A Young Chet Picker
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:53 pm
Liked this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWJNpySZIns LMark
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DagerRande wrote:OK here's MY analysis! This is the one you've all been waiting for, I know. I was impressed in different ways by different aspects of what I saw here.
1) First of all, I was impressed that he chose to do these songs on a steel string acoustic!
2) His accuracy and touch were very nice!
3) This seems very strange for performing at a JAZZ festival!
4) I noticed that he never braced his pinky on the guitar during the alternating thumb-bass parts. I've seen many people not brace their pinky during portions of a finger style arrangement but would usually place it on the guitar during the alternating thumb portions and then remove it for the other parts. This guy kept it off the guitar the entire time!
Richard Smith once explained to me that the other fingers move more freely when the fingers are all suspended. It makes sense but very difficult to do for someone like me who has always depended upon bracing the pinky for stability. Of course, I'm only talking about during the portion of the song that Paul Yandell despised being referred to as the "Boom-Chick" portion!