Topic: Fingerpicking Strum
Fingerpicking patterns make excellent accompaniments
They are used in countless songs and are common in rock 'n roll, folk
and country.
The basic idea is very simple, make an open chord shape with your left hand and then pluck the strings in turn. The trick is that the right hand plays a constantly repeating pattern throughout the song
The simplest pattern for Rock is this
D
----------------2------------------2------
-----------3----------3---------3--------3---
-----2--------------------2--------------
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--------- --------------------------------------
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In the next example, the arpeggio starts on the root note of the chord
so for example the pattern for A start on the A note on the 5th string
Am
----------------------------0----------------------------
----------------------1-----------1----------------------
----------------2------------------------2---------------
---------2----------------------------------------------
---0---------------------------------------------------
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E
-------------------------0-------------------------------
--------------------------------0----------------------
------------------1------------------2---------------------
------------ 2--------------------------------
------- 2----------------------------------------
----0-------------------------------------------------
D
--------------------2---2----------------------
-------------3-----------------3------------------
--------2---------------------------2--------------
---0--------------------------------------------
-------- --------------------------------------
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C
----------------------------0----------------------------
----------------------1-----------1----------------------
----------------0-----------------------0---------------
---------2----------------------------------------------
---3---------------------------------------------------
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F
------------------------1---1----------------------------
-----------------1---------------1----------------------
----------2----------------------------2---------------
-----3----------------------------------------------
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These arpeggios are used to play "House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals