Eric Thompson – Bluegrass Crosspicking Guitar

Eric Thompson – Bluegrass Crosspicking Guitar

Crosspicking is an exciting flatpicking technique that is an essential part of every bluegrass guitarist’s arsenal. Utilizing repeated patterns on three-string groups, crosspicking captures the bounce of a fiddler’s double shuffle and the drive of three-finger banjo Scruggs-style rolls.

Eric Thompson lays it out for you in easy to understand steps, illustrating the basic patterns with arrangements of Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss, Blackberry Rag, Beaumont Rag, Wildwood Flower and Cross-Eyed Fiddler. Split-screen slose-ups let you see exactly what and how Eric is playing.