How to Play Rockabilly Rhythm Guitar / "Mystery Train" & "Folsom Prison Blues" Style Travis Picking
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The Guitar is an Epiphone ES-175 with flatwound strings (hence the rather warm, or perhaps "dull" tone) into a Fender Deluxe Reverb. I then added a bit of 115ms slapback echo, which is the classic Rockabilly setting (that was the echo time generated by the first tape echoes).
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But how does one gain finger/ thumb independence? My fingers only seem to pick on the same beat as the thumb---- and when the fingers pick, the thumb stops--- and vice versa. I just don't get it
You may find our fingerpicking cousre to be just the right medicine - there are a series of etudes for building thumb/finger independence, leading up to a bunch of songs in the style: www.joedocmusic.com/learn-to-play-fingerstyle-learn-fingerstyle-travis-picking-guitar-dvd/
Finger independence exist only in cartoons. What you are watching is a finished work built little by little, laborious and patiently.
i have mastered this pretty much...AFTER 10 YEARS
@@soofitnsexy Very persistent. I gave up long ago
@@hammill444 takes about 3 hours a DAY HONESTLY U WILL GET IT
You're a genius for putting the camera at that angle...
made me fall down...
Mark Di Giuseppe My first thought exactly
Mark Di Giuseppe just
This angle make more sense and it replicates a POV (point of view) position. Cheers!
@@lc2580 Yes, you don't have to flip everything around mentally.
That camera angle is perfect for instructional videos. Haven't seen anyone do that before
teodelfuego
Reverend Muddy & John from Learning Guitar Now, both do it.
Thank you for the excellent lesson and for taking the trouble to use what is obviously the best angle for a guitar instruction video. There aren't very many who do this...a lot of people seem to think their faces are really important.
Haha... no talking heads here. Thanks for writing, - joe
Im a sax player who dabbled himself into guitar playing by self teaching and this perspective your showing here is perfect. I think I can go and learn how to do the things on guitar I couldn't self teach because I couldn't see how you get it out of the guitar. You just enlightened me by showing what simultaneously needs to happen with both hands. Thank You! I will conquer this instrument now in months not years
This is one best videos on this topic I've seen yet! I love how you broke the parts down and said what to practice in order to build up to the end result. Most videos are just "play it like this", and then they proceed to show off their skill, leaving the viewer scratching their heads frustrated. Thanks for making this. Wish I'd seen it 2 years ago when you originally posted it. :)
Thanks Johnathan, glad you like it. I try think about "how I would have liked someone to explain it to me", and I'm glad to hear it worked :) Stay tuned for more. best, joe
Man thank you so much for putting the camera this ways , this stuff is already hard to learn you made it easier to understand looking at to your guitar the same angle as we are looking at ours .
Genius indeed .
Australia 🇦🇺
Interesting camera angle - I'm so used to looking at other guitars backwards, that this seemed strange to begin with. Odd, because this is actually how a guitarist sees his own guitar! Good lesson!
Was just going to commend him on the same thing. This angle makes so much more sense.
i've been wondering about how to play this for 40 years... (never seriously searched) and ... blammo... here it is... amazing... well explained with lots of nuances (ALL useful) ... i slowed the play rate to half speed at 8 mins 54 seconds to be able to see exactly what your fingers were doing in relation to the bass line... that nailed it for me... now gonna practice it till it's ingrained... love that super funky guitar style... thanks for your time... you never know how useful your work is to people all over the world...
Thanks! So glad you find the lesson helpful! best, joe
I ve bought the Travis Picking download, and can confirm that its a great investment for anyone interested in this style - its well filmed and clearly explained. A big thank you to Joe!
Thanks Pete - so glad you liked it!
Hi Joe - I ve just bought an es175 copy(hollowbody) i was thinking of changing the pickups as the ones in seem to be budget, would you have any suggestions as to choice to get a rockabilly sound?
P90's would be awesome!
www.joedocmusic.com I've been getting into this sound and am looking forward to trying this lesson out. I've been playing for over 30 years and never tried to play rockabilly. Hope this old dog can learn a new trick! I've got a les paul special with P90's so I hope I can get the sound I want.
