Welcome to a new Monday email where I share 3 random thoughts on all things guitar, music, and life, including the England football game, how I got lazy with ear training, and more…
I hope you enjoy these!
Why I Used to Hate Fingerpicking
Back in the days when I was a long-haired 20-year-old grungy looking guy, I wanted to give fingerpicking a go.
I loved my big heavy rock bands but knew even then that deep down it was the deeper sounding acoustic music that moved me more.
I started with Nirvana’s Unplugged in New York and then discovered Neil Young’s Decade and listened to a lot of different stuff in between.
After hearing the likes of James Taylor, and then others such as Paul Simon, Nick Drake, and Lindsey Buckingham, I decided I wanted to learn how to fingerpick.
I remember finding a picking pattern on the net and going to town trying to learn it.
It was a lovely Travis picking pattern.
The trouble is, I had no idea how to play it.
Travis picking, if you don’t already know, is where you alternate the bass notes with the thumb while letting the fingers play the treble strings.
New and 100% free eBook – ‘How to Travis Pick’, out tomorrow
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.
If you are on the mailing list, then watch out for the email tomorrow.
Travis Picking is a subject many of you have told me specifically you want to learn more about.
New FREE fingerpicking Book coming soon
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.