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I believe that using the ring finger is the better option. Tony says we can use the ring finger. Using just the 2 fingers is very common in folk style finger picking. But using all three fingers helped me a lot and I’m very grateful that I stuck to it.
Tony has many warm ups, and half of them are for finger picking. Also, every single lesson and warm up using a pick can be done finger picking instead. After about 2 years, I stopped using a pick for the lessons altogether and just used my fingers.
Start with a pattern, then just play it slow enough to be accurate everyday for 10 to 20 minutes for a few weeks. Play the pattern without making chords or even sounds, mute the strings, while you’re watching TV. Start playing chord progressions. Just like we do on Fridays, practice being able to play your pattern over one chord, and then change to another chord in time with the beat. Add more chords. Start playing a song. Play more songs. Add more patterns. That’s how I got to where I’m at right now.
MG 😀