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D_Schief
August 3rd, 2010, 01:50 PM
I didn’t want to highjack the Doug Seven thread (his videos are the most useful I’ve found, but you have to wait while he explains things 2-3 times) or the request for DVD recommendations (see my Doug Seven comment), but I do have a related question:
Has any one developed a true right-hand Method for chickin’ pickin’?
I’ve played for about 40 years and can pretty much manage to finger a lot of the left-hand notes, but the right-hand is, of course, the real secret to this style of playing. And, none of the videos I’ve seen do much of presenting a systematic way of learning it.
I studied classical guitar in my youth, and in that style of playing some one long ago developed a methodical system of right-hand playing – general rules of how you should approach just about any run or arpeggio situation. And of course these were guidelines that could be broken when it made sense to do so, but they also provided the beginner with a place to start and something to build on. There was even a famous set of studies where you just played C and G7 “cowboy chords” and concentrated on getting up to speed on something like 60+ different ways finger picking patterns that you’d later find yourself using in etudes and then in actual classical pieces.
Does anyone know of a chicken pickin’ instructor that breaks the right-hand down to little motifs or phrases that you learn and then link together to finally create those long flowing runs that sound so cool?
Thanks y’all!
Dave Schief
Richmond, VA
Has any one developed a true right-hand Method for chickin’ pickin’?
I’ve played for about 40 years and can pretty much manage to finger a lot of the left-hand notes, but the right-hand is, of course, the real secret to this style of playing. And, none of the videos I’ve seen do much of presenting a systematic way of learning it.
I studied classical guitar in my youth, and in that style of playing some one long ago developed a methodical system of right-hand playing – general rules of how you should approach just about any run or arpeggio situation. And of course these were guidelines that could be broken when it made sense to do so, but they also provided the beginner with a place to start and something to build on. There was even a famous set of studies where you just played C and G7 “cowboy chords” and concentrated on getting up to speed on something like 60+ different ways finger picking patterns that you’d later find yourself using in etudes and then in actual classical pieces.
Does anyone know of a chicken pickin’ instructor that breaks the right-hand down to little motifs or phrases that you learn and then link together to finally create those long flowing runs that sound so cool?
Thanks y’all!
Dave Schief
Richmond, VA