Easy Songs for Travis Picking?

[Judson]

"The Boxer" by Simon & Garfunkel played out of C is an excellent example of the travis picking technique.

[Luke_]

Originally Posted by Judson

"The Boxer" by Simon & Garfunkel played out of C is an excellent example of the travis picking technique.

I'd be interested in tabs?

[leatherguy]

Originally Posted by Luke_

I'd be interested in tabs?

Here's an interesting take on beginning Travis picking...he says don't concern yourself with tabs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t_VPUGh514

[Tanque Verde]

For anybody who should stumble across this, I recommend

Me and My Uncle
Folsom Prison Blues

I'll post more as I experiment.

[Luke_]

Originally Posted by Tanque Verde

For anybody who should stumble across this, I recommend

Me and My Uncle
Folsom Prison Blues

I'll post more as I experiment.

Who wrote me and my uncle originally? Love that tune hear it on pandora and have the name written down but the composer (whom I can't recall at the moment) didn't come up in an iTunes search...

[Luke_]

Originally Posted by leatherguy

Here's an interesting take on beginning Travis picking...he says don't concern yourself with tabs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t_VPUGh514

Watched the video great for a beginner... I was hoping for the tabs for that song for the chords. I also agree the pattern is less important than playing, however if every tune has the same pattern the tunes all sound the same to some degree

[love2play]

Hey bro. I have tutorials on Dear Prudence and Julia. They both use travis picking. I break it down pretty good in the vids (so I've been told anyways).

Also I have a lesson on "Never Going Back Again" which is also travis picking.
and Landslide which is a little bit different picking pattern but quite similar.

Start with Dear Prudence and Julia and you'll get a really good understanding of what's involved.

Landslide is a simpler pattern (although it has some tough sections) and then try Never Going Back Again, although it's much more difficult.

Good luck bro!

Dear Prudence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZv8mi-Lvs8

Julia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-U4l-7vAXc

Never Going Back Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rLZ-LIx09I

Landslide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CYKtIu2oro

[Tanque Verde]

Thanks for these tutorials, love2play. I look forward to checking them out.

Luke, the Grateful Dead popularized Me and My Uncle but I believe it was written by John Phillips.

[nsclcctl]

Anything by John Prine!

[macmanmatty]

Originally Posted by nsclcctl

Anything by John Prine!

I'll second that

Also try Townes Van Zandts "If I needed you" or Blaze Foleys "Clay Pigeons" and possibly Iris Dements "Our Town"

[Judson]

Chords I use for "The Boxer" are C, Am, G, & F

Originally Posted by Luke_

Watched the video great for a beginner... I was hoping for the tabs for that song for the chords. I also agree the pattern is less important than playing, however if every tune has the same pattern the tunes all sound the same to some degree

[jthorpe]

+1 for Mark Hanson's 'Art of Contemporary Travis Picking'! I'm currently working through this great book, full of great songs and I've noticed a big difference in the quality of my pickin'!