Thanks Hal. I didn't know about the waterproof tape. On my list to pick up!
@EarleMonroe
5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I think the tape is a good idea. I've seen these little rubber or latex caps that go over the tip of the finger that some people use to keep finger picks on, but waterproof tape seems way better than that.
@claudiagregory5663
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Hal, I ran across this video and I'm glad I did!! I've been playing for about 3 years and early on, I was not happy with the sound of metal picks, so I started stalking out my options! I didn't even really know what I was looking for. I stumbled up on the freedom picks and I love them! Whatever article I read, said that they can be used either way. So I've been playing them "backwards" and I find them very comfortable! I just couldn't get past the cuticle pain when they were on the correct way. But this video also showed me that Dunlop makes some plastic finger picks. I love their thumb picks so I'm anxious to try out their finger picks as well. I will have to hunt them down in my city, Spokane WA, because everyone is complaining about how there is a pick shortage here!! Anyway, as always, thank you for all that you do!! I hope by now you are feeling settled in and loving Washington State!! Thanks again!!
@donnazappala7738
4 жыл бұрын
Learning SO much from your videos! Keep them coming!
@helenslade1208
3 жыл бұрын
I wear the aLaska Pins the other way round! I couldn't make them work the other way. They work for me upside down.
@GeneBlack
4 жыл бұрын
Ooh.. I need that tape for my thumb pick- which wants to pop off.
@GusG903
4 жыл бұрын
Hal Weeks: How about the Ultimate FingerPicks for Autoharp?? kzitem.info/news/bejne/2Wd91oiJiZlqiWU Click this link to see them in action on the Autoharp
@wildautoharp
4 жыл бұрын
I highly recommend ultimates to my students all the time. Just yesterday, in fact. Just haven't covered them in video yet. We have lots of them at the shop.
@GusG903
4 жыл бұрын
@@wildautoharp Email me at gus@crossroadsmusiccompany.com okay? I'd love to get some samples to you, for the 2nd generation nail design :-) Thanks for all that you do for the Autoharp World! ~Gus
@suzetteroberts9072
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks... I "pik-ed" up some good advice about choosing piks. Pik-ers can't be choosers.... Lol
@lindsaybryan1298
4 жыл бұрын
This a great and very useful series of videos. I have a real problem with picks because of swollen arthritic joints. If I can make picks fit over the first knuckle, they still either work their way off or are painfully tight. Any suggestions? I'm wondering if the first-aid tape might allow me to use looser picks.
@wildautoharp
4 жыл бұрын
Everybody's different, and has different sensitivites and needs, so I hesitate to recommend picks. You might want to try Ultimate finger picks. The tape might work too...you'll have to try it. A lot of folks swear by the Clingpro picks. Depends on your individual playing style and the shapes of your fingers. Good luck in your quest.
@lindsaybryan1298
4 жыл бұрын
@@wildautoharp Thank you!
@kategordon5631
3 жыл бұрын
What about metal picks??
@wildautoharp
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, what about those? I never got round to doing them. I was starting to go pick crazy, so I stopped doing the pick reviews. I might get back to that. But I personally do not use them, and so I'd give them mostly bad reviews.
@LoreenBuford
5 жыл бұрын
OMG! I've been wearing the Freedom picks backwards and when I turned them around they were too big!
@wildautoharp
5 жыл бұрын
Lots of people do. It's the backward position that seems "normal" to me too, and I like them pretty well that way. I can't remember if I talked about that in this video. If you look up Fred Kelly's original demo video for them, it shows him wearing them the other way....guitar has lower string tension than autoharp though. I wear them BOTH ways, and can't really decide which way I like better.
@LoreenBuford
5 жыл бұрын
@@wildautoharp It does feel better backward, so I'm sticking to using them that way. :-) Otherwise they are all too big the other way. No, you didn't mention that you like to use them both ways.
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