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| Subject: | RE: [RESOGUIT-L] Ouch w/ the left hand; length between fingertip and tip of pick | | Date: | Wednesday, May 28, 2008 16:29:31 (-0700) | | From: | Joe Saylor <joepa40 @.......com>
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Speaking of how to hold the bar, has anyone noticed how Tut holds his bar? It
appears he holds it with the thumb and index and middle fingers almost straight
up and down.. He sure gets some real nice sounds .. I have tried this and it felt
awkward to me..
Joe> Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 10:18:48 -0700> From: richard_d13132@yahoo.com> To:
resoguit-l@elistas.com> Subject: Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Ouch w/ the left hand; length
between fingertip and tip of pick> > The following is opinion, and may not be
worth much more than it costs you.> > I keep as much of the finfertip and pad as
possible in contact with the pick. I.e. the pick curls around the end of the
finger. I wish the picks were just a bit longer (or my fingers thinner), as I
have to keep my nails well trimmed or they will reach above and past the pick tip
and pluck the string just after the pick does. Not a good thing. This amount of
contact allows me to pick very hard. In photos, it looked like Josh Graves' picks
almost curled over the ends of his fingers. He plucked a string sideways, with
his fingers almost closed in a fist.> > As for your bar hand, try several
different ones, or changing your method of gripping it. I cannot use the bars
with slanted ends (e.g. Scheerhorn or Tipton) for more than ten minutes without
my hand cramping. I tend to grip a bar between the crease at the end joint on my
index finger and the crease across the palm of my hand. I need the corners on a
Stevens Style steel for this. (I use the Shubb-Pearse #3.) The slant-end steels
are too shoort and lack the corners. Swallows-style steels are fairly
comfortable, with their arched wooden tops.> > I grip the bar side-to-side
between the side of the pad of my thumb and the second joint of my middle finger,
with my index finger lying in the groove along the top to "steer" end of the bar.
The very end of the finger hangs over the end of the bar slightly to assist in
this.> > If possible, the back of your hand (both hands, really) should be in a
straight line with your forearm, with a little side-to-side bending allowed, and
VERY little up and down bending. Otherwise, you may develop carpal tunnel
problems, which have been discussed in this space before. I was once on the verge
of carpal tunnel problems, and monitoring my blood pressure at the left wrist
several times a day to see how well medication was working. The pressure of the
cuff aggravated the condition to where I could play no longer than half an hour
or so. Started measuring blood pressure on the right wrist, and the problem went
away.> > In short, try varying what you do while playing. Good luck.> > Dick
DeNeve> > > > > --- On Tue, 5/27/08, Sean Terry <seanct114@yahoo.com> wrote:> > >
From: Sean Terry <seanct114@yahoo.com>> > Subject: [RESOGUIT-L] Ouch w/ the left
hand; length between fingertip and tip of pick> > To: resoguit-l@elistas.com> >
Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 3:29 AM> > This issue with the fingers has prompted
me to ask a couple> > questions I've been meaning to ask. First, how much> >
distance or extension is recommended for the finger picks?> > I've tried it
anywhere between 1/4 inch to 1/8 inch,> > and I'm not sure which works best for
me yet. Is this> > something that is personal or is there pretty much a good> >
standard?> > Second, with my bar hand I've been getting a fair> > amount of
diffuse hand pain, which varies with amount of> > practice obviously. I use a
finger/hand gripper exercise> > contraption to strengthen both hands, which
helped me when> > I first started dobro, but that is becoming less> > successful.
Should I give the hand a break, or keep working> > it and strengthening it until
it goes away? I don't want> > to do more damage, but it's also hard to give up> >
practice when I want to.> > I appreciate the information being handed down on
this> > list. It's immensely helpful!> > Sean> > > > > >
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