| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Gene Wooten Lick from Dobro Rhumba | | Date: | Wednesday, June 20, 2007 16:28:23 (-0500) | | From: | Wayne Langdon <wlangdon @......com>
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| In reply to: | Message 6916 (written by don.hergert) |
From what I understand list member and one of the best loved pickers in the
country Tut Taylor plays with thumb and forefinger on the bar all the time.
Wayne
Copperas Cove, Texas
----- Original Message -----
From: <don.hergert@verizon.net>
To: <resoguit-l@elistas.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Gene Wooten Lick from Dobro Rhumba
> Another slant question...
>
> Is it wrong to hold the bar *between* the index and thumb and flip it back
> and forth that way rather than doing wrist flips? (Stevens' bar)
>
> I've been trying both techniques and my wrist just doesn't move well, it's
> too stiff with joint problems. But I can flip the bar back and forth
> between the index and thumb all day long. Muting is a little less
> natural, but with some thought it can still be done...
>
> Am I going the wrong direction with this? Does anyone successfully do the
> finger flips?
>
> Btw, I had a chance to watch Danny Caldwel of the Kirby Knob Boys up close
> on Sunday night. He chokes strings with a single finger behind the bar
> while playing some licks. Wild!
>
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