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3 Beautiful Fingerpicking
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February 5, 2015 / 4 Comments / by Megan

L.

Love the gentle, pretty sound of


ngerpicking on an acoustic guitar?
Guitar teacher [/category/guitar-
lessons?utm_source=blog-
student&utm_medium=content&utm_camp
blog] Jerry W. shares three simple
ngerpicking patterns you can use
to start making beautiful music
today…

Many guitar players focus only on


strumming patterns or guitar solo
licks and miss out on the beauty
and simplicity of ngerpicking. 
Although ngerpicking can be quite
complex, a lot of music can be
played with just a few simple
ngerpicking [/blog/learning-
classical-guitar-right-hand-
technique] patterns.  Since most
music is written with four beats per
measure, I will show you two simple
patterns for music with four beats

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When you’re ngerpicking it is very


important to make sure that your
thumb is playing the bass note of
the chord, which is either the chord
name or the note after the slash in
the chord symbol.  This is a whole
separate topic that I do not have
time to cover in this short post so I
will assume you understand guitar
chords [/blog/how-to-read-guitar-
chords] and which string is the
bottom note in a chord.  To help
you understand how the pattern
works on a variety of chords I will
demonstrate each pattern using the
chord progression A D A E.

Fingerpicking Pattern 1

This rst pattern is simple and


elegant, and as an added bene t it
works with a wide variety of musical
styles.  The use of the bass note on
beats one and three and the two
note chord on beats two and four
give this a boom-and-chick-and-
boom-and-chick-and sound.  I have
notated it below in both standard
and tablature notation.

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Fingerpicking Pattern 2

The second pattern is a little more


complex but it creates a wonderful
owing sound that is  beautiful for
songs that need a soft, light touch.

Fingerpicking Pattern 3

This third ngerpicking pattern is


simply a variation on the rst
pattern but now written so it works
with music that is three beats per
measure.

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I hope these three patterns have


sparked in you an interest in
ngerpicking patterns for the
guitar.  Just like with any other
musical technique, if you practice
these diligently you will nd that
they become second nature to you
and soon you will be using them to
accompany your favorite songs.

Before I end, let me throw in three


more patterns as a bonus for
reading to the end.  If you take any
of these patterns and replace the
last note of the pattern with the
bass note you will nd yourself with
a wonderful new pattern that has a
little more bass energy.  Keep
experimenting and you will be able
to come up with many new patterns
of your own.  Enjoy your new
ngerpicking patterns for guitar!

Jerry W.
teaches
classical
guitar,
composition,
trombone
and trumpet in Grosse Pointe, MI.
 He received his Bachelor of Music
in Theory and Composition
from Cornerstone University and
went on to receive both his Masters
and PhD in Music Composition
from Michigan State University.

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Nils
September 29, 2016 at 11:35
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Thanks a lot for these

patterns!
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them a lot! Keep up the

great work!

All the best from

Germany

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Suzy S.
September 29, 2016
at 3:39 pm

Glad you liked the


tutorial, Nils!

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MARK
November 12, 2016 at 9:34
am

Well that wasn’t so bad


at all. Damn near fooled

myself there for a

second.

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waibhav
July 27, 2017 at 12:04 pm

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