[Mr. Jelly]

Originally Posted by TBman

The hardest part about switching from flat picking to finger style is that it is like having your masters degree and you have to go back to kindergarten to start over.

Ain't it the truth!

It may be considered wrong but I never learned picking patterns. I always try to pick the string or note I want. I can flat pick more cleanly than finger pick. It doesn't take long for it to sound a little empty though. I have more control when I flat pick. But I like to finger pick more than flat pick now days. Finger picking seems to be a little bit different way to approach the finger board. It gets you away from playing closed chords and separates the low strings, top strings and the strings that aren't being picked.