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12: How to Hold A Guitar Pick (My Favorite Tip) · The Guitarjet Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the Guitar Jet podcast, where you'll skyrocket your
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  Speaker 1: knowledge of theory, techniques and fundamentals for.
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  Speaker 2: Guitar Welcome to the show. I'm Miles and today I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to tell you how to properly hold a guitar pick.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to start by saying that there's no truly
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  Speaker 2: proper way to hold a guitar pick, but there are
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  Speaker 2: arguably more convenient methods, and the most commonly top method
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  Speaker 2: is to kind of curl your first finger and then
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  Speaker 2: put the pick between your thumb and your first finger.
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  Speaker 2: And this brings me to one of my favorite tips
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  Speaker 2: for learning how to hold a guitar pick, which is
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  Speaker 2: to get a thumb pick. Because the thumb pick solves
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  Speaker 2: this problem for you. You put it on your thumb and
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  Speaker 2: then it's very clear that what you need to do
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  Speaker 2: is fold your first finger so that you can hold
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  Speaker 2: on to that thumb pick. So that's one of the
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  Speaker 2: best ways to learn how to properly hold your guitar
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  Speaker 2: pick and other things to Other things to consider when
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  Speaker 2: it comes to holding the guitar pick are anchoring your
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  Speaker 2: hand or resting your hand on the bridge. Some people
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  Speaker 2: like to anchor their pinky on the body of the guitar.
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  Speaker 2: But you just want to rest your hand in order
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  Speaker 2: to improve your picking accuracy and in order to eliminate energy.
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  Speaker 2: You don't want to exhaust your picking hand. And that's it,
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  Speaker 2: you know. Of course, this is easier to explain visually,
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  Speaker 2: and I actually have a video about this on my
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  Speaker 2: YouTube channel. But long story short, go ahead and buy
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  Speaker 2: a Fred Kelly Bumblebee guitar pick. I'll have a link
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  Speaker 2: to one in my description, and I hope you have
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  Speaker 2: a good day. I'll catch you in the next episode.