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Learning finger style . . . Update
Feels something like this . . .
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I know how you feel. A couple years ago I snapped a tendon in my right thumb. They attached a tendon from my index finger to my thumb to help fix it, but I can no longer fully lift my thumb all the way. It makes learning to play classical/fingerstyle exceptionally difficult at times. Frustrating is an understatement.
Learning to play classical has been great physical therapy, that's for sure!
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You can get punchy funk tones wearing those.
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I got a chuckle out of that photo. I'm learning Finger Style myself after an entire lifetime of flat picking. Some days it seems as if my fingers have become unconnected from my brain. Of course, that's the ultimate goal, to make it automatic. But for now I have to think about it. I guess it's just practice, practice, practice.
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As a side benefit my flat picking and understanding of theory has improved, too.
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I'm no expert by any means, but I started with Travis picking, and I think that helped transition into using all my fingers. Might be worth a shot!
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Pay GuitarNick's website a visit. Some great tabs to help you get going. Nothing to hard and there is plenty of room for improv.
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GuitarNicks is a great resource. He has easy versions and full on finger style version arrangements. The video work and backing tracks are excellent. There is a pile of free content but I am a Patreon member so I can give back to someone who has supplied so much good stuff.
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Hi, just wondering why all the Travis Picking lessons have you using thumb and three fingers when Merle himself used only his thumb and index finger.
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Because you can't do banjo rolls with just the index finger.
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Sorry, just don't see the connection. If anyone wants to learn Travis Picking it should be taught using thumb and index finger like Merle himself did.
If you want to do a banjo roll then you learn how to do a banjo roll.
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Sure, but learning banjo rolls doesn't happen overnight. If you are used to using the 3 fingers then learning them is faster. You don't have to use all three though, its up to you.
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Ok, maybe I should reword my question. Why are lessons called Travis Picking using thumb and three fingers when he only used thumb and index finger. In my opinion it's not Travis Picking unless it's being taught with just the thumb and index finger. He didn't play with three fingers.
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Not all do. Now I'm going down some rabbit trails… Thom Bresh (Merle's son and accomplished player) certainly makes the distinction…and he is a thumb-n-three finger player who can drop back and play thumb-n-one like his dad. In his first instructional Travis video, he taught all about thumb-n-one, and then had issues while recording not reverting to thumb-n-three. Thom would agree with you, and he has newer video lessons which focus on the uniqueness of thumb-n-one finger playing versus other styles. There are also players like Mark Hanson who play thumb-n-two fingers versus the Pete Huttlinger fans (and tons of others) who play thumb-n-three fingers. Chet Atkins played thumb-n-two early on and later in life moved to thumb-n-three. Pat Donohue (Would You Like To Play The Guitar writer) moves back and forth between thumb-n-two and thumb-n-three as it suits his fancy and empahses. When he's punctuating parts, he plays these great thumb-n-two finger 'stabs' which just reach out and assault you (in a friendly way). |