Thank you @JasperDick you're spot on. Very valuable input.
There was a time, a long long time ago, when I actually did guitar lessons and played a bit of Spanish guitar and my finger picking was pretty damn good.
Years of not playing and associated rustiness (of my brain and the guitar) has made me nervous an fumbly and really not very confident on finger plucking at all.
This song definitely suites gentle finger plucking better than strumming. I suppose, I am getting used to the thinner neck of the steel string (as opposed to the nylon I've played my whole life) , which is far more comfortable, but it also means I have to be super precise with my chords and the chord changes. You can't fudge over mistakes as easily as you can with the nylon string: Which is a good thing because it means I can't cheat anymore 🤣🤣 it does mean, however, that I'm going to need to practice:
Like a LOT,
For me be able to be confident enough with the chord changes on the left before I'm ready for finger picking on the right.
For now restless strumming is what I have, but hopefully as the weeks go on, I'll get a bit more adventurous and simultaneously precise and some finger picking shall emerge 😉🤞👌👍❤️
Exactly - or we choose songs with simple chord structure but with a distinctive rhythm or right-hand style to practice...
Awesome! Yes please. Perhaps I should change the structure of this series to songs that you challenge me to, but AG, you know, as you say, I think it's fine if we make up the rules as we go along and I can tweak the reward system accordingly 🤣
Like you said in your own post (and I appreciate what you said very much), you are obviously the best person to challenge me too because you understand my musical strengths and weaknesses better than anybody.
I'm massively grateful for your feedback and mentorship. I feel incredibly privileged. Really. Thank you @JasperDick