I have been a chord /rhythm player for 50 years. I want to learn Flatpicking. Where / how do I start? Thanks
You could start with a good beginner flatpick instruction book and take it from page 1.
You could just start noodling around, trying to find melody notes to a song you want to play.
You could look up guitar riffs and incorporate them into your playing.
I went from banjo to guitar and started out with a beginner flatpick book. There's a lot of information in there that wouldn't be new to you, but there's also a lot of information on flatpicking that would be very valuable. That's how I'd start out.
Here's the book I started out with. Take a look on the Mel Bay site and see if that's something you might be interested in buying. Mel Bay's Complete Flatpicking Guitar Book by Steve Kaufman.
I'm sure there are many other good beginner books out there, that's just the one I started on.
Whatever you decide, good luck and have fun!
Thanks!
''Hot Licks For Bluegrass Guitar''(Orrin Starr), not a beginner's book but if you've been playing rhythm for a long time you'll find a hole lot of new ideas.
I just might have that book. Thanks
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Thanks for the info
Hi,
I now played for 45-50 years and still enjoy it everyday.
Love fiddletunes and listen a lot to the old Norman Blake.
In all those years I play guitar I NEVER was able to play steady with my Pickin' hand.
Fast or slow, I always making mistakes: Tried to simplyfied tunes by playing less notes as it should be.
Ok, playing slowly is the option, but after all these years it become a bit boring.
Fingerpinkin' stuff is complete ok, but using a flatpick is sometimes a complete nightmare.
Do I held the pick as it should be between the fingers? etc.
Ok, I play fiddletunes: Black mountain rag, Whiskey before breakfast. etc.
Some will, some won't.
But my picking hand get most of the time not synchrone with my playing hand, How hard I tried.
Today the pickin' is ok, and the next day it feels if you're playin' tunes for the first time.
Am I the only person on the planet with this problem.?
I know, if it was that easy, everyone could play like Norman Blake or Bryan Sutton.
I think It should exist in your fingers and in your brain. Another explanation I can't think of.
Rg, Cor
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