Re: There is no right way to hold a pick. There is only your way.
Come on rfd, don't leave mad. I would have agreed with "Your Opinion" long ago when I first started lurking this forum. Beanzy's injury example brings part of why your methods can be problematic. Many guitar players including myself bring what worked for them on guitar using a flexing pick. Guitar playing ergonomic worked for me for a few years but the stress in my hands made longer playing time painful. Eventually I put my mandolin down and stopped playing because of pain. After some recovery time and study of what was causing my pain I literally had to start at the beginning and reteach myself to play in a way that was pain free. I not only had to get a better grip on my pick but also had to stop fretting with my thumb behind the neck like classical guitar is usually played. The slanted angle and thumb positioning methods cured my fretting hand pain and the recommended pick grip took the load off my index finger and thumb.
It took time to get used to these methods that eventually proved to be far superior than what I was naturally doing. I'm living proof of the above logic to good instrument specific methods of play. I'm glad your natural method is working out for you but their are too many of us that found out the hard way that our natural method hurt us.
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