Top 4 Fingerpicking Guitar Patterns (Travis Picking Style)

These are the top four fingerpicking guitar patterns in the Travis Picking style.
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💬 LESSON DESCRIPTION:
I've been wanting to make this lesson for a while.
In this video I teach the top four fingerpicking guitar patterns in the travis picking style.
If you're interested in fingerpicking or travis picking, then these are the essential right hand patterns to learn.
Here's what's in this lesson:
• I describe and show the tabs for all 4 fingerpicking guitar patterns
• I play each pattern through a common chord progression (slow, then fast)
• I demonstrate each pattern in the context of a song
• And I even sneak in a guitar solo (couldn't help it!)
I hope you enjoy it and find it helpful.
Let me know in the comments which of the fingerpicking guitar patterns you like best :)
Thanks! :)
- Jared
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⏱ VIDEO CONTENT OUTLINE (WITH TIMESTAMP LINKS):
0:00 - What is fingerpicking & Travis Picking?
1:26 - Lesson overview
2:02 - Fingerpicking Guitar Pattern #1: Inside-Outside
6:10 - Fingerpicking Guitar Pattern #2: Outside-Inside
7:35 - Fingerpicking Guitar Pattern #3: The Pinch
11:22 - Fingerpicking Guitar Pattern #4: Descending Arpeggio
13:16 - Guitar solo! :)
13:42 - Free PDF / which pattern is your favorite?
#fingerpicking #fingerstyle #travispicking

[@soundguitar]

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[@lowellirish]

This was a WONDERFUL lesson!! ❤ I have been working on the pinch pattern now for months...but I know I'm doing it wrong. I have to change my technique...You're really the ONLY person on here that does such a fine job of showing! It could do with a little bit more zoom in though...and I really didn't understand what you meant re:.fingering the chord? Don't play the 3 fingered G, only 1 finger? And don't that with every chord? What about like the F 4-fingered Barre, or B or F#m barre?

[@sureshtamang9876]

Thanks sir

[@GiotaRini.]

2:08 Inside - Outside 6-3-4-2 6:11 Outside - Inside 6-2-4-3 7:40 The Pinch 6+2-4-3-6-2-4 11:22 Descending Arepggio 6+2-3-4-2-6-3-4

[@christianapologeticsintro]

Thanks 👍🏾

[@Tholin-tm7ps]

Thanks bro ❤

[@FishTillYouDrop]

Helpful

[@TuhinKona-tz5kh]

Thank you!!

[@dustdevilz4771]

I learned those picking patters when I was 14 and I can still play with them today, even after forty years of ignoring the guitar. However, now I practice two hrs every day and I’m so happy that those picking patterns made it into my long term muscle memory. Small victory in the war to become better player. Thanks!

[@ServiceOrchestramegastore]

Lot of People play very beautiful guitar solos and songs.. but non ever explained to a new comer, but you did. that means a lot when someone do really nice thing with a real intention. appreciate your work. thank you.

[@jasonglover9848]

Hi from the UK. I'm 58 and just picked up a guitar for the first time. Thanks for the inspiration

[@BrinnerDang]

I absolutely LOVE that you use an actual song as context for your lessons. This adds purpose toward a real goal, and not just plunking chords without direction. Subscribed.

[@chanbayless9213]

Pattern 1-2:08; 2-6:13; 3-7:38; 4-11:23. 10:12 progression Thank you very much, Jared. Excellent teaching.

[@elxakiltse8773]

0:00 Introduction 2:08 Pattern 1 6:13 Pattern 2 7:38 Pattern 3 11:23 Pattern 4

[@paulmeggs]

AS a late starter (65!) and a retired elementary teacher, I appreciate a well laid out scope and sequence. Thanks for your brilliant breakdown. Just what I was looking for.

[@actualsurfer]

I am a late starter too. Better lat than never!

[@yolandasaldivar1753]

Hi I'm from USA and México, 67 years old learning guitar, love your lesson thank you.

[@sophiajane1493]

hi dear

[@RHODOAN]

Travis picking was the first thing I learned when I started playing guitar. That said, I learned it using the thumb and three fingers, so I had to adjust my picking for some songs by leaving out the third finger. "4+20", for instance, is played with only the thumb and two fingers, while ""Guinevere" uses three fingers and thumb. This video is well done and explains it very well. Thanks.

