Learn Travis Picking in 5 Easy Steps

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Learning a new trick or playing style can be hard work. Luckily, Sweetwater‘s Don Carr is here with five easy steps to get you Travis picking like a champion in no time. What are some of your favorite Travis-picked tunes? Leave them in the comments!
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0:00 - Intro
0:25 - What Is Travis Picking?
1:30 - Step 1
2:10 - Step 2
2:53 - Picking Hand Positions
4:05 - Muting
4:34 - Step 3
5:30 - Step 4
6:13 - Step 5
6:56 - Other Patterns
8:04 - All 5 Steps
8:41 - Thanks for Watching!
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@sweetwater 2 жыл бұрын

What Travis-style tune have you always wanted to learn? Catch more expert lessons with Don Carr by subscribing to our channel!

@aaronj545 2 жыл бұрын

Blue Smoke. The original is great, but I really enjoy Doyle Dykes' take on it!

@johnauxier2310 Жыл бұрын

Does the Travis/Atkins style picking work with 3/4 waltz music? Such as "The Last Cheaters Waltz" or "Tennessee Waltz".

@claudiverhoeven6190 17 күн бұрын

Thank you so much, I have a (rotten thumb from a car accident and can only hold a pic) before the car accident i was study piano so my other vingers of the right hand do not like todo nothing, so your travis picking is the way for me thank you so mucht for this

@Dave-gf3kd Жыл бұрын

REALLY well done and super informative. Breaking things down is such a challenge, but you’ve done it beautifully. Thank You!

@ionianblue31 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! I’ve been waiting for a lesson like this one. I’m quite used to hybrid picking so it’s nice to look at these five steps and see what it is I was missing to make it sound more like what you’re playing here. The thumb positioning tips are quite helpful as I was trying to find a way to position my hand when doing straight fingerstyle stuff. Good lesson!

@phillip9708 2 жыл бұрын

Finally…a great breakdown of the basics of Travis picking. Excellent!

@tommytwospirit4197 2 жыл бұрын

i learned travis style from my grandfather as my music teacher as well adapting his personal style an tone as well of versatility a hybrid picker myself

@jrsmoots 2 жыл бұрын

This is a Wonderful X-mas present. Thanks!

@aidx2942 5 ай бұрын

great explanation! thank you!

@kenrunnels3891 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man great stuff

@DomesticTruther 2 жыл бұрын

Man you really explained this... It wasn't hard for me to follow.. I'm a quick learner, but great delivery brother... appreciate it... I think I want to learn how to do it with thumb and pick.... I'll probably start with a pick first... much more comfortable for me also i think

@ralphrounds709 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, Don!

@michael_caz_nyc 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff Don - very informative. One of my music-goals for 2022 = focus on improved-fingerpicking. Happy Holidays from NYC

@omnitrac1024 2 жыл бұрын

Good time for the holiday season arpeggios sound good 👍

@bobkrause0103 2 жыл бұрын

Great job. I’m a new guitar player. I love finger style

@tjstevens001 2 жыл бұрын

I need more!

@davyr6156 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Don.. very well explained. I hope my fingers and brain paid attention.. ;)

@Elvis-dw7ux 9 ай бұрын

Wow, cheers from Canada.....

@CarlWinter-oy8uf 5 ай бұрын

Love your picking style --sounds amazing !----do you have TAB I can practise your style?

@waynecaswell5727 2 жыл бұрын

Great lesson. Do you have tabs for 6th string root and 4th string root? Thanks.

@vittoriochimetto 2 жыл бұрын

Ok Ser.!

@jonathanfinks8019 Ай бұрын

Awesome lesson! Still seems impossible

@winstonian88 Жыл бұрын

I have a question: Is there a reason you need to use your thumb to alternate the bass notes? I always find it flows better if you just use your index finger to hit the other bass note. Is there some reason this is wrong? I’m asking when just straight finger picking, not hybrid or using a thumb pick.

@dreistein Жыл бұрын

This was my idea, too. Seems to be a workaround for flatpickers only. I can't get used to it.

@barrysmith8193 Жыл бұрын

There is no wrong. It’s your technique that is important. I’ve played 5 string banjo for years and banjo pickers always play as you have suggested.

@CarlWinter-oy8uf 5 ай бұрын

ok that flat-pick style really sounds groovy ---I see what you mean --its really interesting--syncopated !

@williamjehovadas4366 Жыл бұрын

Excellent Sir! How to subscribe Sir?

@Elvis-dw7ux 9 ай бұрын

Chet Atkins and Tommy Emanuel....

@Partybob1 Жыл бұрын

Mississippi John Hurt! Big Bill Broonzy! Elizabeth Cotten!

@francismaloney8775 Жыл бұрын

👏💯🇮🇪

@danbgt 2 жыл бұрын

5 easy steps. Oh, by the way, it takes about two years to get the hang of those 5 steps. 😂😂

@Elvis-dw7ux 9 ай бұрын

Too tough to learn now as used to a Pick for the last 30 years.....

@no59do56 2 жыл бұрын

Check out Chris Smither....Richard Thompson...Norman Blake...Billy Strings. DOC WATSON...TONY RICE. MONTE MONTGOMERY

@jmack619 2 жыл бұрын

You left out Tommy

@blues61 2 жыл бұрын

Also, Jorma Kaukonen, Paul Simon, Lindsey Buckingham, The Beatles, Blind Blake, Mississippi John Hurt, Happy Traum and so on... 🙂

@ivankacat Жыл бұрын

Nope your hybrid picking Travis patterns with a pick.

@bradettinger3072 4 ай бұрын

He's great, however, having someone who actually plays in the traditional method may have been a better idea.

@johnnyleewalker9872 Жыл бұрын

Who in the helll is Travis?

@folkrock4u Жыл бұрын

"Travis picking is a finger picking guitar style" he says as he awkwardly plays the bass notes with a flat pick. I've been Travis picking for around 50 years, and trust me: don't waste your time trying to do it that way.

@dakotahstr 8 ай бұрын

Well then if you know a better way,why don't you have your own channel.?

@brocharlieb 5 ай бұрын

Nothing awkward about what he's learned to do, he's honest about rhe fact that most people don't do it that way. Options are good.