Let ’ s take what we ’ ve just established and apply it to a simple open chord : E minor . I ’ m just going to use my picking hand over and over to arpeggiate this open E minor chord . [ 1 ] I encourage you to watch the video and to play along for this .
Well , this was indeed a crash course for fingerstyle guitar , but we made some great first steps .
Hopefully this inspires you a bit with your guitar playing . Thanks for spending a little time
with me today . Keep playing , and I ’ ll see you next time !
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Next , I ’ ll form an A minor chord and play an arpeggiated figure that also repeats . [ 2 ]
Now that we ’ ve established the A minor notes , I ’ m actually going to make this just a bit simpler . I ’ ll only be using the pulgar , indicio and medio – just p , i and m , for a pattern I ’ ll call “ Sweetly Rocking .” It ’ s just one note shy of what ’ s called “ Travis Picking .” [ 3 ]
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E minor Arpeggio
As you can see and hear , this sounds rather nice with just a single chord . But as I ’ m sure you ’ re aware , fingerstyle patterns can be applied to any chord . The video has a demonstration of me playing this same “ Sweetly Rocking ” pattern through several chords , some of which are color chords .
Even with a single fingerstyle pattern , there are so many possibilities !
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A minor Arpeggio
“ Sweetly Rocking ” FIngerstyle Pattern