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Fingerpicking for Ukulele - Alternating Thumb Style, 2nd Edition
Fingerpicking for Ukulele - Alternating Thumb Style, 2nd Edition is an new expanded edition which focuses on the alternating thumb fingerpicking style through a series of graduated lessons-chapters incorporating your index and middle fingers with the alternating thumb.
Author(s): Curt Sheller Publisher: Curt Sheller Publications Code: UKEFP01v2
Main Category: Fingerpicking Main Instrument: Ukulele
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- Product Code: UKEFP01v2
- Author(s): Curt Sheller
- Publisher(s): Curt Sheller Publications
- Published: 10 July 2019
- Updated: 14 November 2024
- ISBN-13: 978-1-60321-091-1
- Size*: Book ANSI A (8.5 x 11 in), PDF A4 (210 x 297 mm)
- Pages: 104
- Hard Copy Price: $19.95
- PDF Price: $9.00
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Fingerpicking for Ukulele - Alternating Thumb Style, 2nd Edition is an new expanded edition which focuses on the alternating thumb fingerpicking style through a series of graduated lessons-chapters incorporating your index and middle fingers with the alternating thumb.
For ukulele, it's common to employ a hybrid approach that incorporates elements of fingerpicking with strumming techniques. Fingerpicking can be organized into two styles: An alternating thumb style that uses the thumb and two fingers. And, the Traditional classical fingerstyle that uses the thumb, index, middle, and ring fingers. Fingerpicking for Ukulele - Alternating Thumb Style focuses on the alternating thumb fingerpicking style through a series of graduated lessons-chapters incorporating your index and middle fingers with the alternating thumb.
Fingerpicking for Ukulele - Alternating Thumb Style focuses on the alternating thumb fingerpicking style through a series of graduated lessons-chapters incorporating your index and middle fingers with the alternating thumb.
For ukulele, it's common to employ a hybrid approach that incorporates elements of fingerpicking with strumming techniques. Fingerpicking can be organized into two styles: An alternating thumb style that uses the thumb and two fingers. And, the Traditional classical fingerstyle that uses the thumb, index, middle, and ring fingers. Fingerpicking for Ukulele - Alternating Thumb Style focuses on the alternating thumb fingerpicking style through a series of graduated lessons-chapters incorporating your index and middle fingers with the alternating thumb.
- Chapter 1 – Building the Foundation • The Basics
- Chapter 2 – Thumb and One Finger • Level 1
- Chapter 3 – Thumb and One Finger • Level 2
- Chapter 4 – Thumb and One Finger • Level 3
- Chapter 5 – Thumb and One Finger • Level 4
- Chapter 6 – Thumb and One Finger • The Middle Finger
- Chapter 7 – Thumb and Two Fingers • Level 2
- Chapter 8 – Thumb and Two Fingers • Level 3
- Chapter 9 – Thumb and Two Fingers • Level 4
- Chapter 10 – The Pinch
- Chapter 11 – Rhythmic Variations
- Chapter 12 – More Rhythmic Variations
- Chapter 13 – Additional Time Signatures
- Chapter 14 – Banjo Rolls on Ukulele
- Chapter 15 – Embellishments
- Chapter 16 – How to Read TAB
- Chapter 17 – Extras
- Chapter 18 – Patterns Summary
- Chapter 19 – Example Progressions
- Chapter 20 – Conclusion
- 14 November 2024 Updated Chapter 3 with missing T1L2 patterns and missing Standard Music Notation & TAB patterns.
- 23 January 2024 (Jan 23, 2024, 4:22:06PM GMT) – New updated version with missing pattern for T1L3 and T3L3 patterns and a few more tweaks.
- 5 April 2022 – Errata File Created
- 5 April 2022 – page 26, Pattern 1 should be Pattern 3.
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This is the common alternating thumb and two finger strumming style utilizing the thumb, index and middle fingers. Commonly called “Travis” picking in the guitar world. This series of lessons explores and adapts this style to ukulele. Travis Picking is a finger-style made famous by Merle Travis and Chet Atkins. This style is commonly played on steel string acoustic guitars.
