Hello, my name is Sanjeev Mansotra. I'm a new learner.
How can a guitarist effectively improve their fingerpicking technique to achieve greater speed and precision in playing complex patterns?
Please revert so I can improve!
Hi Sanjeev,
I think the answer to your question is largely Practice, practice, practice.... oh and then some more practice!!🤣🤣
However, knowing what to practice is a great benefit, trying to make it up can be hard, so have a look at the two attached images for some examples of different picking patterns. These were given to me as an exercise by my guitar teacher. It’s fun to go through them and try different chord shapes. I’m not saying that I could sit down and play all these from memory but that’s probably due to not enough PRACTICE!!🤣🤣
Start at a slow tempo maybe just with the bass notes, then the treble strings, then build up tempo.
The numbers along the top of the grids denote the rhythm, the letters down the side denote the finger (Ring, Middle, Index and Thumb) and the numbers within the grid denote the string to pick.
I hope this is of some help. Good luck, have fun and let us know how you get on.
All the Best,
Brian👍😃🎸
@sanjeevmansotra You’re welcome Sanjeev, I hope you enjoy practicing and once you get the hang of some of those patterns, you can try some of your own 👍😃🎸
Six Tips That Will Improve Your Fingerstyle Guitar Playing are follows as:-
1. Keep your nails at a consistent length.
2. Highlight those bass notes
3. Prioritise the melody notes
4. Do not lose the groove
5. Work on the picking hand’s muscle memory
6. Don’t be afraid of rubato
To improve the fingerpicking Technique follow the steps:-
1. Grab any chord on the guitar.
2. Assign your fingers to the appropriate strings.
3. Begin picking the A and D strings with your thumb.
4. start by pinching your thumb and index finger and strike both strings simultaneously.
5. Finally, stagger the fingerpicking.
Hi @sanjeevmansotra there are many fingerpicking technique such as follows as:-
1. Combine Scales, Arpeggios, Chords, Melodies, and Technical Exercises.
2. Practice with a Metronome.
3. Focus on Finger Independence.
4. Warm-up and Stretch.
5. Start Slow and Build Speed.