Learn to Fingerpick on Ukulele! (Prep for Bob Dylan lesson)
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- Learn fingerstyle ukulele in this video - I'll be sharing two great tips for a SOLID foundation in this technique. The pattern shown in this video is one of the BEST FINGER STYLE UKE PATTERNS for folk, ballads & pop music! ★ Patron Post with song sheet ($2 tier): / 40502870
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0:00 Intro
0:59 TIP #1
1:31 TIP #2
2:07 FINGER PATTERN (slow demo)
4:00 FINGER PATTERN (applied to chords)
5:43 EXTRA NUANCE (more @ Patreon Page)
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Stu Fuchs is a heart-centered, lifelong musician and teaching artist. “Classically trained, improvisationally freed", his ukulele and guitar workshops empower people of all backgrounds to connect with their inner musician. His music spans jazz, world & original styles with playing that is both meditative and exciting. Stu weaves virtuosity, humor, audience participation and soulful musicianship into his uplifting performances.
As a long time practitioner of Buddhist meditation (Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village Tradition), Stu is passionate about sharing music as a daily practice for health & well being. His playful, inspiring, and holistic teaching method "Ukulele Zen” make his workshops a not-to-be missed experience. Stu’s workshops playfully encourage students to deepen the mind-body-spirit-instrument connection which allows for enhanced listening, increased creativity and greater ease in music making.
Over a 25 year career, Stu has performed gypsy jazz guitar with symphony orchestras, presented ukulele workshops at festivals worldwide, toured internationally and recorded with renowned sacred chant artist Snatam Kaur on her 2018 Grammy-nominated album “Beloved”. In 2014 he was awarded a prestigious grant from the National Endowment of the Arts for his work offering healing music at cancer hospitals for patients and their families.
Stu’s offers weekly ukulele lessons and inspiration on his popular CZcams channel “Ukulele Zen” to Uke enthusiasts around the world. He holds his transformational Ukulele Zen retreat at holistic centers around the world. www.stufuchs.com
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I put my fingers on automatic playing and went to sleep... Loool !
But it works, folks !! When I practise repetitive patterns before going to bed, the next day it has kind of engaved in my brain, and it comes much easier and automatic.
... Coolest teacher ever !!
Probably one of the best uke teachers on the planet, certainly on CZcams. Just the right combination of inspiration to make you want to grab your uke and start playing and easy enough to understand so that anyone can learn and make really good progress without putting in hours of hard practice. Just hold your uke and relax, take it easy, chill out and enjoy then it will come almost without you knowing and your little ukulele will take you to places in your mind that that you never imagined. Thanks Stu
Thanks Kiki! I appreciate your comment very much...inspiring others towards musical freedom is my passion. Thanks for hanging here & I hope you'll subscribe to this channel for more videos & content like this 🎶🤙
Totally agree !!
That's damn right! You described this channel and its core message just perfectly. 😄
i dont mean to be off topic but does anybody know a method to get back into an instagram account?
I was dumb forgot the account password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me
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The suggestion of you saying, you should be able to do this in your sleep, gave me a level to strive for. Some times just a simple comment goes a long way.
Soooooo generous, joyful and tender!!!! Thanks so much 🙏🏽
Thanks so very much!!
I play clarinet, sax and bassoon: two months ago I decided to pick up a ukulele, inspired pi the playing of Phil Disera. My first problem was figuring which end to blow in but you've answered that for me. And I can play with a mask on!
Nice to have a multi instrumentalist reed player aboard!! 👍👍🎶
Thanks so much for this lesson. Finger picking is my challenge. You are a good teacher. I will try hard.
Wauw i so like your lessons! Thank you ,this is fantastic, i’m learning so much. My first ukele lessons after i have played the ukelele for 1 year now, on and off. I’m hooked. It makes me so happy. Every day a ukele break just to relax and enjoy. And since a week via your enthousiastic way of playing and teaching. aloha from Joan in the north of the netherlands :-)
Thank you Joan! I appreciate you leaving a comment and joining in… My upcoming website will have lots of great lessons for all levels of player you can sign up to keep in the loop with the mailing list at www.ukulelezen.com
Started learning Uke Approximately a yr.ago off & on. I Just started learning fingerpicking.
