Comments on: Banjo players, have you experimented with finger picks? http://banjosrule.com/blog/banjo-players-have-you-experimented-with-finger-picks/ Banjo Blog Wed, 25 Apr 2012 02:07:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Banjos Rule Special Edition Guest Article: Banjo Finger Picks | My banjo life http://banjosrule.com/blog/banjo-players-have-you-experimented-with-finger-picks/comment-page-1/#comment-866 Banjos Rule Special Edition Guest Article: Banjo Finger Picks | My banjo life Wed, 24 Nov 2010 04:09:38 +0000 http://banjosrule.com/blog/?p=949#comment-866 [...] If you would like to ready my original blog post about finger picks, please follow this link: finger picks blog post. [...] [...] If you would like to ready my original blog post about finger picks, please follow this link: finger picks blog post. [...]

]]> By: admin http://banjosrule.com/blog/banjo-players-have-you-experimented-with-finger-picks/comment-page-1/#comment-845 admin Sat, 23 Oct 2010 04:26:48 +0000 http://banjosrule.com/blog/?p=949#comment-845 Hey gitpaws, in answer to your question, first let me clarify the blog title: it should have asked if you've experimented with very many different KINDS or VARIATIONS of finger picks. As I re-read the title, it almost looks like I'm asking if you've tried finger picks at all. Yes, EVERY 5-string bluegrass banjo player uses finger picks. But there are many kinds. So is there anything wrong with finger picking guitar with your nails? Nope. Many guitarists do that, especially classical players. Would you play the banjo this way? Nope. You'd never keep up and you'd never be heard. 5-string bluegrass banjo is all about the volume, the drive, the speed, and the power. Metal picks provide you with all these things. Try to use your nails and you'll be slow, you'll be quiet, and you won't have the classic bluegrass touch. So like it or not, if you are switching to banjo, you'll need to get used to finger picks! Sound awkward at first, but after a couple days you wonder how you ever learned to play without them. Thanks gitpaws!! Hey gitpaws, in answer to your question, first let me clarify the blog title: it should have asked if you’ve experimented with very many different KINDS or VARIATIONS of finger picks. As I re-read the title, it almost looks like I’m asking if you’ve tried finger picks at all. Yes, EVERY 5-string bluegrass banjo player uses finger picks. But there are many kinds.

So is there anything wrong with finger picking guitar with your nails? Nope. Many guitarists do that, especially classical players. Would you play the banjo this way? Nope. You’d never keep up and you’d never be heard.

5-string bluegrass banjo is all about the volume, the drive, the speed, and the power. Metal picks provide you with all these things. Try to use your nails and you’ll be slow, you’ll be quiet, and you won’t have the classic bluegrass touch.

So like it or not, if you are switching to banjo, you’ll need to get used to finger picks! Sound awkward at first, but after a couple days you wonder how you ever learned to play without them.

Thanks gitpaws!!

]]> By: gitpaws http://banjosrule.com/blog/banjo-players-have-you-experimented-with-finger-picks/comment-page-1/#comment-843 gitpaws Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:22:34 +0000 http://banjosrule.com/blog/?p=949#comment-843 Another stupid question from a guitar player who is just now learning banjo. I have long fingernails on my right hand. Been finger picking that way for over 40 years. Anything wrong with that? Another stupid question from a guitar player who is just now learning banjo. I have long fingernails on my right hand. Been finger picking that way for over 40 years. Anything wrong with that?

]]> By: eknjr http://banjosrule.com/blog/banjo-players-have-you-experimented-with-finger-picks/comment-page-1/#comment-766 eknjr Thu, 13 May 2010 18:51:30 +0000 http://banjosrule.com/blog/?p=949#comment-766 Finely have picks that won't slid off got a pair of Sanny shelor picks work real good thanks for suggesting them. Finely have picks that won’t slid off got a pair of Sanny shelor picks work real good thanks for suggesting them.

]]> By: admin http://banjosrule.com/blog/banjo-players-have-you-experimented-with-finger-picks/comment-page-1/#comment-594 admin Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:34:44 +0000 http://banjosrule.com/blog/?p=949#comment-594 Hey Ken, thanks for sharing that information. Please keep sharing your experiences as you experiment and figure out what works best for you. Hey Ken, thanks for sharing that information. Please keep sharing your experiences as you experiment and figure out what works best for you.

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