I have found open tunings a great way to practice/build up a foundation in picking as you don’t even have to fret at all for it to sound good. Add in individual strings to augment the open chord.

Having said that I am not a skilled fingerpicker and wish I could focus more effort on it.

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Posted by The Mick

Member since Oct 2010

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Posted on 4/13/20 at 8:42 am to LSU alum wannabe

Dust in the wind was originally a warm-up exercise for finger-picking. Youtube lesson and learn that song.

I'm a novice player and way better at finger style than using a pick. I can play stuff like Babe I'm gonna leave you, Cherry Wine (hozier), Blackbird, etc to a T. I can't come close to playing that level song with a pick. My humble advice would be concentrate on learning the right hand (assuming you're right handed). Don't get caught up in trying to learn difficult chord changes and variations with your left hand until you learn how to finger pick. Travis picking is your friend.

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Posted by auggie

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Member since Aug 2013

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Posted on 4/13/20 at 12:44 pm to OceanMan

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I have found open tunings a great way to practice/build up a foundation in picking as you don’t even have to fret at all for it to sound good. Add in individual strings to augment the open chord.

It's a great way to work on finger picking, alternating bass picking, and integrating interesting little note patterns, into your finger picking patterns.

My favorite is Open E, all of the chords you need are pretty simple and movable. Doing some variants, you can come up with some really smooth sounding stuff. Of course, it's the ultimate thing for standard blues picking too.

This post was edited on 4/13/20 at 2:48 pm

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