Learn the Iconic Travis Picking Pattern for Blues, Country, and Rockabilly Guitar! Tabs & Guitar Pro at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/111412803 🤘

Hello friends,
Welcome back to Swiftlessons for another fingerstyle guitar tutorial. In today’s session, we’ll go beyond basic strumming patterns, and learn how to create a rich and complex musical statements using the classic travis picking technique. Made famous by the late-great Merle Travis, this fingerpicking approach entails using the thumb to perform a steady alternating bass-line as your free fingers weave in bright syncopated melodies.

📚 Today’s Goals:

• Learn a basic country-blues travis pattern.
• Apply the pattern to 1.4.5 in C, played using a single dom7 chord shape.
• Master the criss-cross variation.
• Add flavorful embellishments such as palm muting, dynamics & syncopation.

Time Stamps:
0:00 – Demonstration
0:43 – Overview
2:25 – Basic Pattern Over C7
3:35 – Practice Tips
4:50 – Blues 1.4.5
6:25 – Criss-Cross Pattern
7:55 – Palm Muting Technique
9:20 – Patreon Supporters
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