Cannot get this pattern

[shawnco999]

Originally Posted by JonPR

The beginning is cut off, but he is playing a repeating two-bar pattern:

Downward stems are thumbstrokes (bass strings 6-4), up stems are fingers (one finger is enough, strings 1-2-3).
What happens in bar 2 is he hammers on to the 4th string after beat 1, before the thumb picks it (the open string is not picked first, just sustains across from bar 1).

As the others suggest, practice the pattern real slow. That first bar is a standard alternating bass pattern. Thumb and finger together on beat 2, then finger on the 8th between beats 3 and 4. Just keep repeating that (thumb steady on the beats) until you've got it.

In bar 2, the finger is on the 8th after beats 2, 3 and 4. The 8th between 1 and 2, as mentioned, is a left-hand hammer-on only. You can practice this bar on its own too, but you won't hear the open D as you would if you played bar 1 first. Doesn't matter, just practice getting the hammer-on between the beats - just work on the first half of that bar to start with - with the finger on 3rd string after beat 2.

Thank you!

[shawnco999]

Originally Posted by TBman

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https://www.seventhstring.com/xscribe/download.html

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[jeanray1113]

It’s a pretty common Travis picking pattern, but that doesn’t mean easy. Practice it over and over SLOWLY until it’s burned in. Then you can practice with the vocals.