Ry's Top 5 Fingerstyle Picking Patterns

A guitar lesson on beginner fingerstyle picking patterns. Ry Naylor takes you through 5 iconic picking patterns and applies them to a chord progression.

My Top 5 Fingerstyle Picking Patterns

Here is a guitar lesson on my top 5 guitar fingerstyle picking patterns. These patterns have been taken from famous picking songs and applied to the same chord progression. But, the chords have been voiced differently to better suit each picking pattern so you're getting 2 lessons for the price of 1 here.

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Can you see what’s special about the augmented triad? Not found in major scale harmony, but essential learning none the less. The special characteristic of the augmented triad makes learning the inversion SO much easier…because they’re the same up the strings! The augmented triad is symmetrical. There is an equal distance (a major third) between each note. You get the next inversion by simply taking the shape up four frets. As the triad is symmetrical, any of the three notes it contains could be considered the Root. More on this on my website blog 🙏🏻

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