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

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Uploaded by on Aug 13, 2009

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

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  • Your eyes is kinda scary.

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

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

  • @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.

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

    Saddlethumbpicks

  • No more full screen reset.

  • @DYOLFMOT

    Haha funniest thing i heard today XD

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

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