Please tell me someone else plays classical with a pick here.

Xtremevillan · 08-27-2007, 10:56 PM

I do.

It's fucking HARD and chords are annoying.

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata III. Around bar 30. I manage OK with a pick, but not super great.

This is me:

Literally.

Mastodon · 08-27-2007, 11:24 PM

I'm having a really hard time picturing this...could you make a video or something of it?

Kotex · 08-28-2007, 02:18 AM

Well, I do occasionally. I just use my other fingers for chords that skip strings. No big deal.

bostjan · 08-28-2007, 02:23 AM

Sorry, no.

My guitar teacher used to use Lee Press-on Nails, though

Naren · 08-28-2007, 05:38 AM

I can't even imagine how you'd play classical with a pick... Obviously whenever I play anything else (metal, punk, rock, jazz, blues, funk, general acoustic, etc.), I use a pick, but I cannot even imagine using a pick for classical...

Are there any reasons why you would play classical with a pick?

08-28-2007, 07:41 AM

I play it with fingers without the nails.

distressed_romeo · 08-28-2007, 01:03 PM

I use a pick for playing leads on nylon string, a la John McLaughlin, but for the more traditional classical stuff it's fingers all the way.

Xtremevillan · 08-28-2007, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Naren

I can't even imagine how you'd play classical with a pick... Obviously whenever I play anything else (metal, punk, rock, jazz, blues, funk, general acoustic, etc.), I use a pick, but I cannot even imagine using a pick for classical...

Are there any reasons why you would play classical with a pick?

Reason 1) I suck at fingerpicking.
2) I do not have a nylon string guitar, I have 3 steel strings.
3)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mastodon

I'm having a really hard time picturing this...could you make a video or something of it?

I will try to make a video, I get really nervous when I record with a mic and I don't have a camera yet, maybe around December or so.

I'll record myself playing Moonlight Sonata III at my own pace.

Zepp88 · 08-28-2007, 01:54 PM

I'd recommend you cast the pick aside for a while to work up your fingerpicking.

A classical nylon string is meant to be played with the fingers, although I use either depending on what I want to play. But for classical peices, fingerpick that shit.

distressed_romeo · 08-28-2007, 02:27 PM

It depends on the piece really; if it's a violin or cello solo piece then the pick will be just fine, but if you're trying to adapt piano pieces, or any piece involving counterpoint, then fingers are really the only way to go.

08-27-2007, 10:56 PM	#1
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08-28-2007, 02:18 AM	#3
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08-28-2007, 02:23 AM	#4
bostjan Spastic Kitchen! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 6,076 Main Seven: Oni Custom 7 Main ERG: Oni Custom 8 Rig: Mesa Dual Recto Thanked: 6	Sorry, no. My guitar teacher used to use Lee Press-on Nails, though Khereb's myspace

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08-28-2007, 01:54 PM	#9
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08-27-2007, 11:24 PM	#2
Mastodon Songs about My Cats Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bizurke Posts: 6,634 Main Seven: 2004 Ibanez RG7321 Thanked: 41	I'm having a really hard time picturing this...could you make a video or something of it?

08-28-2007, 05:38 AM	#5
Naren OldschoolGhettostyle Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tokyo Posts: 12,334 Real Name: Eric Main Seven: RG1527-GK Main ERG: RG7EXFX2-IPT Rig: GNX3000 Thanked: 40	I can't even imagine how you'd play classical with a pick... Obviously whenever I play anything else (metal, punk, rock, jazz, blues, funk, general acoustic, etc.), I use a pick, but I cannot even imagine using a pick for classical... Are there any reasons why you would play classical with a pick?

08-28-2007, 07:41 AM	#6
Desecrated Dirty Lurker Posts: n/a	I play it with fingers without the nails.

08-28-2007, 02:27 PM	#10
distressed_romeo Bringin' UR Kaos! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Albion Posts: 9,567 Real Name: I have many... Main Seven: C7 Hellraiser Main ERG: Aria bass tuned in fifths Rig: POD v2.0 Thanked: 200	It depends on the piece really; if it's a violin or cello solo piece then the pick will be just fine, but if you're trying to adapt piano pieces, or any piece involving counterpoint, then fingers are really the only way to go.

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