I have made this thread and video - in honor and to thank mister Tomo, and miss Sammi - who were so kind and took the time and effort to explain everything I didn't understand in a video tutorial they have posted here, about the Lightnin Hopkins fingerpicking blues style. I need of course a lot more practice, but at least this is the first time I was able to play something - and not just anything but Lightnin' Hopkins fingerpicking blue style !!! Mister Tomo, and miss Sammi thank you so much, and please say " O hai " to your cats for me :3 ! ( Ps. I am sorry because of string buzzing , my guitar needs a good setup XD )
Thank you Aleksander for posting your performance here!
What a beautuful playing! Lovely perfprmance!
Thanks so much for your kind words! I am so happy to hear that.
How long have you been at Guitar Wisdom?
Finger picking is a lot of fun playing! You can add a few exercises that you can use them anbd they will help you your performance more!
1) Chromatic 1212 (Do this everyday for 10 minutes)
https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/videos/ft02-chromatic-scale-exercise-1-2-1-2
2) R 3 7 Swing groove (For chords & right hand strumming & left hand muting techniques)
https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/start-here/videos/ft-root-3rd-7th-swing-groove-technique
And anyone wants to learn finger style blues is here!
https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/videos/fb-finger-style-e-blues
Keep going!
Tomo
Thank you so much for your coment, encouragement and suggestions ! If I recall very well, I have been here since february 2023, but on and off. I can't say that I enter on daily bases because I take care about my dad who had a stroke, ( but also about 3 cats ! ). That requires a lot of time etc, which means that I can't watch your extraordinary videos on daily bases, but when ever I have a bit of time. I need to practice much much more. Also, I have to learn everything about muting techniques about which I have 0 knowledge ... I have a feeling, that I will never be able to apply muting techniques ..
Best wishes,
Aleksandar !
Wow! Great job with your Dad and the cats Aleksandar!
It's not easy!
It's nice to have the blues to help us on those tougher days :-)
We keep going. It's what we do!
Kurt
You're very welcome! So happy to be helpful!
Good son! Family first! Plus 3 cats.
Stay with GW is so great for your soul!
Work is you only need to do 10-15 minutes a day.
Then you can read some converstion on some topics so you can learn from these threads!
You can search any topics in the forum too.
No need to do anything too specific! Even a few times a week is so great!
Important part is somehow consistence. You can pick 2-3 videos and watch a few times each.
You can watch 3 days a week is fine too. As much as you can and keep going!
You don't want to save anything. Learn more lessons from Essential Music Theory section.
Tomo
Thank you Kurt for encouragement!
That's why we need to play a good slow blues!
Tomo