Thanks for watching Sara!
I’ve lived learning from you. Tolls bit of a Ukulele hiatus , for no other reason then I like learning things and moved onto learning Spanish. But am now back to learning more on the uker
Stunning...learning a lot... love and respect from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🙏🙏
Great lesson, more on fingerpicking please Stu 👍🏼
You got it Steve! A new one posted today ';-)
Ukulele Zen thanks, so looking forward to your new course coming out !
Stu, great tips, you’re on form !
Thanks 👍
Your style challenges me and that is what I need. I plan to join your Patreon page.
Thanks very much Samuel!
So helpful because I haven’t played guitar before.
Thanks 😊
Beginning to go from an absolute beginner to beginner after much lockdown playing and learning from great teachers like you. Feeling confident enough to have a go at simple fingerpicking patterns. You inspire me to keep practising and breathe and smile. Bless you. 😇
That's great to hear Lisa! I've noticed your comments on my videos before… I appreciate you hanging out with my channel. If you haven't already, hope you subscribe for more lessons… And of course, keep on picking!
As Lisa, started at beginning of lockdown. I'm entering pre-pre-intermediate level and started to practice fingerpicking patterns. Really like the way you teach, and your zen philosophy, thanks!
Love your videos and teaching style, so much that I joined Patreon
Awesome, thank you!! 🙏🤙🎶😊
My first fingerstyle on uke. It is great, thanks.
I am a Beginner and I feel so blessed to have discovered you. I love your way teaching. Thank you so much. 🙂
Thanks for watching Maria! Very glad that you found my channel… Hope you’re subscribe and ring the notification bell to keep in the loop of every time I put up a new video. Happy playing! 😃🎶🤙🎶
You bet. 💜
Fantastic.Thanks for sharing Finger picking lesson
Glad you liked it Jillian!!
Excellent teacher! Makes this 77 year old lady get out of her lazy funk and pick up her brand new ukulele to start learning how to play it! I’ve got a lot to learn but you are inspiring me to JUST DO IT,🎼🎵🎶🎶🎵🎵
Wow, thank you!! Very glad to hear this...you go! Hope you'll subscribe to the channel for more videos like this one 🎶🤙😊
I likes me fingerpickin!! I also tend to use mainly thumb and index finger, but working trying to get the middle finger to cooperate and do its fair share.
Thats great Faythe! It keeps getting easier & deeper ;-)
You're the best teacher on the internet, Im getting better at ukulele thanks to you! People are always in a rush and for a beginner it's very difficult to keep the same pace of the teacher during the lessons. One easily gets frustrated. With your method everything seems easier to approach, fun and relaxing. That's what a student needs! One step at a time without too many worries. Thank you sooooo much! Learning this way really becomes a pleasure.
Zen, my/ our ukulele teacher of choice. Thanks 🙏
Thank you very much!! 🙏🏻
Having fun learning and playing the pattern. Thanks.
Glad you enjoy it! Good to hear from you here Cynthia!
@@UkuleleZen ❤ ❤ ❤
Wowsy, thank you very much. This is difficult to learn but i am working on it.
You can do it!!
You are awesome stu. I am going tp practice this exercise until I get it perfect.
You got this! Thanks for joining in! 😊
Thank you Stu, this is Don in Palmbay Florida. Really enjoyed today’s lesson one of my favorite songs I grew up with. Currently I am doing a lot of fingerpicking lessons and training, so this is perfect for me thanks. Also Stu, I want to thank you for conversing back-and-forth with me a few nights this week through email regarding yoga and meditation. I appreciate you taking the time. Praying for you and the little one and your wife👍😇
Thank you Don! Glad to hear you're exploring some finger style play… One of my favorite styles of all. Thanks for listening to my thoughts… It was a nice conversation. I still have to get back to your last message…all is well here - Back to the baby now ;-)
I had flat picked guitar for about 48 years before I started playing ukulele about ten years ago. It was clear I needed to learn to finger pick. After experimenting with different approaches I settled on the thumb and two fingers as you described. At a workshop, the leader was teaching the thumb and three finger method. I can use that ring finger but I'd rather not. I think of how much music Merle Travis was able to make with his thumb and index finger. I figure the thumb and two fingers should be sufficient for me on ukulele. Thanks for the lesson.
