In the first few minutes of my first class at ROW I asked some question unrelated to pick grip which somehow led Mike to come over, check my grip and "correct" it.
I have always held my pick perpendicular to my thumb between the joint and the tip with my index finger curled behind. So it was held in the fleshiest part of my thumb and touching the fleshy bottom pads of two finger joints.
Mike wanted it closer to bone with a minimum depth of flesh. On the thumb the pick was mover back so that it centered on the joint (ball). He wanted the finger rotated so that, rather than being slightly on the underside of the finger it is as close to the knuckle as i could get it. The pick is thus held between the thumb knuckle and index finger knuckle.
It seems to me that this accomplishes several things:
It eliminates the need for strength and stamina in the tips of the thumb and finger.
It reduces the dampening of the pick which should yield higher volume and clearer tone, especially for tremolo.
I'd be interested in input from those using this grip to check my understanding.
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