Fingerpicking Pattern 1
A fingerpicking pattern is a set order of playing the strings. This same order of picking the strings is used with different chord shapes. The pattern is based upon the symbols given for each right hand finger.
The first fingerpicking pattern is:
Fingerpicking Pattern 1
C
Any pattern you learn can be applied to any chord you know. In the following example, Fingerpicking Pattern 1 is played using a C major chord. This pattern occurs twice in 1 bar of * time using eighth notes.
Fingerpicking Pattern 1
Apply fingerpicking pattern 1 to the following chord progression and use the following C major, D seventh and G seventh chord shapes.
C
D7
G7
A broken line indicates that a string is not to be played.
Class Sessions
1- Blues Fingerpicking Guitar
2- Clawhammer With Pinch
3- Clawhammer
4- Fingerpicking Patterns in <span class="symbolA">)</span> Time
5- Fingerpicking Pattern 5
6- Playing Notes Together
7- Fingerpicking Patterns in <span class="symbolA">^</span> Time
8- The Hammer-on
9- Fingerpicking Pattern 2
10- Six String Clawhammer
11- Classical Guitar Style
12- Picking the Strings
13- Alternating Thumb Style
14- Ragtime Guitar
15- Notes on the Guitar Fretboard
16- Chord Chart
17- Glossary of Musical Terms
18- INTRODUCTION
19- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com
20- Twelve Bar Blues Progression
21- The Pull-off
22- The Chromatic Scale
23- The Capo
24- The Slide Finger
25- Approach to Practice
26- Fingerpicking Pattern 1
27- Two Bar Clawhammer Pattern
28- The Pivot
29- Other titles in this series
30- How to Read Sheet Music
31- Eight Bar Blues Progression
32- Constant Bass Line
33- Easy Chord Table
34- Classical Guitar (Nylon Strings)
35- Alternating Bass Notes
36- The Slide
37- How to Transpose
38- Steel String Acoustic
39- Fingerpicking Accompaniment
40- Strings
41- Electronic Tuner
42- Tuning Your Guitar
43- How to Read Music
44- Practice Position