Electric Guitars Played in Different ways?

[MusicPebbles]

Hi guys! I would like to ask How many of you guys play electric guitars in a classical way? I have seen ppl on youtube playing in the finger picking way. Isn't it to be played with picks? btw how many of u take exams for electric guitar?

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

theory is fixed, but technique need not be

finger picking, picks, hybrid picking(with picks and fingers) all different techniques and according to how the person playing wanna or having the situation to inter-change between different picking style(to get different sound, to play certain passage more fluently or ease of playing etc)

not sure bout the certification for electric tho. I wud think if there is, it will not just be the playing, but more of theory, compositional skill etc, the overall sense of music kinda

 

[bin4christ]

the guitarist of Radja (Indonesian band, check them out on youtube) plays guitar upside down. like hendrix but doesnt invert the strings.

 

[RoRK]

bro Path's on the right track. I don't use a pick myself and actually use a combination of finger-picking, hybrid style but no pick, and one and two fingers for solos. You get different timbres depending on how and with what you hit the strings.

I find pick-less playing provides the best of everything BUT you've got to take good care of your nails. There really isn't any loss other than volume but that can be compensated easily.

Cheers
RoRK

 

[MusicPebbles]

does that mean that you have to start with classical guitars? then u will noe how to fingerpick.

 

[RoRK]

does that mean that you have to start with classical guitars? then u will noe how to fingerpick.

Not at all. Country picking is actually quite difficult. Just as difficult as classical although the comparison isn't robust. CLassical requires more stretching of teh left-hand while country requires much faster playing. When you realise that there are fast classical pieces, the comparison fails. But generally speaking country is difficult.

Then there's flamenco and jazz, including bebop which is great on the guitar.

Starting off with pop is also fine. You've got to have a mind as to where you want to end up - ie. what type of music you want to play. Once you settle on something, you'll have a better idea as to how to create your learning path.

I suggest that you take a youtube look at Stanley Jordan and Jeff Healey (RIP) for intriguing fingerstyle techniques.

Cheers
RoRK