Paul Simon Picking Patterns for Acoustic Guitar
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- Simon and Garfunkle's 1965 "Kathy's Song" is an incredible example of really well picked chords in a folk rock setting. Paul Simon's right hand technique is among the finest in the genre. Right up there with James Taylor, Jim Croce, etc. In this tutorial, I show some of the more essential patterns rather than teach the song. Free scribbly TAB here:
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Note: Link to TAB fixed.
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Trying to fingerpick after almost 5 years of playing. I'll be 70yrs young in two months. Thanks, I'll be working on this.
I wish that I watched this 40 years ago!
Love this channel
Found it though a Paul Simon video
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Love your lessons,Sir!
Excellent video
Danke!
LOVE Jerry's guitar bar for my 10 years career!!!!!!
His TABs are amazingly accurate and his explanations are super clear and concise. A true role model.
You are an excellent teacher 🙂👍
Danke!
Wooow! I love P Simon Style! Thank you for sharing!!!! I subscribed..
You got it!
It is truly amazing how many alternate patterns you have at your disposal ! I finger pick just the basics. Thank you for this lesson !!!
My pleasure!
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I am a budding finger picker myself - my mum forced me to play classical as a pre-teen - from 8 years of age until I was 12 - when I hit 13 I bought a Gibson Les Paul and began playing nothing but PUNK ROCK - 1978 - much to my mother's chagrin LOL - Now 58, I have just started back with fingerstyle and am quite committed as I love good fingerstyle guitar - Great little primer video - thanks man - keep up the good work!!
Yah mon!
Thanks for the kind words and sharing your story.
Can you imagine two things less fitting each other than a Gibson Les Paul and punk rock?
Interesting thought. People play jazz on Telecasters and country on Ibanezes, so theoretically a Les Paul could be used in punk rock. isn't that what Mick Jones of the Clash played mostly? Fugazi uses Gibson SGs a lot. I think it is more the attitude and intent than the particular instrument or specific model, but your results may vary. @@greg-warsaw4708
I dunno. T'ain't the axe, but the attitude with which it is played.
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James Taylor is the best!
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Love Jerry’s Guitar bar…pretty sure I’m going to like your channel too…glad I stumbled upon your channel…definitely subscribed.
Thanks, mate! Jerry's rocks. In my opinion, he is the absolute best place to learn acoustic guitar songs. He is the cream of the crop.
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great vid. Thanks
Cheers.
I like this !!
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What kind of guitar is that? EDIT: OK, just seen your answer on this: Taylor GS Mini, cedar top. Haven't found one with a cedar top here in the UK. It looks very like the mahogany. Might be just as good?
It's got such a great sound (not that your playing doesn't help) and it's really nice looking too. I've got a Vintage V300 mahogany and I think its sound is a bit too bright and cold for this kind of playing. It was a decent low-priced guitar to start on, but I'd like to get something that sounds warmer and earthier when I fingerpick - ideally without breaking the bank. Will probably try a GS Mini, but would much appreciate any other suggestions too.
Could you use that first and all the strumming patterns on the ukulele,do you have a teaching of any for uke
That is a great idea for a new tutorial!
Paul, you've got Einstein hair now !!
How about Tommy Emanuel? He is amazing in my opinion.
It’s not a contest
Good Sir.but if you name the strings by their numbers it will be much easier .thanks
I just hit on your vid cause it popped up on my phone. I cant believe the rants you got!! Very sorry about that. There is a musician Chris Smithers, very cool, uses the claw-hammer style, 3 fingers..like VanRonk, etc. I myself tend to arpeggiate alot, and I have developed my own style. When somebody says, Hey, youre doing it wrong, I tell them, go to h**, it sounds great and I am enjoying playing, so who is to tell me whats right or wrong? btw, your vids look great, I will explore..thanx!!
Thanks! Being on TH-cam opens one up to criticism. It is okay. I welcome feedback and don’t mind if someone disagrees. Thanks for the support!
What model Taylor is that-Iike it’s size.
That's a Taylor GS MIni with a top made of cedar and laminate back and sides. I think they are $500 or less.
Paul Simon's picking is nothing like Travis picking, as Merle Travis only ever used his thumb and 1st finger!
While mostly true, there are similarities in the alternating bass aspect even if they used different fingers.
@@jeffweinbergerguitar It's entirely true. The likes of Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Gordon Lightfoot didn't learn their finger style guitar from Merle Travis. When I started learning guitar in the mid 60's no-one referred to "Travis-picking" - and certainly most folks in the UK had never heard of Merle Travis. I suspect some TV or radio host in the US coined the phrase as Travis might have been the 1st guy they'd seen playing that way, and probably had no awareness of the fingerpicking style of the Blues players long before Travis. Social media is the ideal place of course to spread misconceptions and misinformation, and the "Travis-picking" phrase will no doubt gather momentum as Guitar tutors propagate it to new learners (who will pick up the Travis batton and pass it on to future generations). I learned the standard method (thumb on bass, 1st on 3rd, 2nd on 2nd and 3rd on 1st) back in the early 70's; it was an established method long before I started playing.
@Lowdenjim
Thanks for the accurate history. When I present acoustic guitar fingerpicking or fingerstyle to students, I mention the lute, classical guitar, flamenco, folk music of other countries, Skip James, Charley Patton, Blind Blake, Mississippi John Hurt, Etta Baker, Elizabeth Cotton Dylan, Dave Van Ronk, John Fahey, Nick Drake, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch, Davey Graham, Eric Schoenberg, Stairway To Heaven, Dust In The Wind, Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, The Carter Family, Rev. Gary Davis, Stefan Grossman, Ken Perlman, Joan Baez, Lightfoot, Taylor, Croce, Denver, The Beatles, Paul Simon, Chet Atkins, Tommy Emmanuel, Merle Travis, Mark Knopfler, Lindsay Buckingham, John Prine, etc.
I present it as a continuum over the course of centuries. To me, alternating bass with the thumb immediately brings to mind Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, John Hurt and Tommy Emmanuel. From there, I branch off into variants of that technique like you mentioned. I use "Travis Picking" as a term to clarify the technique in the students' mind who may not know the history. The minute they hear Nine Pound Hammer and Cannonball Rag, they get it.
@@jeffweinbergerguitar You include some great finger-style players in that list Jeff. Elizabeth Cotten's guitar style in "Freight Train" would probably be referred to as "Travis-picking" which is utter nonsense obviously. Some Travis fans might even go so far as saying that's not "Travis-picking" because she uses 3 fingers and plays the guitar upside down. You take my point about the false notion that Merle Travis invented it? He perfected a limited way of picking by only using 1 finger, which obviously means he couldn't pick 2 or 3 treble strings simultaneously. No way should anyone be recommending playing Travis-style! The sheer volume of videos on here propagating the Travis myth is testimony to the power of social media to peddle false information and screw up the truth.
PS - Imagine the kudos and respect you'd get if you told your students the truth!!
Hello Mr. Weinberger. You are explaining the pickings very well, but this guitar - I like to explain it very diplomatically - is not the best on earth. Sorry.