CH Jazzman's Helpful Guitar Patterns: 2nd Picking Study: Another One String Pattern

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

This is harder than you might think.
Try to count to 4 each time you repeat the 4 note pattern.
Play the notes in order of number, 1, 2, 3, then 4.
Any string is fine. I prefer the G string because on my guitar it is the hardest to break.

thinnest string

	1 index	3 middle	2 ring	4 pinky


thickest string

This pattern is good for developing finger independence, meaning more control.
This pattern is great for both hands. Mentally I think it seems tricky, but that helps.
This pattern is great for building speed.
This is the beginning of many uses for this pattern. For instance this part of the pentatonic scale:

thinnest string		1 middle		2 pinky
		3 middle		4 pinky - root
	1 index		2 ring


thickest string

This is the more familiar part of the scale, but with a useful part in black relative to this exercise.
1			2		3
4			5		1
2		3		4
5		1
2		4
1			2

CH Jazzman's Helpful Guitar Patterns