August 15, 2006
Thumb Picking: a D Riff

This tip uses KtabS. Look at the tip for Tuesday, July 25, 2006 for information on using KtabS.

We continue with "thumb picking" riffs for various chords, which is analogous to finger picking on guitar. Here is an example for the D chord:

The most important aspect of this thumb picking riff is that the right thumb is doing a constant part that alternates between the "1' and the "5" notes (this is like an alternating bass which the thumb might do in guitar finger picking ). If you want to hear how this riff sounds, download a trial version of KtabS and also the KtabS file for this riff.