If the Travis style has seemed daunting for you, here’s your chance to learn some of the chord shapes, licks, and fundamental ideas of this wonderful style. And, it will set you up for more advanced explorations whenever you are ready.
Learn these great guitar techniques on this user-friendly lesson:
The alternating right hand bass rhythm that powerfully sets up all of Travis' famous instrumentals.
Merle’s classic version of “Midnight Special” in E, with a cool turnaround, alternate chord voicings, bass walks and other tricks that can be applied to this and many other songs.
Popular chord progressions in G, with voicings up and down the fretboard, and the theory behind each of them
The “cycle of fourths,” found in songs such as Cannonball Rag, Sweet Georgia Brown, and other standards.
An E minor vamp that employs multiple chord positions, fills, and ending licks that Merle used to great affect in his ever-popular Sixteen Tons.
