Picking Patterns/Arpeggios
Here are some picking patterns (arpeggios) that you can use to add more to songs. Use any chord with these patterns, C is just an example. Repeat each pattern as necessary.
A |-------3-
E |---0-----
C |-----0---
G |-0------
A |-3-----3-----Used in: Jake Shimabukuro’s version of While my Guitar Gently Weeps
E |---0-----0---
C |-----0-------
G |-----------0-
A |-------3-----
E |---0-------0-
C |-0-----------
G |-----0---0---
A |-------3-
E |-----0---
C |---0-----
G |-0-------
Used in: Bruddah IZ’s Hawai’i 78
A |-3-------
E |-----0---
C |---0-----
G |-------0-
A |---3-----Submitted by Samuel Lee
E |-------0-
C |-----0---
G |-0-------
A |-3-----------
E |-----0---0---
C |-------0-----
G |---0-------0-
A |-3-----3---------
E |-----0-----0---0-
C |-------------0---
G |---0-----0-------
A |-----3-
E |---0---
C |-0-----
G |-----0-
For waltz time – Submited by Steve Bowers
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1 4 2 3
3 2 ,1-4 pinch kind of sounds like a waltz
3 2 1 4 1 2 3 1 this is a forward reverse roll that is common to the banjo. works great on the ukulele