![]() For instance, in one style the the thumb plays strings 4, 5, and 6, while the index plays 3, middle plays 2, and ring plays 1. I’ve seen people mention several different styles of picking and they are important to learn. Even after years of playing, I broke through a plateau when I spent time seriously watching (rewinding constantly for the details and comprehension) videos about finger style. What others said and watching videos from well known guitar instructors (Paul David, Justin Guitar, etc.). But it is much easier to learn finger picking starting with simple 3 and 4 note rolls, rather than learning it inside a song. I am not saying don't try and learn songs, if you like the material and want to learn it, by all means do so. Once you can comfortably play some jingles in time with your open tuning, and you learn to play basic chords while finger picking- then you should begin exploring all these songs. Secondly, this level of playing may turn you off at first, as again, you're trying to learn mechanical rudiments here, not master playing day 1. First, each song is going to teach you more of the vocabulary and lexicon for fingerpicking, rather than the mechanical patterns. I would learn this part first, rather than focusing on songs for a few reasons. Obviously after you learn thumb, index and middle, start including the ring finger this will let you play sixteenths easily, this is normally counted 1e&a ( one E and UH ) so a 4 quarter note bar would sound as : 1e&a 2e&a 3e&a 4e&a But the most important thing, is learning patterns. The next part of this is learning all the tricks for rolling bass notes of chords, and adding flair via voicings to essentially play a duet by yourself. This is all you need, mechanically, to play almost any fingerstyle song. Play the bass notes on the two lowest strings, and just start learning how to pick a "pattern"Īfter you get this down, go back to standard tuning, and play bass notes of the chords with your thumb, and keep hitting the two highest strings with your index and ring finger, making triplets. Aka sets of three, trip-puh-let is a common verbal way of sounding out rhythm. Play bass notes with your thumb, and pick the open strings, say the two highest ones, with your index and middle finger. Get yourself in an open tuning of your choice, Open A, D, G, E you name it. You can also just hit the strings you need to play with the back of your fingernails, but that takes a bit of practice. Same concept, just you pluck a string or two with your pointer/middle finger during the rotation/pivot. Sometimes, people will play notes while slapping. ![]() Again, you can loosen up once you get good at it. Keep your hand stiff when this happens, just rotate to make the noise, no thumb movement. I found it easiest to essentially rotate your wrist to slap the 6th string with the meat of your thumb. I'm not sure if you're new to guitar in general, or just fingerstyle, but those songs may be a little hard on your fret hand if you are new to guitar entirely.Īfter a few weeks of this, you'll be good enough to try to make the percussion noises a lot of them make, denoted with "X" on the tabs. When that feels good, try to play the intro to Tears in Heaven, or Blackbird, or whatever song you like that has a lot of plucking. ![]() Play chords of your favorite songs, but instead of strumming, pick each string one by one, up and down. ![]() Once that is easy, try to play some strings at the same time. Go as slow as you need and be consistent. Start by playing the open strings up and down, over and over again with these rules. Its fine to deviate from the rules once you are comfortable but this will enforce good rules, like how a typist is taught to use certain fingers for keys before getting sloppy. If needed, anchor your pinky on the body of the guitar for stability. When a "pinching" shape is needed (IE: 6 and 4 string at the same time), you can use your pointer on the lower strings, but try to follow those rules as strict as possible. Pointer for 3, middle for 2, and ring for 1. Try to keep your thumb for strings 6, 5, and 4. ![]()
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