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The Plectrum, Picks and Such
Picks come in all shapes, sizes and maaterial. Plus, being cheap they are something that you can experiment with without putting out a lot of money.
Picks
Picks!: The Colorful Saga of Vintage Celluloid Guitar Plectrums
by Will Hoover - Buy It!!!
This is the coolest book for any guitar player.
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Fingernail Pick for stringed instruments
Experience a unique type of guitar pick that fits over the finger, under the nail on your finger or thumb.
More information available on company's web site.
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These are the main picks I use. A custom 354 model, Xtra Heavy with my curtsheller.com logo and phone number on it. Jimmy Bruno turned me on to these.
More information available on company's web site.
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Picks and Stones
279 Fickle Hill Road
Arcata, CA 95521
Toll Free: 1-888-878-9985
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(Ed. I've had several stones picks over the years (since 1978) and Picks
and Stones offers the widest ranges of sizes and shapes. These are some good
looking picks. I'll have to get a few of these.)
Listing Info
( from listing's site ) - Here is some info from the site.
What's So Special About Stone Guitar Picks?
If you've never tried a Picks and Stones gemstone Guitar Pick you may be wondering "what's so special about these things?" Only a first hand experience can completely satisfy your curiousity but we can do our best to explain as much as possible for you here. But if it's all just words to you then feel free to listen to some MP3s and let the Picks speak for themselves.
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StoneWorks Picks
P.O. Box 251
Dallas City, IL 62330
Dallas City, IL 62330
Phone: 319-721-1992
eMail: sales@stoneworkspicks.com
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( from listing's site ) - StoneWorks is a mix of my life long personal interest and coincidence. First is music, I'm a guitar, bass, and banjo player. Second is rocks, I love all rocks, geodes, fossils, and turquoise. The coincidence, my last name is Stone.
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Wegen's Guitar Picks
Michel Wegen
P.O.Box 119
7240 AC Lochem
The Netherlands
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( from listing's site ) - Michel Wegen, a professional model maker, runs his own shop and typically works for museums, advertisement agencies, attraction parks, hospitals, et cetera. In his spare time he like to study other people's problems and try to invent solutions.
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More Links
- Luthier Paul Hostetter's cool page on picks. Check it out if you like picks. Everything you ever wanted to know about picks.
- [STONE] $$$ - Real Rock Genuine
Gemstone Guitar Picks
Hand Tuned By Darrell & Mara Kramer
Real Rock * P.O. Box 651 * Merlin, OR 97532 - [STONE] $$- Gregory L. Genovese stone picks
- [STONE] $ - Brasilia stone picks
Brasilia, San Francisco, CA, Website: long gone
I have a few of these. They are nice picks. Just don't drop them on a hard surface. OOPS ;-(. These have the nicest edges of the ones I've seen.
UPDATE May 2004 - Site appears to not exsist anymore.
- Fender - Stone Guitar Picks
- (Steve) Clayton Picks - www.steveclayton.com
- Big Rock Engineering f-1 Pick- www.f1pick.com
- Fender - fender.com
- Gibson - www.gibson.com/products/strings/accessories/picks.html
- Legand Picks - www.legendpicks.com
- Pickboy - www.pickboy.com
Brooklyn Gear Inc. - www.BrooklynGear.com
1-877.700.GEAR (4327)
- Pick World - pickworld.com - 1 800 768 2297
Std 351 and Style 346 (rounded triangle)
Style 355 (triangle) and Style 358 (teardrop)Very nice site with a stone guide, FAQ and picks made from a wide variety of stone.