[@vincej5615]

Finally, somebody who shows you everything when teaching and goes slow! Thank you!

[@user-sh9zp8zy5u]

Hi Jared. I’m going for the inside/outside today. I’m 72 years old so it really is never too old to learn. I never thought of just playing the necessary strings rather than the whole chord. What a good day. Thank you so much.

[@petset77]

I've played for decades, but never finger picking. This video just popped up. It's time!! Thanks.

[@user-qk3sc8rq9r]

I've been trying to master these patterns forever. True understanding come from your head. This video finally cracks my thick scull.

[@merrymack2926]

I must watch all of these instructional videos. His diction is so clear and explanations are easy to understand. Bravo!

[@EarthSojourner]

Excellent teaching! Thanks for the introduction to Travis style.

[@ronbrummett]

My friend Jack, taught me one of the three, back in 1971. To say we mis-used that pattern would be an understatement. Thanks!

[@charlesarmstrong5292]

Thanks Jared - Been wanting to get into this for ages. Your lesson has helped me break the ice. Here I go.

[@khwez258]

Finely!!, ive been looking for so long for someone who explains what youve actualy got to be doing, thanks sooo much!

[@Neonb88]

Just some absolutely beautiful soft picking. What a great instrument

[@GRJ-uz7kf]

Another wonderful lesson. Simple, doesn't attempt too much in one session, short enough that we can view it over and over.

[@soundguitar]

Glad you liked it, thanks so much! ::

[@TarekIbn_Ziyad]

I just want to thank you for this great tutorial. Wow, well done. Thank you, once again

[@bafergs]

Thanks. Working on developing my finger picking patterns and your video was just what I needed. Working on inside outside first.

[@richardjohnson6205]

Thank you very much Jared. A superb video and your chord chart is excellent and much appreciated. Keep up the good work.

[@als4817]

I'm going to learn all 4 patterns, thank you for posting !!

[@danahendrickson3785]

just started using your Chords with Color chart and it's amazing. I have never seen this type of resource and it's going to have a HUGE impact on my playing. Thanks!!!

[@lindasmith6668]

Thank so much you are gifted. I will practice this.

[@joannvansickle6018]

Thank you Jared finally somebody shows me exactly how to do fingerstyle picking yay appreciate you

[@JohnMoseley]

Descending arpeggio was my favourite, but I love them all. I knew basic Travis picking and will add all of this now. Thank you.

[@brokenmorning000]

A super demonstration! Thanks!

[@xxXJCXxx]

You're the absolute best teacher...It makes such a difference providing the tab and keeping it simple. I really do appreciate it!

[@scotturnquist1240]

Jared, thanks for making this video. Your a great teacher. I've been playing guitar for 3 years and am still learning. This lesson will help give me more more to learn.

[@davidappleby7214]

Good stuff, man! I watch a lot of youtube, and I see a lot of guitar lessons, and I appreciate your approach. I really think the pinch pattern is the most versatile, although the descending arpeggio works well for gospel and hymns, which I play a fair amount of, as I play mainly at church. I like to use a combination of finger picking for intros, strumming for the main body of most of the contemporary worship songs that I play, and then sometimes a slower picking as a coda or outro to give the songs a more contemplative feel. I actually end up mostly playing a hybrid picking pattern, maintaining the root as the bass, outlining the chord with my other three fingers and incorporating elements of the melody. I'm always striving to get better, so I subscribed today. I see you've got a lot of great stuff! Oh, and thanks!

[@LordQuath]

I must learn them all so starting with the first pattern. Thank you, Jared.

[@ska4dragons]

Great lesson. Concise, interesting, and thorough.

[@donnyhudson4196]

This is the video where things are finally starting to click for me. Thank you so much!!! And, the Chords with Color chart is an amazing tool for changing a chord that sounds like it just needs something. My fav(s) are the inside/outside and the outside/inside. Have yet to play with the last two. Subscribed. Thanks again.

[@purpleduck3494]

I enjoyed your lesson. I like the "Inside-Out" pattern. First lesson on KZbin that I could actually sit through and not feel like I'm switching off. At the end of it I actually got it and know I will confidently practice them. You're really good and clear and bearable to watch. Some on KZbin are just too much. Thank you. May God bless you.

