Fingerpicking TI / TIMR

Esy · May 10, 2008

what kind of picking technique you use in most cases.

i prefer TI
and when is the tab simpble I play only tby thumb. but Thumb+Index finger is my prefered style of picking

TI=Thumb index finger

TIMR=Thumb Index Middle Ring

Poi Dog · May 10, 2008

For the most part - I just use TI, however I've been practicing using TIM at very least lately... not so much the R.

Valerie · May 10, 2008

I've not been playing long... But I also play classical guitar so I just kinda naturally did TIMR.

It's kinda neat having one finger for each string. But... If I have to play more than two notes in a row on the same string I alternate with the finger above.

So- if on the a string I'd do R-M-R-M. For the E string: M-I-M-I so on so forth.

david98116 · May 10, 2008

TI is easier but I am practicing TIMR everyday. For one it's more skill and I think has to come into play for real smooth/fast picking. Then again....I'm definitely no expert.

LonBoi808 · May 10, 2008

i use TI picking but i practicing TIMR as much as i can so fast picking sounds smooth.

UkuLeLesReggAe · May 10, 2008

LonBoi808 said:
i use TI picking but i practicing TIMR as much as i can so fast picking sounds smooth.

TI practise TIMR here

seeso · May 10, 2008

Well, I prefer TI, but I need to practice TIMR, or at least TIM. I'm getting better at TIM. I fear that my pinky is too small to give me the proper height for TIMR, though. I got a midget pinky finger on my right hand.

Keonikapila · May 10, 2008

I primarily play TIMR, but I do switch back and forth between that and just TI or sometimes even TM. My pinky either floats or braces on the soundboard...depending on how bad my posture is and what I'm playing at any given moment...haha

TokyoUketarist · May 10, 2008

I voted TIMR but I use both. When I arpeggiate I use TIMR but wh I do anything else I use TIM.

Pancho Villa · May 10, 2008

Well I played guitr before starting the Uke: so TIMR is more natural for me

JoeyJr858 · Jun 12, 2008

I like to switch between both! I think it's more of a personal preference, experiment and see which techniques works best for you and in what kind of situation. I even like to keep a soft pick on my knee when I want to switch to a crisper cutting sound!

hope this helps...

14twelve · Jun 13, 2008

I play TIMR because it just seems naturally more comfortable for me to have a finger for each string.

tripl3thr33 · Jun 13, 2008

JoeyJr858 said:
I like to switch between both!

same here. i mostly use TI with an occasional TIM here and there.

SailQwest · Jun 14, 2008

I use my middle finger lots more than my index. Maybe because it's so much longer... So I am more of a TMRIP player.

deach · Jun 14, 2008

SailQwest said:
I use my middle finger lots more than my index. Maybe because it's so much longer... So I am more of a TMRIP player.

I use my middle finger quite a lot too.

SailQwest · Jun 14, 2008

deach said:
I use my middle finger quite a lot too.

Yeah, I used to do that a lot while driving, when we lived in Colorado.

Finally, I decided that I had better switch to mittens...

ant on son · Jun 14, 2008

I use TIMR, which comes from the classical guitar training, I guess.

Esy · Jun 15, 2008

now i am in middle phase

I am TIM

ring finger is too stopid to control

koa · Jun 15, 2008

Evolved into TIMR. Thumb and fingers for each string positioned for picking or when needed to pluck all 4 strings.

Lanark · Jun 15, 2008

TIM for me.
Felt most natural (and a good remnant of a failed attempt at teaching myself banjo.) It works for me mostly because I do believe that is about the largest number of body parts I can successfully manipulate at one time in the interests of music.

Fingerpicking TI / TIMR

you prefer TI or TIMR

TI = Thumb, index

TIMR = Thumb Index Middle Ring

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