- Picture Picks - 1 800 768 2297 - pickturepicks.com
The Guthrie Thomas Company
Notes: 351 size only - SKREW Worldwide Syndicate Inc (stone picks)
P O Box 77
Lindenhurst NY 11757-0077
fax 516-226-3000
skrew.com/musiciansonly/customimprintedguitarpicks.html
Notes: 351 Size only - Breezy Ridge - www.jpstrings.com
Jazz Flat Picks
The classic teardrop shape, cut with a die from the 1920s. - [Wood] Surf Pick (Lignum Vitae) - surfpick.com
- Homemade Guitar Picks - www.palhetas.com/handmade.htm
A page of picks using different material such as old credit cards, coins, coconut, wood, bulls's hord, etc..
- Noble Picks - www.noblepicks.com/
Noble Picks are distributed by Michel Wegen
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Learning Ukulele Strums - A Recipe for Success
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Learning Strums, A Receipe for Success covers how to go about learning the various rhythmic patters that are strums.
A strum is the execution of a rhythmic pattern - in a specific style at tempo.
Strumming requires a specific set of skills. They are: 1) Memorization of chords 2) The ability to switch chords smoothly and 3) The ability to choose and execute a suitable rhythmic strum.
This series of lesson's focus is on the execution.
Six Essential Scales for Ukulele
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The six essential scale are: Blues, Major Pentatonic, Mixolydian, Dorian, Aeolian, and Ionian.
There are two scales that can be the memorized and all other essential scales referenced from these two. These two scales are the Major and Natural Minor scales. The Major and Natural Minor scales are traditional scales and common scales in all forms of contemporary music. This lesson explores the Major and Natural Minor scales and their derivations.
From these two scales the Blues, Major Pentatonic, Mixolydiand and Dorian scale can be created.
Core Chords - Creating the Big Six from F7, 1st Voicing
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Taking a movable F7 chord, you can derive each of the 'big six' essential chords. 7, maj7, m7, m7b5, dim7, and aug7.
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The Blues Scale
NEW Learn to play the Blues scale on ukulele. Available in "C" Tuning. Scale diagrams in the QuickStart format and chords chart for all keys.
Ukulele Chords
NEW This small (1/2 size) chord book is a great little book to carry with you. Ukulele Chords covers basic open position and basic movable form chords. From these two chord categories a variety of songs and styles can be played.
A Guide to Ukulele Chords
This book is designed as a guide to ukulele (pronounced “oo-koo-lele”) chords. Covering basic ukulele chords that ALL uke players MUST know, movable chord forms, rock uke chords, how to transpose chords, learning the ukulele fingerboard and an introduction to 4-part “jazz” chords and more...
Ukulele For Guitar Players
Ukulele for Guitar Players is a guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar played to the ukulele.
A Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Ukulele A to Z
Covers the key of C major and C minor, including a detailed accompanying text explaining the principles behind each progression and the chord substutitions.
Exploring "Jazz" Chords on Ukulele
Exploring "Jazz" Chords takes the core chords from A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele and shows their use over a variety of common chord progressions based on songs from the standard jazz repertoire.
A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele
If your goal is to expand your chord vocabulary, The Advanced Guide to Ukelele Chords Series is your answer. Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords. A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords Volume I provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords
Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords this provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
Harmonic Analysis For Scale Selection And Chord Substitution
Harmonic Analysis is the understanding of the functional sequence of chords. It is the process used to analyze the harmonic structure of a progression, song or composition. This analysis is then used to make scale selections for improvisation and chord substitution.
Ukulele - Reading Music Series
Reading Music in Open Position, Single Note Studies- Primer. Reading music is not as hard as one might think. It may be new and unfamiliar to you but is not hard when you have a proper plan of attack.
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Blue Bossa
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Blue Bossa is an instrumental jazz composition by Kenny Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972). It was introduced on Joe Henderson's 1963 album Page One. A blend of hard bop and bossa nova, the tune was possibly influenced by Dorham's visit to the Rio de Janeiro Jazz Festival in 1961. The tune has since been recorded numerous times by different artists, making it a jazz standard.
Includes: Play-along Lead Sheet, Ukulele TAB of Melody, Melody and Chord Ukulele rrangement, example chords and scales for accompanment and improv.
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