[@warriorsgreatness6182]

Fabulous teaching. Great helps. Best on KZbin. Learned much. Doable. Inspirational.....Mucho Gracias

[@ojo-dz3dc]

I tried learning fingerstyle to no avail, but your video gave me a break through. You really broke it down and made it easy. Thanks so much.

[@Dang...]

Very clear, concise, and musical. Excellent lesson thank you!

[@anthonyengland4107]

EXCELLENT TUTORIAL

[@randyandtrudyosborne905]

Thank you so much for your lessons! I love the way you teach. Im using the first Pattern that I will be performing in August and Singing!

[@adrianoelvas4662]

Great lesson, congrats bro..great dynamics and teaching!

[@mikebaruffa5308]

Thanks Jared. Just starting to get into finger picking.... your approach is very inviting. God Bless!

[@RW-ob4en]

Nice presentation! The complex distilled to simplicity. I plan to share this with my adult guitar class here in northern WI. Thanks!😊

[@itsshaniiyayall2438]

really love ur voice, i could listen to it forever.

[@shaunmcarthur3616]

Thanks for the download

[@carlosa.maciasaguayo6467]

Thanks a lot, this is for me a new world to explore. Right now I'm starting to practice !! 🥳

[@tanerremzi]

Cool thanks I've played for years but never really mastered picking patterns. You have a nice calming voice too for teaching and singing. Learnt pinching principle thanks.

[@kd_kissed]

Thanx a lot for this great lesson and the Chords - very helpfull!

[@donaldsavage3699]

Thanks for your great amount of help we all appreciate it 👍

[@soundguitar]

Happy to help, thanks for watching! :)

[@polyphant]

Beautiful video and super well described and examples, can’t wait to give it a go!

[@soundguitar]

Thanks, Stuart! I hope you enjoy given them a try :) Cheers -Jared

[@bramblewoodhall4757]

Great chord chart - really useful thanks!

[@MegaRix1]

So grateful for you Maestro🙏🙌

[@soundguitar]

I'm grateful for YOU :)

[@lorenvguitar614]

Excellent lesson, I thank you very much

[@stuartarnold4495]

Great lesson and as always you are great to follow and understand. This is really worth spending some time on the techniques, thanks for sharing Jared.

[@soundguitar]

You're welcome, Stuart. Glad you liked this one, thanks! :) -Jared

[@TEScharf]

Great lesson, Jared. I taught myself the basic pinch pattern back in 1965 from listening to PP&M records and developed the rest on my own over the years. I've been asked to teach my style but I never really broke things down, I just play, often using a mixture of all 4 patterns and more, with variations, within the same chord progression. Your lesson is a great starting place that I will pass on to friends who want to learn Travis Picking. A few years ago I tried to teach myself Skruggs style 5-string banjo. At first the rolls drove me nuts because they have a very different rhythmic feel and are kind of backwards from guitar (55+ years of muscle memory will do that to you). Although I never finished learning banjo, I incorporated aspects of banjo rolls into my Travis Picking to great effect.

[@ilblues]

Same story for me - just a couple years later than you started. I vividly remember sitting in the open door way of my cabin playing the pattern over and over until it became natural. I don't remember another thing about church camp that year. The PP&M song that hooked me on folk style acoustic guitar was the Ballad of Spring Hill on the LP A Song Will Rise. Bob Dylan's Free Wheelin' album was also a huge inspiration.

[@michaelbrooks4307]

This was great! My favorites were the pinch and the descending arpeggio, I will practice those. Thanks it was concise and very clear.

[@FridayWengi]

Hallo

[@markbrown7103]

I like the idea and the way you teach reading music I want to your channel you’re a good teacher we need more people like you on KZbin that are teachers and not showoffs I’ve been playing for many years since 1974 I’ve had my ups and downs with a guitar until I learn how to read music I am a finger style guitarist because I can’t sing so I play all the harmony and all the melody I guess my family thinks I’m a natural at it sometimes I don’t think so I still have troubles like every other guitarist music never ends always something new to learn thanks for your video you’re a beautiful teacher😁👍🏼😎🎸🎼🎶👍🏼

[@bang-anpage-et1130]

I found this much easier to learn the way u teach ..thank you so much sir .God bless and Happy valentine

[@ramakant5513]

Your are a great teacher sir, love your chord chart they're beautifully arranged at one place 🔥🔥✨💕

[@joetobin7544]

Jared I love your easy way you put the lesson across to me.. I am trying to learn Your style, it's going to take time,, Thank you and stay safe. Joe.

