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.
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
Advanced Fingerstyle With Jarvis
Arpeggios in C major
Arpeggios in 3:4 time
Arpeggios in 6:8 time
Fast Flamenco Style Arpeggios
DADGAD Tuning with Fingerstyle
Percussive Taps in Drop D
Natural, Artificial and Harp Harmonics
Cascade Licks with A Minor Pentatonic
Cascade Licks with G Major Pentatonic
Cascade Licks with an A9 Arpeggio
Cascade Licks with the E Blues Scale
Carter Scratch Technique
Chet's Thumb
Chet's Hand
Chet's Beat
Chet's Arp
"Trackside" Chet Atkins Player Study
Merle's Thumb
Merle's Hand
Merle's Beat
Merle's Arp
"Loco Motif" - Merle Travis Player Study