Could someone help me with "Pancho and Lefty"?

[TGMatt]

Hello

Could somebody with an ear for notes listen to the first measure of this song--the part where Neal opens with Am and then goes to C and begins to sing.................

My question is this: What is the picking pattern he is using on the Am chord? I know he says just to make up notes, but I simply can't do that and make it sound anywhere close to reasonable. I don't know how to link the song, but it is in the "All Lessons" section toward the end of the video.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I can actually sing this song quite well and have done it at Karaoke--dare I say that word?--for years. I'd love to take the next step and accompany myself.

TwoCatSam
(A two-cat man!)

[jayswett]

I would love to help you. Your best bet is to post a short video of yourself playing the intro and verse. Neil may comment himself, but at the very least you will get several fellow students giving helpful comments.

[lueders]

Glad, you jumped in there Jay. I was just about to type to twocat that: ... "the Man you need to talk to is jayswett"

[michelew]

Hi TwoCatSam!

Well I did listen to it just now, and I think I can hear what he's playing......but how would you like me to tell you or show you? Any suggestions?

Cheers

Vanessa

[lueders]

TwoCatSam

I'm back I found something that might be of service to you...I am enclosing an attachment of: the (song tabbed out) a suggested picking pattern supposedly favored by Townes.) I haven't really looked at Neil's Lesson on this. I'm guessing they are probably pretty darn close. Have a look, and see if the picking patterns suggested here, might help out ...


Cori

EDIT: Apparently I can't do that...breach of etiquette, I suppose. Sorry.

[reiver]

Sam

I would recommend that you look at the lesson for Landslide by Fleetwood Mac where Neil gives a good close up description of a right hand pattern for Travis picking. This should help you find a suitable picking pattern for Pancho and Lefty.

Stuart

[lueders]

Thanks to all who answered.

If I made a video, all you would see is that I can find Am and thumb the fifth and fourth strings. What he does with his fingers is lost to me. I guess I'm looking for something similar to what he does in "Dust in the Wind Part 5; What the right hand does."

Sam

[michelew]

Hi Sam,

You suggested to give it to you in strings, so I will in here:

ADGABDE, so the very first A lasts for a whole beat, all the other strings are half a beat.

Goodluck,

Vanessa

[skaladar]

Vanessa

Thank you for your help. That is a starting point and perhaps I can make the video as suggested.

Sam

[snipe]

@ Stuart

Thanks for your suggestion. I did pull up "Landslide" and watch the right hand section.

I have barely built callouses; that is my experience on the guitar.

TwoCat