One Essential Technique to make Fingerpicking CLICK!

[@brianmarkl6671]

That was the best 20 minute lesson I've ever had in my life. It really inspired me, thank you, Justin.

[@nicopillay4059]

Rick Beato needs to talk to you, man. And we have a responsibility to make that happen. You deserve more appreciation for your country and blues chops.

[@doloresneilson5349]

Justin...you're an incredible teacher. So generous with your knowledge and skill. Thank you.

[@diegooland1261]

The tab breakdown on the screen is super helpful, thank you.

[@justincatterall9597]

I bought, and have completed one of your earlier fingerpicking courses. It was a turning point in my playing, learning to control my right-hand fingers and thumb independently was a revelation. Some of what I have been able to play since has been the most enjoyable playing I have had with my guitar. I'm looking forward to where this course leads - though I don't need this introduction, I'm looking forward to the more advanced lessons. When I was a young I never knew or even heard of another Justin. Now I get all of my guitar tuition from two other Justins (I'm sure you know who the other one is). I really enjoy your style and what you do, thank you for sharing.

[@maraalvarez7695]

Lessons for us from Justin Johnson...yes yes YES!!!!! THANK YOU JUSTIN 💯

[@e21steverino]

One of your early beginner finger picking porch style lessons got me started with alternating bass line/Travis style picking. I'm excited to add these progressive lessons. Thanks so much for sharing your awesome techniques and your 100% real and genuine teaching style. I wish you were my neighbor 😊

[@CritterRepairTech]

I teach in the veterinary industry and you are a talented teacher. Educational videos take attention to detail, time, and skill. I’m really enjoying your lessons!

[@Bond-dy6cb]

Really cool, informative, and easy to understand; thank you! 👍

[@gregkoelling615]

As someone who's been playing for 57 years I have to say, this is a great presentation on finger picking and even a geezer like me can benefit from it. Thank you Mr. J!

[@kevinmccormick6434]

This is a must watch clip! I had never heard of Justin before.....no reflection on him.....there are just so many great artists out there. He should be a household name if your a guitarist! I have been playing for at least 50 years. Justin's style of teaching is flawless! He is clear, to the point, gives enough info to learn, but does not overwhelm or confuse. He can teach you to play immediately....all you have to do is listen and PRACTICE! This finger picking clip is priceless and opens a whole new exciting world for a guitar player....very inspiring! I can't say enough good things about Justin!.....he is easy to listen to, understandable, goes at just the right pace. He literally can change the life of a guitar player! Amazing guy! On top of all that, he is a gifted guitar player that deserves way more acclaim! Very professional at both teaching and playing! He is now one of my favorite players along with Mark Knopfler who also is good at instructing players!

[@jeffro.]

Thanks, Justin! This lesson was very clear, very insightful and well done! Thank you so much for sharing your widespread knowledge of fingerstyle. I've often admired your playing abilities, wondering where I'd be if I had kept up my playing, from long ago.... I started out playing fingerstyle in the mid-70s. I played for almost 10 years, and taught myself some pretty advanced classical songs. I learned best by ear, even copying several tunes I'd heard Andres Segovia play. But I stopped suddenly, for reasons I won't get into. More than 30 years passed, and the music I wasn't playing just haunted me. So, finally I tried to start playing again. But now my calluses were long gone, the muscle memory mostly forgetten, and worse was nerve impingement caused by problems in my spine & neck. I had muscle atrophy in neck, shoulders, chest, arms. So, when I tried to play, I couldn't even play for 3 minutes before my hands cramped & tired. I had to have cervical fusion of 3 vertebrae. The next morning after surgery, I noticed I wasn't dropping things due to my left hand not being able to clench! But playing guitar was still a long way off! I worked at it daily, playing for 1-2 minutes at a time, and almost constantly doing hand exercises. It took almost 8 months after surgery, but one day I was trying to remember how to play one of the classical tunes I used to play. At some point, I realized I'd been at it for almost 45 minutes! Hurray! The surgery finally "took." Since then, I've played daily on my acoustic guitar, and I can now play for several hours at a time! I can even bend strings and play any chords I want. I don't have the speed back that I had accomplished long ago, but it's coming. It has now been just over 2 years that I've been playing again, and I get better every day! In many ways, I've surpassed where I was after almost 10 years of playing, except the "raw talent" of being able to learn & play anything almost instantly. Ever since I started back playing, though, I've neglected my fingerstyle, all except for one Led Zeppelin song. Yet I've become even better at using a pick than I was before! I'm much more accurate and I'm faster. I've even gotten fairly good at "hybrid picking," which came easy with my fingerstyle beginnings. I have learned palm muting techniques and much more that I was missing before. The hardest part for me was learning that my hand position has to be totally different for playing rock & blues than for classical and fingerstyle, because of all the string muting needed for rock & blues! You cannot mute strings with your left hand, while fretting with the tips of your fingers! That's one area where having an actual teacher would've helped. (I'm completely self-taught.) With the advent of internet & YT I've learned an incredible amount of theory, which has helped my playing, composition, and improv skills. After watching this video that you made, I have reconnected with my love of fingerstyle, and I understand it much better than ever! I am planning to devote more time to practicing it Thank you for sharing your knowledge & experience with fingerstyle! I doubt that I'll ever be as good as you, but I can at least aspire! 🤪 👍👍👍😅