Wow Jim - you bring a lot of experience to your playing! I agree with you… There’s so much that can be done with just the thumb and index finger (There are some amazing finger style African guitar with just those two fingers)... three is a lot to work with. I also use the ring finger for a bunch of patterns and I have a video that introduces the concept… It opens up some more possibilities but like you said there’s plenty to work with the three! Thanks for watching and hope to see you in another video 🤙🎶
Love your enthusiasm for the Uke
First of your videos I've watched. Very helpful. I'm just learning the Ukulele, but I fingerpick the mountain dulcimer and a little on the guitar.
Practicing right away, thanks
The short story: playing guitar over 40yrs - Charcassi, metal, blues, electric and acoustic. Fell in love with my acoustic and playing John Hurt and Noel Young tunes with Travis picking. Built a cigar box Uke with my daughter and haven’t been able to put the instrument down - she is writing music just about every day, and we are enjoying playing together. This video helped clarify those stylistic attributes of Travis picking on the uke - I didn’t really get it before watching.Thank you - also, the mindset ideas you talk about have helped me tremendously, thank you again!
Thanks David! Great to hear about your music journey. I build a CBG some years ago ( a three stringed version I play w a slide...SO fun!)...enjoy your songwriting :-) Please subscribe to this channel for more videos & content like this 🎶🤙
Brilliantly demonstrated, i am one year into me playing the Ukulele after learning to play during the lockdown. Beginning to learn finger picking and found your channel. I’m so pleased I stumbled across your channel and look forward to trying out the new methods I’m seeing. Many thanks from the UK.
This is great! Super useful!
Great Riff Stu. I haven’t picked up the uke in over 12 months but looking forward to getting back to it. Your riff inspired me. Greg
Nice Greg! Welcome back… We’ve been saving your seat for you! 😉 Hope you’ll subscribe to this channel for more videos and lessons like this one 🤙🎶
Lovely! Great technique. Makes me want to play all day! And nice Bossa Riff! Thanks Stu!
Go for it...play all day! ;-) I'll teach some Bossa/Samba patterns for uke sometime in the future. Thanks Mark!
I have been waiting for this . 😆
Thank you for taking time to share with us!!!
My pleasure!! Thanks for watching 😊
Always a step forward walking with you! I play Baritone Uk so often need to adapt
Oh. Wish you were president ✌🏻
Thanks so much Carol… I appreciate that. I hope to just take folks a little further down the path sharing what I've learned along the way. :-)
Thank you Stu from Ireland. I started learning in February and you have been an inspiration during lockdown,
Looking forward to the Bob Dylan lesson.
Keep up your great work
Thank you Mary! I hope you are doing well over in Ireland… I absolutely loved visiting there on two occasions! Hope you’ll subscribe to this channel for more videos and lessons like this one 🤙🎶
So helpful. Thanks a lot.
I like your variations added. This is a good introduction to the skill of fingerpicking.
Thanks Lenny! Hope you're well...more tricks & nuances are a-comin' ;-)
Lovely stuff. I'm really enjoying stumbling across your you tube videos! I always seen to come away with something new
Glad you enjoy it - thanks for watching & playing along!
started to play the uke in january and i love it so much :) thanks for your videos and tipps the help me to progress everyday :D greetings from switzerland
I'm so glad to have you with us! I LOVED visiting Switzerland 2x...happy playing & thanks for watching!
Love your channel.
Woo Hoo , love it. xxx from the UK
Night came and I finally watched the lesson! You are the man 👍
Beautiful pattern, really like this one. Thanks for a great lesson. Best wishes from Devon UK
Thanks John! Glad you enjoyed it 😊🎶
Thank you, Stu! :) It's very smiley and relaxing every time with your lessons. You explain it great and detail. :) Now is time to practice..
