Acoustic Fingerpicking Step-by-Step, Level 1C

Description

Here is an example of a fingerpicking pattern, plus ornaments, being used to create an arrangement for a song.

In this version of the traditional song, "Scarborough Fair", you'll hear me use a fingerpicking pattern in 3/4 time.

Here's a version of the lyrics for Scarborough Fair:

SCARBOROUGH FAIR

INTRO: Em figure
(Em)Are you (G) going to (D) Scarborough Fair? (Em figure)

(G) Parsley, (Em) sage, rose (A) mary and (B7) thyme (B7)

(Em) Remember (G) me to(G) one who lives (D) there (D)

(Em) She once (D) was a (D) true love of (Em figure) mine

Tell her to make me a cambric shirt

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Without no seams nor needlework

Then she'll be a true love of mine

Tell her to find me an acre of land

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

Between the salt water and the sea strand

Then she'll be a true love of mine

Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

And to gather it all in a bunch of heather

Then she'll be a true love of mine