[@idlikemoreprivacy9716]

Thanks for all your videos! You are such a good teacher, so enabling, musical and inspiring!

[@kellystauffer5637]

Such an intelligent teacher. Thanks for being so clear and zen about these teachings

[@eldjennemo2122]

Excellent. Your explanations are so clear and the way you break down the riffs to make us understand is really efficient. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@claytonbauder8341]

Excited to pick up the axe and get to practicing 🙂 thanks for the tips and inspiration 👍🏼

[@tomdaoust]

Good demo. I've been seeing this demoed by many online teachers. In my first 56 years of guitar playing (strumming creatively) I never understood the simple concept you demo. I'm a little late to the game. That all changed when I bought a Martin D-18 with the intention of really learning to make my GUITAR SING, instead of just me singing, the result is amazing. Thank you.

[@MotorCityMax]

Justin and Tommy Emmanuel keeping the groove going are simply work class

[@edphillips3415]

Very informative, looking forward to the next guitar class.

[@MattH1874]

Thank you. I really struggle getting the bass notes to remain consistent as soon as I add anything else. It all seems to go wrong. This will help for sure.

[@DougKnechtelArt]

Great lesson! I’ve failed at this previously, but I’m inspired to try again!

[@roscmon]

Same

[@kirkharmon21]

Really like this lesson. I do minimal finger picking . Just know a few tunes but this explains so much Really. Was trying to teach my son but this vid does it better than I ever could. Thanx dude for the lesson and look forward to more.

[@RadicalLinguisticDescriptivism]

great lesson! I still think I'm a beginner and I understood this clearly even though I will struggle to do everything you showed today. I will practice these tips though! Your playing has really inspired me to push myself out of my comfort zone. Thank you!

[@cturtle97]

Thanks Justin. I’ll be working on this a long time.

[@toddwardell2285]

Brilliant, thank you. You know what you're doing and simplified this well for us learners

[@ulfdanielsen6009]

Being a Scandinavian European Classical, Euro Folk and Vikingr Metal guitar player US fingerpicking styles aren´t part of my musical tradition or reference library. However, learning the Blues, Roots and Americana I can´t wait to delve into alternating thumb, Ragtime, Delta Blues, Travis picking and Clawhammer. No doubt it will help further progressing and developing what I can already play on a guitar and also help me further elaborate on the styles I´m already playing. Excellent lesson. Thank you.

[@JTB--]

Damn Dude, this is great stuff! Subscribed!

[@igorkrilov3959]

Every word and every move - straight to the point, clear and simple, thank You, Master Justin🙏 I am also big fan of your heavy swamp blues💥🔥and those guitars You made from different objects🥃👏👍

[@cheryldavidson-Godandguitars1]

LOVE your finger picking videos . I practice them over and over!!!

[@michaelcamp2185]

Right on Justin.

[@FOXKING504]

Very good lesson man

[@jeanlawson9133]

Really nice Sir thank you.

[@Matt-Parker]

Great course! I appreciate your teaching style, very relaxed and easy to listen to. I plan to purchase some of your advanced courses as soon as I can. Thanks for these free lessons!

[@xyzman001]

Thanks for sharing! Exactly what I’ve been looking for and need!

[@tedbeckett3221]

Thank you so mush Justin.

[@thecomedian2299]

Mark Knopfler does something similar. Describing this pattern over the C chord, to then develop that until you can accompany it with a melody. It takes so much slow and correct repetition, though. I'd like a solution to make that part less tedious and boring. 😅 Thanks for the detailed explanation 👍🏻

[@RuneKlarskov]

Dear Justin Johnson. I work as a high school teacher. Organised teachers makes their material Creative Commons licensed and charge by the hour when present at school. I try to organize myself with those free people. The model is as old as the organised creative working people have struggled to live. A long line of contributors to culture has done similar efforts in open sharing of knowledge, the generous sharing pays back. 'Stay open -stay free' quote Jimi Hendrix . Sharing knowledge gets humans out off mental slavery, and then again it gives civilised freedom in peaceful communities. Love your shared videos.

