TRAVIS PICKING - The most useful fingerpicking pattern, 6 easy steps!

Merle Travis picked with his thumb and index finger only. Why is it never taught that way

Thanks James.
Right now, I'm trying to figure out a travis picking of a song for which there aren't tabs.
I play Dust in the Wind and the likes but the song I want to play had no instructions. So how do we "guess" the strings to pick?
Thanks for your lesson!🎶🎶🎶

Great tutorial. Talented teacher. Thankyou

I don’t see the links

Thanks... I need to learn Travis picking... I have tried so much, at no avail... There's a mental block in place 😂

Thanks a ton for this great finger picking lesson! Appreciate your patience explaining all the steps!❤

This is the best and easiest to understand teacher that I’ve found. He slows it WAY down and isn’t impatient. Thank you!

Maybe 2 years ago the link was free, but now I have to pay $2 that is R54 for south Africa.

But eteher way thank you for teaching on the channel, so far the easiest way

Top tier video.

Thanks for sharing....I am 80yrs old & enjoy playing guitar with the finger picking patterns...some chords I now have trouble with as I have arthritis & fingers are not as flexible but I compromise... cheers 🦘🦘😊

i cant find the free worksheet on your patreon. everything says you have to upgrade to unlock

Everything changed for me when you said to break it down around the thumb picks! Amazing. Thanks.

I'd like lessons. Got this now tho and thank yoy!

Awesome lesson ! Wish I found you 8 months ago when I decided I wanted to do this style of playing. This lesson will fill in some gaps and give me a better understanding and foundation I’m determined I’m gonna be a mad man at this style! Just subscribed I’ll check things out we will definitely do business in the future excellent job young man thanks!👍🏾🎸

This is exactly what I want to do. To me you are god sent, thank you..

Sounds superb---do you have tab for your Travis picking pattern ?

Just subscribed but cannot find a link to your E Book. Great tutorials, very inspirational for this beginner guitar player.

You lack the complete picking pattern for dust in the wind, but good sample size of songs.

Part 6 was totally unclear to me

Goes too fast like all the others no help

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Excellent teacher. You make it easy to see you can make it. So inspiring a lesson.

I can play the guitar like a mothafuckin riot!
-brad

Great video

Question: I watched a tutorial of one last breath by creed where the guy uses a very similar fingerpicking style, but he uses his second finger on multiple strings instead of just resting it on the second string. So my question is, is that a situation where you should use the first, second and third finger for multiple strings or is he doing it wrong? Also, what do you recommend for me to do if I want to learn that song as a practice for fingerpicking style?

The Bob Ross of guitar!😊

Yep. Got it in one try. But I've been taking lessons and messing around with the guitar for a couple of years. I'm still crappy at it though. Waiting for the light to come on. Hope it does soon. Ha! I was going to see how this pattern works on Song for a Winter's Night by Gordon Lightfoot. I dunno, maybe he never used the pattern in that song. Liked and subscribed.

Sehr gut.

Sounds Great! But Travis picking uses only two fingers

This video is the best I've found on the subject. You can't hide from the fact that this will take tons of repetition to get it right! Thanks so much for the video.

Pretty guitar. What is that?

Great lesson, thanks 🙏🏻👍🏻. Btw what is the alternate root in a D or DM chord?

Hi can only manage to get my thumb and index to work together the other 2 fingers are way too clumsy and it's difficult.

My father was a contemporary of Merle Travis & Chet Adkins. This IS NOT Travis picking. Merle Travis DID NOT use the ring finger. He used his index finger, sometimes adding his middle finger (depending on the song).
What @GoodGuitarist is teaching looks to be more of a classical guitar style. There's nothing wrong with the style of picking, but a guitar teacher of your ability should NEVER call it 'Travis Picking'.

Is it possible to Travis pick, with a pick in your hand while playing?

This is an amazing lesson. Thanks pal.

In this same picking pattern, what is the root note/string for the D chord? (to do a g/c/d chord progression)

i Like this style

Thank you so much!

Thanks for this James . Older beginner here that hasn't focused yet on finger picking. You're progressing of difficulty during a video is another gift you have

Awesome breakdown!

Very Good!

Love your breakdown.... good stuff
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