Travis Picking Lesson 4 - Townes Van Zandt's Waiting Around to Die

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6 жыл бұрын

Anyone looking for a more advanced and detailed break down of this song, I did it here! • "Waiting Around to Die...
This is the 4th video in my Travis Picking series. You will learn how to play a 3 stringed bass line with your thumb, while also playing melody notes with your index and middle fingers.
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@MikesMusicMethod 4 жыл бұрын

If anyone is looking for a more advanced and detailed break down of this song, I did it here! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b8hoqqabxN3XZo0.html

@its_sundayguy 3 жыл бұрын

Your teaching of this concept is amazing, thanks so much for sharing this, Mike! When my record deal comes through I’ll have to get you a good steak and a vintage southern jumbo ✌🏼

@MikesMusicMethod 3 жыл бұрын

haha, thanks man, i appreciate that. Glad the video was helpful. If you're finding value in the channel please consider the value for value model by tossing some coin my way or becoming a monthly contributor.

@geraldbrown2875 3 жыл бұрын

Really good lesson on one of Towns classic songs and on Travis picking in general. Just as important you made it fun!👍🎸🇨🇦

@MikesMusicMethod 3 жыл бұрын

thanks Gerald. If you found value in the video please consider giving some back. Would love to crank out more and make this my day job! ;) What song next? Other concepts?

@stevekristec4322 5 жыл бұрын

Just starting guitar and trying to start with tvz and his fingerpicking has been tough but your vids have been alot easier to follow than anyone else's thanks man

@MikesMusicMethod 5 жыл бұрын

you're starting with a hard one! Slow and steady. Even just digesting step 1 or 2 for several months is gonna get you into pickin' shape.

@dankfam6686 8 ай бұрын

I love your style Mike, you're a great teacher. I bought a guitar just for this song and I'm glad I have you to teach me.

@MikesMusicMethod 8 ай бұрын

Hey thanks! Dive in, sub like and let me know how else I can help. Check out the video "Travis picking primer" and the playlist "how to get better at guitar"

@MatthewGbr4 6 ай бұрын

Also dude.. this song was pivotal to my inspiration to play finger style. But I never could this song right. I could never get the turn around when he walks back up with that G. Just never seemed like I was groovin the way he was haha I’m gonna give this a go.

@Hhenriette 3 жыл бұрын

awesome lesson. great song

@MikesMusicMethod 3 жыл бұрын

thank ya thank ya. please sub. check out the others!

@MatthewGbr4 6 ай бұрын

HUGE props to your pacing and teaching style

@MikesMusicMethod 6 ай бұрын

thanks for all the comments, Matt. Have you learned it yet!?

@kakipo 5 жыл бұрын

Great job!!

@mikemolaro4198 5 жыл бұрын

thanks! Truly appreciated. Been on the fence whether these videos are worth the endeavor, comments like these help me decide. Anything you'd like to see explained/broken down?

@arkansastrey9694 3 жыл бұрын

Nice Travis picking series, I'm slowly starting to get it. It's like a tounge twister for your fingers.

@MikesMusicMethod 3 жыл бұрын

haha, that's a hilarious way to put it. Glad the series is helpful! Please sub and consider a value for value contribution.

@vincentroche6749 5 жыл бұрын

I will be watching this video over over until I get it.

@MikesMusicMethod 5 жыл бұрын

nailed it yet!?

@lamardoyle8687 3 жыл бұрын

Dude Mike! It’s Lamar, thanks for the video because I figured this song out by ear but wanted to make sure I got it right. Hope to talk soon! Thanks

@MikesMusicMethod 3 жыл бұрын

Lamar! Sent you a text earlier. So darn glad to hear form ya, old friend. Hilarious you found me on here. Check out some of the other videos too. The newer ones have improved a bit in quality, some other Townes tunes on here as well. Let's get on the horn this week!

@vincentroche6749 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant tutorial.. You read my mind, I was about to pause the video. New subscriber buddy

@MikesMusicMethod 5 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks bushcraft! Just got a new webcam so hope to dive in again soon. Anything else you'd like to see?

@vincentroche6749 5 жыл бұрын

@@MikesMusicMethod now Mike thats a bit forward.. 😁 (Joking).

@trismegistus4275 4 жыл бұрын

great stuff!

@MikesMusicMethod 4 жыл бұрын

thanks. any other songs you'd like to see broken down?

@howardgrange7568 Ай бұрын

Thanks for this

@MikesMusicMethod Ай бұрын

My pleasure! I have over 200 plus tutorials, most of them travis picked.

@ogs1mpson609 3 жыл бұрын

I like Mike.

@RememberBannockburn1314 3 жыл бұрын

Nice guitar Mike !

@MikesMusicMethod 3 жыл бұрын

thanks.

@emmarobinson9371 5 жыл бұрын

Heard this song in the walking dead final season and loved it. Now I’m gonna try learn to play it with this video 😅 haven’t picked up a guitar in 6 years lol

@MikesMusicMethod 5 жыл бұрын

good luck. let me know how it goes. And it was in the Walking Dead? Maybe that helps explain some of why this tutorial has so many hits over other more popular tunes (like the Dylan ones), or maybe Townes is just growing in popularity. But either way...it's awesome how a certain song can just hit you and inspire you to sing or play or do something you havent done in years (or ever). Use music carefully, it's a drug.

