Below is the lesson for “Fingerpicking Etude no. 5”

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Learn two beautiful melodies that are fingerpicked entirely using the Travis picking technique. Travis picking, named after Merle Travis, is a repetitive right-hand picking pattern where the underlying chords continually change.

A couple of things to keep in mind when playing this piece are timing and note volume. The piece should be played at a steady tempo through both melodies, with a ritardando in bars 11–12 and 23–24. It’s also important to maintain a consistent volume across all picked notes. In other words, try to fingerpick every note with the same amount of pressure, to produce an even volume level.