Country Kitchen Pickin' - Glory To His Name

Country Kitchen Pickin' - Glory to His Name

Elden Mayo, Pastor of Oakdale Bible Baptist Church and occasional guitar picker.

Recorded in my kitchen early on a Saturday morning after about one cup (or maybe two) of coffee. My intent with this video is to give guitar pickers who are interested in the three finger style of picking (Earl Scruggs style) a place to start. I play Gospel music, so everything I post will use old hymns or Gospel songs. A few more videos will probably follow during the winter. Once Spring comes and the garden starts growing, however, the mornings belong to the garden.

The song title is "Glory To His Name". It is a personal favorite, and a good candidate for finger picking due to its rhythmic tempo and basic chord structure. It uses four chords; 1-4-5 and an occasional 2. I play it here in the key of G.

This video shows the right hand position, chords, and fills for use with three-finger style finger picking. I may try a different angle to capture the left hand picking rhythms if I get feedback in that direction. My picking rhythms are basic, though, so the right hand position should be enough.

The guitar used for this video is a Gibson J-15. I have a Taylor 614e and my wife has a Martin D-18 and I love them both, but Gibson guitars were made for finger picking. My finger picks are National NP-2's, I use a brass NP-2 for my index finger and a nickel NP-2 for my middle finger. My thumb pick is a John Pearse. I will use a National or a Dunlop in a pinch, but the John Pearse is my favorite. The video was recorded on a Samsung Galaxy 7. No editing or effects were wanted or used.

The YouTube channel for Oakdale Bible Baptist Church is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKhJw8x6AN5ZoP89coQiP3Q?

The Rumble channel for Oakdale Bible Baptist Church is https://rumble.com/c/c-333025