Baron, that part of your hand you were wondering about
that sometimes brushes the strings behind the bridge is called the "heel" of you palm.

I started playing over 30 years ago. Taking it up again at age 60 after a 6 year break. As before, my RH is what is limiting me. It baffles me how you can move your wrist in much the same way I do, but you avoid hitting the next pair of strings. I think I need to "roll" my wrist more instead of just moving it up and down from the wrist.

Wonderful tutorial! Thanks a million!

Thumbs up for explaining basic stuff so patiently :)

Your videos for beginner are the best I've seen.  Thank you for fixing my errors

You are so laid back! Love it!

Thank you
You have helped me a lot on my new Mandolin journey x

At 6:20 I immediately thought of the Tom and Jerry pipsquack bird cartoon.

I am from brazil. Here there is a genre called "choro" which bandolim its used. But the picking hold technique its differente. Uses with hand resting on the mandolim body

I like that you talked about the angle of the pick. I have several questions. Do you pick basically perpendicular on your down and upstrokes equally, or do you sort of drag the pick across the top of the string from either direction? I see some players kind of pluck from underneath the string on their upstroke.
Also,  I wonder about the 45 degree angle on the G and D strings. Do you hear a kind of scraping sound as you pick those strings?
Last question... I heard that playing near the bridge makes it easier to play fast because there is less "give" to the strings there so the pick stays in contact with the strings for less time? What are your thoughts on that?
Or, am I overthinking this? Haha, I tend to do that.

My pick tends to slide so that the point drifts away from the strings, and it rotates in my grip - is there any way to avoid this?  Thanks for the great video!

As a guitarist, I use my pinky finger to rest my right hand while doing the alternate picking.
Is it recommended to do the same while playing the mandolin? Thanks :)

What kind of strings are you using?  Brand, gauge, etc.

Thanks,

matt

What kind of pick is that?