This pattern occurs once in one bar of ^ time, so you can only alternate the bass notes (played by the thumb) if the chord is played for more than one bar.
Fingerpicking Pattern 3
The following chord progression uses fingerpicking pattern 3. The thumb (p) plays the root note of each chord. Make use of pivot fingers when changing from C to Am and G7 to Dm. Notice the dotted half note in the final bar of this example.
Fingerpicking Pattern 3
Silent Night is one of the most popular Christmas songs and was written by Franz Gruber. It is in ^ time in the key of C major. Bar 24 contains a whole rest, which indicates a whole bar of silence in ^ time. Use fingerpicking pattern 3 to accompany this song.
A tie is a curved line that connects two notes of the same pitch, which have the same position on the staff. It tells you to pick the first note only, and to hold it for the length of both notes.
Morning Has Broken is a well known folk song. Do not play any chord for the first bar. This song is in ^ time and is in the key of C major. A tie is used to connect the two dotted half notes in bars 11 and 12 and the last two bars. You can choose to strum or fingerpick the accompaniment to this (or any) song.
Fingerpicking Pattern 3
Rhythm Pattern