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Thread #58903   Message #935939
Posted By: M.Ted
18-Apr-03 - 10:00 AM
Thread Name: Fingerstyle guitar-contrapuntal
Subject: RE: Fingerstyle guitar-contrapuntal
Yes-Travis picking is playing a single note melody with a constant and usually alternating bass line--as mentioned in the thread link above, it is properly done only with the thumb and index finger, and has chord arpeggios,( done by brushing down with the thumb and up with the index finger) sandwiched in--

The thing is that the term "Travis Picking" is often erroneously applied to other styles of finger picking--the give away here is this comment "I think I've already got the "Travis" style down", you don't just happen to learn it, Doc Watson said it took him a year and a half to get the thumb movement right--