How do I know which type of finger picking guitar lessons to take after 2 years of standard lessons?

There are Travis, Carter, Chet Atkins, Emmanuel, and others.

I want to play love songs and country music songs finger picking. I took 2 years of standard guitar lessons so I know about 60 barre chords including open chords.

Am I ready to take on finger picking lessons or do I keep taking standard guitar lessons to learn more chords and rock style soloing before going finger style and finger picking?

Why limit yourself like that? Narrowing things down to such restrictive labels… ugh, it’s just pointless.

A decent classical player could play with all those styles/methods and not think twice. A good player is versatile. It shows control. If all you can do is Travis picking (or any of those other things) then you’re not a very versatile player. You’re limited.

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  • LucasMan says:

    Why limit yourself like that? Narrowing things down to such restrictive labels… ugh, it’s just pointless.

    A decent classical player could play with all those styles/methods and not think twice. A good player is versatile. It shows control. If all you can do is Travis picking (or any of those other things) then you’re not a very versatile player. You’re limited.
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