My fellow blog readers, today I post a fingerpicking lessons by Lisa McCormick of GuitarTricks.com. I used to be a member of GuitarTricks.com back in 2007. GuitarTricks is different from other guitar courses available online, basically it is a one stop place where you can pick up any lessons you want – name it blues, country, heavy metal, classical and other styles you can think of – at a very reasonable monthly subscription charge.

OK, let’s get back to our lessons.

This four-step fingerpicking pattern is a powerful building block for fingerstyle guitar.

For this pattern, play the sixth string (Low E) with a downward pluck of your thumb. Next, pluck upwards on the first string (high E string) with your middle finger. Next, pluck downwards on the third string (G string) with your thumb. Lastly, pluck upwards on the second string (B string) with your index finger. Read the rest of this entry »