This guitar lesson assumes that you’ve covered the material in Travis Picking 101 and Travis Picking 102
The reason this pattern is called the “Beat 1 Pinch”, is because of how two notes are played together (pinched) on the first beat of the pattern. The picking pattern is p/m p i p m p i or you can also think of it as “Pinch-Inside-Outside-Inside” This pattern is famously known among guitarists as “Dust in the Wind”, as it’s one of the most notable songs based on the finger sequence.
|
Pattern |
Thumb/Middle |
Thumb |
Inside |
Thumb |
Outside |
Thumb |
Inside |
|
Fingering |
p/m |
p |
i |
p |
m |
p |
i |
|
Strings |
5/2 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
Here are the variations for Root 4 and Root 6 chords, using only two notes in the bass.
|
Fingering |
p/m |
p |
i |
p |
m |
p |
i |
|
Root 4 |
4/1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
Root 6 |
6/2 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
Some of the ideas presented, have been adapted from Mark Hanson’s Contemporary Travis Picking book