+deadguydan Well you ve certainly got the right kit there, i guess its just down to your fingers now. Best of luck
Ive Always wanted to play this kind of Elvis"s rhythm guitar and just now watching your vídeo I got it. WONDERFUL!!!!!! Thank you very much.
Great job..love camera angle thaty a guitarist would see. I so wish youtube was here when I was learning as a young musician. What a great tool for any one who wants to learn. Thanks
This is great stuff! Excellent angle of the guitar!! I wish you continued success in your music and life!!
this camera angle: what a find!! all guitar tuts should be like this. thx !
thank you very much for posting this truly excellent lesson-all the best to you man.
This is really excellent. I've been playing for a long time and am just getting into Travis picking. and having a hard time with it. This lesson makes sense of a lot of things that I've struggled with. I will be buying the d/l of your DVD.
Great, many thanks for putting that out so we all can dig in and have a go. Love the sound your getting.
great lesson, very articulate and helpful thanks
Sweet...That's the first time I've seen anyone use the upside down camera angle...it definitely makes it much easier to see whats going on. Many years ago I learned "Never Goin Back Again" by Fleetwood Mac and I didn't realize that the picking pattern had a name or that it was used so much in other music. Thanx for the lesson, and great playing.
I concur. Great camera angle. SO helpful. Awesome starter lesson for that type of sound
Thanks for the lesson Joe, really helped me get a handle on this style of playing.
Really, really good video. For me I had to break everything down into "beats" just like you were teaching. On any given beat I had to assess what Bass note and Melody I was playing at that moment. But like you taught I first locked that Bass note rhythm into my head repetitively.
A lot of Johnny Cash songs and other "country" & "blue grass" songs were cross-overs into rockabilly, & Cash was also considered a rockabilly artist by many.
Yes the angle is the most helpful idea on the net. I can learn and see so much more. Your a great teacher. I will subscribe and buy your DVD because of this innovation.
That outro is so cool!.. great lesson, thanks for that.
That really was very helpful. I've been playing for 35 years and still have trouble with this style. But, as I said, this instruction really helped. I just need to sit around and get that octave thing down pat until it's intuitive.
As melhores aulas sobre Scotty Moore and Elvis que assisto, obrigado por compartilhar conhecimento, sabedoria,
que os Deuses do Rock'n te abençoe e que viva sempre para ensinar os que precisam. maneco - Porto Alegre-RS - Brasil.
Ainda, com estilo diferenciado e próprio.
That is a brilliant analysis of the anatomy of rock-a-billy from the point of view of the aspiring player. Great explanations!
Great lesson man. didn"t realize what a great rockabilly guitar the ES175 is!
A great intro to learning rockabilly rhythm....thanks,
very good, just something I've been looking for ...thanks
The DVD is great, thanks so much. Finger picking and Travis picking is fairly new to me and I just started on your DVD. If you want to learn finger picking I highly recommend this DVD. I bought the download version and there are tons of lessons.
Hi, Very instructive video for beginners like myself! Has taught ma a lot. Thanks so much.
What a good lesson! The man is a Genius, the normal camera angle is a bit like reading with a mirror. This puts it in the natural perspective. Thank you.
Great idea, showing the guitar upside down, the way I would see it. Very helpful!
Great lesson. Subscribed. Congratulations from Spain!
your a great teacher and good player
my first rockabilly song/riffs learned!
Great lesson! Very helpful. Thanks for the upload
Great Lesson !!
You are an excellent teacher.
Thanks for helping out other guitar players.
Thank you!
Buen vídeo , gracias por tus enseñanzas.suena excelente.
great lesson, great camera angle, thanks, gonna look into that DVD. this lick starts sounding like a train only when you do it just right with the right swing. one of the hard parts of it is getting the hammer-on from G to G# with your index finger to ring out clearly. it's a volume issue i think where the G# tends to be a lot less loud than the G. in brian setzer's solo interpretation of mystery train from the 90s, which is also on youtube, you can see exactly what he's playing the whole time. and hear him yodelling and do variations to the groove.
