THE QUIET ROOM SAM BELL - ACOUSTIC 101 PART 1(^140) Guitar Interactive Issue 66
With a thinner pick, tortex or nylon,
there are many ways to manipulatewhere
you strum and how you strum to get a
wider range of sounds as I’ll explain in the
following headings.
Dynamic:
Often the argument against thinner picks
is that it’s not possible to get ‘louder’
sounds. There’s a little truth to this, how-
ever its all about the way in which you
pick through the string. The pick tip
being parallel with the string will produce
a rounder more ‘flappy’ sounding attack,
the pick tip edged at a 45 degree angle
with add more ‘slice’ to the sound (up-
per mid range/treble) and also produce a
quicker sounding attack. Using more pick
tip and letting the pick hand ‘fall through’
the strings will add more volume, reso-
nance and size to the string. Using less
pick tip and a lighter touch will make the
Sam Bell - Acoustic 101: Part 1
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