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I like this technique a lot Ian, thanks for sharing. Jeff Newman demonstrates the same thing on his C6 Workshop video. On one of the audio tracks Buddy describes the technique of playing the top two notes of a four- or five-part chord with the first and second fingers, and raking the remainder with the thumb. Also, the player has the beneficial option of resting this fingerpick on that string for muting and pick blocking too

Regarding using a third pick on the ring finger.I think that if a player trains their ring finger (with or without a pick) to always land on the string immediately higher than the middle finger's string position, it will be much easier to utilize the ring finger to pick if a player decides to use a fingerpick. Great feedback and insights! Really enjoying the pics/videos too, thanks for the responses. It has definitely helped with my single-string picking technique - a skill of Buddy's that I always admiredĭoes anyone else use the ring finger in this manner? Just to mute, or also as part of overall right hand technique? I now think of this finger as an "anchor" that allows me to mute strings, find string positions, and relax my picking fingers. Here is an article I wrote that goes more in-depth about this technique: It was challenging at first, and I felt like I was having to retrain the finger completely It has helped immensely though, not only for muting/blocking strings, but also for relaxing my picking fingers and developing overall right hand technique. He mentioned the benefits of doing this for single-string technique, especially for faster speed.Īfter learning this, and looking at pictures of his right hand technique, I began to do the same. Buddy Emmons often used his right hand's ring finger to mute a string when going from a higher string down to a lower string.