# Guitar: Does it matter how I hold my pick?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-does-it-matter-how-i-hold-my-pick/499279>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 10, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-does-it-matter-how-i-hold-my-pick/499279 "2009-06-10T00:45:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-does-it-matter-how-i-hold-my-pick/499279/41 "2009-06-15T21:32:00Z")

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> [@Moe](#):
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> Great piece and great playing, but I want to smash a guitar over the head of the video editor. WTF? I’d like to actually see the piece. Can we please keep the shot in one place for a few seconds??? (watching that actually made me angry!!).

Yeah, the editing is annoying. This one is better:

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vTj4XDKXK_g/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AGOA4ACrAKKAgwIABABGH8gEygTMA8=&rs=AOn4CLB4tLWfucR8x7sfa_5wgebcHaaIuw "Rodrigo y Gabriela - 'Juan Loco'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTj4XDKXK_g)

(She does eventually start strumming, but for the first couple minutes she’s doing the “drums” thing.)

Incidentally, this duo is apparently huge in Ireland. I also read that, before they got together to do this stuff, they both played guitar in death metal bands in Mexico City.

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**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-does-it-matter-how-i-hold-my-pick/499279/42 "2009-06-15T23:52:29Z")

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> [@WordMan](#):
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> Jeez - he can play.
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> As for the pick filing - so a Dunlop Jazz pick or other pointier pick can’t do the same thing, without the monthy filing?

The thing is the pick a) isn’t quite that pointy and b) is the cheap ass plastic that I like and c) has a fatter area to grip. I lose about 1/3’rd of the pick when it gets down to the right size and the tip is a bit more rounded. They also end up with rounded edges. I’ll post a pic when I get home.

And, yeah, Craig is a great player.

Slee

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