Best fingerpicking lesson on the whole Internet, period. Believe me, I have seen them all, David Hamburger is a rare combination of a great player who is also great at teaching.
@LecturasCOPpulsivas Жыл бұрын
Efectivamente, así es. Después de mucho buscar he encontrado este vídeo y me ha aclarado muchísimo el trabajo que hay que hacer para "romper" esa barrera con la que nos enfrentamos cuando atacamos una pieza por primera vez. Entiendo que con la práctica se vuelve más sencillo, pero al principio no sabemos cómo hacer fluir la melodía y llevar el bajo a la vez. Es como separar el cerebro en dos partes y que cada una de ellas haga caso a parte de la mano y al pulgar por su cuenta. Complicado.😉
@markthomas207 Жыл бұрын
@@LecturasCOPpulsivasYes, very well said.
@KhojTheband Жыл бұрын
You are a great teacher. Been playing and teaching guitar for 15years now but never seen anyone teach with as much clarity as you. No BS as well, straight to the point.
@michaelwalsh9622 Жыл бұрын
Great lesson. This is by far the clearest explanation of the process of breaking down a piece I've seen on-line.
@richardfuller5615 Жыл бұрын
I can't imagine a more thorough and clearer instruction on learning to master this classic, deceptively simple, Travis-picked song. Excellent!
@tomplaner148811 ай бұрын
I like your slow approach. I like your explanation of why.
@DouglasOwens-xo6fh Жыл бұрын
What a brilliantly analytical presentation of this style! I particularly liked the reference to the inner voice of the guitar/chord.
@user-kebjo Жыл бұрын
Now I know why I found it almost impossible to change from my 60 odd years of finger picking, and if I may say so, quite good, to Travis style and also many times over that period as a kid hearing and trying to interweave Freight Train. Isn’t it just the best when someone, and in this case, not any old someone honours you with a Light Bulb Moment. Gift gratefully received David. Keb Jo. Nom de blues inspired by Keb Mo another hero.
@michaelclark9093 Жыл бұрын
I've been trawling though the Internet for guitar lessons for years and some are excellent and some pretty bad! But this man is the best teacher out there. superb
@mxmlapsh Жыл бұрын
What a great music, what a great teacher! Thank you, David.
@78tag Жыл бұрын
I am revisiting this song on this episode. I "learned" it some time ago but the syncopation stuck with me better than I thought it would. I remember, being my first attempt at Travis picking, this taking many hours of one section at a time. Now I am realizing I have a lot of work left to do on this song to get the fingering cleaned up and getting control of the volume/emphasis of the each of the notes. There is getting everything memorized and then there is playing the touch David has. I love this song. :)
@USRA19712 жыл бұрын
I've heard Tommy Emmanuel say to learn Freight Train in order to start the road to fingerstyle. Of all the tutorials on this tune David's method is by far the best. Syncopation has been the bain of my finersyle path.
@heydonwhite68864 ай бұрын
Well I have been playing the 1st min over and over for an hour! Mesmerizing! ALl jokes aside I am so glad I watched this, I have relegated myself to Townes and Foley songs, this just blew the door wide open. I appreciate you taking the time and having the ability and gift to teach this.
@jackorbit7258 Жыл бұрын
Great lesson, David. Well broken down and clearly presented. I love this style of playing guitar. Thank you!
@sleuth86-scl4 ай бұрын
I agree with David Florez, one of the best fingerpicking lessons I've seen in a long time. Very clear and detailed, plus gives you something to use on other songs besides Freight Train. I'm not all that big on playing the blues, but some of the techniques here will be very useful for other genres so not limited to just blues.
@drsteviejasengnsangma87392 жыл бұрын
By far the most systematic & best step by step method to approach this wonderful song. Thank you so much for breaking it down so easy. God Bless you more abundantly
@michaelboucher3100 Жыл бұрын
That is BEAUTIFUL instruction! Absolutely top notch. Thank you.
@b-jscott Жыл бұрын
What a great lesson. You are a great teacher ! Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦
@FretboardConfidential Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@esjovold65722 жыл бұрын
This is the best explanation of this I have ever come across. I try and play finger style songs and struggle to get them to sound propped. This will help a lot. Thank you.
@davidwilliams75523 ай бұрын
Fantastic lesson you break it down so well.
