Travis Picking

From the backwoods of Kentucky to modern-day concert arenas, the Travis picking technique has been a guitar staple for generations. In this comprehensive guide, Acoustic Guitar magazine contributing editor Andrew DuBrock takes you step-by-step from basic accompaniment patterns to advanced fingerpicking methods in the style of Merle, Chet and many others. The accompanying online audio tracks contain a demonstration of every example in the book. / Méthodes et pédagogie / Guitare / Guitare acoustique / HAL LEONARD

Par HARTWAY CHRIS. This book and accompanying audio provide instruction and playable examples for guitarists looking to get into the sounds rooted in classic country music, as well as more modern approaches to the genre. Rhythm playing is explored through shuffle patterns, travis picking and trucking riffs. Lead playing is approached through double stop licks, steel bends, and single note runs. Short examples are presented in each chapter and then combined in longer etudes with chord changes, ready for use in your own solos! This book and accompanying audio provide instruction and playable examples for guitarists looking to get into the sounds rooted in classic country music, as well as more modern approaches to the genre. Rhythm playing isexplored through shuffle patterns, travis picking and trucking riffs. Lead playing is approached through double stop licks, steel bends, and single note runs. Short examples are presented in each chapter and then combined inlonger etudes with chord changes, ready for use in your own solos./ Recueil / Guitare

Par O\'DORN MICHAEL. Ce livre sera éclairer amateurs de Merle Travis et préparateurs de fingerstyle alike. Vous serez de manière ordinaire de jouer de la guitare fingerstyle à la technique extraordinaire qui Merle introduit dans le monde. Basé sur les leçons personnelle de l\'auteur de Merle lui-même, cet ouvrage fournit au début au guitariste intermédiaire avec un look dans ses techniques, riffs et rouleaux. Comprend des études approfondies sur comment Merle utilisé ses techniques de droite et la gauche chords de jouer avec son pouce sur le cou. Chaque morceau est présentée comme une version simple puis un Travis cueillette de progression. Que vous jetterez un voyage étape par étape dans le style unique de Travis cueillette. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Méthode / Guitare Country

The Fingerpicking Guitar Tune Book features over 60 fingerpicking solos reflecting the rich 'Travis picking' Guitar tradition. All solos are by acclaimed fingerstyle author Tommy Flint and arepresented in notation and tablature. Ideal solo material for any guitarist.

Merle Travis was the fountain-head of a blues/jazz tinged country guitar fingerstyle since dubbed 'Travis picking'. Its impact has permeated not only country but folk and 'roots rock' guitar idioms. Travis's seminal role in American guitar styles overshadows the fact that he was also a formidable talent as songwriter and performer. The many facets of his career are all present in this second offering of rare footage spanning his West Coast post-war prime to his last days as a rediscovered legend.

Par FLINT TOMMY. Fingerstyle guitar is extremely popular today. This is because it lends itself to very personal and lyrical solo and accompaniment styles. This method is one of the very best at teaching the basics of fingerpicking. Written by Nashville's fine guitarist, Tommy Flint, you will learn chording, Travis picking, soloing, scales and accompaniment patterns, playing over the entire fingerboard, barre-chords, two-string harmony, combining hammer and slide, three-against four roll, contrary motion, crosspicking, harmonics, right and left hand agility studies, and much more. A bonus is the inclusion of over 50 great, original Tommy Flint fingerpicking guitar solos which reflect a rich diversity of styles. This volume includes material previously published in two volumes as Mel Bay's Deluxe Fingerstyle Guitar Method. Written in notation and tablature. This package includes a split-track CD which provides play-along demonstrations of many of the exercises and solos in the book, starting with page 41. The solo guitar is on the right with accompaniment guitar on the left, so you can eliminate the solo part or accompaniment by adjusting the balance control of your player. / Niveau : Tous Niveaux / Bluegrass and Country - Methods / Méthode / Guitare

