Acoustic guitar finger picking is often taken up by guitarists who have been playing the guitar for a year or three who want to find out what finger picking can do for their playing. Sometimes a guitar player will make up his own finger picking techniques as an ad hoc quantum to get a solo or accompaniment to sound good, but there's always the need to know the basic theory behind finger picking guitar styles.
There are many distinct finger picking techniques like classical, Travis Picking, chord melody and flamenco. One way to get into finger picking is to get hold of a book or Dvd by one of the authorities on the subject. Mark Hanson is always mentioned as a great finger style guitar player and teacher, as is Al Petteway. Pete Huttlinger has put out a info-packed Dvd called important Exercises for Finger style Guitar. Happy Traum also has a great deal of teaching material for finger pickers on Homespun Tapes.
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Unfortunately, no one finger picking style will give you a real introduction to all styles. Fortunately, you do not need to know a great range of playing styles to give you a general insight of playing using the right hand fingers. As an example, a folk guitar player with some contact with finger picking patterns and scales will be able to play some pieces from the classical guitar repertoire but he won't necessarily sound much like a classical guitarist.
Some guitarists who have played using a plectrum are discouraged by the difficulty of trying to coordinate the thumb and fingers. The key to getting the fingers and thumb working as independent units is slow practice. for real slow. Put your metronome on a very low setting and play the bass notes of the chords, only adding an incidental note with the first finger when you are feeling confident.
Another demand guitar players have about starting finger picking guitar is on the selection of songs to learn. My advice is that there is no need to be too ambitious. Select a song that is maybe a diminutive below your technical approved and start with strumming the chords until you have the feel of playing along to the lyrics.
Once you have the general rhythm of the song, grab a finger picking pattern in the definite time signature from a guitar tutor or a free guitar lesson website and apply it to your song. The House Of The Rising Sun as played by The Animals is a good song for a beginner finger picking guitar player as is Tears In Heaven by Eric Clapton. More Than Words by extreme is someone else good, easy song, and when you are feeling more ambitious, go onto Stairway To Heaven. To give you a challenge for your left hand, look for tabs and YouTube video lessons on a classical guitar piece called The Anonymous Romance or Spanish Romance.
Acoustic Guitar Finger Picking
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