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Get your fingers around Tommy’s ascending and descending licks with TG’s fingerpicking patterns and directions
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his issue acoustic whizz Tommy demonstrates more of the dexterity that’s made him a world-renowned fingerpicker. We’ve devised a series of exercises to get your fingers into shape for tackling Tommy’s challenging licks. Using your picking hand thumb (p),
index (i) and middle (m) fingers, it’s possible to create rippling melodic passages that make use of open strings and wide intervals. Tommy uses a thumb pick on the video. This isn’t essential but you’ll need to adopt a slightly different picking hand posture without one.
Your exact position depends on the length of your fingers and fingernails, but always make sure your thumb doesn’t collide with your fingers as you pick. Examples 1 to 3 below help you get to grip with the more difficult techniques. ■ For more information visit www.tommyemmanuel.com
ExamplE 1: descending lick (audio only) q =100
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This descending pattern resembles bar 1 of Tommy’s first lick (which is shown in full in Example 4). Pull off with a slightly sideways motion (effectively re-picking the string with your fretting finger) and follow our picking instructions under the tab closely.
ExamplE 2: crossing four strings (audio only)
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This exercise makes use of open strings to create wide-interval licks. You could play this using the most common fingering of the A minor pentatonic scale, but the open strings make the lick much easier to play quickly.
ExamplE 3: ascending idea (audio only)
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This exercise is similar to Tommy’s second lick (shown in Example 5), making maximum use of ringing open strings. Notice the fingerpicking instructions: you can finger-pick this example using just your thumb (p) and index (i) finger.
This A minor pentatonic run uses ringing open strings, giving an unpredictable but fluent sound. Once you spot the fingerpicking pattern it’s relatively easy to play, especially if you’re familiar with the scale pattern. Pay attention to the picking hand fingering, but you can use your middle finger (m) if it’s more comfortable.
ExamplE 5: Tommy’s ascending lick 1
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Tommy breaks from the alternating thumb/index (p/i) fingerpicking pattern on beat 2 to include his middle finger. Aim to produce a kind of ‘rolling’ motion as you change from your thumb to index to middle finger and try to integrate the roll in with the basic alternating pattern.
ExamplE 6: Tommy’s ascending lick 2
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Tommy demonstrates Example 5 again here but with a bluesy closing phrase. This shouldn’t be any harder than Example 5 because the closing phrase is played in 5th position on a single string.
