Common Fingerpicking Patterns Part 3

[gladesguitars]

nice patterns and a great learning tool for anyone looking to expand their playing. As a side note Travis, as in Merle Travis, only used his thumb and index finger. Chet played a lot more like this.

[MucusFelidae]

This is not really Travis Picking, it is more advanced.

[cuntfuckballs]

What time signature is this in, it seems to be really weird like it only has 7 notes or am I missing something?

[bdoggk1ng]

anyone else start singing dust in the wind when the music started? xD

[Flatted357]

where does the term "travis picking" come from, and does it relate to the pattern in some direct or indirect way? anybody??

[MucusFelidae]

@Flatted357 Google for Merle Travis.

[TsotneMais]

What is second chord? at 2:25

[TsotneMais]

What is second chord? at 2:25

[TsotneMais]

What is second chord? at 2:25

[AnnihilatingAngel]

Excellent, clear lessons. I don't mind the length of your nails, since I understand their utility - but they look like they have nail polish on 'em....;o)

[MrVander80]

I was taught to travis pick using only my index and middle finger.

[sahilsharma17007]

thumbs up....\m/ \m/...



[030JoergPaul]

wonderful !!! Greetings from Berlijn Jörg

[hanstark07]

i know this may sound stupid...but are there different kinds of Travis picking?...cuz this is a bit different from the one i learned...i mean,, really, just a bit different

[alexpiani]

very good lesson! just one thing I don't understand: how come you don't "pick" any Em strings? You could do that passage between the Fmajors without any chords at all... I'm not very experienced so I'm probably missing something, would please tell me? thanks, your lessons are very useful and well made by the way!

[dily84]

AWESOME!!!

[fastLane500]

Excellent, thanks!

[Duke54227]

i love it ...thanks friend....you're my favorit teacher

[debbant]

I've never seen anyone Travis pick this way. Normally, the thumb picks the 4th 5th and 6th string. In this example his thumb would alternate between the 5th and 4th string and the middle and index fingers play the 2nd and 3rd.

[RiseAgainstNow]

Practice is perfect

[ballackbeckham]

his fingernails look absolutely retarded

[mellettolag]

hard for me because i havent played for very long. but its sounds good, so i will practise! :D

[boy2shy]

after learned this you can easily play Dust in the wind by Kansas:

watch?v=hkbdP7sq0w8

thank you for the lessons and compliments!

[gibson502]

Great video! i learned it in 5 minutes

[Nrbs01]

I'm next to the microwave

[aqualizard2991]

this is exactily what i was looking for thanks for posting!!

[boneef95]

fucking hard

[tommart123]

Practice makes perfect.

[dahnraelz]

Guaranteed by Eddie Vedder uses this pattern, great song! ;)

[iVideosongs]

For some more technical songs yes it could slow you down. But on the otherhand, some of the greatest fingerpickers had unusual technique.

[stratocasterxl]

For some reason I learned this without using my ring finger and I play the two lowest notes with my thumb. I guess it came natural to me. Could that cause problems in playing some songs?

[themexicanguy08]

yes that how i learned it to... it seems easiear to me..

[damean2]

Its strange, I did the exact same thing.