Learn To Use The Guitar Pick


by Nick Thackeray - Date: 2010-07-24 - Word Count: 502 Share This!

If you are planning to learn guitar then you need to learn a lot of things. First of all you need to learn to hold a pick properly. Many people do not give itimportance and think this is just another part of the guitar playing. This is actually something fundamental and if you know the method of holding the guitar pick properly then it can actually help you to produce enhanced sound. To learn something better you must learn that in a better way. That is why you need to lean to use the guitar pick perfectly and correctly. Those who have no interest in guitar playing often buy guitar picks. Guitar pick key rings too look really funky and trendy. You can easily gift it to some people. Anyways, in this article we are going to talk about guitar picks mainly so that you can understand the method of using it.

Tortoise shell is the main thing that guitar picks are made of. However these days there are most of guitar picks made by plastic. You can find various shades, shapes and colors in it. For the beginner there are certain guitar picks like the medium one is perfect. The experienced players usually use different types of guitar picks to master it. Once you learn the method to handle the guitar picks perfectly then you can easily experiment with different types of picks. It will help you to learn about them more and you will also learn to enrich the sound quality. Those who are learning and playing guitar for long have more than 10-15 guitar picks at their home. This way you need not think about losing or breaking any of them. They are pretty cheap too. The method sometimes differs in case of the right handed and left handed players. You must learn how to use the pick and how to hole the guitar. You must not grip it too tightly and loosely. The balance needs to be there so that you can use your thumbs and other fingers well.

The positioning of your index finger and thumb is very important. You need to understand how to strum the strings without giving too much pressure. You must not insert too less or too much and that balance is very important. Once you feel comfortable then you need to strum the string really slowly. Now you need to practice it sometimes and then you will realize that you are getting comfortable with it. You can extend the other fingers or can let them stay open. This depends on you and what you are comfortable with. After little bit of experience you can start tapping with the other hand and that can look really well. Different people have different style. You must not copy anybody else from the beginning. You just need to be yourself. The flexibility needs to be there so that you face no trouble in strumming. Hopefully these tips will be able to help you out in your guitar lessons.

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