[@natalievandenberg2222]

Thank goodness for these teachers

[@FansSports]

Wow, Cort is really stepping their game up

[@bryandicken5227]

Thank you. I’ve been looking for a video like this for years🙏🙏

[@rainlee1761]

당신의 영상은 내게 항상 놀라움이다 68새의 한국 노인이지만 당신의 영상을 보며 열심히 배우고 있습니다 Appriciate Justin....

[@TonyMartin-on6yk]

Great finger picking thank you for sharing

[@Dave-gf3kd]

Very well broken down and presented! Thank you!

[@robinwoodbury2563]

Hey Justin, this was super-enlightening in revealing the components of this technique, as it all sounds rather intimidating when it's all put together. By the way, you mentioned you'd be sharing the tabs for the examples with us, but I'm not seeing them in the description. Am I missing something? Thanks! -Robin

[@danabiondo9243]

Thank You Jutin, 🙏 I've mostly Watched, Listened to You play. However as an Instructor. Your Really Grounded, Present and Confident. An Excellent Teacher ! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🙂

[@neleig]

Thanks you for this excellent lesson Justin.

[@richardroberts1074]

Dude you are the greatest teacher . I learn so much every time I watch you 🙏✝️❤️🇺🇸🎶🎵😊😎✌️

[@anthonystark5412]

Brilliant lesson! 👏

[@billrogers5870]

great info thanks!

[@justinjohnsonlive]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Mauitaoist]

Justin really is an awesome guy and an awesome player. If you read this Justin I can't thank you enough for all the inspiration that you've brought into my life

[@GBLahLah]

The thing that amazes me with fingerpicking is that at first it seems impossible, an exhausting brain puzzle. Then it comes, then the fingers lead with little brain power. Don’t give up on this fabulous lesson dudes n dudesses

[@Buck-pm6xx]

You are a pretty good teacher. Thank you sir.

[@hennadiiberd713]

Дякуємо!

[@justinjohnsonlive]

Thank you, rock on! 🤘

[@voyagersa22]

Thank you brother you shared a lot of goold here 😊❤

[@justinjohnsonlive]

Thanks for watching!

[@Ahmed-kv4up]

Thanks for this brilliant lesson. You play treble strings with index, middle and ring finger, and you anchor your pinky. I'm right?

[@TheAbcakl]

Awesome lesson.

[@mariocortes1337]

Thank very much Sr, well explained 👏

[@walterwhiting9970]

Awesome thank you so much. We appreciate you 🙌

[@justinjohnsonlive]

Thanks so much, rock on!🤘

[@timothyhighstone9300]

Awesome as always😁😁😁👍👍👍

[@michaelandrewtaylor2172]

The Man The Myth The Legend Justin Johnson = Mr JJ 🥃 🥃 🥃

[@pedroo8363]

Grazie grande🎉

[@amonus-air2160]

thanks for sharing. I'll try it!. That is one thing I just can't seem to get.

[@michaelandrewtaylor2172]

Love finger picking but my ultimate favorite ❤️ love is the Slide just my humble opinion 🎸💯🔥 In My Time Of Dying still waiting for this one JJ 🔥🎸♣️

[@MarkAdamRichardsonSpaceMan]

I'm going to learn how to play the guitar like that

[@eikkaheikkinen]

Thank you sir

[@cyrilmoussoki3193]

I prefer the 3rd fingerpicking pattern.

[@Mauitaoist]

It's like getting free private instruction from one of the great Masters in the world if we all realize what it would cost to sit down with Justin and learn and pretend like we were putting in the effort that he does to make the videos maybe we could get better

[@leotrill2]

Good stuff

[@iandeare1]

👍

[@TR4U-TAY55]

Maybe you can explain the importance of how you seem to anchor your pinky to the body of the guitar while you finger pick.

[@turnoffthelight4706]

You are amazing, thank you)

[@artofshootinginmotion2871]

That's some good looking guitar!

[@duaneulman9915]

Thank you :)

[@justinjohnsonlive]

Thanks for watching ! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@crispycat4852]

What a great breakdown thanks ! i mainly flat pick bluegrass style or hybrid pick and strum but I have learnt t Travis picking oveer the last couple of years , Isn't this basically the same thing? I found it was like leaning to ride a bike, you need tpo stick at it and be prepared to fall off but once it suddenly clicks you shouldn't be THINKING about It anymore Once you get the basic thumb alternating pattern imprinted then its not that hard to change the strings you are playing iwith the thumb In the bass , its a Rhythmic pattern not melodic If that makes sense ? In fact I find that if start looking at my fingers and thinking about It i start losing It the synchromisation, whereas If i just feel the Dum Dum ,Dum Dum, Dum Dum It comes naturally

[@billw8648]

Great channel, new sub! Thank you...

