Basic Fingerstyle - Travis Finger Picking - Folk Guitar Lesson [FO-108]

[@Plushiedelude]

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

[@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

[@SketchingRocks]

Love the BLUES part you do...thks for this. Hope to see more with this picking and blues etc.

[@James707]

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

[@SeerWS]

An alternative for anyone struggling to maintain his chord is to use an open c major chord, using your pinkie to alternate the bass note on the 3rd fret on the low E string.

[@SeerWS]

This is better than the open A chord because you can stop the bass notes from ringing out and emphasize the swingy feel.

[@DirtyCs]

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

[@crazyflod]

Great lesson You make it look so easy

[@carlog218]

Thankyou very much for this interesting and well explained "trick"! ;-)

[@StevePhillips]

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?

[@Rodneyuplonka85]

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

[@erikch1]

He is the man!!

[@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.

[@galtun]

great for practicing right hand. thanks.

[@jag1963]

This is basic? im screwed

[@matejkrajnc1797]

The original Travis-picking is two fingers only. :-) The pattern shown in the video is more of a Chet Atkins style, based on Travis-picking, but elaborated with additional fingers. Another interesting, but less complex two-finger style is Cash-picking.

[@eDiabRO]

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

[@ericsbuds]

u rock Justin

[@Tyt130]

Justin could you please have a go at Mark Knophler - In the Heartland. It seems impossible 😢. Thank you

[@jeckegay]

nice and easy

[@WilliamJacobsenMusic]

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

[@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 KZbin.

[@katieljapser]

I know this is basic travis picking, but when you are picking the D7 at the end of this tutorial wouldn't it be easier to just fret the 6th string with your thumb instead of alternating with your ring finger? Does it become more necessary with more complex patterns? I've heard guitarist say its not good to use your thumb, and i've heard some say it's fine.

[@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!

[@99iron99]

Thanks!

[@Funtokill414]

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

[@chipgriffiths3655]

How about doing "Reenlistment Blues" by the great Merle Travis. Ty as always.

[@DistortedV12]

Can you do a tutorial on EJ picking as well?

[@GhostOfKratos93]

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

[@guitarsaiyan]

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

[@sanhbet]

yeah! he should!

[@michelcognee927]

super pour ses cour de guitare bon courage lui moi je joue mes j'ai appris audebut pour les bases avec un prof

[@nicholashillier1819]

thanks so much!! :)

[@bradoo123]

do you use this same picking pattern for waltzing matilda??

[@MsOdayo]

I like your guitar :3

[@pasha-ly4ss]

R u a guitar maestro now

[@Peterjan1995]

awesome :D

[@WilliamJacobsenMusic]

@TheSmedleys ..do I misunderstand? o.o

[@unforgivenx8]

bonita guitarra

[@michelcognee927]

merci pour le cour

[@michelandrelozano8797]

quelle coincidence j'en est offerte une pour la noel a mon fils tomas

[@michelcognee927]

beau cadeau alors

[@michelandrelozano8797]

merci ,j'ai un pot qui vas lui donner des cour

[@Berlusfan]

This is not travis picking,just alternate bass techinque invented and used many years before than travis by many famous guitarists. Travis picking is something more complicated than this even if is more "cool" to call this technique this way

[@matejkrajnc1797]

@Matt·Dylan The original Travis-picking was two fingers: thumb on the bass strings and the other finger for the other ones. Everything else are variations, more close to the Chet Atkins style. But the basic and the real original pattern is two fingers. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGnZgIeBgtatrZY

[@eNTo0o0]

@Funtokill414 Totally agree. Seriously.

[@kharan3]

i tihnk orchid by black sabbath would be an amazing lesson

[@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.

[@crazyflod]

@DirtyCs Lol I didn't think of it till I read your comment Sooo catchy

[@joshuajanssen7097]

What sort of Maton?

[@petervojtek]

what is the reason for not barring 3rd fret all the time when playing the first chord (C chord in A shape)?

[@hij0sdelachingada]

Hey Justin, can you tell me some songs, where I can use this kind of picking?

[@DaveTaste]

Travis Bickle

[@karelbeats3123]

Yooo i want your ring bro ahahah

[@alengm]

2:30

[@G4boooo0]

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.

[@Naruto-vd5ke]

That cake ad is so cinge

[@rahultyagiji]

Worth noting that Travis didn't actually come up with this...

[@ViralDailys]

7:29 funny face ^_^

[@mlord1only]

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

[@mikejones-wr4ti]

3:18