Is a pick reeeeeally necessary?

Repeat after me
Fingers are better than picks
Fingers are better than picks
fingers are better than picks

Repeat after me
Fingers are better than picks
Fingers are better than picks
fingers are better than picks

fingers are different from picks
fingers are different from picks
fingers are different from picks!

There ;-)

Repeat after me
Fingers are better than picks
Fingers are better than picks
fingers are better than picks

fingers are different from picks
fingers are different from picks
fingers are different from picks!

There ;-) Oh really? Then tell me, what is it called when a child places his finger up his nose and digs around? Picking isn't it? Thus logic tells us the thing used to do the picking must be a pick. Therefore, ergo and all those other fancy terms, a finger and a pick are the same thing. Thus, that piece of plastic is superfluous :twisted: :wink:

depending on what I am playing, or how I want to play it, I alternate between using my fingers and using a pick. It might be just me, but I find I can get some really interesting rythms if I am using my fingers and my thumb as opposed to a pick.

QUOTE: "Oh really? Then tell me, what is it called when a child places his finger up his nose and digs around? Picking isn't it? Thus logic tells us the thing used to do the picking must be a pick. Therefore, ergo and all those other fancy terms, a finger and a pick are the same thing. Thus, that piece of plastic is superfluous"

Tely, that is a beautiful piece of logic. I never knew you were a Harvard man old boy :lol: :lol: :lol:

QUOTE: "Oh really? Then tell me, what is it called when a child places his finger up his nose and digs around? Picking isn't it? Thus logic tells us the thing used to do the picking must be a pick. Therefore, ergo and all those other fancy terms, a finger and a pick are the same thing. Thus, that piece of plastic is superfluous"

Tely, that is a beautiful piece of logic. I never knew you were a Harvard man old boy :lol: :lol: :lol:

And I have even had a sip of the good stuff yet today :wink:

Repeat after me
Fingers are better than picks
Fingers are better than picks
fingers are better than picks

fingers are different from picks
fingers are different from picks
fingers are different from picks!

There ;-) Oh really? Then tell me, what is it called when a child places his finger up his nose and digs around? Picking isn't it? Thus logic tells us the thing used to do the picking must be a pick. Therefore, ergo and all those other fancy terms, a finger and a pick are the same thing. Thus, that piece of plastic is superfluous :twisted: :wink:

:evil: :twisted:
Without being picky - I will defer from picking apart your agrumentation and pick you to pieces by picking over the details in your inference - perhaps you will pick up on it someday, untill then I will pick up my pick and finger my nose

What a picked game you play - to make me feel this way
;)
LaRS

Ha! Tele, that is classic. :lol:

Thanks everyone for your opinoins. I plan to use both, but right now I would like to concentrate on what's going on with the left hand. (Or the right hand if you play left handed, but I am left handed and play right handed so its my left hand. Huh??)
Anyways, it is easier right now to learn while not having to worry about a pick, so it is good to know that a pick isn't absolutely necessary at this point.

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How long do I have to repeat this?? :D

Then tell me, what is it called when a child places his finger up his nose and digs around?

I call it pointing at my brain....errr... the childs brain.... yeah..yeah....

Wes don't hold back man! tell us how you really feel about picks :lol:

If your body and fingers tell you No, then obviously you're not meant to use a pick. Go with what you feel and stop worrying about it.

If your body and fingers tell you No, then obviously you're not meant to use a pick. Go with what you feel and stop worrying about it.

To get serious again for a (short) while - this is just the kind of reasoning I worry about. I doubt if that is are very good advice for a total beginner - and I don't mean you i particular klim. In order to get a payoff from using a pick you have to invest some time using it, just like everything else. Of course it is no problem playing with fingers in order to get the left hand straight first. But it should not eventually be a choice of whether it feels rigth immeadiately. How stupid would this look: "d'you think scales are difficult? drop them, then", "you don't feel like playing barres? - no need really", "you have a tough time changing between D and G? -well don't worry, there are plenty of songs with just one chord in it" etc...

Fingers are different from ...

Oh, never mind

LaRS

In order to get a payoff from using a pick you have to invest some time using it, just like everything else.

I am mostly a finger person but I agree Lars. When I first started using a pick it was really difficult. Had I not continued.. I probably would never use one. If we listened to our bodies to make decision in learning to play guitar then there wouldnt be too many guitarist. Hum, maybe thats a good thing. Anyway, I'm not picking at you klim. Guitar should also be fun and I totally agree that it doesnt have to be learned TODAY. But it something to add to the list of things to get familiar with.

Ohh and "fingers are better than picks" :lol:

Jim

Funny thing is while I CAN finger pick on the guitar I'd much rather use a pick, But I Much prefer to use my fingers on bass( it just seems more natural).