Hey guys, Marco here for another fingerstyle lesson. Today I am going to show you the most simple fingerpicking pattern on guitar played with beautiful chords.

This is one of the top 5 essential fingerpicking patterns every guitar player should know. It is also the very first pattern my teacher gave me when I first started playing guitar in 1994.

A simple fingerpicking pattern is worth nothing without a beautiful chord progression as the right-hand only controls the tone, volume, and dynamics.

The left-hand is responsible for playing these amazing chords, and we have to be smart enough to pick the right keys.

In this lesson, I am making it clear that not all the key sound good on guitar.

Think about the F major, G minor, Eb minor key. These keys don’t give you the same chordal possibilities as the E major, B minor, or D major key.

Today we are learning something in E major. A very simple chord progression with beautiful chords and melody.

When you have such beautiful chords, the fingerpicking pattern can be as simple as possible. You don’t need to play crazy stuff at all.

The pattern is called Pima.

I bet you used it at least once in your life.

Enjoy this lesson.