Travis picking is a fingerpicking method named after guitarist “Merle Travis”, who has influenced guitarists over the last decades, including Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel. This fingerpicking style is characterized by a repeated bass pattern, while playing chords and melody at the same time. In this post, we’ll cover how to play Travis picking patterns … Read more
If you’ve ever tried learning a song that uses a fingerpicking method on guitar, you’ll often see a repeating pattern in your picking hand as the chords change. Picking patterns are used to create rhythm and interest when playing a chord progression. This post covers common fingerpicking patterns that you can apply over different chords … Read more
Learning to play with your fingers on guitar is a very useful skill that will help you go a long way on your instrument. Finger picking, also know as finger style playing, provides a warm and rich sound from the sound of the guitar when playing melodies, chords and other rhythms elements. Using your fingers … Read more
Have you ever seen someone playing a melody and chords at the same time on guitar and wondered how they make it look smooth and effortless? Being able to put the melody and chord parts together is an arranging skill that makes your playing sound full and interesting. This skill can seem really challenging to … Read more
Fingerpicking or finger-style playing is a method of playing guitar strings using your fingers as opposed to using a pick that you grip between your fingers. The fingerpicking technique is a beautiful style of playing which opens up many sound possibilities on the guitar. This style ranges from being able to play single note melodies … Read more
Perhaps you’re learning to play the guitar and are still trying to figure out what picking method is best to learn. In this post, I highlight some advantages and disadvantages between a fingerstyle picking method versus using a pick to help you choose the right method for you. In short, choosing between using a fingerstyle … Read more
