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Topic: guitar pick slipping

I'm about 3 months into playing. I'm playing some songs but I still need more practice. The problem I'm having is when I'm about 1/2 or 3/4 through a song my pick keeps on turning in my fingers. Then I have to stop and reset the pick. What am I doing wrong???

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Re: guitar pick slipping

Hi viller21 and welcome to chordie!

Check out this recent thread on the same topic (found by using the search function on top of the forum)

http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=6660

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  • Registered: 2008-03-21
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Re: guitar pick slipping

thanks, I'll cheeck it out

  • Registered: 2007-03-24
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Re: guitar pick slipping

sand them. I think you'll find that advice from upyerkilt on the thread mentioned above. I followed his simple advice and it works like a charm

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Re: guitar pick slipping

I use a thinner pick and focus more on relaxing my wrist when playing.  As a beginner, using a medium or thicker pick is not productive.  Thicker picks are nice for when you do scales or playing heavier guage strings.  Just my two cents!

viller21 wrote:

I'm about 3 months into playing. I'm playing some songs but I still need more practice. The problem I'm having is when I'm about 1/2 or 3/4 through a song my pick keeps on turning in my fingers. Then I have to stop and reset the pick. What am I doing wrong???

  • From: East Anglia, England
  • Registered: 2007-06-19
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Re: guitar pick slipping

get some blu-tack, so you can join a pin and the plectrum together. then push the pin through a through layers of skin in your thumb (make sure the end pokes out too).

sorted big_smile
it doesn't hurt, dont worry, i always put pins in my fingers.

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Re: guitar pick slipping

Gorilla snot? 

I light lighter picks for strumming.  I still drop them or slip sometimes, but just keep playing anyway.  It's just something that comes in time.

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