Ukulele Travis Picking Tutorial - It's easier than you think!

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Published 2020-05-02

Travis Picking is a fun fingerpicking pattern to play on ukulele and it can be applied to so many of your favorite songs! I'll walk you through the pattern, show you some variations, and I'll give you some easy chord progressions to help you master it!

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TIME STAMPS
0:00 About this lesson
1:23 Song examples
2:26 Travis picking pattern
4:49 Variation 1
5:18 Variation 2
5:45 All 3 patterns
6:34 1st chord progression
7:28 2nd chord progression

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All Comments (21)

@mikenadin6435 4 years ago

Thank you again Lara for yet another fantastic tutorial. What a great teacher you are.👍👏🎸
@wendym2544 3 years ago

Just saying once again THANKS for showing this picking pattern in every way. Visually, what it sounds like, etc....... Being a beginner, it's so difficult to get a grasp on it without all this detail. Thanks!
@suemi2746 3 years ago

You are the best ukulele teacher on YouTube , you deserve 2-3 million views .
@sarahhutchins 2 years ago

Thank you for sharing with us. You are a great teacher - the only one to get the Travis picking through to me thanks to the way you show how it is done, breaking it down.
@davidd5882 4 years ago

Thank you. The lesson is well taught so that it is easy to learn and understand.
@acterene1 1 year ago

Very clear!
@dawnied454 4 years ago

Thank you so much! Now I feel like I might be able to make some progress with fingerpicking! Great job teaching! 💜
@jimanddonnah5254 2 months ago

Very well done; thank you.
@uschimyers 2 years ago

I've been playing the first pattern for a long time but without the second string. It makes all the difference! Joined today and hope to learn lots!
@emarkjacobs 1 year ago

Thanks for this video. Well done
@louchenier 3 years ago

Thank you for your kindness and reply I will keep practicing
@dianesilverstein6475 1 year ago

Thank you! So clear & helpful!
@pmurf6140 3 years ago

Lara this is awesome. You are awesome!
@bonniedavidson936 1 year ago

I came back to this after a few months. Seemed so much easier than the first day I tried it !! Thanks. Nice to see progress 🙂
@debbierodet2481 2 years ago

Thanks a lot! You explain all of this very well.
@cleogrismer5161 2 years ago

Fantastic tutorial. I got something to practice🎶Thank you very much😍👍
@anne-marie8018 3 years ago

Thank you! I heard a guitarist talking about this style and wanted to learn it on the ukulele. I went through so many tutorials that were just a waste of time until I finally found yours. Thank you for the clarity, and especially the charts. From now on I know where to go.
@tbedgood 2 years ago

Thanks so much for this one Lara! I googled Travis picking for ukulele and looked at every vid I found....the others mostly confused me but yours seemed to get through to my brain. Thanks again!
@MikeBrown-dk7or 9 months ago

I'm back again to do this lesson because I'd forgotten how to play the pattern. A big thank you for your clear explanation, Lara.
@camperstar6stringer 1 year ago

Thanks, very good lesson.