Monday, November 21, 2011

Fingerpicking

I have recently been trying my hand at harder fingerpicking songs such as rhiannon by fleetwood mac, and slowly but surely the easier songs are getting easier. I am know able to easily play the introduction to Landslide by Fleetwood mac, I have even taken some simple fingerpicking patterns and added them to some interesting chords making a little tune. Bar chords are still as hard as ever, I am able to play them if I slow down but I am currently unable to quickly switch between them. In general though I am improving a lot.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Fingerpicking

Now that I have conquered the fundamental chords I am working on learning how to finger pick. So far I have been able to play the introduction of "Landslide" (Fleetwood Mac) but my transitions between chords and finger picking combined is very poor. I am hoping to get this worked up soon. I have found that it helps to not even look at my fingers and trust that they know where they should go. So far I am having a blast exploring this.