You are AMAZING. I cant thank you enough for teaching me how to properly do the Travis fingerpicking style. Just a suggestion - it would be great if you did a tutorial on Dreamboat Annie by Heart! Its a fantastic song with super interesting fingerpicking styles. Thank you for the lesson once more!!
Thank you! I’ve been wanting to learn hotel California but might be too difficult for me atm but this is another beautiful song I’ve always wanted to learn and you teach it beautifully:) teachers like you are gems in this world!
Lauren rocks, she tougth me many things on guitar and i like to come back here. This one just fits perrfectly as something to be a challenge to amke another step forward. Keep goinf that way. Fingers crossed in a country on the other side of the globe!
Travis Picking is more the fingers used rather than the picing pattern. The most common TP is using the thumb for all the bass notes and never the pinky (and maybe not the ring finger, as well).
Very Nice and informative. I wish you would increase the sound of the guitar a little bit more so i can follow the pattern better when you are doing it fast. Thank you for this piece.
Just goes to show that a what is thought to be a difficult guitar song can be a really easy song to learn to play. When all Kerry Livgren did was put together some practice finger picking cords. What was hard is now really simple to string together. And just practice. Can take everything from Bach/Mozart to metal to church hymns and play it.
You look great Lauren. Hope ur well. Wheres the superwoman shirt? The red one is good 2 . I got a similar guitar. Its a tanglewood. Fun to play on and has a good sound output. Kind regards from Leonard.
Years ago someone showed me that pattern. You're right, it's very useful! I've since found other songs to use it in. For example, you can play Harry Nilsson's Coconut if you slow the pattern down and alternate the root (thumb) from C on the 5th string to G on the 6th string. I've also found country songs where I can slip into that pattern for a bit. It gives kind of a banjo roll sound. :)
Asus4 was hard for me at first, as it was an awkward reach. I found it was easier if I played an Am, then put my pinky on the B string at the 3rd fret. Somehow it was like an anchor to help me stretch the pinky. Eventually I could release the first finger from the B on the first fret, and ultimately not rely on the Am anchor. If that makes sense! Just offering a tip in case others find Asus4 clumsy at first. Meanwhile, I can’t get my pinky to reach G/Am. Oh well!
I have a question Lauren, after the pluck, do you need to pick thumb 1 again on the A string? Or do you pick the B string after the (first pluck) cycle? Thanks
@@LaurenBateman how do I make the sound because I tried it and it there was no sound is there any tip for me so I can make the sound. For the Am/G. Please and thank you.
This is a random question. Is it bad habit if at times I wonder around the fret board and find unique sounds/shapes that actually rang out with clarity?
