Guitar Techniques & Tuning : How to Use a Thumb Pick for Classical Guitar

When playing classical guitar, a thumb pick can be helpful as a tool for playing bass lines on low strings. Discover how Chet Atkins helped to advance this particular style with help from a guitar repairman in this free video on using thumb picks to play classical guitar.

Expert: Jacob Sharp
Bio: Jacob Sharp has been repairing guitars for 10 years now. He also builds guitars, and has been playing guitar for 20 years.
Filmmaker: Michael Burton

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Entertainment

Tags:

• guitar
• techniques
• tuning
• guitars
• playing
• classical
• digital
• tuners
• thumb
• picks
• drifting
• pick
• scrapes
• drop

[DYOLFMOT]

apparently hitman has run out of people to assassinate and has taken to playing guitar to keep himself occupied

[andriagassi]

Your eyes is kinda scary.

[technoguyx]

@Jay20Sanchez Late reply, but Drop D is actually the same as standard, except the sixth (lowest) string is tuned a step down, to D.

[albenizski]

@DYOLFMOT lol nice one, but there's a new hitman game coming i guess he will be busy now lol

[Intro2Video]

@DYOLFMOT Lol i see what you mean, but this guy is tiny, Hitman wears an expensive suit and has a clean shaven head... lol but I bet this guy used his choke cords as guitar strings.

[RedeemingDogs]

My dad invented a great new thumb pick for guitar players, please take a look:

Saddlethumbpicks

[Ihateyoubillclinton]

No more full screen reset.

[DrSteelFlorian]

@DYOLFMOT

Haha funniest thing i heard today XD

[hiimrjay]

If you picked up your guitar and played instead of yapping about drop D, you'd find out it more like STANDARD TUNING. :P