Fingerpicking 101
Ok... i didn't really wana get in to finger picking just yet but since i went so far into roots then i should at least give yall one or two patterns that roots play a key role in. And in understanding how to aply these roots in all your fingerpicking practice will help you get closer to being a pro soon!!!
Well we all should now know what a root is... or at least understand the basics of it. I'm going to tab out a pattern for yall that is quite simple and that can be used with any chord, just as long as you understand and apply the roots thing.
4/4
(1)e-------------2-------------------2-------------------2-----------
(2)B---------3------3------------3-----3-------------3-----3--------
(3)G-----2-------------2-----2------------2------2------------2-----
(4)D--0-------------------0-------------------0-------------------0-
(5)A------------------------------------------------------------------
(6)E------------------------------------------------------------------
No don't freak out just yet... once you take this diagram apart it is very very easy to read. Let me explain. Now you should recognize a few things already, the strings and there names on the far left. Now the numbers on the tab are the pressed strings you pluck at a specific time. The red highlighted part is called the time signiture... its like counting to 4 on a steady beat. one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. Thos lines above the tab represents the beat... so watever note is under those lines you'd count in your head one (on the ling), two, three, fou and then start at one again once you get to the next line. This is a D chord if you havn't recognized it yet. And i hope yall remembered the small lesson on the finger names... were going to be using the right hand diagram this time, not the colored one like for chord formations. Remeber that the thum takes all three bass strings, the big E, A and D... it just so happens that most chord roots will lie on these three strings somewhere down the line. So if you keep to the rule that your thumb will pluck the top three strings, the bass notes, then you will start the pattern off by plucking with your tumb the D string. Then moving to the next string, the G string and pluck it with your pointer finger or finger 1. Then pluck the B string with your middle finger, finger 2 and so on and so one and then revers it and go back up... it'll be like in a wave shape. It might be alittle aquward at first, but it takes time for your muscles to memorize these short movements. Oh and by the way this pattern is called a roll... and since we have a D chord it'll be called a D roll...
Say you wana do this with the C chord. the tab will look like this:
4/4
(1)e-------------0--------------
(2)B---------1------1----------
(3)G-----0-------------0------
(4)D---------------------------
(5)A--3--------------------3---
(6)E----------------------------
Or you could include all the finger used in a C chord and do this:
4/4
(1)e---------------------------
(2)B------------1--------------
(3)G--------0------0----------
(4)D-----2------------2-------
(5)A--3------------------3----
(6)E---------------------------
This pattern will look like this: TT121 (thumb, thumb, pointer, middle, pointer and repeat yill the cows come home!)
^On this one your thrumb will pluck two strings one after the other, the A and then the D strings. Just take it slow and make it flow like butter.
This pattern can easily be written out as T12321T... thats basicly telling you what fingers to pluck in what sequence... you should know by now the names of each finger on your right hand. So in using that knowledge you can basicly do this roll with any chord you want! You don't have to hit the root with your thumb all the time... but it is nice let the listner hear what the root is, its just pleasing to the ear. In knwoing and applying that try this pattern: T21312T... take you time... take alof of time! lol... the only way I got these was hours of rolls, just go through all these chords you now and know and practice your rolls with each one hitting the root and then rolling watever strings you want in a constant sequence.
Have fun finger picking!
Well we all should now know what a root is... or at least understand the basics of it. I'm going to tab out a pattern for yall that is quite simple and that can be used with any chord, just as long as you understand and apply the roots thing.
4/4
(1)e-------------2-------------------2-------------------2-----------
(2)B---------3------3------------3-----3-------------3-----3--------
(3)G-----2-------------2-----2------------2------2------------2-----
(4)D--0-------------------0-------------------0-------------------0-
(5)A------------------------------------------------------------------
(6)E------------------------------------------------------------------
No don't freak out just yet... once you take this diagram apart it is very very easy to read. Let me explain. Now you should recognize a few things already, the strings and there names on the far left. Now the numbers on the tab are the pressed strings you pluck at a specific time. The red highlighted part is called the time signiture... its like counting to 4 on a steady beat. one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four. Thos lines above the tab represents the beat... so watever note is under those lines you'd count in your head one (on the ling), two, three, fou and then start at one again once you get to the next line. This is a D chord if you havn't recognized it yet. And i hope yall remembered the small lesson on the finger names... were going to be using the right hand diagram this time, not the colored one like for chord formations. Remeber that the thum takes all three bass strings, the big E, A and D... it just so happens that most chord roots will lie on these three strings somewhere down the line. So if you keep to the rule that your thumb will pluck the top three strings, the bass notes, then you will start the pattern off by plucking with your tumb the D string. Then moving to the next string, the G string and pluck it with your pointer finger or finger 1. Then pluck the B string with your middle finger, finger 2 and so on and so one and then revers it and go back up... it'll be like in a wave shape. It might be alittle aquward at first, but it takes time for your muscles to memorize these short movements. Oh and by the way this pattern is called a roll... and since we have a D chord it'll be called a D roll...
Say you wana do this with the C chord. the tab will look like this:
4/4
(1)e-------------0--------------
(2)B---------1------1----------
(3)G-----0-------------0------
(4)D---------------------------
(5)A--3--------------------3---
(6)E----------------------------
Or you could include all the finger used in a C chord and do this:
4/4
(1)e---------------------------
(2)B------------1--------------
(3)G--------0------0----------
(4)D-----2------------2-------
(5)A--3------------------3----
(6)E---------------------------
This pattern will look like this: TT121 (thumb, thumb, pointer, middle, pointer and repeat yill the cows come home!)
^On this one your thrumb will pluck two strings one after the other, the A and then the D strings. Just take it slow and make it flow like butter.
This pattern can easily be written out as T12321T... thats basicly telling you what fingers to pluck in what sequence... you should know by now the names of each finger on your right hand. So in using that knowledge you can basicly do this roll with any chord you want! You don't have to hit the root with your thumb all the time... but it is nice let the listner hear what the root is, its just pleasing to the ear. In knwoing and applying that try this pattern: T21312T... take you time... take alof of time! lol... the only way I got these was hours of rolls, just go through all these chords you now and know and practice your rolls with each one hitting the root and then rolling watever strings you want in a constant sequence.
Have fun finger picking!
T12321T
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