WOW at 75 I thought Travis picking was impossible to learn( right hand technique ) ---NOW I see I CAN use a std PICK ---instead of complex thumb /1234 fingers !! ---Well you have opened my eyes to another possibility ! Amazing ! --thankyou for giving me this amazing idea ! --Appreciate more than you will ever know ---NOW I am not scared to go ahead and master this difficult picking style!
I am 85 years old and only played cowboy chords ( not good ) have seen and tried uptrend diff lessons some good some on the edge. I lucked on to your lesson 5 easy lessons to Travis picking & man you got a way with that guitar. I'm starting to to try it tonight and hoping there is some more! I'm big good at formalized lessons but things like three at is a hew. THANKS WELL I TOLD MY GRANDSON I WAS GOING TO LEARN Travis pickin'. He laughed ! I Will talk later
Nice! I’ve been waiting for a lesson like this one. I’m quite used to hybrid picking so it’s nice to look at these five steps and see what it is I was missing to make it sound more like what you’re playing here. The thumb positioning tips are quite helpful as I was trying to find a way to position my hand when doing straight fingerstyle stuff. Good lesson!
I have a question: Is there a reason you need to use your thumb to alternate the bass notes? I always find it flows better if you just use your index finger to hit the other bass note. Is there some reason this is wrong? I’m asking when just straight finger picking, not hybrid or using a thumb pick.
Thank you so much, I have a (rotten thumb from a car accident and can only hold a pic) before the car accident i was study piano so my other vingers of the right hand do not like todo nothing, so your travis picking is the way for me thank you so mucht for this
Man you really explained this... It wasn't hard for me to follow.. I'm a quick learner, but great delivery brother... appreciate it... I think I want to learn how to do it with thumb and pick.... I'll probably start with a pick first... much more comfortable for me also i think
i learned travis style from my grandfather as my music teacher as well adapting his personal style an tone as well of versatility a hybrid picker myself
"Travis picking is a finger picking guitar style" he says as he awkwardly plays the bass notes with a flat pick. I've been Travis picking for around 50 years, and trust me: don't waste your time trying to do it that way.
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Blue Smoke. The original is great, but I really enjoy Doyle Dykes' take on it!
Does the Travis/Atkins style picking work with 3/4 waltz music? Such as "The Last Cheaters Waltz" or "Tennessee Waltz".
5 easy steps. Oh, by the way, it takes about two years to get the hang of those 5 steps. 😂😂
Wow, cheers from Canada.....
Yeah I think you meant 6 steps... step 1 is get a taylor guitar...lol
Nope your hybrid picking Travis patterns with a pick.
REALLY well done and super informative. Breaking things down is such a challenge, but you’ve done it beautifully. Thank You!
WOW at 75 I thought Travis picking was impossible to learn( right hand technique ) ---NOW I see I CAN use a std PICK ---instead of complex thumb /1234 fingers !! ---Well you have opened my eyes to another possibility ! Amazing ! --thankyou for giving me this amazing idea ! --Appreciate more than you will ever know ---NOW I am not scared to go ahead and master this difficult picking style!
Finally…a great breakdown of the basics of Travis picking. Excellent!
I am 85 years old and only played cowboy chords ( not good ) have seen and tried uptrend diff lessons some good some on the edge. I lucked on to your lesson 5 easy lessons to Travis picking & man you got a way with that guitar. I'm starting to to try it tonight and hoping there is some more! I'm big good at formalized lessons but things like three at is a hew. THANKS WELL I TOLD MY GRANDSON I WAS GOING TO LEARN Travis pickin'. He laughed ! I Will talk later
OOPS --Step 4. caught me out ---need practise --still -its not to complex !
ok that flat-pick style really sounds groovy ---I see what you mean --its really interesting--syncopated !
Nice! I’ve been waiting for a lesson like this one. I’m quite used to hybrid picking so it’s nice to look at these five steps and see what it is I was missing to make it sound more like what you’re playing here. The thumb positioning tips are quite helpful as I was trying to find a way to position my hand when doing straight fingerstyle stuff. Good lesson!
I have a question: Is there a reason you need to use your thumb to alternate the bass notes? I always find it flows better if you just use your index finger to hit the other bass note. Is there some reason this is wrong? I’m asking when just straight finger picking, not hybrid or using a thumb pick.
This was my idea, too. Seems to be a workaround for flatpickers only. I can't get used to it.
There is no wrong. It’s your technique that is important. I’ve played 5 string banjo for years and banjo pickers always play as you have suggested.
He's great, however, having someone who actually plays in the traditional method may have been a better idea.
Great stuff Don - very informative. One of my music-goals for 2022 = focus on improved-fingerpicking. Happy Holidays from NYC
Good time for the holiday season arpeggios sound good 👍
Awesome lesson! Still seems impossible
Love your picking style --sounds amazing !----do you have TAB I can practise your style?
Mississippi John Hurt!
Big Bill Broonzy!
Elizabeth Cotten!
Thank you so much, I have a (rotten thumb from a car accident and can only hold a pic) before the car accident i was study piano so my other vingers of the right hand
do not like todo nothing, so your travis picking is the way for me thank you so mucht for this
Chet Atkins and Tommy Emanuel....
Too tough to learn now as used to a Pick for the last 30 years.....
Thanks Don.. very well explained. I hope my fingers and brain paid attention.. ;)
Man you really explained this... It wasn't hard for me to follow.. I'm a quick learner, but great delivery brother... appreciate it... I think I want to learn how to do it with thumb and pick.... I'll probably start with a pick first... much more comfortable for me also i think
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Great lesson. Do you have tabs for 6th string root and 4th string root? Thanks.
Great job. I’m a new guitar player. I love finger style
i learned travis style from my grandfather as my music teacher as well adapting his personal style an tone as well of versatility a hybrid picker myself
This is a Wonderful X-mas present. Thanks!
great explanation! thank you!
Who in the helll is Travis?
Thanks man great stuff
Awesome, Don!
I need more!
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Ok Ser.!
"Travis picking is a finger picking guitar style" he says as he awkwardly plays the bass notes with a flat pick. I've been Travis picking for around 50 years, and trust me: don't waste your time trying to do it that way.
Well then if you know a better way,why don't you have your own channel.?
Nothing awkward about what he's learned to do, he's honest about rhe fact that most people don't do it that way. Options are good.
Check out Chris Smither....Richard Thompson...Norman Blake...Billy Strings. DOC WATSON...TONY RICE. MONTE MONTGOMERY
You left out Tommy
Also, Jorma Kaukonen, Paul Simon, Lindsey Buckingham, The Beatles, Blind Blake, Mississippi John Hurt, Happy Traum and so on... 🙂