Same. I'm just nowhere near as good at it as you are!
I use a combination of alternative picking and legato picking and lots of pull-offs and hammer-ons. It suits me the best.
How about you?
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Same. I'm just nowhere near as good at it as you are!
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Legato picking? I thought legato _wasn't_ picking.Originally Posted by Robert
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I pretty much pick all the notes I play on leads but I will sometimes do pull offs on certain things.
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Nose picker. Mostly sweep, but occasionally alternate between nostrils.
Alternate usually and some hammer-ons and pull-offs. I wish I could sweep pick though.
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I currently like to use a lot of hammer ons and pull offs. I love to combine a bend with a pull off. My pick attack is not as smooth as I would like too, and I am too slow and rough if I try to pick everything. I could alternate better and more naturally too. Better though with time and practice.
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Marnold, you're right of course. I guess I should call it "Legato playing". I mean hammer-ons and pull-offs (sometimes even pull-ups ).
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Spud.. nosepicker.. your killin me..
Pullups ? might need those in my senior years..
Little known fact--"legato" is Italian for "booger".Originally Posted by ted s
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I got into the habit of using lots of hammer-ons and pull-offs because I'm a lazy, lazy player and I didn't want to have to put effort into developing speed in my picking hand. That's something I've been trying to remedy recently, though I still like the sound of legato playing better.
Thanks CliffyOriginally Posted by duhvoodooman
Whew! I thought I had lost it for a moment there. Just when I think I know what a term means . . .Originally Posted by Robert
As far as which of them I prefer, I'm not really good enough to say. At this point, it's probably more of a percussive pick attack thing for me.
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Wow! I never knew that. I thought the guys in the band were being my friends when they called me Mr. Legato.Originally Posted by duhvoodooman
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Obviously notOriginally Posted by Spudman
Ah well, I play too much with legatos too... I´m the founder of the international legato movement.
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I try to pick as much as possible, because it is easier to work with different dynamics when you pick.
Therefore:
85% picking
15% legato
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Like I mentioned in previous posts, I put a lot of energy into developing the right tone to go with my playing. While I use both styles of playing described here, I watched a video of Bill Frisell where he discusses his tone. An exercise he suggests is to play scales but only pick the first note on each string and then slide your finger to the other notes without picking again. This creates a nice slurred sound, and some great whole round tones. Once you get used to playing scales this way, you start to integrate this into your lead play. Combine this way of playing with picking more notes and you achieve some difference in tone and the same lines take on new life each time through as you focus on certain notes and then on the movement of the tone to the other notes.
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I play with legato alot because my speed picking sucks but I find it's much easier on ascending runs (hammer ons) then decending (pull offs).
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I was really influenced by Neal Schon's playing and I think that's why I tried to pick every note off. It just sounded dang cool. I like the attack and tone of strings being picked.
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