#Help me read the tabs

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fresh canyon
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with these kind of pickings, liek travis picking, you have a bass note and treble notes.
Your thumb plays the bass, and with these open chords, you would play the corresponding root note of the chord with your bass

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so G for the G chord, C for the C chord and D for the D chord.

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Thumb:
G - 3rd fret 6th string
C - 3rd fret 5th string
D - open 4th string

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and you'd pick the 3 treble strings with your index, middle and pinky in an arpeggio style.

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@slate current

slate current
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So I play the these bass with thumbs always first followed by the 3 other strings?

fresh canyon
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you could do that

pearl oracle
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If you understand rhythm and timing.
Knowing this music is in 3/4 time
You can fill out the bar, playing the strings in whatever finger picking pattern you want
Just land the bass notes on the chord changes

fresh canyon
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if you want the same pattern

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but you are free to do all kinds of rhythm arpeggios, like a repeated bass note instead of the initial pick and let ringing.
Key to this is, that the pattern repeats for easy listening through the chord changes, so it gives it a consistent rhythm.

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and yeah, it doesn't have to be always the same, either.