what finger.....

Hootsmon

so, thumb or forefinger on the pic......which is YOUR dominant finger.....which one "leads the way?"

ftumch

Never occurred to me before but now I think on it, thumb. Probably wrong and why I play like a twat. Actually now I think on it more, I'm not sure.

Phil_aka_Pip

hootsmon said:

so, thumb or forefinger on the pic......which is YOUR dominant finger.....which one "leads the way?"

Neither. It's wrist action, modified by thumb & forefinger to angle the pick correctly.

octatonic

Depends on the technique.

Circle picking is a different motion to alternate or sweeping.

It all comes from the wrist anyway.

Clarky

thumb planted in the middle of the pick

on the other side, the 1st finger toward the front, 2nd finger toward the rear.. this prevents the pick from rotating and also allows me to stick out the 1st finger to play harmonics where the pitch matters [like octaves]..

no finger 'leads' because they are all completely stationary all the time.. the picking comes from the wrist and elbow