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Now that you have a whole bunch of left and right hand tools under your belt, it's time to test your strength with a full on Travis Picking Practice Tune.

Caren will show you all the parts to both interweaving finger picked acoustic guitar parts in this song. Travis picking will be used!

In this tutorial, Ahren Shreve teaches "Summer Spark," a bright instrumental country tune in D at 95 bpm with a double-time train groove.
You'll work through classic country techniques including twangy bends, slides, double-stops, and chicken pickin', while also focusing on dynamics, touch, and phrasing to make the solo feel expressive and alive.
This tutorial builds on concepts from the Country branch of the Guitar Tricks Core Learning System, including pedal steel sounds, Travis picking, and turning simple ideas into musical phrases.
Ahren breaks the tune into manageable 8-bar sections before putting everything together over a full country backing track.
Using a Telecaster-style bridge pickup, Fender Super Reverb amp model, and ODR-1-style overdrive, the goal is a bright, responsive tone with plenty of twang, clarity, and open-country sparkle.

Although you'll occasionally have the luxury of having a fiddle player or a pedal steel player in your band, you as the electric guitar player have to be prepared to take the lead on any intros, outros and solos. We've already covered the basics of how to do this, so in this tutorial we'll take it all one step further by including all of the elements you've learned since then: your new pedal steel licks, triads, half step below approach, chicken picking and Travis Picking.

In this series of eight lessons, Andy Gurley will introduce you to the picking styles of Chet Atkins and Merle Travis. First up is the basic picking hand motion, then you'll start developing the use of your thumb. Adding finger syncopation is next, then we'll examine a progression using our basic pattern. Then it's time to develop independence with your fingers and thumb, and we'll conclude with some moveable shapes and final thoughts.

Tom will show you all the great moves in this iconic acoustic, bluegrass tune by a legend in the genre. He covers the swingy blues rhythm and licks along with a fast double-time feel and some very fancy Travis-style finger picking.