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Permalink Reply by Skeesix on June 8, 2017 at 5:36am

I've found this video by Shane Speal to be helpful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eOJmz0qhww

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Permalink Reply by Jim Morris on June 9, 2017 at 1:22am

Here's one I made a while back Snuffy. Hope it helps
https://youtu.be/4YNmnfsnskM

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Permalink Reply by Snuffy Smith on June 9, 2017 at 4:41am

Yep, already bookmarked it.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on June 10, 2017 at 2:35pm

Thumb. Two fingers. All you need. Thumb keeps alternating rhythm on top two strings, index and middle fingers alternately "gallop," depending on the notes you want to emphasize, and the style of music you wanna play. Sometimes, in a 1-5-1 tuning config, you pinch bass and treble together, as Jim has alluded to. As with drumming, you have to develop "feel." If you concentrate on left hand finger placement, in about 3 months, you'll find your right hand fingerpicking almost on auto-pilot. Don't overthink this; just...play. Play what you hear. Seriously. Your body will actually figure it out for you, if you surrender to it.

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Permalink Reply by Snuffy Smith on June 10, 2017 at 3:05pm

I with ya...it's

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