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Belthazar

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Posted: Mar. 09 2001, 02:10

I've been reading through the FAQ, and I realised that there is an answer there that I can add to:

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3.10 How does Mike's plectrum appear so suddenly in the Tubular Bells II concert video?

This is a typical Jimi Hendrix trick. A lot of people refer staring amazed at his hand as the pick suddenly appears (in the transition from Red Dawn to The Bell). This is not easy to do, but you can roll up the pick in your "i" finger while using "p, m & a" to play fingerstyle, then just flip the pick using your your thumb and indicator and tada! there you have a pick to play with. However, Mike appears to use the palm of his hand to hold the pick instead of the "i" finger.

"Palming" is a basic technique that magicians use to conceal objects (like coins) in their hands, it uses the skin on your palm, near the thumb to hold small object. It's not easy, although most magic books will tell you it is smile

. So, by pressing your thumb to the side of your hand you can hold objects in your palm. Try it.

I don't know if Mike does this, but a friend of mine wears a ring on the pinky finger of his right hand. It's just a plain ring, but when he's playing, he can stick the pick under the ring (and pull it out again) whenever he wants to, without missing a beat...

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Posted: Sep. 30 2004, 03:56

Does mike wear a ring during the concert?

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Posted: Sep. 30 2004, 21:54

Plectrum is a guitar pick,to play the guitar without his fingerpick tech.

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