Thank you Maria - I appreciate you being here. Have fun repeating this pattern will be applying it into some other songs in the future. Hope you’ll you’re subscribe to this channel for more videos like this one 🤙🎶😊
@@UkuleleZen, this pattern is easy when you do it, but it is very difficult for me. But I will practice, I will not give up. :) Today on Spotify I found your albums and I really liked them. :) They are wonderful! "My little jumping flea" is so sweet and jumping song! :)
October will make a year of ukulele for me (52 - first instrument- I've missed less than a week during that time) I started learning finger picking patterns after 30 days because I think it sounds so pretty and it relaxes me. This is a beautiful pattern and Bob Dylan grew up near my hometown so I'm looking forward to learning it. You're a very good teacher. I appreciate you.
Thank you Lea - and congratulations on one year of ukulele playing! Hope you’re subscribe to the channel for more videos like this… But forward to sharing that Dylan song with you… That’s cool same region as he did 🤙🎶
very good I will practice thank you
Awesome… You’ll be all set to play the Bob Dylan song that this lesson prepares you for… Plus, lots of other songs 😉🎶
LOVE THIS!
Thanks Serena!
Love your relaxing style
Thank you Cheryl! 😊 Hope you'll Subscribe to my channel for more videos like this one 😊
That picking pattern is mighty nice! For half a year I tried something with four fingers but it didn't click well. This method I'll gladly give a go! 😊
After starting to play Uke in march, i think this is something that i can now play...( Thanks to your tuition, deliberate practice...smile on face, take it slow)...well, once i get the finger plucking under my fingers at least...the chord progression is something that i can now cope with :)
*That's GREAT Surcharged!* I'm glad that you're getting some benefit from my videos… More good stuff to come… Keep on picking :-)
Started to play the uku 1 year ago and your lessons inspire me and make me want to improve my skills. Thanks alot! I even play along with friend with confident thanks to the impressive fingerstyle I gaind from your vids
Thank you for watching and leaving a comment Sahai! Finger style is a wonderful way to approach the strings… More to be shared in future (and previously released) videos! Hope you’ll subscribe to this channel for more videos and lessons like this one 🤙🎶
Super duper lesson . Just a beginner myself so lots of practice to do yet. Nice clear visual aids. Keep up the good work.
Thanks so much Michael! Hope you'll subscribe to this channel for more videos & content like this 🎶🤙
Stu I am just starting out. With finger picking.
I just started playing ukulele. I live the Spanish guitar but 6 strings were too may so ukulele has been my gateway instrament
And if you can play the Uke, you will have another connection to the Guitar later. Trust me...;-)
Uke, guitar, harp....somany great strings to choose. Glad you're here!
Thanks for that encouragement Ilja!
You're great, Stu! Love your videos.
Thank you kindly Chris! 😊 🎶 Thanks for watching - please subscribe for more vids from this channel: czcams.com/users/ukulelezen
@@UkuleleZen I'm already subscribed. Watch you every day!
Thanks Stu really like that song remember giving it a go on guitar will be giving it a go on uke 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Nice Gerry - it’s a classic… Look forward to showing it to you soon!
Thank you,Stu!
My pleasure Janis! Thanks for watching!
first experience with fingerstyle - going over the pattern for days before I can put it together with the chords. this is great thanks
Thank you for watching & joining in! You can do it!
