Fast Flat Picking Demontstration

[Dirtfirebird]

not fast...and not flatpicking

[86rocker]

remember the old jug break in that spot you paused when the Darlings played it on TAGS?

[ericskills06]

flat picking is when you pick and do the chords at the same time.

[beer1for2break3fast4]

Nice.

[rickshunter1]

Great Job

[totamus]

It is very similar to "Doug's Tune" by Doug Dillard. I thought it was original, but I must have heard "Doug's Tune" and had it in my subconscious. The chord progression (From memory) is

D G

D G

D G C G A D G

I do the D as a C7 position, up two frets

[totamus]

flat picking is an old bluegrass term that simply means playing very fast. It can be alternate picking (as I usually do) but is not limited to just that technique

[MauroPavanelli]

@totamus

flat picking don´t mean playing fast it means that the guitar is played with a

a flat pick.

[1337leo]

What's the difference between flatpicking and alternate picking?

[21Criminal]

Flatpicking means playing with a pick (instead of your fingers). It is usually done relatively fast and for styles such as bluegrass.

Alternate picking means picking back and forth, alternating between downstrokes and upstrokes, usually done with one "stroke" per half beat.

So if you were playing a song with 4 beats in a measure (4/4) you'd pick "down/up" four times.

[jonaskamf]

You play really good, with that technical skill you can play most of my favourite songs like streets of london,all paul simon things and so forth!