On guitar picks and picking (and a new blog)

[mark wein]

I was asked about a riff I played in the video so that turned into a second lesson that I ended up doing "old school" with printable notation and even a Guitar Pro file:

http://markweinguitarlessons.com/for...6-E9-Funk-Riff

It's not really a riff I would play in an actual funk song (it's kind of busy to fit in most grooves) but it is fun to play.

[groverj3]

Very cool stuff, lots of people skip over all the different picking techniques out there when doing instructional videos. Its good to find one that doesn't immediately say that their technique is the ONLY way to do something. Your technique is very very clean, hope to reach that level of precision someday.

Coincidentally, I've been using the smaller teardrop picks from Dunlop for a long time. Its always made more sense to me to use picks that are smaller when I essentially choke the pick off so there isn't much showing anyway. Plus, the stiff nature of them makes them ideal for lead playing.

[mark wein]

Very cool stuff, lots of people skip over all the different picking techniques out there when doing instructional videos. Its good to find one that doesn't immediately say that their technique is the ONLY way to do something. Your technique is very very clean, hope to reach that level of precision someday.

Coincidentally, I've been using the smaller teardrop picks from Dunlop for a long time. Its always made more sense to me to use picks that are smaller when I essentially choke the pick off so there isn't much showing anyway. Plus, the stiff nature of them makes them ideal for lead playing.

Thanks!

There are so many of my favorite players that have such completely different ways of playing that it's impossible to pick out any one approach. I used to be very specific with my students and I still do try and steer them away from things that I know are inefficient no matter how you play but the reality is that there are many ways to skin this particular cat