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Thread #72379   Message #1721140
Posted By: Peace
18-Apr-06 - 11:36 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Bob Dylan's Dream
Subject: RE: Origins: Bob Dylan's Dream
1) Travis Picking

2) "ELISABETH COTTON, LEFT HANDED, DID NOT INVERT THE CORDS, SO SHE CREATED "COTTEN PICKING" (instead of cotton pickin') : VERY INTERESTING BECAUSE
SHE USES A THUMB/INDEX TECHNIQUE WHICH LOOKS PARTLY LIKE RENAISSANCE LUTE FINGERING. HER SONG "FREIGHT TRAIN" IS WELL KNOWN, EVEN IN EUROPE."

3) Excellent general site regarding finger picking at

www.projectsandhobbies.com/fingerpicking.htm