simple problem..

Dancing Ants · Post by **Dancing Ants** » Thu May 22, 2003 6:55 pm

..i'm sorta new at guitar (6 months), and I can't get a nice clean upstroke. I use a pick 95% of the time, and it just doesn't give me a good upstroke, and my guitar doesn't play loud enough without using a pick. any suggestions?

PureDaveAddict · Post by **PureDaveAddict** » Thu May 22, 2003 7:35 pm

First of all, I don't really understand ur problem, but ill do the best I can

Is the problem that you cant get enough power to pull an upstroke without having the pick fly out of ur hand? If so then I have 2 things of advice for u, 1) try using a different pick size( medium, or large, never use the Lights) 2) practice practice practice and one day u just might get it.

Of course those answers probably made no sense at all, but give us some details of whats goin on and we can help

-JtC

Dancing Ants · Post by **Dancing Ants** » Thu May 22, 2003 7:40 pm

okay...whenever i go for an upstroke, i can do it, but it isn't a smooth sound...it kinda of drags on the strings as it's coming up. i don't really know how to explain it any more than that....i'll practice alot, though.

PureDaveAddict · Post by **PureDaveAddict** » Thu May 22, 2003 7:45 pm

Oh yeah, for that all you can do practice more to get ur hand stronger, and perhaps you might want to fool around with the angle that you hold ur pick

just an Idea

-JtC

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Thu May 22, 2003 7:50 pm

a good practice for upstrokes (and muting for that matter) is ska and/or reggae music. mute the downstrokes, play the upstrokes.

grock · Post by **grock** » Fri May 23, 2003 11:00 am

shane wrote:a good practice for upstrokes (and muting for that matter) is ska and/or reggae music. mute the downstrokes, play the upstrokes.

this is very good advice. i would have said the exact same thing.