The Most Important Part Of Travis Picking

In this video, you learn how to get started with travis picking on guitar.
Travis picking is a great way to fingerpick your guitar where your thumb plucks bass patterns on the lower strings, while your fingers play melodies on the higher strings.
The result is amazing as it literally sounds like there are at least two guitars playing together when in fact it is just one!
In this travis picking tutorial, I am going to show you exactly what to do to get started with this style of fingerpicking guitar.
I will present to you a number of crucial exercises that you need to master if you are to travis pick.
Too many people struggle unnecessarily with travis picking because they are going at it from the endpoint, when everything has been put together and is happening all at once.
Not only is this an incredibly difficult way to learn the style of travis picking, but it will also leave you with zero understanding of what is going on, which means even if you learn the particular travis piking arrangement you are looking at, you won’t have a clue as to how to use travis picking in your own playing.
Watch this video, and I will show you the most important thing above all else when it comes to travis picking. It is literally the difference in understanding this way of fingerpicking your guitar and whether or not you are successful in getting it down.
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[@acousticguitarlessons]

Tablature for examples presented in this lesson can be found here: acousticguitarlessonsonline.net/travis-picking-guitar-lesson

[@dieselman7453]

This is seriously good information we tend to jump these stages well I did but I had to return because my bass wasn’t steady or my melody was all over the place so back to the drawing board !! This is much appreciated thanks my man !! Brian 🇮🇪🇮🇪🎸🎸

[@acousticguitarlessons]

You are very welcome Brian! It is easy to go too fast and skip steps, or move on too quickly from one step to the next, so good for you to realise this and do something about it :)

[@mettelyngholm4541]

Very useful. Nice to find precise exercises ❤

[@acousticguitarlessons]

@mettelyngholm4541, glad you found the video useful :)

[@davetofield9982]

Brilliantly put thankyou

[@acousticguitarlessons]

@davetofield9982 you are very welcome! :)

[@fleadoggreen9062]

Almost sounds like dark side of the moon at around 8:00

[@acousticguitarlessons]

@fleadoggreen9062, haha, I wouldn't have thought of that, but can hear what you mean. I assume you are referring to the track "Brain Damage"

[@fleadoggreen9062]

@@acousticguitarlessons yes , good playing 😊

[@edsiemens5397]

Luv you teaching style-- I have done a lot of videos about Travis picking- I have tried everyday for a month and cannot separate fingers from thumb- done all exercises over and over but when it comes down to paying a song I just can’t do it- any suggestions.

[@acousticguitarlessons]

Glad you like the video Ed! Can you give me a little more information/detail about what you mean by you cannot separate your fingers form your thumb? And by "when it comes down to playing a song I just can't do it", what is it you cannot do? What is the technical level of the song? If you are trying to go from this video into a full blown Travis Picking Arrangement within a month, that is not realistic and you are skipping steps in between needed to get to that level of playing :) The more information you can provide me Ed, the better I can help you :)

[@edsiemens5397]

Thank u so much for responding..I have done lot of exercises with just doing base line and a lot of Travis picking patterns with fingering and base line but when it comes to playing

[@edsiemens5397]

When it comes to playing a song my thumbs and fingers just get all muddled up I must need to practise a lot more before trying a song .. thank u Ed

[@acousticguitarlessons]

Yes, make sure you take tiny steps and don't try and add a layer of challenge to what it is you are doing until you can do that thing, if that makes sense. Try recording yourself when you practice, fly on the wall stuff, and listen back. If you are hearing a lot of repeated mistakes, you are not playing slow enough and are possibly trying to too much at once :)

[@upalhasan]

First Comment lol

[@Billsingsong]

too much talking