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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2021 3:52:05 GMT
I say right hand technique, but maybe it would be more appropriate to say picking-hand technique, in deference to left-handed players....
What do you do when you're playing? I notice guys in the Strat thread talking about having problems with knocking the pickup switch out of position, which makes me think they're doing big open strum motions that go far beyond the string path. I've never found that worked for me.....Maybe because I was primarily a lead player when I was young. I always wanted the control that comes with anchoring my hand in one spot. I've gotten accustomed to that, even playing bass....I always want to orient my hand in one position.
Depending on the instrument, my hand is either oriented with the heel of my hand on the bridge (most guitars) so I know exactly where the strings are going to be, or finger resting on the highest string on a bass, or, in the case of my small Tele bass, on the cover of the bridge pickup. I've never understood the players who do exaggerated strum patterns that go way beyond where the strings are, or do the Pete Townsend windmill stuff. I don't think there's any right or wrong about it, but it's interesting to see the habits that different players develep.
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Post by zontar on Aug 8, 2021 7:30:39 GMT
On guitar mostly I do as you do & my hand is oriented by the bridge--but I sometimes anchor my pinky & sometimes don't (Usually on the bottom of the bridge pickup)
It depends what I'm playing.
And if I am finger picking my hand is oriented differently.
It's more directly above the strings.
And I use the fingers I am not picking with to mute strings.
And actually I use both hands for muting--so what I do depends on what I'm playing & if I need to mute anything at that point.
On bass I mostly play with my fingers and my thumb is anchored on one of the pickups (more likely the neck pickup)
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Post by johnreardon on Aug 8, 2021 10:28:18 GMT
I have never had issues hitting controls on Strats or any other make guitars. Probably because I mainly play lead stuff, usually with just my fingers. Even when playing rhythm, I often use my fingers.
Biggest issue for me, with my right hand, is I get blisters where my little finger joins the hand. It's from where I rest my hand against the bridge on LPs, muting the strings.
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Post by laristotle on Aug 8, 2021 11:19:52 GMT
On bass I mostly play with my fingers and my thumb is anchored on one of the pickups (more likely the neck pickup) This is my technique as well. Sometimes on the butt of the neck for a bassier tone. |
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Post by infant on Aug 8, 2021 14:23:07 GMT
I use a pick 95% of the time. I rest my pinky on the body next to the bridge with the edge of my palm on the bridge for muting when necessary. After having played a Tele exclusively for 20+ years, I found my pinky sits right at the location of the volume control on a Strat so I always end up inadvertently turning it up or down.
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Post by Die Bullen on Aug 8, 2021 18:08:10 GMT
I say right hand technique, but maybe it would be more appropriate to say picking-hand technique, in deference to left-handed players....
What do you do when you're playing? I notice guys in the Strat thread talking about having problems with knocking the pickup switch out of position, which makes me think they're doing big open strum motions that go far beyond the string path. I've never found that worked for me.....Maybe because I was primarily a lead player when I was young. I always wanted the control that comes with anchoring my hand in one spot. I've gotten accustomed to that, even playing bass....I always want to orient my hand in one position.
Depending on the instrument, my hand is either oriented with the heel of my hand on the bridge (most guitars) so I know exactly where the strings are going to be, or finger resting on the highest string on a bass, or, in the case of my small Tele bass, on the cover of the bridge pickup. I've never understood the players who do exaggerated strum patterns that go way beyond where the strings are, or do the Pete Townsend windmill stuff. I don't think there's any right or wrong about it, but it's interesting to see the habits that different players develep.
Im guilty of hitting the strat pickup switch when i play it because I tend to do sweeping choose when playing rhythm, usually mutig as soon as a hit each chord |
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Post by Bill h on Aug 11, 2021 5:06:50 GMT
I use a pick 95% of the time. I rest my pinky on the body next to the bridge with the edge of my palm on the bridge for muting when necessary. After having played a Tele exclusively for 20+ years, I found my pinky sits right at the location of the volume control on a Strat so I always end up inadvertently turning it up or down. That’s my technique, I do lots of palm muting, I find resting on the bridge with my pinky on body allows for more control of the muting. I’ve hit the p/u selector on my strat when I open strum a few times, even turned myself down. |
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Post by highdeaf on Aug 31, 2021 17:56:26 GMT
Funny thing happened on the way to learning guitar: while I was concentrating on all the things I wanted my left hand to do, all the chords and single-note lines and hammer-ons and pull-offs, my right hand independently learn how to do its own thing, apparently unbeknownst to me. 
I have to think about what I do to explain it. I hybrid pick and usually anchor my picking hand, heel to bridge. Not always, it's a fluid thing that changes depending on what I'm doing. Sometimes I hit powerchords, going beyond the sweep of the strings themselves. Sometimes its a bit for show. Sometimes my hand is hard anchored if I'm pseudo-finger-picking the intro to something.
Because I don't play Strats all the time, I will sometimes accidentally change pickups in these moments. With Teles, I sometimes find the switch hard to hit quickly while my hand is anchored. I think. It is hard to reverse engineer what the hell I'm really doing, I'm just doing. A lot of muscle memory going on, I guess.
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Post by zontar on Aug 31, 2021 20:25:16 GMT
Funny thing happened on the way to learning guitar: while I was concentrating on all the things I wanted my left hand to do, all the chords and single-note lines and hammer-ons and pull-offs, my right hand independently learn how to do its own thing, apparently unbeknownst to me.
I have to think about what I do to explain it.
I found after I stopped taking lessons I did something like this. Stuff my teacher wanted me to do that I resisted I wound up doing any way. I really noticed it teaching, and had to stop & think about how to do some things. |
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Post by highdeaf on Sept 1, 2021 14:17:12 GMT
My other right hand technique is best,,,,,,ahhhh, left out of this forum. I'm sure you all can appreciate that.  |
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