hi, I was wondering how you guys place your hands when palm muting to get speed, like on a single string gallop or something. I have my fingers seperated and can go pretty fast. Also, I seem to wear picks down extremely fast, I have been playing alot of palm muted chords, and the pick just keeps getting smaller and smaller. What kind of pick should I start using, and how should I hold my pick?

SAM

palm muting chords? palm muting isn't needed a WHOLE lot. But anywho, buy some more picks, get thicker ones so they don't where down so fast. Umm,i dont know how your holding the pick now but i thought it was kinda just second nature for a guitarist of any type, beginner or advanced to know how to hold a pick. My fingers are also kinda seperated, but not fully seperated. Kinda in the middle of the whole "fingers together almost like a fist" playing style and "fingers fully apart" playing style.

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i do the fingers together style but when i palm mute(and eactually play anything ) i rest my ring and pinky finger on the bottom of the high-e string or depedngin what string am picking i will put it on the cover around the pickups. but with the actuall placement of the palm i place it crocked so the top half is resting on the bridge and it goes diagenal(sp)not too much of a slant though across the strings
its kinda hard to describe i hope you understand what im sayn gbut after time it wil come naturally and you dont even think about what your doing you just do it. and if your missing speed try and just move your fingers not your whole and...although have you ever sen chuck shuldiner play he moves his whole hand and can play prett fucking fast so uh....just do what you think is the best

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its all in the wrist.

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yeah actuall y i was just playign and realised i do that too(move my wrist) just not as much as chuck

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yeah man.........its all in the wrist....

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what the fuck are you talking about! palm muting is totally essential for todays guitarist's. it is definitely "needed a WHOLE lot"

I usually keep all of my fingers close together, and somewhat bent, it's hard to describe, but they're all curled about the same as my index finger to hold it. Um, do you attack the guitar hard? Because if you pick really hard, that'll be the reason why they wear down so fast. If I'm playing something that isn't really fast, I keep my pick parallel to the strings, but if I'm tremolo picking or just playing something extremely fast, I usually shift the pick to about a 135 degree angle to the string.

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