Basic Fingerstyle: Travis Finger Picking (Folk Guitar Lesson FO-108) How to play

[BenjaminFranklin99]

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[2012felixx]

I didnt find this much harder than the simpler fingerstyle tbh, thanks justin :)

[GameLevelEditor]

I struggled a long time till that sounded somewhat like I was getting it. But its worth it. Merle is tricky. Thom Bresh says that Chet articulated Boom Chick / Boom Chuck individually to both the E and A strings because when he heard Merle thats what he thought he was doing. Either way both made great guitar music. Seems Merle thumbed across both the E and A strings together to get a heavier punch to his melody line. It sounded tight still though.

[GhostOfKratos93]

I learned Julia by the Beatles a while ago so this wasn't so bad.

[guitarsaiyan]

Yo... that's a cool ring justin.

[mattstraszewski]

To be precise it looks more like Chet Atkins picking style. Merle Travis while picking used only his thumb and index finger. Other fingers were "glued" to the guitar. :-) But, that's not really important here and it's a very valuable lesson!

[Zsolto66]

I love it when you begin to jam or play up-tempo at the end of the lessons. That is the part that gives me the most and the best ideas. Thank you also for that, Justin.

Zsolt

[James707]

Thanks for the lesson Justin. I took lessons for 4 years and these videos are like continuation of my lessons. You're awesome!!!

[grantniels]

You need to put a reflector or a light down low so we can clearly see the movement of your fingers ;0)

[mlord1only]

Hej check out the result of one of your loyal subscribers: /messysketchy still enjoy your lessons!

[Jackastrophic]

LEGEND :) I like finger picking!

[stevalianarbone]

Great lesson. Good clarity too rare thing in such a Mad World dude, expect I will add your folk DVD to my collection of Justin's things soon. All your DVDs and book is good value for the money. Will you be making new album someday and another gig soon?

[DirtyCs]

Playing around with that C7 D and now cant get Harry Nilson's coconut out my head... Cool Lesson Justin.

[Bagels108]

Is it wrong to use your ring finger as well so the thumb doesn't have as much to do?

[ericsbuds]

u rock Justin

[javadude54]

Great lesson. Merle Travis was an incredible guitar player and I hope this lesson will inspire some of your viewers to check him out. There are plenty of videos of him on YouTube.

[Rodneyuplonka85]

lovin the blues pattern at the end haha just got it under my fingers lolreally cool, thanks mate for another good lesson

[kharan3]

i tihnk orchid by black sabbath would be an amazing lesson

[IPushHard]

Ive been browsing your lessons off an on for quite awhile Justin, and THIS one is probably one of the most useful (for me..) that you've done.

I know that Youtube comments are often "want, want, want" but I think it would be really great if you could add just 1 more lesson to this series instead of ending with the next lesson. It would seem a little incomplete.

By the way.. These style modules are a great idea and fully compliment the content of your other lessons.

Thanks so much man.

[mistertfool]

Hahaha. Justin, you're great, but some of those faces you make when bending a string (around 7:22 and 7:28 for example) are hilarious.

[galtun]

great for practicing right hand. thanks.

[Funtokill414]

Justin! You should do a "Going to California" tutorial.

[Zeppelinrocker7]

@Funtokill414 YES!

[eNTo0o0]

@Funtokill414 Totally agree. Seriously.

[rokkerdude8]

Hey Justin, great lesson mate.

One thing i might recommend is having your students learn "dust in the

wind" by kansas as theyre learning all this. it was one of the first songs i learned and ive never had trouble with separating my thumb frm my fingers

[DistortedV12]

Can you do a tutorial on EJ picking as well?

[patrickgduggan]

justin you have taught me quite a bit about guitar playing, and for that i think you

[eDiabRO]

Great vids...I've learned a lot.This one is a piece of cake for a classic guitar player

[tjompiskompis]

Hey justin, just a quick question, what's that you have on your 2 finger?

[TheSmedleys]

@tjompiskompis It's a sperm ring!

[tjompiskompis]

@TheSmedleys ..do I misunderstand? o.o

[tjompiskompis]

@TheSmedleys ooooooooooh, I thought you meant the kind of ring you put on your penis to have orgasms xD

[voidstuff]

That is what Steve Howe does in some of his songs. So that came from mr Travis!

Cool !

[Nogert]

The audio is weird in this video, but thanks for the tutorial.

[0xOBIEx0]

the last part was amazing..stunning . Thank you Justin!

[99iron99]

Thanks!

[missladyofnight]

it's easy how to picking ,,..nice  one...

[trippycat123]

IMPRESSED!

[erikch1]

He is the man!!

[Nexor123]

Justin, what guitar is that?

[DanskeSange]

@Nexor123 Maton.. He has a video about his guitars :-)

[theduncmeister]

@Nexor123 Yeah that's one of the lushest sounding acoustics I've heard!

[bugsenbunny]

awesome :D