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Dejan Farkas15th June 2009Thanks
lola13th June 2009super!!
- Dejan Farkas24th February 2009
Thanks Alejandro
Alejandro Pinero22nd February 2009Very interesting lesson !!
Thanks!- Dejan Farkas22nd February 2009
Thank you guys
playaxman - I will have the request on my mind
Toni Suominen20th February 2009Very useful lesson
Sinisa Cekic20th February 2009Really useful thumb exercise,bravo
playaxeman20th February 2009Dejan,
Yes very nice lesson.
Do some more finger picking style.
I loved the picking in Bruce Cockburn "if i had a rocketlancer" the unplugged version. That picking is amazing. Wish i could pick like that
Cheers mate- Dejan Farkas20th February 2009
Thanks guys
Col Roberts - you're welcome, I hope it will be useful 
kaznie_NL20th February 2009Steady thumb
It actually sounds very for a workout/etude!!
Nazgul20th February 2009Great piece, Dejan. Nice to see that style, I will do that one.
- Col Roberts20th February 2009
Lovely piece, Dejan. Will definitely practice this one. Thankyou for creating this lesson from my request. Much appreciated.
Carlos Carrillo19th February 2009A very interesting composition! Sweet.!
Piotr Kaczor19th February 2009Beautiful and useful, Dejan!
- Dejan Farkas19th February 2009
Thank you guys
Ivan Milenkovic19th February 2009Very cool bass lines, love this style !
Bogdan Radovic19th February 2009Very good acoustical workout Dejan!!
Chokehold19th February 2009You made me pick up my acoustic again
Emir Hot19th February 2009Very cool playing
David Wallimann19th February 2009Very cool lesson Dejan, great finger independence exercise! :-)
sigma719th February 2009dude you never cease to amaze me
berko19th February 2009Beautiful piece... goes to my bookmark list right now
Pedja Simovic19th February 2009Great stuff Dejan !
Country music uses this all the time both in rhythm guitar parts as well as solo (like Chet Atkins style for example).
I would like more lessons like this
Zsolt Galambos19th February 2009Awesome! A very interesting composition, Dejan.
Kuba Szafran19th February 2009Great piece Dejan:)!
Kristofer Dahl19th February 2009Very nice composition Dejan - and great exercise as well!
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Hi GMC and welcome to my lesson :)
Some time ago, I got a lesson request from a member 'Col Roberts' for folk style fingerpicking, this is not exactly that style but it's quite similar, I hope this lesson will answer the request in some way. This style of playing sounds like two guitars playing in the same time, because thumb is playing alternating bass patterns, while other fingers play a melody, mostly syncopated, which gives a nice 'swing' feeling. This technique was mostly used in genres like ragtime and folk.
I love playing alternating bass a lot, but all the songs I usually play are under copyright so I had to make my own for GMC. I tried to make it simple (at least for the bass line) while adding some difficulties for the melody line. If you like it I will make some more lessons in this style :)
Key signature: A Minor
Time signature: 4/4
Tempo: 100 bpm
Have fun! :)
Dejan
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