"Loco Motif" - Merle Travis Player Study

Course: Advanced Fingerstyle With Jarvis

In this video

In this lesson Jarvis brings together everything we've learnt in the last 4 lessons on Merle's style, and combines it all into a full piece of music.

In this lesson Jarvis brings together everything we've learnt in the last 4 lessons on Merle's style, and combines it all into a full piece of music.

Key learning points

  • Keep your thumb moving on the beat

  • Use your index finger to play the melody

  • Pay attention to the picking pattern with the thumb when changing between root 5 and root 6 chords

Exercise 10 - Loco Motif

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