Learn a Beginner-Friendly Travis Picking Etude on Ukulele!

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🔥 HELPFUL TIPS 🔥

Learn a beginner-friendly etude that’s fingerpicked entirely using the Travis picking technique. Travis picking, named after Merle Travis, is a repetitive right-hand picking pattern where the underlying chords continually change.

This etude is written as an introductory piece to this style of playing, but it does include one challenging aspect: the rhythm is swung. If you’re new to understanding the difference between playing with a straight versus a swung eighth note feel, check out this lesson: https://rockclass101.com/swung-vs-str...

Note: Want to learn how this etude was composed? Check out this lesson to find out, along with three additional songwriting tips:    • A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing an Or...  

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🔥 EXTRA HELPFUL LESSONS 🔥

Wondering Where to Start as a Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced Player? Find Out Here: https://rockclass101.com/learning-paths/

Learn 3 Ways to Fingerpick (A Complete Course): https://rockclass101.com/fingerpickin...

Develop Proper Left Hand Form to Play Chords with Ease: https://rockclass101.com/proper-left-...

Swing Vs. Straight Rhythm Explained: https://rockclass101.com/swung-vs-str...

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🔥 LEARN 2 MORE SONGS THAT USE TRAVIS PICKING TECHNIQUE 🔥

Fingerpicking Etude no. 5 (features two beautiful melodies): https://rockclass101.com/fingerpickin...

Fingerpicking Etude no. 26 (inspired by the motion picture, Into the Wild): https://rockclass101.com/fingerpickin...