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Multiple Levels Musical Genre : Bluegrass & Country Series : Complete Number of pages : 200 Fingerstyle guitar is extremely popular today. This is because it lends itself to very personal and lyrical solo and accompaniment styles. This method is one of the very best at teaching the basics of fingerpicking. Written by Nashville's fine guitarist, Tommy Flint, you will learn chording, Travis picking, soloing, scales and accompaniment patterns, playing over the entire fingerboard, barre-chords, two-string harmony, combining hammer and slide, three-against four roll, contrary motion, crosspicking, harmonics, right and left hand agility studies, and much more. A bonus is the inclusion of over 50 great, original Tommy Flint fingerpicking guitar solos which reflect a rich diversity of styles. This volume includes material previously published in two volumes as Mel Bay's Deluxe Fingerstyle Guitar Method. Written in notation and tablature. This package includes a split-track CD which provides play-along demonstrations of many of the exercises and solos in the book, starting with page 41. The solo guitar is on the right with accompaniment guitar on the left, so you can eliminate the solo part or accompaniment by adjusting the balance control of your player.

Fred Sokolow's Complete Country Guitar provides an impressive array of exercises and songs in a variety of country styles such as Carter flat picking style back-up Carter flat picking style lead Bluegrass back-up Clarence White-style bluesy lead Atkins/Travis fingerpicking style rockabilly Guitar style bluegrass back-up Nashville lead styles and Western swing. An example of some of the classic country songs includedwith this book are;'Amazing Grace''Banks of The Ohio''Rockabilly Rave-up''Talking Guitar Blues''Wildwood Flower'Online audio tracks are available for every arrangementincluded with this work. Standard notation and tablature are both included.

This is the acoustic Guitar method students and teachers have been waiting for. Learn strumming patterns with songs like ?Across the Universe? and ?Crazy on You ? fingerpicking with artists like Jewel and Metallica riffs and licks with classics by Red Hot Chili Peppers and Tom Petty and much more. The method's unique well-paced and logical teaching sequence will get students playing more easily than ever before and music from popular artists like the Rolling Stones Rush and John Denver will keep them playing and having fun. Book Two also includes: easy-to-follow tablature; fingerpicking; sixteenth notes; triplets; major scale; basic musictheory; the minor pentatonic scale; add and sus chords; lead licks; Travis picking; 6/8 time; using a capo; and more! Also includes nearly 80 riffs and songs with online audio demos of every example.

Legendary guitarist Albert Lee has played with Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, Rodney Crowell, Eric Clapton, the Everly Brothers, Dave Edmunds, Rosanne Cash, George Harrison, and Bill Wyman among many others. His speed, phrasing, feel, and choice of notes have earned him the reputation as the premier country guitarist. This DVD combines two of Albert Lee's most well-known videos, Advanced Country Guitar and Virtuoso Technique.
Advanced Country Guitar features Albert at his best, playing some of his all-time favorite tunes and analyzing his baffling technique in depth. Songs include Fun Ranch Boogie, Tiger Rag and That's All Right Mama. Albert discusses his hybrid Travis-picking style, chord voicings, scalar ideas, creating long seamless lines based off chord shapes, double-stop concepts, as well as analyses of his classic songs.
Virtuoso Technique focuses on the components which make up Albert's brilliant style. Songs include Country Boy, T-Bird to Vegas, and Sweet Little Lisa. Using dozens of practical examples, Albert covers: classic intros and endings; chicken picking; lines using thirds, sixths and tenths; banjo-style picking; chord progressions using open strings rolls; pedal steel-type bends; and voice-leading. Also included is a section on playing with a string bender and a great jam with Albert on six-string bass.
Extra features include an interview with Albert about his experience playing at the Concert for George, a Steve Morse bonus lesson, an internet link to Albert's signature guitar, and a DVD-ROM with full PDF transcriptions of the companion books. / Méthodes et pédagogie / Guitare / Guitare électrique / ALFRED PUBLISHING

This book uses real country songs to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead country guitar in the style of Chet Atkins James Burton Albert Lee Merle Travis and many others. Lessons include: Chords Scales and Licks · Common Progressions and Riffs · Carter Style and Travis Picking · Steel Licks String Bending and Vibrato · Standard Notation and Tablature · and much more! Songs include: Could I Have This Dance · Green Green Grass of Home · I Fall to Pieces · Satin Sheets · Yakety Sax · Your Cheatin' Heart · and more.