guitarfirstchord.com/?p=24130#comment-160105 In reply to Chris.

Hi Chris,

Indeed, a lot of jazz players use their fingers instead of a pick.

Klaus

]]> By: Chris https://guitarfirstchord.com/should-you-play-guitar-with-a-pick-or-your-fingers/#comment-159976 Fri, 26 Aug 2016 17:24:46 +0000 https://guitarfirstchord.com/?p=24130#comment-159976 I use my fingers/nails when playing my Ibanez archtop, it gives a softer more mellow tone to jazz. I can always use the amplifier to get volume.

I understand that Joe Pass used this method quite a lot.

]]> By: Klaus Crow https://guitarfirstchord.com/should-you-play-guitar-with-a-pick-or-your-fingers/#comment-159958 Fri, 26 Aug 2016 12:24:04 +0000 https://guitarfirstchord.com/?p=24130#comment-159958 Hi Sue,

This post might help you out:
https://guitarfirstchord.com/how-to-improve-your-lead-guitar-phrasing/

If the post doesn’t suffice, please explain me with more detail so I can you help you.

Klaus

]]> By: Sue https://guitarfirstchord.com/should-you-play-guitar-with-a-pick-or-your-fingers/#comment-159951 Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:47:41 +0000 https://guitarfirstchord.com/?p=24130#comment-159951 I could never hold onto the pick so I used double sided tape on the pick. Now I don’t have that problem, don’t need the tape, and can fingerpicking and play with a pick. Still consider myself a beginner (3 years playing). Now my problem is getting a feel for soloing.
Thank you for a great blog.

]]> By: Klaus Crow https://guitarfirstchord.com/should-you-play-guitar-with-a-pick-or-your-fingers/#comment-159939 Fri, 26 Aug 2016 06:07:58 +0000 https://guitarfirstchord.com/?p=24130#comment-159939 In reply to Toby H.

Hi Toby,

I just checked out some of their videos. Loved it! They are great examples.

Thanks for sharing

Best regards,
Klaus Crow

]]> By: Toby H https://guitarfirstchord.com/should-you-play-guitar-with-a-pick-or-your-fingers/#comment-159898 Thu, 25 Aug 2016 22:34:59 +0000 https://guitarfirstchord.com/?p=24130#comment-159898 The best flatpicker I know of is Norman Blake. The best fingerpicker…probably myself (hehe…just kidding. Probably Rolf Lislevand).

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