[@erichegrosse6874]

Thank you so much for the chart! It's awesome! Taking my playing to the next level. I liked and subscribed.

[@josephlynch3507]

Great lesson! Thanks.

[@Sandrahsings]

Thank you!!!!

[@wileybucey1740]

Awesome telly solo.

[@djack_1977]

Fantastic teacher here... beautiful video... thanks for sharing

[@bbbernier]

Thank you!

[@guven6759]

wonderfull lesson ,many thanks

[@mikegaurnier]

My favorite pattern was the 4th one. The reason is simple; it's the only one I didn't know. I knew the other 3 and constantly play 2 of them. So I have to start using #2 and add #4. Thanks for this. 😄

[@dmc949]

Thanks Jared, great lesson.

[@RichardCavazos-wy5hb]

This is something I can appreciate and follow

[@petravanderwerff8188]

I like them all ❤… thanks!

[@marlonarrieta62]

Thanks,very well explained

[@berlinjackson1847]

Love this finger picking pattern video. Thanks

[@robertburgess2624]

I LIKE IT! Thanks to the max.

[@JeromyBranch]

Very well done sir. Ive been playing since Johnson was president and you've explained Travis picking as well as it can be explained. Wonderful song to select for the example!

[@stevenburton7922]

Excellent teaching...thanks for posting

[@robertexorphe361]

I'm new so I love them all love you brother you are a great teacher thanks

[@goodyeoman4534]

Superb video. Thanks, Jared, from England!

[@nicolaiengell559]

This was great. Thank you😊

[@johannamit4388]

Great video, thanks very much.

[@iframes2d]

This video lifted me up and I am practicing with my guitar now . Great start to my day. Thanks for the video remain blessed bro

[@warwick4178]

Thank you Jared

[@EddieSlowhands]

Hi Jared - Eddie in the UK here ! Thanks for a truly great and really helpful video lesson. Keep 'em coming please !

[@missandry5178]

Very well presented. Thanks 👍

[@ltb1919]

Thank you! You've made it happen for me.

[@rabindranathlall7066]

great lesson

[@countrymonkOSB]

Hey, Jared. I've been struggling for days to come up with a fingerpicking riff for a song I'm writing and this lesson was an epiphany. Thanks for helping me come back to the basics. I gotta keep telling myself: Keep it simple, stupid. This lesson really was a huge help. My new favorite--the 3rd, pinch pattern. I always love your videos. Don't know why I haven't subscribed, but I just did. Bless you, man!

[@TheJELLIBN]

Another great lesson Jared, thanks

[@soundguitar]

You're welcome, thank YOU :)

[@ingridross8428]

Thank you so much! 🙏🏻you are the best teacher in the world ❤

[@soundguitar]

Thank you! 😃

[@davidchris8229]

Lovely and easy

[@chriswoolridge3886]

Awesome lesson

[@Namasivayam-hj7xn]

supper explanation of finger picks .thanks very much God bless you

[@soundguitar]

Glad you liked it, thanks for watching!

[@rayclean]

Hi Jared thank you so much for the Travis picking lesson. Excellent tab so I don't get it wrong!! Also the slow version then normal speed to help me aim for the correct sound. Great lesson.

[@soundguitar]

I'm glad you liked the lesson, Ray! Thanks for watching :)

[@dristo8009]

thank you

[@karelhoogendoorn]

Thnx for this one!

[@keithgordon1471]

I'm hooked..excellent lesson..thank you.

[@soundguitar]

Glad you liked it, thanks Keith! :)

[@ltdwdyy9304]

Thanks

[@VincentAicardiGuitare]

After three days an hour a day of work, I' manage step 1,2,3 but still a lack of consistency, aspecially when I try to sing, but how great this lesson is ! It's also easier after a glass of beer ^^. It's the third time I try to get the travis picking style and it's the first time, with this approach (step one first, then step tow, then step three) that I'm starting to feel it. The other two lessons started with step 3. I found pattern 1 and 2 harder to switch between chords even if it's easier at first as there is no "wait", Pattern 3 it's so beautiful. If you come from The Fingerstyle improvisation video and you are intermediate or beginner player, I strongly recommand to master this lesson first before, starting the improvisation part. I think the thumb consistency with a certain mastery of the other finger variations is something we have to manage before thinking of improvising with this style. Thanks again.