I want to let you know about something I have spent some time on lately. It is my brand new, 100% free eBook on Travis Picking.
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Travis Picking is a subject many of you have told me specifically you want to learn more about.
Fingerpicking is a wonderful part of guitar playing and it is one of my favourite things to do on a guitar – especially on a nice acoustic guitar. The trouble is many guitarists do not really know how to fingerpick properly.
John Butler Trio by Gbrydson Toronto Social Review-2 by Toronto Social Review, licensed under (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Today we have the video for pattern number 7 in the free eBook “Fingerstyle 101: Learn 8 Beautiful Fingerpicking patterns That Every Guitarist Should Know”.
Ed Sheeran @ Milan by Sara Somerhalder, licensed under (CC BY-SA 2.0)
If you have already downloaded the free eBook – Fingerstyle 101: : Learn 8 Beautiful Fingerpicking patterns That Every Guitarist Should Know, then you will have come across this simple but wonderful sounding fingerpicking pattern.
Now you can watch the video too. Some guitarists learn better via video and some via tab and eBooks. Most however learn better with a combination of both, so get the eBook out and watch the video to learn this super cool pattern.
I’m currently putting together a short but very powerful book on fingerpicking. I know a lot of you regular readers love to fingerpick.
This is shown by the popularity of the ‘Fingerpicking Classics’ series.
If you want to download two free eBooks (in both pdf and kindle formats) one of which is “Fingerstyle 101: Learn 8 Beautiful Fingerpicking patterns That Every Guitarist Should Know” head HERE.
Welcome to the Guitar Domination “Fingerpicking Classics Series”.
‘Falling Slowly’ is a great song from the film ‘Once’ by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.
There isn’t a sweeter sound in the history of the universe than a beautiful fingerpicked song played well.
I just love how sweet the lyrics are too – so much so I have written them out below.
Have fun and prepare to be loved when you perform this amazing song!
Falling Slowly Chords
C, Cadd9, F, Fadd9
Am, G, F, G,
C, F, Am, F
Falling Slowly Lyrics
I don’t know you
But I want you
All the more for that
Words fall through me
And always fool me
And I can’t react
And games that never amount
To more than they’re meant
Will play themselves out
[Chorus]
Take this sinking boat and point it home
We’ve still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you have a choice
You’ll make it now
Falling slowly, eyes that know me
And I can’t go back
Moods that take me and erase me
And I’m painted black
You have suffered enough
And warred with yourself
It’s time that you won
[Chorus]
Falling slowly sing your melody
I’ll sing along
If you want to improve your fingerstyle guitar playing even more, check this out.
Wow, what a modern classic this is. I love the guitar part to this. That intro is very lush, distinctive and down right groovy.
The song is tuned (from low to high) E,A,D,E,B,E which is a little unusual but just goes to show how Ed Sheeran thinks outside the box with his sophisticated guitar playing.
The chords are relatively simple due to the tuning of the song, but if you are like most players who are learning this you may want a little more help getting faster chord changes.
If you want to download two free eBooks (in both pdf and kindle formats) one of which is “Fingerstyle 101: Learn 8 Beautiful Fingerpicking patterns That Every Guitarist Should Know” head HERE.
Join the course ‘Fingerpicking Classics: Learn The Most Stunning Songs On Fingerstyle Guitar’ to learn more classic songs.
It’s clear you guys who visit this site regularly really love to fingerpick and want to learn more fingerpicking patterns. That’s been shown by the popularity of my ‘Fingerpicking Classics Series’. I’m just glad you love to fingerpick as much as I do. Even for a rocker like me, fingerpicking is cool.
It’s a great technique and once you get a few simple fingerpicking patterns down you will find that any chord progression can be given a new lease of life by applying a ‘stock’ fingerpicking pattern to it.
Alex Band by Ran284, licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Welcome to the Guitar Domination ‘Fingerpicking Classics’ Series. The third song in this series of 10 songs is by The Calling and is called ‘Wherever You Will Go’.
If you want to download two free eBooks (in both pdf and kindle formats) one of which is “Fingerstyle 101: Learn 8 Beautiful Fingerpicking patterns That Every Guitarist Should Know” head HERE.
The song is played with a capo on the 2nd fret and uses a ‘stock’ fingerpicking pattern that you can learn and apply to songs of your own.
The strum pattern in the chorus is also a very, very common strum pattern and one you should know inside out.
Remember to keep your picking hand and fingers nicely relaxed throughout.
To see all 10 songs in this series, go to the ‘Fingerpicking Classics’ page.