Guitar Tricks Online Guitar Lessons

Optional Practice Tune Performance

 

Now I'm going to play through this whole practice tune, at a tempo that's comfortable for me. Make sure you put down your guitar and just watch and listen and then play it on your own afterwards. I can't stress it enough that the most important thing here is to not push yourself forward too quickly.

I hope you've had fun with this very first tutorial on finger picking. Finger picking truly is one of the greatest things about playing acoustic guitar, and there's immense freedom in mastering this technique as it'll eventually enable you to imitate pianos, basses, rhythm sections and play chords and melodies at the same time. It's a ton of work and a ton of fun! Just make sure you progress slowly and patiently. Have fun with it!

Anders Mouridsen
Instructor Anders Mouridsen
Tutorial:
Intro To Finger Picking
Styles:
Acoustic
Difficulty:
print notation download lesson open guitar tuner
Optional Practice Tune Performance song notation

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Questions & Answers

10 months ago
So why do we drop to plucking the G & B strings when we finger pick the G chords rather that plucking the B & E strings on all the other chords. Is there a "rule of thumb" of when to pluck which higher strings?
Mike Olekshy 9 months ago

Hello - thanks for your question! There is no rule of thumb for this. It is simply a musical choice. In this case, Anders has chosen to pluck the G & B strings for the G chord as he likes the sound of that - and then for the other chords he likes the sound of the B&E strings plucked. Also, since this is a lesson, it is good to practice changing up the strings that you pluck.