How to do guitar plucking  

The first thing is for you to take time to observe others who do play the guitar through plucking. Try to look at their fingers as they pluck and as they shift from one chord to another. If there's someone in your place that play the guitar and good in plucking, it would be wonderful to learn from them. I know some things about plucking, however, I cannot possibly demonstrate to you right now. Have a good day playing guitar.

Hi! Plucking really depends on the song. Different songs have different plucking patterns. Maybe you can research online, or purchase a book. There are a lot of books in National Bookstore that can teach you how to pluck. It's really easy, but you need to have a good hearing ear so you'd know if the kind of plucking you're doing is the same with the sound of the original song you're trying to perform. :)

The rick is starting with simple chords and just pluck away. I learned it with the D-A-G-A chords (like leaving on a jet plane and a variation of when you say nothing at all) then I pluck the 3rd to the last string, then the 2nd to the last, the last, then second to the last. The mix of string plucking depends on you since you're still starting out. Find a song that has easy chords and play away :)

Hope this helps

Hmmm. I suggest you buy a good book for different plucking patterns. Different music has different way of doing the plucking aka finger picking technique. Like the country, bossanova, platters, bye bye, and many others they really need to be learned. Anyway you may start with positioning the heel of your hand (plucking) resting on the guitar. Your thumb is used for the bass strings 6-5-4. your index finger for 3rd string, the middle finger for the 2nd string, and the ring finger for the 1st string. these fingers as much as possible should only be used for the assigned strings to begin with. Start a slow song. start to use the thumb first for the bass like if your song is in key of G, strike the 6 string in the 3rd fret, and the fingers using 3-2-1 pattern, then thumb again and the strings. when the chord changed to C the thumb strike the 5th strings on the 3rd strings. and the 3-2-1 strings again. I hope i helped you somehow hahah. and by the way repetition is the mother of learning. So when I started, I repeated a certain song for than 50 times so that my finger gets accustomed to this way of playing.

Use the tips of your finger and yes- observe others too and do online research..
Good Luck

All I can tell you right now is start right. There are many people who just study on their own but few would be really good at it.

As a rule of thumb in any musical instrument, you should first seek an expert to show you the basics. It will help you establish a good habit of playing the musical instrument, from the posture, to the tuning and everything else. After the sessions on basic things, you could self study.

But if you think you could afford to just get on with it (where most actually regret in the end for not starting out right) there are a lot of videos on youtube.

hi! you could by a tablature at national bookstore. it shows different song chords and how to pluck and strum them. you could also search and surf at video sites... hope this will help you do the trick .=)

My nephew taught himself. He just surfed the net for free lessons and music sheets. He use to drive me crazy practicing all day long, his guitar constantly attached to him. Now I hear him play the guitar and I am impressed with his performances.

The good news is that a lot of plucking, or fingerpicking, is based on right-hand patterns (assuming you are right-handed). Just learning a few basic patterns will enable you to play many, many songs. The chords to the song, rather than the fingerpicking patterns, are a big part of why songs using similar patterns can sound different. And once you have the basic patterns down, you can learn a few simple variations to those patterns that will make you sound even better.

Do a google search on "fingerpicking patterns". That will lead you to many helpful sites that are good for beginners of this type of playing. Good luck! Keep on playing!