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Ive been playing for 10 years... only recently I developed a different picking approach than how I did before (holding the pick firmly in the middle part of the fingers, rather than with the tips).

Im talking about "touch" and "feel" like with Jeff Beck, Hendrix, SRV, Eric Johnson... and more about the clean and low gain sounds.

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Eric Johnson had formal keyboard schooling. Jimi and SRV ran too hot and wrecked, Jeff beck survives but has lost a lot of aural resolution.

Give Robben Ford a shot. Larry Carlton. Michael Landau. Carl Verheyen. Hundreds of expert cats on YTube.
Observe and absorb.

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Perhaps the Segovia vid is a bit outside of the style you were looking for, but I agree with 1001gear's sentiment that listening to and looking at how the masters do it is really the way to do it.

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One of the things I like about guitar is that everyone who plays has the potential to have their very OWN touch, articulations and tone. There are broad general "rules" about the "correct" finger pressure with the left hand, how changing the pick angle affects tone etc...but as unique as we all are, this is where I think you can put your own stamp on your playing.

Just to use examples of some guys whose playing I've heard on this forum, I'm convinced that if Phlat, Jasco, Jeremy and myself played the same phrase with the same basic sound...we'd all sound quite different.

In this example a lot of it may be down to the choice of pick/no pick...but there would be differences in left hand fretting and the "voice" of the note..not sure if that's the right phrase...but it's the way a note "blooms"...if that makes sense.

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mosiddiqi
This whole topic is about control... you need absolute control on your muscles, to control the smallest movements that make the difference in sound... I want to have a better control in different ways and situations of playing, and after you have the control you sort of "let go" and find your own true voice...
I was in a Steve-Vai masterclass here in israel two weeks ago and he told us that when you practice, you have to find these little nuances, exaggerate them so you can control them and make them your own...

Also, I forgot to mention - Dynamics... also relate to this topic. I think it would be a good idea to post here videos of different players and talk about specific parts in their playing...

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I find that tone and touch are used differently in different genres of music. The players with the broadest range are players who have deeply learned many different styles of music. Over time these touches work their way into a players overall style. So to me the best way to do this type of thing is to broaden your musical horizons and learn different styles.

 

Indian players use microtonal ideas. Slide players use 4ths and slow slides into tones. Country players pluck and snap the strings. Metal players sweep and tremolo. On and on. See what I am saying?

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In my estimation, it takes years to learn to strike a string correctly. Maybe decades.




And by 'correctly', I mean getting the tone you want out of it effortlessly each and every time.

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mosiddiqi

This whole topic is about control... you need absolute control on your muscles, to control the smallest movements that make the difference in sound... I want to have a better control in different ways and situations of playing, and after you have the control you sort of "let go" and find your own true voice...

I was in a Steve-Vai masterclass here in israel two weeks ago and he told us that when you practice, you have to find these little nuances, exaggerate them so you can control them and make them your own...


Also, I forgot to mention - Dynamics... also relate to this topic. I think it would be a good idea to post here videos of different players and talk about specific parts in their playing...

 

 

Sure, I don't disagree. In summary, if you want absolute control of every little movement..then I'd imagine you do it very, very, very slowly until it becomes automatic..much like any type of practice really.

 

FWIW, I think one thing that guitarists are more guilty of than any other instrument is not listening. Listening carefully to what the other instruments are doing gives you clues about what's required from you in terms of articulation/dynamics etc... That really is a subject that we don't discuss enough.

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FWIW, I think one thing that guitarists are more guilty of than any other instrument is not listening.




How about harmonica-ists?


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FWIW I just figured out what FWIW means. I feel like I just came screaming into the 80's : )

 

 

Like you I give those things a blankstare and move on to the actual words.

Here's a link that may shed some lite and help to articulate the detail in those puzzling motifs.

 

http://gaarde.org/acronyms/

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