Thanks for this. I sang this as a teanager just after woodstock. Yep I'm not so young and I stopped playing guitar a while back . A friend started playing ukulele and I caught the bug. Now 4 months and your great way of teaching. I do qigong daily so your Zen approach is wonderful. I will be back and will try to become a part of the tribe next month > Thank you for being here. Namasté
Hi Phil, I'm so glad to hear from you! I also practice Qigong and it's benefits extend far beyond the physical, eh? Happy to hear you have been bitten by the ukulele bug… And it's a pleasure to offer some meditative ukulele lessons. Still offering songs of course but just taking the time to notice the details and appreciate the wonders. :-) All blessings, Happy playing, Stu
I've only watched 33 secs and I realized that this is an amazing lesson! I won't even close the tab so as not to lose it! A shouting thank you again! 👍
Many thanks! SO glad you enjoyed it & are getting some benefit :-)
Hey Stukulele, Thank You for this really beautifull turtorial. I am learning ukulele for a year now. many more hours in the winter time, since my work is mostly summer time. I was proud of myself to learn so much, was going so well in short time (never played before any instrument), but then got to a point where kind of a feel stuck. Can not make any song to perfection, because i miss lots of basics i guess. Have to start all over again ...Fast learning people;))) Wanted to say;) You are the best teacher online I found. Sure you have a path to go for me;) I am joining your patreon family more seriously;)) Thank You. Namaste!
Thank you and Namaste Andreya 🙏🏻 Music is always in a state of refinement this far as I’m concerned… Perfection is a good goal however sometimes it can keep us from appreciating the way we play in the moment 😊 hope you will subscribe to this channel for more videos and lessons like this one. Be well, Stu
@@UkuleleZen Stu, I am subscribed since I started to play.;) I learned a lot from you. Love old videos;) Just wanted to tell you that from ALL of them in CZcams, where we are crusing with free videos, you are the one that is worth to start learning seriously with;)
I'm so excited and delighted by this Stu. I don't think I'm going to get anything done today as I practice this for hours. Bring lots of pleasure and smiles during lockdown. Thanks so much!
Have fun!! Wait until we applied to the whole song...You may have to clear your day's calendar 😉
@@UkuleleZen Well I don't have much on my calendar just now, so that's great!
Thank you Stu!
Another great lesson...loved your energy and the way you teach is also amazing. Waiting for the song tutorial, I love that song ! :D
Thanks so much… The song tutorial is live! Enjoy!
@@UkuleleZen Hello again Stu! Came back to watch this video after 3 months and would like to appreciate your great style again.
Could you please help me figure out how to get the timing right while adding the melody notes? I am trying this now on several patterns which I am comfortable with playing for a long time and want to add more flavour to it. I somehow mess up the rhythm of the pattern while trying to add the extra note. Are there any tips or workouts that you can suggest?
Thanks a lot.
I came to ukulele from bluegrass banjo. I can't say I ever got that good at banjo, but I use a number of the standard banjo rolls when playing uke. I often default to a forward-backward roll (string order 3-2-1-4-1-2-3-1), which sounds good in a lot of places. Breaking away from the standard rolls in my fingerpicking is what I'm still trying to work on. I have a friend who picks uke (and guitar and several other instruments) in the Piedmont blues style, which I find really impressive. I hope to get that good eventually.
Thanks for sharing THAT pattern with me Steve! I'm going o mess around with it & see if there's a tune & video lesson I can make with it. I love banjo rolls in uke playing...thanks & wishing you a good day.
@@UkuleleZen Try it in 'Time in a Bottle' by Jim Croce. That's one song where I think it sounds quite good.
Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
Could you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do a tutorial on that boss a nova pattern you played at 1:52 ? That was simply delightful!!
Will do! I'm working on a fingerstyle course online & Bossa nova/samba patterns will be part of it - about the low strings of the guitar it's a different game however the rhythms are the same and infectious! I'll be announcing that course through this CZcams channel and my websites mailing list: www.stufuchs.com Be well Steven
@@UkuleleZen you're the best!! Thank you so much!! I look forward to it!!
Thank you! :)
Thanks Karinda! Hope you’ll subscribe to this channel for more videos and lessons like this one 🤙🎶
Hi Stu I return to this lesson over and over and wonder if you could develop the Brazilian bit you play at the 1.55 of this clip? I realize that this would be quite advanced. Those funky chords really work well with this pattern. Thank you as always!
Thanks very much David 🙏🏻 glad you enjoyed the lesson and hats off to you for returning to it to go deeper… That’s definitely my intention - to offer something that you can get more from each time you come back to it.