@78tag Жыл бұрын
What a great song - this is the one that got started on the Travis style. Still trying to get the feel right. If it can be done, it will happen with this kind of help.
@alvinuselton912 Жыл бұрын
You are a solid teacher man
@ted98767 ай бұрын
You are a great teacher. Many thanks for sharing. I want to get these essentials down, and then join the fingerpicking course.
@kathiwagner419020 сағат бұрын
Holy cow, glad i found this video. I'm so new at this.😶 Practicing alot tho.
@davidjermy25242 жыл бұрын
Great video David . Very constructive and easy to follow.
@bradettinger30727 ай бұрын
Really, just the best. Incredible.
@ted98767 ай бұрын
Man this is what I need. I struggled with learning Travis, but now I can’t get out of it. Drives me crazy.
@TheMinorFallTheMajorLift2 жыл бұрын
Very helpful, thank you. I also want to say thanks for the good lighting and sound, both of which are very important to watch-ability.
@karlwalker66482 жыл бұрын
Amazing sir as always, thanks from Manchester uk 😀👍❤️
@tomcoryell2 жыл бұрын
City or United? I’m a Yank from the Mountain West in the US that watches waaaay too much UK television.😎 Also, I love all forms of guitar music.
@billallen15942 жыл бұрын
You're a great teacher Mr Hamburger. Have been struggling with this song but this approach makes complete sense.
@tomcoryell2 жыл бұрын
Thank you soooo much for your very thorough, patient explanation.
@DennisAnthonis11 ай бұрын
Great lesson. “Pattern”pickers (like myself) have difficulty overlaying melody on top of the pattern, especially if you’ve been doing this for a long time. If you find yourself in that group, this lesson may be the path out of this rut.
@cliff65325 ай бұрын
excellent video sir thank you
@debbiewalsh2357 Жыл бұрын
Awesome lesson!
@michaelwood74272 жыл бұрын
I took a workshop with Pete Huttlinger several years ago and his presentation of "Freight Train" was far too rushed. I really appreciate your thorough teachers style. Thank you.
@Kuchengesang9 ай бұрын
great tutorial. tnx for sharing
@dmyerstc552 жыл бұрын
This is a awesome instruction on Freight train! It would be cool to have this as full blown F5 month.
@ericheine24142 жыл бұрын
I just stumbled across you David. I really enjoyed listening to what you have to say. I learned to Travis pick from my older sister. But I appreciate the way you're bending my ear and I'm going to study this. Thank you
@MikeKBradley Жыл бұрын
Thank you … very helpful!
@LecturasCOPpulsivas Жыл бұрын
Muchas gracias por el vídeo. Thank you very much!
@matthewcritchley12142 жыл бұрын
Great lesson.
@Northyorkspaul2 жыл бұрын
Excellent..that Martin could tell a story I think.
@orlandocoelho17142 жыл бұрын
Great job! A lot of knowledge + Patience = Extraordinary Didactics! Thank you - Brazil.
@conrad76682 жыл бұрын
it must be a hell of a work to get this video done! thx, i learned a lot on this!
@yeatesmakes2 жыл бұрын
Thankyou David, this makes total sense : ) your explanations are spot on
@ziadsnober39192 жыл бұрын
Brilliant brilliant brilliant
@mrrmw2 жыл бұрын
I just keep going back to that improvisation you did the second time you played through (around :35). I want to do that!
@johnbuell80352 жыл бұрын
00:35
@joelhague55152 жыл бұрын
David is crazy good, he will sneak up on you, suddenly you're thinking, "Damn, this guy can play." He has a giant bag of moves.
@ibew19512 жыл бұрын
Great explanation !! Thank you
@GabrieleSantoro Жыл бұрын
One can pass a whole life studying variations on Freight Train. Truth I recently learned
@stevereynolds5472 ай бұрын
Sick cover of Libba's Freight Train!
@thomasmccullagh13002 жыл бұрын
Nice lesson
@gnatiu Жыл бұрын
The first minute is by far one of the most surprising pieces of music to me. Everything happens within the first three frets but it sounds so complex. Oh my ...
@FretboardConfidential Жыл бұрын
As my kid would say, "open position, amiright?"
