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When playing this Four-Step Fingerpicking Pattern, you will always want to begin the pattern with a thumb-pluck of the bass note of whatever chord you are playing. This will NOT always be the sixth string. It may be the fifth string, or the fourth string, depending on what chord you are playing.

For instance, the chords E, Em, and G all have their bass notes on the sixth string. But C, Am, and A find their bass notes on the fifth string. And for D, Dm, and F, you’ll use the fourth string.

After plucking whichever bass note goes with the chord you are playing, continue with the remainder of the pattern on the highest three strings of the guitar, just as you learned in Lesson One.

A NOTE ON BASS NOTES: This lesson makes reference to “Bass Notes”, as they relate to whatever chord you are playing. If you are unclea...