Hi everyone,
I found this site tonight and I was very excited to find some plain english fingerpicking tips. I'm very, very new to guitar, and know nothing about music. However, I love the sound of songs that are fingerpicked. The first song I learned was a very easy version of Scarborough Fair and I love to play it over and over. However, I'd really like to expand my repetoir and learn a few new songs. More than that, I'd like to actually understand what I'm doing.
I've picked up a few books on learning to fingerpick, but they all seem to assume that you already know the chords and how to strum songs before you want to learn to fingerpick. I don't know those things, do I need to figure them out first? I have a very hard time getting the rythym (gosh, I can't even spell it!) right when I try to strum a song, but I can hear the song perfectly when I pick it. Therefore, it's not very reinforcing to try to strum songs and learn them that way.
I'd love some guidance of where to find more lessons in fingerpicking, and what I need to know to understand the books, etc.
I really really want to learn to play this way, but so far all I've gotten is my friends teasing me for buying a guitar that I never play. I'd appreciate any help you can offer!
Thanks!
Michele
wombat125@hotmail.com