Genial!!! Tremenda!!! El angulo de la camara. Tremendo video, todos los tutoriales deberia ser asi. Felicidades el dueño del canal, es un genio!!! Gracias!!!
That is simply the best camera angle for a lesson!!!!
If that is an ES-175, that is the same guitar I once owned. It's looks just like it. You play it better than I could ever.
Excellent lesson,I like the "players perspective" Idea,works great!
darn authentic sounding! nice guitar, good angle, good concise lesson thanks!
Thanks man - glad you dig!
Liked ,shared ,subscribed ,and hit the bell! Thanks for what you do.
Steve Matt great video have brought the download thanks
Cool playing. Thanks from Asia.
Excellent lesson!
Great video, best i've seen on here.
muy buena manera de enseñar!!! te felicito un gran maestro..asi se puede ver bien donde poner los dedos en el diapason.......
Fantastic lesson! thank you so much, i think it's difficult the tecnic, but you make easy....
Hi Chris,
Finger independence is the hardest part of the style. You may want to give a thumbpick a try - that's not the way I do it, but a lot of people do. Even then, the trick is to practice some etudes that include melody notes on both the down- and up-beats. Our Travis picking video (see link in the info section) is just $12 for the 21/2 hr video download, and covers both practice ditties/etudes and full songs broken down step-by-step. cheers, joe
Hi there I really enjoyed that I always wanted to knock how that was done
Thanks for breaking that down
Thanks David 🇦🇺
Yes - the Epi ES-175 custom shop reissue.
Love the guitar
Thanks a lot for share your talent..
good lesson really well explained ...now to learn it !
Went and bought an ES-175 last week.Great guitar!
buckzx12r have had one for 2 years. Great axe!!
Had mine for nearly 2 years now, not the real thing but great value for a cheap guitar.
Excelent, expert. maneco - Poryo Alegre-RS - Brasil.
Awesome! Great vid!
Geez, that sounds so SICK!!!!!!
You said little finger instead of pinky... I love you man...
Thanks for the lesson
Many thanks for your help!!
Hi Lambert, This video is just another variation of what you can do with this picking style, I don't do Mystery Train on the DVD. The DVD has a variety of practice pieces and etudes, as well as "Cocaine Blues", "Nine Pound Hammer", "Cannonball Rag", and a 12 Bar Blues in Travis style.
great lesson, cheer mate,really helped me understand
very good lesson,thank you
So great
Excellent!
Brilliant video, thank you
Hi friend Just bought your Travis Picking down load, played a bit guitar for years but never studied it before, little more time on me hands now, I am solo so I really need to learn good guitar compliment to fill my song out, like you are teaching method here, I love the finger picking style, blues country rockabilly, any direction would be great, cheers Dave,
Excellent POV! Both hands at the same time.
Brilliant to view the fretboard from this angle
Thanks man ! great lesson, good job.
Great video!
Haven't read the comments but I am sure I am not the only one who got dizzy watching this video from a birds eye view. There is a reason every single guitar lesson video is not shot with this extreme angle. One other suggestion. It would be nice to have a section without lots of breaks where you can watch all the moves in a contiguous manner. Other than that, awesome video dude!!!
great lesson, thanks!
Just what I needed. Thanks.
Nice video, well done
Man thanks a million.. Enjoyed this..
This needs a comment .... some unique chord stylings going on here ... much much appreciated !!!!!! picquer de'lux !
Great fun, good lesson
Top lesson. Love love the camera angle. You've made me feel I could give this style a go. Thanks heaps.
awesome tutorial. Thanks man.
Great lesson man!
beautiful!
great guitar skills
Really nice
Thanks.great lesson
Wonderful, great picking! Camera angle very good idea.
Of all the pickers who try to teach this stuff I think this is the best.
Thats THE best angle for camera to show whats going on!
THANKS. notice his pant cuffs? its required for best rockabilly mojo!
Very good and I will learn the Travis style and use it thank you.
Denis Bruyere
Nice lesson thanks man
It helps a lot friend your "perspective"!!! Thanks...
good job doctor!
Great Lesson Thanks!
What a creative instructional plan. I'm interested.