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Nails and girlfriends
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Ron.M
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Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Scotland
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RE: Nails and girlfriends (in reply to Adam)
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ramparts, I used to use fingerpicks when I played Folk/Blues steelstring stuff. The finger ones curve downwards, so doing any kind of downstroke is impossible as the string doesn't slide off, but gets caught between the pick and the flesh. The thumbpick sticks out at 90 degrees from the thumb, and would get caught on trying to play say.. alzapua. Playing Flamenco at the higher level involves very high intimacy with the strings and very short movements, which is not possible due to the "play" in how these devices fit onto the fingers or thumb. I didn't mean my last post as a joke! Really!...buy a set for a couple of dollars and try them out and you'll immediately see the impracticality, rather than just trying to imagine it. Playing with a flat pick (as ToddK does) IS feasible, especially if you can train your other 3 fingers to do the rest of the work. In that case you are really only missing the index finger and this technique has the advantage of being able to play fast pick picado (doubling up) which would be very difficult to do with the thumb, since very small thumb upstrokes are very weak and difficult to co-ordinate. The overall sound is a bit different, depending on the material you choose to play, but as you can hear on Todd's uploads, can be extremely good when done to a high level of proficiency. cheers, Ron
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