| Fingerpicking is a technique used by guitarist playing all | | | | with your index finger, string B with your middle |
| styles of music, from classical to rock. You will be | | | | finger, string E with your ring finger, than progress |
| able to make up great sounding music once you learn | | | | backwards and pluck string B with your middle finger, |
| the correct finger picking technique, so its definitely | | | | than string G with your index finger again. |
| worthwhile to spend 5-10 minutes of your practice | | | | - Keep in mind that each finger is responsible for only |
| session on improving your fingerpicking technique. It is | | | | one string while you are fingerpicking, which means |
| very important to develop the right technique right in | | | | that they should not be touching any other string |
| the beginning, read on to find out the basic method | | | | during the exercise. At first your fingers will not be |
| of fingerpicking. | | | | well coordinated, and touch other strings by accident, |
| We are going to learn fingerpicking by playing | | | | but don't worry, it gets better with time. |
| arpeggiated chords, which means that we'll be holding | | | | - You need to carry out this finger movement slowly |
| down chords that we are already familiar with, and | | | | at this first, and repeat it over and over. Try to |
| plucking the chord's individual notes. | | | | increase the speed of plucking when your fingers |
| Lets get started, place your fretting fingers onto the | | | | seem coordinated enough, so they are only touching |
| fretboard and fret an A minor chord. | | | | their assigned strings. |
| - Your picking hand should be positioned right | | | | - Do this many times over, than change to an E |
| between your pickups if you are playing an electric | | | | major chord. You will keep your treble string fingers |
| guitar, or on the sound hole if you have an acoustic | | | | where they are, but move your thumb up onto the |
| guitar. Your thumb will be straight, while your other | | | | low E string (6th string), since this is the bass note of |
| fingers will be curled in a semi knuckle. | | | | the G major chord. Now repeat the arpeggio here |
| - Since we are arpeggiating a chord, you will place the | | | | many times over as well. |
| tip of your thumb onto the bass string of the chord | | | | Keep in mind that the key to learning how to |
| (string A, or 5th string), your index finger onto string | | | | fingerpick is repetition. At first your fingers may go all |
| G (3rd string), middle finger onto string B (2nd string), | | | | over the place, hit other strings, etc. But with time |
| and your ring finger onto the high E string (1st string). | | | | and practice, fingerpicking your guitar will become |
| - Now pluck string A with your thumb, than string G | | | | natural and instinctive. |