(Music Sales America). By mastering all techniques described in the book, you will be on your way to elevating the Travis pick from a basic chordal accompaniment to a complex solo style! Includes: 14 guitar solos; instructional and performance CD; standard notation and tablature; comprehensive list of alternating-bass pieces; detailed and thorough instruction; and more.
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The Art of Contemporary Travis Picking contains my teaching method for a very popular guitar fingerpicking style, commonly called "alternating-bass" or "Travis Picking." Read the first page
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The Art of Contemporary Travis Picking contains my teaching method for a very popular guitar fingerpicking style, commonly called "alternating-bass" or "Travis Picking." Read the first page
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If you have been playing guitar for a bit and have learned the standard 5-6 chords, but are no longer satisfied, then this book can get you to the next level.
Fifteen years ago, I picked up this book and tape set after a year of strumming away at Beatle, Dylan, etc.. tunes. It provided a simple and enjoyable entry into learing fingerstyle guitar. I have bought dozens of other guitar books and can say that this one was the best 'teaching' book I read. No jargon, no complicated charts, just a few simple practice patterns and some fun tumes to play. Also don't miss the companion book The Art of Solo Fingerpicking, which picks up right where this one leaves off. I still get a lot of kudos when I play the The Art of Solo Fingerpicking tunes to other musicians. No doubt, the best two book music instruction set I ever bought.
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Greatest book ever if you want to learn fingerstyle. I'm about three quarters of the way through now, and can't believe I'm playing some of this stuff. You have to know some basic chords (open A, D, G, etc.) to get going, and towards the end of the book some Barre chords come into play, but it's nothing too difficult. I just wish I had found this book years ago.
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This book starts easy with basic Travis patterns and builds gradually to harder stuff (two chords per measure, walking, etc.) And the songs are fun to play and sing, you don't have to endure Mary Had a Little Lamb. It greatly helped my playing skills, and I'm now working on his next book, The Art of Solo Fingerpicking. Buy this book, you won't regret it!
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Fantastic
Well I am now a travis picker. The book made it easy. I def. recommend it.
Published on Mar 16 2005 by Michelle
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Great book for the beginning fingerstyle guitarist
I picked up the guitar recently after a 20 year layoff and wanted to learn fingerstyle guitar. This is an excellent book/CD combination that helped me reach an impressive level of... Read more
Published on Jan 2 2003
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This is a great book for learning a new technique.
I have tried to play the Travis Style of fingerpicking before. I ran into dead ends with other instruction books on the subject. Read more
Published on Nov 22 2002 by Dwayne Lee
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Don't let your kids learn Travis Picking on the streets...
With about a year of experience on guitar, I wanted to branch out and try different styles. This book was just what I needed to get fired up again. Read more
Published on Sep 20 2002
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