Contents
Fingerpicking Guitar Basics
Understanding P-I-M-A
The Steady Thumb Technique
The Alternating Thumb Technique
The Descending Bass Line
Three-Finger P-I-M Method
Rolling Chords and Pull-Offs
Pairing Notes and Double Stops
Pedaling with the Thumb
The Boom-Chick (Bass-Chord) Method
The Slapping Technique
Advanced Alternating Thumb
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The Descending Bass Line
Many fingerpicking song accompaniments (and some instrumentals) use descending bass lines. This section covers the use of p-i-m-a pattern variations with descending bass lines. Give them a try.
P-I-M-A Variation with Descending Bass
This example uses the finger patterns p-i-m-i-a-i-m-i. It has a descending bass line that’s played with the thumb. Notice that all of the strings are open (except for what the thumb is playing). This will help you concentrate on the descending pattern.
P-A-M-I with a Descending Bass Line
The next exercise is an example in D major using the p-a-m-i pattern. Watch out for bars 7 and 8, where the thumb plays a different bass note halfway through the bar.
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