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Article: Crosspicking
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- Acoustic Guitar
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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CopyrightCopyright String Letter Publishing Jan 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Crosspicking with an alternate-picking pattern can keep your time steady while you embellish single-note melodies.
Crosspicking is one of my favorite aspects of traditional flatpicking. You can use it to flesh out the melody of almost any song, fill open spaces in instrumentais, and create interesting accompaniments. Crosspicking was first used in bluegrass by the great guitarist George Shuffler, who played guitar and bass with the Stanley Brothers in the 1950s. Shuffler crosspicked with a right-hand eighth-note picking pattern of "down-down-up, down-down-up, down-up," played across three strings. He developed this style to play solos on songs like "Bury Me Beneath the Willow," "Will the ...