Fingerpicking Step 3 for beginners - Travis Picking

playing technique Nov 13, 2021

In today's guitar lesson for beginners we're going over fingerpicking step 3 for beginners where we break down Travis picking! Hey guys, Brad Litton from SimpleGuitar.com here with another beginner guitar lesson for you. Travis picking for beginners is what most people think of when it comes to learning how to fingerpick guitar for beginners. The problem is, if you start with Travis picking before doing straight fingerpicking & 3/4 time fingerpicking, it's easy to get discouraged & confused. So in today's Travis picking lesson I'm going to give you easy fingerpicking patterns to use for 6 string chords, 5 string chords, & 4 string chords that you can use anytime. At the end I'll also show you some Travis picking variations that get used in Travis picking songs like Dust In The Wind by Kansas & Landslide by Fleetwood Mac.

Check out the video for Step 1 of Fingerpicking For Beginners here: https://youtu.be/XCqCG1UI4Qg

Check out the video for Step 2 of Fingerpicking For Beginners here: https://youtu.be/S6NWwnE8dOc

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Chapters:
0:00 - Fingerpicking step 3 introduction to Travis Picking

1:05 - Travis picking pattern for 6 string chords

3:54 - Travis picking pattern for 5 string chords

5:32 - Travis picking pattern for 4 string chords

6:34 - Practice changing fingerpicking patterns for 4 string, 5 string, & 6 string chords

7:30 - Great songs to learn that use Travis picking

8:06 - How to get started with Landslide fingerpicking pattern

10:51 - How to get started with Dust In The Wind fingerpicking pattern

13:03 - How to make your own fingerpicking pattern rhythms

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