It’s called “convenience picking” although some people also call it “economic picking” or even “directional picking.” Both techniques have their merits and their own places in playing and are essential to know.īut there’s another picking technique that you definitely want to learn (assuming you don’t already know it) if you want to become a better guitarist. Later in their musical growth they will learn about alternate picking, where one alternates each stroke of the pick in opposite directions, a downstroke followed by an upstroke followed by a downstroke and so on. Beginners, especially those learning on their own without a teacher, tend to start out by picking in one direction only, that being downstrokes. We’re going to examine each of these in turn, but first let’s have a short discussion on picking. The last line is one measure of Em and one of D and then a repeat of the first two lines serving as an interlude between verses.The third line is four measures which alternate between Em and G.The second two lines are one measure each of Em, D, C and G.This progression is also used as an introduction as well as an interlude between each verse. The first two lines are two measures of G followed by a measure of C and one of D.
Tabs plus good riddance how to#
To make matters more interesting, we’ll be running some Guitar Noise Podcasts in a few weeks expanding on the potential playing possibilities of “Good Riddance,” giving you a chance to explore playing in a combination of strumming and single-note cross picking.įor right now, though, we’re going to focus on the basics in order to get a good grasp of how to play this song. The structure of “Good Riddance” is essentially a set of three verses. Each verse consists of six lines: As you’ll learn, convenience picking shares a lot in common with fingerstyle playing so you’ll be good with this song regardless of whether you choose to play using either a pick or your fingers. I should also mention at this point, though, you can easily fingerpick this song using the same concepts. This simple and fun arrangement of “Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)” will help demonstrate the concept of “convenience picking” and give you a lot of practice improving your flatpicking skills.
A good guitarist varies his or her picking style to fit the music at hand.
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