@emmarobinson9371 5 жыл бұрын

Mike's Music Method yeah it was the theme song to the final season of the telltale games - if you haven’t played them you really should they’re amazing,, And it’s going good, learnt most of it - I just need to figure out how to sing along to it😂😂

@MikesMusicMethod 4 жыл бұрын

@@emmarobinson9371 ha, singing along is hard to teach. Just do it. Sing it alone. Sing it just strumming the chords on simple down beats. Then sing strumming a pattern. Then sing only picking with the thumb...etc...the concept is just to simplify, get it down, and then increase an element of difficulty. Good luck. Oh...and "isolate and repeat" sing and play the first measure...do that 50 times. Go to measure two. ;)

@emmarobinson9371 4 жыл бұрын

Mike's Music Method sounds complicated :///// anyway thanks for the help :)

@MikesMusicMethod 4 жыл бұрын

@@emmarobinson9371 Then make it simple! ;) Can you tap your foot to the rhythm and sing at the same time? Sure! Now just hit the muted guitar strings with a pick every beat. Then strum the chords only on simple down beats. Build up slowly. The end is complicated, but you dont have to be there yet. ;) Would a video break down be helpful?

@janraqtv1369 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing tutorial

@MikesMusicMethod 3 жыл бұрын

appreciated. how did it go? any sticking points or questions? Sub, like, and consider the value for value model. What song next?

@michaelcooke3518 2 жыл бұрын

Effing brilliant

@MikesMusicMethod 2 жыл бұрын

thanks, Michael! And I did a more detailed/advanced/accurate version here once this one gets easy for ya! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b8hoqqabxN3XZo0.html lmk what other songs I can tackle for ya! Sub, like, share, consider a donation to keep the content coming!

@andybowen1249 4 жыл бұрын

Lol you’re so good at this. Makes feel thick as a brick lol

@MikesMusicMethod 4 жыл бұрын

keeping at it!?

@DickFuzz 3 ай бұрын

I said this myself about 15 years ago after a few hard core Travis Lessons. The pure stuff too. My boy Steve Howel (the Backsliders) could play it like a like a baby taking a nap with momma. I said on day to him at my lesson that I really wanted to learn some Merle Travis and he say's you like merle and with out any tinkering around he played about 5 of the tough ones without a mistake. So, after much effort and not really being close to the Master. I noticed that my folk playing in general was so good and I saw a truth, and this is my theory, no not David Haselhof being loved by Norm McDonald, but good guess. It's that most great `folk guitarists are actually failed Travis Pickers. No shame in not playing like Merle. He's the real deal. Plus true Travis Picking is more that what most people call travis picking but I get it as a failed Travis picker. Only One in a Million really can play Travis and you know the difference when you hear someone getting on it. I am just saying this generally on my own experience I haveent seen your other ones yet and I'm, sure they are good but you know what I'm saying it's hard``````````

@MikesMusicMethod 2 ай бұрын

ha. I hear ya. Merle is a freak of nature. And he does it all with the thumb and the index finger. Crazy. And to be more accurate I should be calling all of this "Piedmont Style" because in no way did Merle invent the idea of the alternating thumb on quarter notes. He just took it in his own crazy direction. Sure, most are "failed" travis pickers. But I'm aiming for being a damn good piedmont picker! God bless ya Dick.

@Wandalen2 4 жыл бұрын

You are a bit crazy , but amazing good lesson :) Thanks a lot !

@MikesMusicMethod 4 жыл бұрын

ha, thanks, man. Let me know if there's anything else you'd like broken down. I've just uploaded a more detailed and complex version of this tune.

@jz295491 3 жыл бұрын

I think you are on a cloud Mike ! Very cool ..Lol !

@MikesMusicMethod 3 жыл бұрын

haha, always! enjoy. What song next? And check out my "Travis Picking Primer" and Travis Picking playlist if you havent yet.

@andrewschiller9735 7 ай бұрын

Great tutorial, thanks. You said this was a difficult piece for first timers, would you say a specific country song or artist is best for beginners starting out?

@MikesMusicMethod 7 ай бұрын

Andrew, I'm working on cataloging every song I've tabbed out and rating them by difficult, chords used, etc...but it's a tall order. In the meantime if you go to my channel page on youtube, click on Playlists, and check out the Travis Finger Style playlist. The first maybe dozen or so videos are in rough order, and then it's a grab bag after that. The first in the series "the Primer" will be a bit difficult, but it's more to get the 101 taught to you. And then over time you revisit that video and put more and more together. Honestly, that Primer I think is my most important finger picking video.

@Major_Rain 5 жыл бұрын

do i require a capo to play this ?

@MikesMusicMethod 5 жыл бұрын

That's your call. Depends on which key you want to sing it in. I know Townes has several version out there so if you'd like to know specifically which recording let me know and I'll check it out.

@patrickclark3337 4 жыл бұрын

I think most versions on KZfaq of him playing it he's using a capo on 4th fret and most of the tabs/chords lessons have a capo @4th fret.