[musictlk] chicken picking

Timothy Clark Music timothyclarkmusic at me.com
Wed Oct 31 05:31:56 UTC 2012


hey andy and the rest of y'all. 
 first off i hope none of you play stringed instruments, oh wait, let me stop write there. andy? where are the guitar jokes, i see bass but no guitar? anyhow, I just wanted to stop in and thank andy for his responses to my inquiries about guitars. do you play bass as well andy? 
 if so my brother is a basest and might be able to learn from you as he's self bought as am i when it comes to guitar. 
 
web site 
 http://www.timothyclarkmusic.wordpress.com 
 phone number should you need to reach me 
 724-401-1224 
 check my site for more contact information. 
 thanks and may the good lord keep you and bless you. 
 Timothy

On Oct 30, 2012, at 2:09 PM, Data wrote:

> There are several ways to get the chicken picking style, but mostly plucking
> from the strumming hand, between the thumb and index finger.
> My skype handle is "papermusic" and I am online right now. Feel free to
> call.
> Thanks!
> -Andy English
> www.papermusic.org <http://www.papermusic.org>
> Music consultation and transcription services.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]On Behalf Of Timothy
> Clark Music
> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 11:24 AM
> To: Music Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [musictlk] chicken picking
> 
> 
> hey man, do you have Skype?
> it would be cool if you and I could talk more about this.
> Also, do you pull the string back with your strumming  hand or with the
> hand that is placed on the frets.
> web site
> http://www.timothyclarkmusic.wordpress.com
> phone number should you need to reach me
> 724-401-1224
> check my site for more contact information.
> thanks and may the good lord keep you and bless you.
> Timothy
> 
> On Oct 27, 2012, at 12:43 PM, Data wrote:
> 
>> Timothy,
>> As I was playing with this on my guitar, I realized that the other reason
> it
>> may be called "chicken picking" is that it does indeed produce a form of
>> musical onomotopaeia (classically known as "text painting"), as the notes
>> sound like a chicken: bok! bok! bok! bok! bok!
>> Also, in classical music terms, there are different forms of the snap.
>> There's a simple mute snap that produces just the percussive sound of the
>> string striking the fretboard, and there's a string snap (or slap) that
>> produces a discernable note after the percussive pop.
>> In country and folk music, try using it as a bass lead in from 5 to 1.
>> Therefore, in C, playing the 5 chord G, bass line G A B C (1 chord).
>> Fun Stuff!
>> Sincerely, Andy
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org]On Behalf Of Timothy
>> Clark Music
>> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 7:06 PM
>> To: Music Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: [musictlk] chicken picking
>> 
>> 
>> can someone explain how to do chicken picking on a guitar?
>> thanks. :)
>> web site
>> http://www.timothyclarkmusic.wordpress.com
>> phone number should you need to reach me
>> 724-401-1224
>> check my site for more contact information.
>> thanks and may the good lord keep you and bless you.
>> Timothy
>> 
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