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LESSONSeries : Exploring Fingerpicking Technique on Ukulele
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Fingerpicking for Ukulele - Getting Started
There are two distinctly different Fingerpicking Styles.
One is the "Alternating Thumb Style" commonly called "Travis Picking" in the guitar world and "Scruggs Style" in the banjo world. Both are named after the most famous musicians that made the style famous.
Second is the based on the *Classical Guitar Technique* using the thumb and three fingers. Often refereed to as pima, the Spanish and Portuguese names for the thumb (pulgar), index (índice), middle (medio) and ring (anular) fingers. This style. most associated with classical guitar and can be applied to the ukulele as well.
NOTE: For all LearningUkulele.com material and in my (Curt Sheller) workshops I use
timr
, the English initials, when teaching the Alternating Thumb Style. As I've never heard an English speaker or workshop presentation, when the presenter right after saying pima
NOT give the translation. The only time you would really need to know the pima
is when in the classical guitar world and its ligature.
There are two distinctly different Fingerpicking Styles.
One is the "Alternating Thumb Style" commonly called "Travis Picking" in the guitar world and "Scruggs Style" in the banjo world. Both are named after the most famous musicians that made the style famous.
Second is the based on the *Classical Guitar Technique* using the thumb and three fingers. Often refereed to as pima, the Spanish and Portuguese names for the thumb (pulgar), index (índice), middle (medio) and ring (anular) fingers. This style. most associated with classical guitar and can be applied to the ukulele as well.
NOTE: For all LearningUkulele.com material and in my (Curt Sheller) workshops I use
timr
, the English initials, when teaching the Alternating Thumb Style. As I've never heard an English speaker or workshop presentation, when the presenter right after saying pima
NOT give the translation. The only time you would really need to know the pima
is when in the classical guitar world and its ligature.
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