• Registered: 2006-05-06
  • Posts: 6

Topic: questions...

hey, i have some questions and i would be really nice of you to help me... please dont mind my poor english...

if i want to play a song by strumming without a plectrum, do i have to play with the thumb or with the forefinger? with the nails or with the finger?

  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 174

Re: questions...

i strum with my thumb and middle finger together with the nails

  • colm
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  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 16

Re: questions...

I strum with a combination of the thumb and the backs of all the nails of the right hand, that way your hand isn't holding an invisible plectrum and the fingers are ready to be deployed since they're normally sitting around the "home" strings - thumb over 6/5 and ima over 3/2/1


This also allows for some nice damping using the back of the fingers and the heel and even allows you to tap the soundboard quite easily to get a flamenco style rythm going.


It also allows you to avoid resting fingers on the soundboard whilst playing - a very bad habit I picked up and took ages to get rid of.


Hope this helps.