Re: Is it necessary to keep the pick vertical to the strings?
Originally Posted by
stringalong
Hello, Bertram, I'm afraid I don't understand what you've written in this sentence. Do you think you could try rewording this somehow? What axis of rotation are you talking about? Are you referring to a slight "twist" angle, while holding the pick vertical? I believe that would "ease picking forces" from a straight-on vertical pick, which strikes the string with the flat of the pick. The twist angle would ease-over the strings. Is that what you mean?
Oh dear. 3-dimensional description without pictures.
Ok, let's spread 3 axes z,y,x. Z is perpendicular with the mandolin top, pointing towards the audience, so to speak.
Y is parallel with the strings, pointing towards the headstock. X is parallel with the saddle, pointing towards your feet (I trust Jeff will recognize this as a right-handed space, but it's not important for the point made).
Now, the pick can be turned around any of those axes, for instance the photos on frets.com show a turn around the y axis. Attack angle, OTOH, is a turn around the z axis. Even a turn around the x axis is known: it's called pick slippage
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