joscho stephan

rafapak

do you think guys that mr stephan does regular alternate picking a lot? he plays so fast that I have trouble to decided if this is typical gypsy picking or regular alternate picking

noodlenot

i´d say gypsy picking, although in the real speedy parts, i can´t tell for shure, it´s just to quick for my understanding. but by his own words, one can tell he is committed to the style. he does use the plume, and i believe the rest stroke. watch him here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-onjAoV ... re=related

cheers,
Miguel.

Jazzaferri

As far as I can tell while I think he does the odd string change on an upstroke he plays pretty much rest stroke

dennis

he does hybrid depending on the speed of the line

rafapak

look guys at this run at 0:53
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzEb3Sat ... re=related

to me this is typical alternate picking al di meola style. What do you think?

this one is interesting as well although the microphome is blocking the view
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPW3yYEqM1w

and I think here is a lot of alternate picking as well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSwCYrccxAE&NR=1

rafapak

noodlenot wrote:

i´d say gypsy picking, although in the real speedy parts, i can´t tell for shure, it´s just to quick for my understanding. but by his own words, one can tell he is committed to the style. he does use the plume, and i believe the rest stroke. watch him here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-onjAoV ... re=related

cheers,
Miguel.

what is a plume?

adrian

rafapak wrote:

do you think guys that mr stephan does regular alternate picking a lot? he plays so fast that I have trouble to decided if this is typical gypsy picking or regular alternate picking

Hey, Joscho spent some time at Django in June 2010 talking about this. He switches between gypsy picking and alternate picking, even using sweep picking some times (both forward and reverse), depending on the lick. He's definitely influenced by a lot of guitarists outside of gypsy jazz.

He also uses a super-thin pick. That, plus his picking technique, results in a pretty quiet sound -- I found it hard to hear him play during the outdoor jams.

Adrian

rafapak

adrian wrote:

rafapak wrote:

do you think guys that mr stephan does regular alternate picking a lot? he plays so fast that I have trouble to decided if this is typical gypsy picking or regular alternate picking

Hey, Joscho spent some time at Django in June 2010 talking about this. He switches between gypsy picking and alternate picking, even using sweep picking some times (both forward and reverse), depending on the lick. He's definitely influenced by a lot of guitarists outside of gypsy jazz.

He also uses a super-thin pick. That, plus his picking technique, results in a pretty quiet sound -- I found it hard to hear him play during the outdoor jams.

Adrian

this is probably why he uses D hole guitars very often since he probably has more volume on those guitars while soloing and playing alternate picking . With oval hole guitars there is probably even less volume when you alternate picking. Probably this is the same thing in relation to Andreas Oberg. He does a lot of alternate picking which probably is not loud enough for a listener when guitarist uses oval hole guitar. What do you think?

btw I saw few of your clips with fingerstyle arrangements. Beautiful music. Congratulations

noodlenot

rafapak wrote:

what is a plume?

IIRC, it´s the position of the right hand, curved and floating, like the way you would use it when writing with a plume. literally feather in french.

cheers,
Miguel.

rafapak

noodlenot wrote:

rafapak wrote:

what is a plume?

IIRC, it´s the position of the right hand, curved and floating, like the way you would use it when writing with a plume. literally feather in french.

cheers,
Miguel.

got it, thanks