Fingerstyle vs plucking. Thread starter valde Start date Feb 9, Joined Jan 9, Messages Points I have been playing the ukulele for about 7 months now and have had some lessons. I am not new to music, as I play the keyboards and percussion in a non-professional manner. I have noticed that if I try to pluck the strings like a guitar, the volume is very low, almost inaudible. Plus sometimes I over-pluck and get a nasty response from my uke.
For resonance I believe. Is this right? I am beginning to feel that ukuleles are not meant for plucking but more for thumbing, I guess, at the 12th fret. Is that why it's called fingerstyle and not plucking? Joined Nov 19, Messages 5, Points I'm a mostly-fingerstyle player and always thought the term came directly from guitar - never gave it much thought.
But your question led me to Wikipedia which states : Fingerstyle guitar is the technique of playing the guitar by plucking the strings directly with the fingertips, fingernails, or picks attached to fingers, as opposed to flatpicking plucking individual notes with a single plectrum, commonly called a "pick". So per that definition, I'd say it's all plucking, as opposed to picking, unless you use a flatpick - the main difference being that you use your fingers. Or in my case, fingers and a thumb-pick.
I've never given much thought to where I actually pluck - usually just to the neck-side of the soundhole, I'd guess, although for some songs plucking near the bridge gets me the sound I want. Joined Feb 19, Messages 3, Points 0. Fingerpicking on the uke is similar to classical guitar finger picking. There should be videos online about "rest stroke" and "free stroke". A "rest stroke" is one where you pluck the string, and then let your finger rest on the string next to it.
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Flyswat 1, 3 3 gold badges 17 17 silver badges 26 26 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Max D Max D 1 1 silver badge 8 8 bronze badges. No, they refer to two different but related styles. It is an all-thumbs-are-fingers-but-not-all-fingers-are-thumbs-situation. Neil Meyer Neil Meyer I have never heard this distinction made, but I have certainly heard players who use both thumbpicks and fingerpicks refer to their style as "fingerpicking".
Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Strumming will still be the main idea with electric players, though, including the use of palm muting. Fingerpicking creates a more unique, softer sound since the fleshy parts of the fingers become the picks. Classical players use this the most and will use all five digits. I typically use the thumb, index, and middle fingers with the occasional ring finger, and this is how I typically teach other guitarists.
I learned how to fingerpick from banjo players. Learning how to fingerpick with the guitar is similar in terms of the mechanics. Banjo players banjists?
Guitarists can do the same, but there will typically be more deviation since we have more strings and more complex chords. Fingerpicking and fingerstyle are often used synonymously, but there are actually different things.
Fingerpicking is simply a technique, whereas finger style is just that — a style. It is a collection of techniques that create an entirely different way of playing the guitar.
Candyrat Records, as a result, has become a household name in the fingerstyle world, signing other artists like Antoine Dufour, Calum Graham, and Marcin Patrzalek. Fingerstyle is fingerpicking on steroids. Fingerstyle guitar players usually either grow and shape their fingernails a la Nosferatu or will use artificial nails.
A thumb pick is often added as well, given the angle at which the thumb approaches the strings. Heavy use of harmonics, right-handed hammer-ons, and using the body of the guitar as if it were a drum are some of the other defining characteristics of the genre. Oh, and by the way, the guitar is almost always tuned differently.
No, it is much more beneficial to start by learning to strum with a pick. Fingerpicking really should not be learned first, much less fingerstyle. The reasons are many. For one, basic rhythmic skills must be developed first in order to learn how to fingerpick properly and effectively.
Using a pick is much easier to learn rhythmic ideas than spreading your brain out into three, four, or five different places to tell each individual finger what to do. You know when you were a kid and you tried to pat your head and rub your tummy at the same time? The left hand for most players, the left hand is the fretting hand also needs to be developed. A lot of your attention will need to be placed on your right hand with fingerpicking.
Fingerpicking is slightly more demanding than strumming. Fingerpicking requires more fingers to be active. On the other hand, strumming can become hard when you strum certain complex strum patterns. But in general in my opinion , fingerpicking is harder. However, the most effective exercise to develop your fingerpicking skill is to just sit and play. What matters is that after some time your fingers will adapt to that style of playing.
Our brain loves recognizing patterns. You, alone, will develop your own fingerstyle patterns that will sound great. Just sit and enjoy playing your guitar with your fingers. It is impossible to know the exact number of fingerpicking patterns. You can even invent your own fingerpicking patterns. Flatpicking means holding the guitar pick when you play. It is different from fingerpicking, since you use only your guitar pick to make the sound out of your guitar. You should do both.
Flatpicking, fingerpicking — both ways are great, and it would be a shame to not know one way of playing. Moreover, the goal of learning an instrument is to learn how to play it differently, with many ways.
Imagine how much more creative you would get if you learn to play your guitar both ways. Since you can play fingerstyle on virtually any guitar, every guitar is good for fingerstyle.
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