Merle Travis style finger picking study piece in E! (BOAB#19!)
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They will always be composed, filmed and transcribed by me, in one day.
There will be a new key for each video following the pattern - C, A, G, E, D
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This is the 19th study! The fourth in E.
Playing notes and influences:
Merle Travis quite rightly has this picking style named after him. It has become a staple of instrumental and accompaniment guitar playing. Travis picking and learning the pentatonic scale for the first time are the two most significant light bulb moments of my guitar playing life.
We're in E for this one, deliberately keeping the chord vocabulary to a minimum to focus on that bounce between fingers and thumb on the right hand.
Two 16 bar sections make up this piece, keep your bass notes super steady to make the most of it!
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Insights into the gear I used:
Guitar - 2008 Martin OM21 Special (discontinued)
Camera 1 - Canon EOS M50 with 22mm pancake lens
Guitar mic - Zoom HN4Pro
DAW - Logic Pro
Video Editor - Adobe Premiere
Notation software - Guitar Pro
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