Bass Pattern - Travis Picking Patterns in C
- The first note is C (5th string at 3rd fret)
- Then E (4th string at 2nd fret)
- Then G (6th string at 3rd fret)
- Then E again
Adding note 1 - Travis Picking Patterns in C
Adding note 2 - Travis Picking Patterns in C
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TRAVIS PICKING
TRAVIS PICKING IN C
Learn Travis Picking Patterns in the next 30 minutes - with audio!
Travis Picking is a wonderful guitar technique to learn.
Lets learn some travis picking patterns in C - these exercises help you learn them step by step
Fret a C chord. The starting point for any Travis Picking is to get the bass pattern working well.
So we play four bass notes
Play this until it sounds smooth and your thumb is playing each note at solid, regular pace.
Then we add the first note. This time we will 'pinch' a note on the 2nd string. Pinching notes means playing them at the same time.
In fingerpicking speak, you are playing a bass note and high note at the same time - so if you looked at your left hand, you would see your fingers "pinch" these two notes when playing them at the same time.
This note is "in-between" the 2 bass notes. Look at the tab below to understand this visually.
Whereas the first note is a pinch and played at the same time as a bass note, this one is played in-between two bass notes which gives it a certain feel.
When you do this, it makes the bassline and the high melody notes sound more "independent" from each other - so worth practicing
Travis Picking is an amazing guitar style to learn. It is worth putting some time into learning Travis Picking patterns because they open up a new world to you as a fingerpicker.
Make sure you learn the bassline first - and master it
Then add melody notes one note at a time.
Then add some melody notes at the same time as a bass note - and som melody (finger) notes off the beat - meaning in-between bass notes.
If you want to learn fingerstyle on guitar, this is a vital skill to learn.
Once you are comfortable with this lesson, check out the next lesson in the Travis Picking in C series
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