Fingerpicking 101

Imitating guitar picking and fingerpicking styles isn't hard- once you know a few tricks:

First, two things guaranteed to make this or any other guitar library sound BAD:
1. Block chords. Guitar players can't play them.
2. Piano Technique. It will sound like a harpsichord.

For the most part, guitar picking and fingerpicking on a keyboard
means playing arpeggios (the notes of a chord played one at a time).
Below are the voicings of several common open position chords:

Here is an example of a simple fingerpicking pattern in G.
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Change it up a bit by adding 2nds and 6ths
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In this example, hit the F# hard enough to trigger the slide sample
(using one of the 'slide' programs). Also, play the last four
eight-notes lightly
to highlight the 'mute' samples.
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Below is a somewhat aggressive pattern. Vary the velocity
and duration of the notes wildly to highlight the different sample layers.
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Fingerpicking 101