Re: Getting used to a thicker pick?
There are different schools of thought on this topic, and different musical traditions where one or the other way of thinking might predominate. I prefer a pointy, medium pick (.76) and find that getting all the tone out of the instrument is mostly a matter of developing right-hand technique. For a more specific description of the medium-pick viewpoint, check out Simon Mayor's books.
I remember when if you walked into a music store and asked for a mandolin pick, they'd give you something small, teardrop-shaped, and medium weight. That's the kind of pick you usually see in the old mandolin method books, unless they're the old classical-style picks which were much longer and designed to replace the quill. Somewhere along the line, pick manufacturers realized that lots of bluegrass players were using the rounded, blunt edge of guitar picks, and started making heavy, rounded-edge mandolin picks. Anyone remember seeing these more than, say, 25 years ago?
Whichever way you go, the right hand will probably take some time to find the sound that's there. Enjoy the ride!
Exploring Classical Mandolin (Berklee Press, 2015)
Progressive Melodies for Mandocello (KDP, 2019) (2nd ed. 2022)
New Solos for Classical Mandolin (Hal Leonard Press, 2020)
2021 guest artist, mandocello: Classical Mandolin Society of America
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