Picking

I was practicing with my son last night, and was trying to get him not to pick so deeply with his pick.  You can hear the pick tap the guard of the guitar when he strums sometimes.  It's that bad.  After we were done, he went upstairs and I kept trying different ways of using the pick, and different picking depths.  I discovered that even I was picking too deeply as I could obtain the same (or better) sound with just the slightest contact with the string.  I did notice there were differences in sound, and perhaps a better guitarist could make use of that, but for me right now I think the best thing is to get used to plucking as shallow as possible.  I found I could strum much quicker with the reduced resistance of a shallow pick.

I put my son to bed after that and when I came down to do "my" practice, oddly enough, I just wasn't feeling it.  I did a few chords but ultimately put the guitar down a few minutes later.  I guess some nights the brain wants to do other things.  Now I have a LOT of work to do tonight to make up for it, but  think I'm better for taking a day off. =D