Since taking up the Uke in January, I have enjoyed strumming and jamming with friends etc. but I'm most interested in the Classical side of things too and I too, really appreciate this thread.
A question for those who might have worked through the Jeff Peterson Graded Repertoire book (or anyone, really)—I've started on the second exercise, the
Study No. 1 (in F) by Fernando Sor. I'm trying to stay disciplined 'cuz this is new to me, learning about PIMA finger-picking and all that. In his written introduction to this piece, Jeff Peterson says to "be mindful of correct alteration of
i and
m". I'm working with that, even though sometimes his suggested fingers don't always match my instincts and it messes me up.
Then I looked up his
video of this piece on You Tube, and I noticed he is even using different fingers for picking from how his book says to do it. Am I over-thinking this? As I start down this road how important is following the suggested picking fingers? I'm unaware of the larger traditions and want to learn correctly as much as possible (or at least as much as necessary).