In this lesson, we’ll go over six easy strumming patterns so you’ll be ready for any acoustic situation. Visit Guitar Tricks for more in-depth and step-by-step acoustic guitar lessons, too.

Pinch technique This pattern starts with the thumb and third finger picking two strings simultaneously – a technique sometimes referred to as a ‘pinch’. As with many fingerpicking patterns the trick ...

Example 2. Acoustic Folk – Combining fingerpicking and hammer-ons This picking pattern is more irregular, but still use your thumb for the lowest three strings and fingers for the rest.

Here’s how it works. The 30-day guitar challenge culminates onWorld Guitar Day 2018, a massive 24-hour online celebration of the guitar on 29 September. 30-day guitar challenge: Improve your picking ...

You can use the fingerpicking patterns in the acoustic folk examples with other chords, play the blues examples in other keys, try more chords against the ringing open E string in the prog slash ...