For some reason I always struggle with this general pattern when played as 1/16th notes or faster (on my right hand): -------------7---- ----------7------- ---5--5----------- ------------------ It's like a reverse rake, and it drives me crazy. Has anyone found a special finger pattern that works best for this? I usually end up doing something like 3-2-1-2 or 1-2-1-2...I'm guessing 3-2-1-2 might work best with practice, but are there any tricks out there that I don't know about? That seems like a dumb question now but I've already typed this much and who knows...!
unless you are trying to get your 3 finger picking up to scratch, in which case just practice 3-2-1-3 until you get it. string skipping like this is the hardest part of getting smooth 3 finger picking down, IME. (i assume form your original post you are using 3 fingers normally)
3-2-1-3, 2-1-3-2, 1-3-2-1 or 1-2-1-2, 2-1-2-1 or 4-3-2-1, 3-2-1-4, 1-4-3-2 Depends on how many fingers i wanna use, and it's very important that you develop a plucking pattern which will become muscle memory... just plucking randomly is not good, nor is raking...
