I've known other people to do the same thing as you do, Pete. Just seems to me to be unnecessary to change grip for one thing or the other. But I know you to be proficient at what you do, so maybe it works for you to change grip. I can see the possibility of needing to change grip for stylistic purposes, but I don't play more than one vein/style of music really(country, that's right) so one grip works for me for everything I struggle through. At the risk of appearing a horse's ass, I'll say this...seems to me there's a line that gets crossed a lot of the time where there's more thought going into technical issues than letting the music be the focal point.
Different strokes(pardon the pun) for different folks. If a person has a sound they're trying to get out, I reckon they'll find a way to get it done. Taterbug On Apr 27, 7:17 am, Petimar <[email protected]> wrote: > I definitely change my grip, depending on what sound I'm shooting for > and what accuracy I need. I hold much closer to the tip for cross > picking, hold way back from the tip for downstrokes, retract my index > finger a lot for chords, etc. > > I bet if you look close at most good players, they do the same. The > ones I've seen close usually do. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