As for your question, it’s funny you should bring it up… I was just brainstorming some ideas for a future bossa nova course. It’s a little tricky putting six string guitar styles onto a fourth string instrument but… The rhythms can be played universally.
Wishing you well 😊🙏🏻🎶
Awesome lesson as always...helping me a lot! playing the uke for 4 years, having the chance to play a lot at work. Using this instrument to sing with the people i'm taking care of (persons who suffer from mental illness ). And the uke is unique to bring joy and help forget the suffering those people facing every days... Like to alternate picking and struming in the same song and always looking for new finger style pattern!
Sorry for my poor frenchies english ... thx Stu, you are vert special and unique in the ukulele world😊🙏
Your English is much better than my French will ever be! Great that you're feeling the joy of music & that your cup is so full that you're sharing it with people in a way that is uplifting...I respect that SO much 🙏 (I worked in a Cancer hospital as resident music for years).
@@UkuleleZen thx again Stu...🙏
Beautiful! Will definitely practice it! Can you please do a tutorial for the Bossa Nova strumming you did at the beginning? Was lovely!
Sure thing! It's a style that's on the list to be featured & explored...
Thank you. Learning to fingerpick. This is new for me
Thanks Philomena! I have other fingerstyle tutorials on my YT channel 😊Hope you’ll subscribe to this channel for more videos and lessons like this one 🤙🎶
@@UkuleleZen Yes. Thanks
Beautiful 🙏👍❤️🍀
Thank you very much Mario!
I’m checking this out on a banjolele. Love finger style
Sweet! Banjoleles are GREAT! Enjoy & hope you'll subscribe to my channel for more videos like this 🎶🤙
Stu is the best
Hello Stu I always admire ur lesson. It's a great help for beginner like me. This is another great lesson. I have a question here, how do u change chords while playing finger style. Would be great if u demonstrate one in ur next lesson. Thanks
Thanks Harsha! I’ll address that in a future video for sure… Just so you know, I have some previous release videos just about a month or so ago that discussed beginners lessons on how to change chords with ease 🤙🎶 play on!
@@UkuleleZen ya I went to that lesson. Here I just wanna to know the chord changing patter in finger picking n in regular strumming is the same or different? Coz in some other CZcamsrs video, they ask u to change while plucking last string.
I really liked this, so much that I shared it with others AND signed up on your Patreon subscription but this Bob Dylan finger picking song was not there. Am I supposed to sign up for the more expensive Patreon option to get the rest of this lesson?
Thanks very much for all of that Ronnie! The tiers of membership are described in the vi descrion:
Patron Post with song sheet ($2 tier):
www.patreon.com/posts/40502870
Bonus content for this finger style lesson with detailed tab & variations for Patrons ($10 tier):
www.patreon.com/posts/40552840
Thanks very much!
This was my first time finger picking and I took time to really practice and (mostly) get the pattern down. I knew these notes (needing the reminder for the Am)--that's how new I am. This was fun and I learned it pretty quickly--it will allow for something to practice this week. I still think I need to go shorter with the nails so I can get a smoother sound on the frets/chords. I'm so grateful for your lessons.
That’s great Debra! So cool that your expanding your musical horizons! Hope you’ll subscribe to this channel for more videos and lessons like this one 🤙🎶
Hi Stu, Enjoyed the video. What other songs would work with this finger picking pattern? Best regards, Bill
Love this picking pattern, appreciate everything u share here!!!! I am a little handicapped when it comes to timing… I drove my music teachers crazy… I can hear, and feel the music instead of getting the mechanics of it… (those who can do both, play by ear and by notes and theory are blessed) I only got the ear part😄 so when I play along with you in this song I got it.. but when I go to my own song I struggle as 1/2 way thro the bar the chord changes and I feel it messes up my finger picking pattern…any tips? Maybe just more practice? Thanks for your time!
