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Circle picking The pick is held the same way, but movement is accomplished by flexing the first joint of the thumb (nearest the tip), with the index finger extending at its second joint. The pick actually slides along the string before crossing it, turning counterclockwise on downstrokes and clockwise on upstrokes (viewing the face of the guitar on an axis perpendicular to the plane of the strings). At the moment of crossing the string, the pick is moving in its own plane, which creates a sound different from all the other styles above, where the pick moves perpendicularly to its own plane.
To illustrate, picture the face of the guitar as a plane with a circle drawn on it, centered below the middle point of a picking stroke, and viewed from above. Label the direction of the neck as 0 degrees, and the direction of the bridge as 180 degrees. The pick is in a plane which intersects roughly along the 45/225 degree line. In the standard style a downstroke moves in a line (really an arc, but picture it as a line for convenience) roughly in the 135 degree direction (4:30 in clock terms), so an upstroke moves towards 315 degrees (10:30). In other words, the pick moves in a line perpendicular to the plane of the pick. In circle picking a downstroke moves roughly in the 45 degree direction (1:30), so an upstroke moves towards 225 degrees (7:30). The pick moves in its own plane. The difference in direction of motion between the two styles is thus 90 degrees, with an identical hand position.
Advantages:
You can cover several strings with no arm or wrist motion at all, so it seems efficient (but see disadvantage 1).
Disadvantages:
(1) Without arm or wrist motion, feel tends to suffer. It requires constant will power to control timing, because there is no rhythmic swinging of any part of your body to help you out..
(2) Inevitably you must add in wrist motion for larger strokes such as strumming. This requires an unconscious gear change because of the 90 degree difference in motion of the pick, which creates a variety of subtle problems. The net effect is that each technique somewhat undermines the other around the transition point.
(3) Ultimately the extra motion of the thumb and index finger are inefficient and limit speed.
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Der kleine hier macht das anscheinend viel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR5xPpkR-V0
Hat Vor und Nachteile. Sollte man nur üben, wenn man Gitarristen cool findet, die das machen, bzw. zum Probieren, ob man damit besser zurecht kommt als mit dem normalen Handgelenkpicking.
Ich vermute auch, dass es länger dauern wird, mit Circle Picking kontrolliert schnell spielen zu können. Und ich weiss nicht, ob sich der Aufwand lohnt.
Schnell ohne Circle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57q5zdvMw58&mode=related&search=
