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Jun 14, 2022 · Here's what's in this lesson: • I describe and show the tabs for all 4 fingerpicking guitar patterns • I play each pattern through a common chord progression (slow, then fast) • I ...
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- Lesson Overview
- What Is Fingerpicking & Travis Picking?
- Fingerpicking Guitar Pattern #1: Inside-Outside
- Fingerpicking Guitar Pattern #2: Outside-Inside
- Fingerpicking Guitar Pattern #3: The Pinch
- Fingerpicking Guitar Pattern #4: Descending Arpeggio
- Free Practice Resource: “Chords with Color”
0:00 - What is fingerpicking & Travis Picking? 1:26 - Lesson overview 2:02 - Fingerpicking Guitar Pattern #1: Inside-Outside 6:10 - Fingerpicking Guitar Pattern #2: Outside-Inside 7:35 - Fingerpicking Guitar Pattern #3: The Pinch 11:22 - Fingerpicking Guitar Pattern #4: Descending Arpeggio 13:16 - Guitar solo! :) 13:42 - Free PDF / which pattern is...
I'll teach you play the top four fingerpicking guitar patterns in the Travis picking style. If you're interested in fingerpicking or Travis picking, then these are the essential right hand patterns to learn. Here's what's in this lesson: 1. I show the tabs for all 4 fingerpicking guitar patterns 2. I show each pattern with different string grouping...
Travis picking is a fingerpicking approach named after the guitarist Merle Travis. In this lesson I'm going to teach you the top four fingerpicking guitar patterns in the Travis picking style. You can play them as they are, or you can expand on them later to play some very advanced fingerstyle guitar and solo guitar arrangements. Players like Chet ...
The first pattern is called the “inside-outside” pattern. Every pattern is named based on what happens above the bass, because the bass in all four patterns is going to be the exact same. Highlighted is the bassline (red) if you're playing a G chord: The bass plays scale degrees one-five-one-five. In all four patterns, that alternating bass is alwa...
Time for pattern two. We won’t spend much time here because it’s the flip of what we just did. It's called the “outside-inside,” and you already know what it's to be. We're keeping the bass the same all the time, but you're going to play bass-outside-bass-inside. You just flip the order of the outside and inside notes. Here's the plain diagram: Wat...
This is when it gets fancy! This is called the “pinch” pattern, and it’s the most common fingerpicking guitar pattern of all time. If there's only one you're ever going to learn, it should be this one. It is just fantastic. It sounds good slow and it sounds good fast. The first two are a great foundation for this pattern, especially the outside-ins...
The last fingerpicking guitar pattern in the list is called the descending arpeggio, because it does exactly that. It arpeggiates the chord from the top downward. We're going to do a pinch, followed by the middle note, while the thumb maintains its pattern. Now, the top note of the thumb bassline is part of this descending arpeggio structure. Here'...
If you want some beautiful chords to practice your fingerpicking guitar patterns with, then definitely download my chord chart called "Chords with Color". It's unlike any other chord chart out there. It shows a bunch of chords through several keys and tons of alternative options for each of those chords. You can add color, extensions, and beautiful...
Jun 25, 2019 · A great way to use Travis picking is to apply it to a 12-bar blues progression. In the key of E, the three chords used in a basic 12-bar blues are E7, A7 and B7, which are the one, four and five chords, respectively. We’ll use the patterns I’ve already shown you for the one chord, E7.
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Feb 12, 2023 · The Travis Picking pattern, or the alternating-thumb style, is a popular fingerpicking technique named after the American country guitarist Merle Travis. The core of the technique is the thumb switching between two different bass notes while the other fingers play the melody on higher strings.
Learn the basics of Travis Picking on guitar. Explore Travis Picking tabs, patterns & exercises to master this fingerpicking technique.
Travis Picking, a fingerstyle technique named after Merle Travis (1917-1983), is common in popular styles of music, including folk, country, and bluegrass. The right-hand pattern in Dust in the Wind is: pm - p - i - p - m - p - i.
Travis picking is a wonderful and distinctive style of fingerpicking that takes its name from the great Merle Travis who popularized this style of playing in the 1940s and 50s.
