intro to thumbstyle

Developing coordination between the picking hand thumb and fingers.

To a skilled player, the thumb and fingers are like a piano player’s two hands: treble and bass, melody and accompaniment.

  1. Alternating bass (thumb and fingers)

  2. Wayfaring Stranger (thumb bass-strum)

  3. “Folk pick” (simple accompaniment pattern)

  4. Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness (John Prine)

  5. Adding melody (bringing out high notes)

  6. Folk pick study in Am (alternating thumb and fingers)

  7. Wayfaring Stranger (complete accompaniment)

  8. Freight Train (picking with melody)

  9. You’ve Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley (gospel blues)

  10. Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright (Bob Dylan)

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