[@nicolaslombardot6925]

top thanks

[@MARKCANEER]

Always First Rate. Thank You Mr Johnson 🙏👍🐕‍🦺

[@SwMtAmlaith]

What is the name of the guitar? And awesome video!

[@seanyohara]

Great lesson. I was struggling the replicate the sound relying on the tabs and I found that on Riff 1 the tabs were not totally accurate for the second version where the other fingers come into play. It seems the high E string is only played on the first bars of each chord (last note of the bar). On the second bar it seems to substitute the G string. I'm a beginner though so maybe I'm wrong. Will hopefully work my way up to Riff 2 and 3.

[@jamesrodriquez2863]

I've been playing guitar for 25 years, and I have never been been able to get finger picking down. My brain doesn't seem to want to let my right hand do what it needs to do without focusing on it. I've tried all the tricks and tips I've found on the web to get it down, but my stubborn thumb just doesn't wanna work independently! LOL!

[@СтаниславБ-е7с]

Теперь я понял откуда берется это сложное звучание. Спасибо 🎉

[@EveryDayLad]

😮Oh... Thank you so much... 🙏

[@guidobrunellijr.3]

Nice !

[@greatrulo]

Let's go, Justin!

[@CherryBerry48]

you are such a beautiful human, i treasure you

[@ОлегМалков-в1е]

Спасибо за урок!

[@kevinbowie2054]

Class….

[@valergio572]

Next level- add percussive elements, slides, bends, vibrato, tremolo, tapping, flagolets, solo insertion😂 - after that you can relax and get all energy from a guitar🤗

[@Malcolm.Y]

I suspect classical players would say "he key" - if there is only one - is preparation. That is' you contact point is on, or is as close as possible tot he string before you push it.

[@Irl675]

Would you be able to provide a link for the tabs?

[@Jack.Waters]

People need to learn that most the enhancements come from the picking hand not the fretting one. Embellishments tend to come from the fretting hand. Simple always sounds more complex. As the Emperor told Mozart, Too many Notes tires the Royal Ear.

[@normanvogel8464]

When I was young back in the 60's learning Spanish style guitar we were taught areprisho ( wrong spelling) but it has the same alternating thumb motions with fingers patterns . So am I even close ?

[@MotorCityMax]

Essentially you could practice playing open chords in the CAGED system playing the appropriate root note depending on the chord shape. C-A-G-E-D. C, bass note a-string, 3rd fret etc.. just had that ahh ha moment. I HATE GUITAR PICKS!

[@logicnotfeelings3835]

I'm pretty sure that this technique, and variations of it, is known as "Travis" picking.

[@johnharris7244]

How good does that Guitar sound.

[@BlackHoleForge]

I do pretty good until it's time to alternate between the finger and then the thumb. My thumb forgets to keep going.

[@sirstashalot7441]

Same here. Let's finally tackle it

[@danabiondo9243]

Practice, Practice, Practice. Me 3. 🙂

[@Mauitaoist]

Yes...Justin seems superhuman the way he can keep them separated, I only get occasional success, but keep practicing, everytime I get a little better I notice.

[@danbgt]

Just keep after it. Play the bass line on the bottom three strings and act like you don’t have any fingers. Tommy Emmanuel says that he used to tape his students fingers down to the top of the guitar when they first start. 😂 They say it takes about 15,000 reps to get something engrained in muscle memory.

[@TheHesseJames]

Start slow, play the base line until you can keep it up for a minute, pick one of the finger notes and try to put it in in time, add the next note and so forth. Or alternatively, play the base line and you are allowed to play anything with your remaining fingers as long as you keep up the baseline. It doesn’t really matter what you play with your fingers or how wrong it sounds in the beginning, main thing is you keep up the baseline! Over time, you don’t think about the baseline like you don’t think about your legs when walking. Also, have a go at it for max tent minutes max, have break and try your luck a couple of minutes later. Do like three or four rounds only and come back to it the next day. Always start with only the baseline for a minute or two then include the other fingers. You‘ll be amazed about your progress. Important thing is it will probably take a couple of days and you cannot speed it up by practicing daily more than twenty minutes or so. It just takes time for the memory to build up. You‘ll need to sleep over it.

[@jamespowers8826]

Learn thumb and finger independence when you are young. It makes it a thousand times easier. Ask me how I know.

[@therealdoug1000]

And when you get this under your fingers, you can start climbing the mountain that is Mark Knopfler tunes!

[@rickm4295]

Thumb independence.....Im getting it but speed is puts me in the ditch. Freight train is helping though

[@parneypots]

👍👍

[@grunerkaktus]

This is the 2nd KZbin Video in 12h about Bassline thumb which is recommended to me. KZbin, I AM TOO STUPID FOR THIS, so you can stop.