@brotherbillskitchen7468 Жыл бұрын
Thank you David. I have been doing your finger style blues lessons on Truefire but I gave them a rest for a couple of weeks and I've been trying to learn this. It's been challenging but great. I love this arrangement of Freight Train. I noticed Elizabeth Cotton does a few bends also. Are there tabs available for this?
@ef2b Жыл бұрын
Excellent lesson and teaching style! I struggle with right hand muting because I feel so much tension when attempting it. I'm used to a more classical right hand position and, when I try to roll or twist the hand to mute the bass, it feels so tense and stressed. Is there a lesson of yours that might help?
@leegiddings6320 Жыл бұрын
Hmmm..LightBulb Moment...ill have to try this...who was first??? Cotton or Travis...Cotton Style
@ianwilliams1789 Жыл бұрын
A great tutorial video.I'd be interested, as a 79 year old, competent intermediate guitarist, to learn how long you guess it would take me, say, playing an hour a day, to master this song?
@catzdollz981010 ай бұрын
Sir, I just discovered your channel! Is that a Martin "SIGMA" you're playing?
@debcovell1386 Жыл бұрын
So is Travis picking essentially in 4/4 time signature? And other picking styles are used to. suit different time signatures?
@adamrafferty2 жыл бұрын
Dave, love your stuff. YOu seem to popping that rugzht hand thumb with ease. May I ask which string gauge your'e using?
@FretboardConfidential2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Adam! You certainly may :-). They're John Pearse Phosphor Bronze Lights, with a .012 on top, and they're probably a year or two old, so maybe that's what gives them that vibe...Love your work as well!
@DrErnieGibson2 жыл бұрын
Is that a Martin D-18 being played?
@oinkooink2 жыл бұрын
I can keep the thumb going and all that...I just run out of ideas after about the 10th note.
@crystalczz7 ай бұрын
What model is your Martin?
@FretboardConfidential3 ай бұрын
It's a OO-18 (1956).
@ironrupik2 жыл бұрын
I was starting to think I was the only guy who used the ring finger on my picking hand.
@edsimnett2 жыл бұрын
When you play the F with your (~5:45 )thumb that sure looks like a F# - is your thumb angled backwards to sit behind the fret?
@gypsydavy7082 жыл бұрын
I would say he is not, but you could work that F#dim into the mix as a passing chord between F and C.
@johnbuell80352 жыл бұрын
In terms of what he is teaching here, forget all about F# - it has no place here. Forget what you think you’re seeing and do whatever you need to do to play the F that is required.
@johnnyx98922 жыл бұрын
That’s what Tommy E does.
@caseylee122 жыл бұрын
Freight Train is my favorite Travis picking song of all time!...(I think it's amazing that Merle Travis only used his thumb and one finger when playing!)
@utahprepper89252 жыл бұрын
Like Doc.
@williewonka35742 жыл бұрын
Actually it's a "Cotton" picking song.
@utahprepper89252 жыл бұрын
I've been thumb picking for almost 50 years and STILL cannot get my ring finger into the mix. It's as though it's someone else's finger when I try!
@mountainman47742 жыл бұрын
Utah, remember that Rev. Gary Davis only used one finger. When asked why, he said, “One is enough."
@Billsingsong Жыл бұрын
Good information but too much talking. More showing and less talking please. Thank you.
@bambledaczymbledek2 жыл бұрын
I know it's wrong, but all I can think about is stealing his guitar.
@douglasdixon5780 Жыл бұрын
You’re not even doing Travis picking so you can’t fix it
@henrylambreton90792 жыл бұрын
Hi, with all due respect, what you're playing is not really a Travis Picking mode or modes, I was taught a Travis Picking mode about 50 years ago when I was in my 20's and there's a well-defined picking technique of not only the thumb, but the rest of the fingers as well, what I'm seeing and hearing is you're playing a Travis thumb but the rest of the fingers are improvising, nothing wrong with that, it would help if you could actually show a proper Travis pick and how you've made it your own.
@geryquinn800510 ай бұрын
Teaching style is great but your changed version of the melody is distractring
@benperry4902 жыл бұрын
sorry but i can't concentrate as that has to be the worst sounding dead and frett buzzy martin i have ever heard....vintage isn't always better
@steveavant97272 жыл бұрын
If you’re referring to the bass notes, he’s intentionally muting those. The treble notes ring out and sound great.