So it's a good thing to learn when you're a beginning player. But in reality, you do what you need to do to play music.
Modern fingerstyle players, as well as classical players, and probably lots of not-so-modern fingerstyle players will play any string with any finger or thumb, whatever it takes to get the job done.
Lots of players will use fingers on the lower strings, or use the thumb to play higher strings. The primary reason is probably technical: to achieve speed or smoothness. There may also be tonal differences in how you strike the strings. Your thumb probably sounds different than your fingers, and even different fingers may produce a slightly different tone, so that's another possible reason. Or the choice may be totally arbitrary.
In other words, there's no hard and fast rule that says you have to assign specific fingers to certain strings. Do what works for you. It's good to learn to be flexible and not be locked into one pattern or approach. Find all posts by Doug Young. And, yes. Yes, starting out and acquiring the motor skills and experience competence. No, after the Yes part and applying what you know in a manner that suits the piece and the emphasis needed within it.
Example: Emphasizing a note may be better served by the power in the thumb stroke versus the finger. It's all relative after reaching a certain level of competence. It can be confusing to have the paper for playing a piece in front of you and then watching a player executing that piece in conflict with the paper. It's just a bustle in the hedgerow.
Don't be alarmed. Nice to see the John Martyn clips. Was that Danny Thompson on double bass in the second one?. I know they toured together at one time. I never saw any of those gigs but I've heard there were some wild times. Another well known example is California Dreaming played by Michael Chapdelaine - that's the tune I learned this technique with. The Justinguitar and John Martyn videos posted earlier in this thread do not show what is so special about it: A note and a percussive sound are produced at the same time.
And that's the hard part: You need to coordinate the thumb and fingers of your right hand in a way that might feel weird at first. How to do it : Usually, but not necessarily, a thumb pick is used. The sound is produced by hitting the strings with your right hand thumb pick to make them touch the frets. It's much easier to achieve this sound on the bass strings and it is sufficient to use a single string. Mostly only the low E string is played in such a way that the tip of the thumb pick if one is used will land between the E and A strings.
EDIT: Just came back from a workshop with Adam Rafferty and realized there are at least two approaches: - He plays these clicks just as if he wanted to play a note on the string: The pick moves into the direction of the A string and the top.
He touches the E string with the top of the pick. It is not necessary to mute the string with the left hand. The string can be muted by resting the right hand thumb on the string for a short moment, as is usually done. Alternatively, the thumb can bounce away from the string immediately after touching it. This way, both the percussive sound and whatever note you are fretting are produced.
I suggest to start with strummed chords. Later on, pick some notes instead of strumming chords. This was much harder for me in the beginning - I guess because thumb and fingers have to move in the opposite direction. It might help to allow your right hand fingers touch the string quite a while before plaing it. The verse of California Dreaming starts like this: -xx Next, play some arpeggios: -x etc.
Most important: Play very slowly at first! Last edited by Pida; at AM. Find all posts by Pida. Johnny Lee. Very good tutorial Pida. I'm gonna try this out today. It's definitely a challenge to get the percussive noise and the notes ringing out at the same time. Find all posts by Johnny Lee. I have tried it yesterday - thanx Pida for the tutorial.
The "strummed chords" part is fairly easy to get the hang of - you just need to ensure that the trebles do not ring out too loud and don't overpower the percussive bass string s. I found that using one finger for trebles middle finger for me works best. Will take some focused practice definitiely.
StyleD, Try this video. But, I don't really hear a "twang". I think that might just be from the hard attack that he does, but it doesn't sound like he's going for "twang" i. Recently I had the opportunity to learn from Mike Dawes about his various percussive techniques that he always relates to a drum set.
So Mr. Also, it looks like while he's hitting the kick drum, he is also doing a snare technique by hitting the side of his thumb just above the sound hole although, it is difficult to tell from the camera angle. Basically, you can just flick your middle or ring finger while slapping strings 6, 5, or 4 to allow the note s to ring while you still get the percussive hit. Hopefully that's what you were asking. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.
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