More Picking Patterns
This lesson introduces some more picking patterns that are commonly used in Folk music. These patterns will be the basis of all the examples and songs that appear throughout the remainder of this book. Once you have become comfortable with the right hand patterns in this lesson you will have an excellent foundation in Folk fingerpicking guitar and be able to play the more difficult fingerpicking techniques that are introduced later.
The Pinch
The next set of alternating thumb style patterns incorporate a pinch. The pinch is the playing of a bass note and treble note together. The thumb and a finger must pick the strings at exactly the same time. This technique may require a little practice to coordinate cleanly as well as ensuring a correct balance of tone and volume between the two notes.
Fingerpicking Patterns Three And Four
The third and fourth fingerpicking patterns shown next use the pinch on the first beat of the bar. In pattern three the root bass note and the second string are "pinched" together. The fourth pattern is the same as the previous pattern except the order of the treble strings is reversed. This time the root bass note and the first string are "pinched" together. Compare these patterns to the previous two patterns.
The previous patterns are used in the following example.
