![]() ![]() I spent a bit of time trying to analyze why, and it seems to me that the subtle change in the angle of your picking fingers caused by holding the pick is partly to blame. I play fingerstyle very well, and I flatpick very well. I was never able to get a balanced sound. Classical guitar study would help too, but IMO Travis picking has more connection to the rhythms of jazz, especially the style of players like Scotty Moore, Chet Atkins, Brian Setzer. I can't recommend enough to study Travis picking a bit if you want to get comfortable with finger picking. And, not the least, my pinky is my anchor finger, it has to be on the pickguard helping to navigate my wrist. ![]() Even though, I can do fast switching of MA fingers from string to string, but again, it's more about adding to the groove than adding to the harmony. Again, it's more of a percussive thing for me, so I'm not worrying too much of getting intricate voicings. Sometimes I might use my pinky to strike the whole chord just as your thumb might, it can sound close, but with the added advantage of having your regular plectrum technique available at all times.3 note chords sounds good enough to my ears. ![]() Split voicing with string skips are hard, no doubt, but you work it out somehow. Pinky is not useless, it just follows A, but a string beneath. Why limit to 3 note chords? I use the pinky as well, so pick b/n P and I, leaving M, A and pinky for the rest of the chord. ![]()
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