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Get an authentic folk guitar sound with this super common intermediate level strumming pattern
Get an authentic folk guitar sound with this super common intermediate level strumming pattern!
Picked fingerstyle is a term for songs played with a pick but where the picking pattern has a fingerpicking type sound.
The most common single note played in Picked fingerstyle is the root note. This is a pattern derived from folk music but is now used in all popular guitar styles. I call it ‘Dylan style strumming’ as it is used in many Bob Dylan songs, the best example of which is ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’.
Set tempo to 120bpm (start slower if you need to), hit 'Loop', and jam along!
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What is a ‘root note’?
The root note is the lowest note played in a chord. It is also the note that gives the chord its name. e.g. The root note of a G chord is a G and when playing a normal G chord is located on the thickest string at 3rd fret. Playing single notes & strumming is a common technique in improver and intermediate level songs and can be known as ‘picked fingerstyle’. This is because the sound is similar to finger style playing, but we use a pick!
Other examples of this strumming pattern include the following songs (lessons on the website);
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