Travis Picking Lesson

Chris Harrington

Introduction to Travis Picking

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- Stenchovdeth3rd November 2016
  Very Nice. Thanks Chris
- Chris Harrington7th April 2016
  QUOTE (JTaylor @ Apr 7 2016, 03:03 PM)
  Just now seeing this. Looks like a great lesson!
  
  Thanks! Hope it'll be a useful introduction to proper finger picking technique for everyone
- JTaylor7th April 2016
  Just now seeing this. Looks like a great lesson!
- Kristofer Dahl1st April 2016
  Awesome Chris - I have always wanted to learn this technique!

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- Tags: Finger picking, Acoustic, Folk, Mearl travis, Syncopated driving thumb patterns, D major, Drop D, Dropped D tuning, Alternate tuning, Open chords, Chords, Fingerstyle
HEY GMC!

In this new lesson i've put together a beginners guide to Travis Picking. The piece will introduce you to each element of the pattern 4 bars at a time, it contains some very easy shapes so you can focus fully on the picking method.

Travis Picking gets its name from the country guitarist Mearl Travis who developed the syncopated driving thumb patterns that have become a main stay for finger picking to this day.

Once you get the picking down make sure you check out my other picking lessons 'Back to the Delta' and 'Big Bill Bluesy'

Have fun!

TEMPO: 110BPM
TIME: 4/4
TUNING: D A D G B E

Chord progression;

| D5 | D5 | D5 | D5 |

| D5 | D5 | D5 | D5 |

| D5 | D5 | D5 | D5 |

| D5 | D5 | D5 | D5 |

| Bmadd11 | Gmaj7 | D5 | D5 |

| Bmadd11 | Gmaj7 | D5 | D5 |

| Bmadd11 | Gmaj7 | D5 | D5 |

| Bmadd11 | Gmaj7 | D ||

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