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All About Fingerpicks

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Step 7 of 10 in Boot Camp

3 earlier steps

  1. 4 Pickin' Your Banjo Picks
  2. 5 How to Read Banjo Tab
  3. 6 Be An Educated Banjo Buyer
  4. 7 All About Fingerpicks — you are here
  5. 8 All About Tuners Up next
  6. 9 Essential Banjo Accessories & More!
  7. 10 How to Change Banjo Strings
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This lesson is FREE! All you have to do is have an account on the site, so click the "Join Now" button and create a free Silver Pick membership! The Gadget Guru, Adam Ash, walks us through fingerpick variations, why they matter, and how they sound! After watching the intro, scroll down the page and click on the following video segments.

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  1. Gene Sowell ·

    Third time coming back to this lesson over two years. It's amazing what shows up when you're ready for it.

  2. MandoMary ·

    I had that exact problem. Turned out my thumb was anchoring in the wrong spot.

  3. Ann Marie Boyd ·

    There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.

  4. Sam Whitlock ·

    Recording yourself is humbling but it's the fastest fix I've found.

  5. flatpick_dad ·

    There's a slower jam track under the resources tab on this lesson, worth grabbing.

  6. Ray Dunphy ·

    I had that exact problem. Turned out my thumb was anchoring in the wrong spot.

  7. Ben Clark Instructor ·

    Answered over in the tab thread too, but short version: play what's comfortable, the tab is a map not a law.

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