http://liveukulele.com Tabs, lessons, and info for 'ukulele enthusiasts Fri, 18 May 2012 16:49:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://liveukulele.com/lessons/finger-picking/#comment-9249 Frankevich Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:19:30 +0000 http://liveukulele.com/lessons/finger-picking/#comment-9249 The examples cited above are--in three finger banjo parlance--what is called "Reno" style banjo after developer Don Reno in the fifties. There is perhaps a more interesting picking pattern which could be applied to the uke--besides the typical Scruggs banjo bluegrass style--which is known as "melodic", "chromatic" or "fiddle" style picking. It consists of using three fingers (not four, as in John King's campanella style) to play scale notes (any melody notes) on DIFFERENT STRINGS (preferably open ones), never consecutively on the same string. It gives a nice effect and should work beautifully for uke. The examples cited above are–in three finger banjo parlance–what is called “Reno” style banjo after developer Don Reno in the fifties. There is perhaps a more interesting picking pattern which could be applied to the uke–besides the typical Scruggs banjo bluegrass style–which is known as “melodic”, “chromatic” or “fiddle” style picking. It consists of using three fingers (not four, as in John King’s campanella style) to play scale notes (any melody notes) on DIFFERENT STRINGS (preferably open ones), never consecutively on the same string. It gives a nice effect and should work beautifully for uke.

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