The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #13015 Message #1371733
Posted By: M.Ted
05-Jan-05 - 01:22 AM
Thread Name: Learning to finger pick
Subject: RE: Learning to finger pick
There are lots of different ways to fingerpick, and part of the problem is just getting it straight which one you are doing--Mostly, it is simple stuff, mastered by repetition--Most important is to move a little bit at a time, and get one thing worked out before you try to move on--
Dub Martin threw out enough stuff in one paragraph to keep you busy for a couple years--good stuff, though--
I would start you out learning to keep a simple 4/4 tempo by playing Thumb-Index finger-Middle Finger-Ring finger on a G chord---one string on each count, with the thumb playing on the low E string, the Index gets the G string, the middle gets the B and the ring gets the high e--
Do it til your bored and then do it some more--don't try to change chords or add anything to it until it is more natural to do it than not to do it--Don't worry about how long it takes to get it right--once you've got it, you'll be as good at it as anybody--