Thanks for watching and learning along with me! Keep on showing up for your music & happy playing :-)
It’s great having a nice picking pattern for beginners to add a little more interest to their music. However, what I notice having a high G rather than a low G is that some of the notes in the pattern are doubled. You don’t get that if you have the low G string apparently. should I consider changing to a low G string on my uke? It seems to make it sound “better”. Thanks for the lesson!
You know! Ok down to business. I have been playing finger picking ever since I met you . and a bit with a friend of yours the name escape me that's old age you will see! .
Playing only since January. Much to learn. Do you recommend a low G uke? I have just changed my strings to flurocarbon Martins on my concert cocobolla
Thanks for watching Lynda - I like having both tunings handy ;-)
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Thanks so much for watching and joining in Harpal! 🙏 All the best, Stu
Stu, are you using a Thomastik-Infeld classical guitar string for your G? I noticed the red end wrapping.
Yes I am - good eye! I tune a jazz guitar D string up to G - don't try that on any ol' uke...the extra tension will snap the bridge off!
Appreciate your teaching very much. Really want to move past strumming and have been practicing fingerpicking. I feel like there is a lot of extra noise from the strings when fingerpicking. Like white noise. Is that something to just live with? Or maybe because I’m not picking properly?
Thanks for saying hi Adrienne! I will be offering more lessons on finger style in future videos and also in an upcoming online course that I'm building. The sound you're hearing could be caused by a number of factors but it might be "nail noise"...After you file and shape your nails try this: smooth the edges of your nails with a very fine buffer… Something really soft and gets the nails almost to a polish. I sometimes use 1500 grain sandpaper… But that's just a trick of guitarists who play nylon strings… Buying a bunch of 1500 grain sandpaper is a lot cheaper than a lot of three-way buffers! Once you get the tip of the nail super smooth, you might find that a lot of that noise disappears - It's caused by the rough edges of the nail. In the meantime… Keep on picking!
Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. I’ll try it! ☺️
Maybe, like Stu say, the finger nails. Some strings are a little bit rough, that can make picking a bit noisy. I also don't like it and use smooth strings.
Thanks Stu, Is this called ‘Travis picking’? I keep hearing about that but don’t know what it means exactly.
This isn't Travis Picking necessarily… But it's a close cousin. I have a two lesson series on Travis picking right here is part one: czcams.com/video/fM_s8oL9820/video.html Keep on playing!
What element decides you on choosing a specfic picking pattern?
It all depends of the rhythm I want to play the song with (is it in 4/4 the, 3/4 time?) What is the feel/mood of the song? So many factors...once you get a handle on the technique (this patterns will do that) you'll be able to make up a lot on your own...thanks Régine!
Hello great 🎶🎶💙🇨🇦
Thanks Nath!!
Since we are learning Bob Dylan - can we use this technique with his song Forever Young???? I love that song, but can just strum, I have difficulty fingerpicking
Yes, you can! In any song which is in 4/4. If you can play whith Island strum (dduudu) it can be strum with this.
Thanks Karinda, you’re absolutely right. A pattern like that will work well for a strum - I often like to mix fingerstyle & strumming in one song...building the energy into a strum part as the song progresses (a common formula that works!)
I’m a beginner guitar player. Can you share how I would adapt your lessons to guitar?
Sure Anna - For starters, try applying this to the top for strength of the guitar… You can expand the pattern by having your thumb bounce two different strings… In other words, skipping some strings to create patterns that fit over the larger number of strings on a guitar. Thanks for watching and hope you subscribe to the channel for more lessons like this :)
Just mins working on it
Go for it Sheila!
I hope this guy gets paid alot these videos 🙏
My reward is helping others to play with more freedom... Thanks for watching Ukulele Zen 🎶🤙😊
thank you
phillipines
Thank you Joel! Take care out there in the Phillipines.
god bless u bro...
Somewhat off topic, how do you like the zero fret?
I like it - my old Gypsy Jazz guitars had one. I find it helps with intonation because there is a definite beginnings to the string length at the nut end o the neck...I was playing the Kasha Tenor Ukulele custom made by Luthier Brian Griffin - tell him Stu sent ya’! :) www.griffinukuleles.com