This entry was posted on 6/5/2008 3:17 PM and is filed under Guitar Lessons.
This is a quick lesson on getting started with finger picking. The first thing we are going to do is name the fingers of your right hand "classical guitar" style. If we were to number them we might get confused about which hand we are talking about...this way I can specify a right hand finger to pick the note and a left hand finger with a number to fret it without too much explanation....
P = Thumb
I = Index finger
M = Middle finger
A = Ring finger
The letters come from the Spanish names for those fingers:
P for pulgar,
I for indicio,
M for medio
A for anular
I pretty much explain everything you need in the video, but the one thing I left out is that we are playing "free strokes" as opposed to "rest strokes", where the picking finger plays through the string and comes to rest on the next string up...we talk about that more in the next lesson but for now here it is!
I am trying a new feature this month and adding a forum to the site. If
it goes well and there is a decent amount of traffic on it I'll
probably upgrade to a nicer forum system.
The first actual use will be for our upcoming "December" solo
contest...I'm still working out the details but here is a little bit of
info:
I thought it would be fun to post a backing track for the solo section
of my song "December" and have you guys post yourselves playing over
it! The track is the same length as the solo that is transcribed in
this lesson and part of the challenge is coming up with something that
gets the point across in just a few measures, just like the solo in a
pop song should!
We will vote by Poll on the forum and I'll give out
free copies of my book "Foundations for Guitar" to the three
submissions that get the most votes.
You can either submit a
Youtube video or a sound clip. If you don't have recording software
there are free programs such as "Audacity" that will allow you to
record over the backing track!
