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50 Travis, Atkins, & Reed Guitar Licks You MUST Know
Learn licks and lines inspired by the genre's greats!
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Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, and Jerry Reed are among the most influential guitarists in fingerstyle, country, and folk music. These legends of guitar have laid the very foundation for modern country picking. Their songs are still being recorded and played at jam sessions, and their licks are still being quoted by contemporary players such as Tommy Emmanuel, Brent Mason, Albert Lee, and Brad Paisley.
50 Travis, Atkins & Reed Licks from Gareth Pearson is a must-know vocabulary of licks and moves that every fingerpicker must know. Gareth Pearson - a.k.a. “The Welsh Tornado” - is a master picker who has studied Travis, Atkins, and Reed for most of his life. Gareth is widely recognized as a specialist in the inventive techniques that these players made famous.
”This collection of 50 licks is a great starting point to learn the spectacular and innovative approaches of Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, and Jerry Reed. The licks range in difficulty from relatively easy to outright challenging. The licks are selected and presented in a way so that you can create your own licks and grooves based on their underlying concepts.”
Gareth will show you banjo rolls, bluesy chicken picking, G-runs, chord mute pull-offs, slurring ala Chet, chromatic sixths, banjo call and answers, triad licks, classic boom chick patterns, chordal pull-offs, piano-style moves, backup grooves, Reed's 'Claw' technique, bluesy minor pentatonic soloing, and so much more.
Gareth will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches along the way. You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the licks, along with the backing tracks that Gareth used for demonstration purposes. You’ll be able to loop or slow down any of the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace.
Grab your guitar and let’s learn from the giants of fingerpicking with Gareth Pearson!
50 Travis, Atkins & Reed Licks from Gareth Pearson is a must-know vocabulary of licks and moves that every fingerpicker must know. Gareth Pearson - a.k.a. “The Welsh Tornado” - is a master picker who has studied Travis, Atkins, and Reed for most of his life. Gareth is widely recognized as a specialist in the inventive techniques that these players made famous.
”This collection of 50 licks is a great starting point to learn the spectacular and innovative approaches of Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, and Jerry Reed. The licks range in difficulty from relatively easy to outright challenging. The licks are selected and presented in a way so that you can create your own licks and grooves based on their underlying concepts.”
Gareth will show you banjo rolls, bluesy chicken picking, G-runs, chord mute pull-offs, slurring ala Chet, chromatic sixths, banjo call and answers, triad licks, classic boom chick patterns, chordal pull-offs, piano-style moves, backup grooves, Reed's 'Claw' technique, bluesy minor pentatonic soloing, and so much more.
Gareth will explain and demonstrate all of the key concepts and approaches along the way. You’ll get standard notation and tabs for all of the licks, along with the backing tracks that Gareth used for demonstration purposes. You’ll be able to loop or slow down any of the videos so that you can work with the lessons at your own pace.
Grab your guitar and let’s learn from the giants of fingerpicking with Gareth Pearson!
What you'll learn
- Play blues licks with double stop bends
- Apply hybrid picking technique using thumb and index finger
- Use hammer-ons within polyphonic contexts
- Execute polyphonic lines with independent ascending and descending motion
- Coordinate barring at the 9th fret while executing bends
Release date: 05/09/2018 • 1h 50m runtime
Sample lessons
Chet Slurring
Lick 4
Claw Double Stop 1
Lick 14
Piano Style
Lick 19
Mule Skinnin'
Lick 23
What's included
52 lessons • 50 charts • 25 Jam Tracks
50 Travis, Atkins & Reed Licks
Hi, I'm Gareth Pearson, and welcome to 50 Travis, Atkins & Reed Licks You MUST Know. In fingerstyle, country, and folk music, Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, and Jerry Reed are among the most influential guitarists. The songs, riffs, and licks these three giants came up with are still played at jam sessions and have found their way in countless pop songs and guitar solos. They've set the standard for modern country picking. Players like Tommy Emmanuel, Brent Mason, Albert Lee, and Brad Paisley are just a few of the many great players out there that walk in their giant footsteps.
This selection of 50 licks I've assembled for you is a great starting point to learn their spectacular and innovative approach to playing the guitar. They range in difficulty from relatively easy to outright challenging. They're also selected and ordered in a way so you can create your own licks and grooves based on the concepts that are used. We'll look at banjo rolls, bluesy chicken picking, G runs, triad licks, and some classic boom chick patterns. This course comes with backing tracks, tabs, and text descriptions to go along with each video lesson. I really enjoyed creating and selecting these essential licks for you, so grab your guitar, put on that thumb pick, and let's get picking!
This selection of 50 licks I've assembled for you is a great starting point to learn their spectacular and innovative approach to playing the guitar. They range in difficulty from relatively easy to outright challenging. They're also selected and ordered in a way so you can create your own licks and grooves based on the concepts that are used. We'll look at banjo rolls, bluesy chicken picking, G runs, triad licks, and some classic boom chick patterns. This course comes with backing tracks, tabs, and text descriptions to go along with each video lesson. I really enjoyed creating and selecting these essential licks for you, so grab your guitar, put on that thumb pick, and let's get picking!
Chordal Pull Off
This is a chordal pull-off lick. We're going over C triads and G7 triads.
G String Bounce
Here we're playing C major scale notes, while bouncing off of the G string.
Chord Mute Pull Off
In this one, we're going to be muting partial chords.
Chet Slurring
This is a very fast pull-off lick.
Jolly 3rds
For this lick, we'll be playing triads with the high E and B strings.
Melodic 6ths
This is a lick with melodic sixths over a C major scale.
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Reviews
9 results
peteraskerow
Verified buyer
01/02/25
A great way to learn and revise. Works for me.
tompedersen
Verified buyer
10/24/21
Fun Personality to Match the Music
So far I have really enjoyed this course. Some licks sound hard but turn out to be pretty easy at least until I try to get them up to speed; but, the journey getting there is a great deal of fun since they sound great at slower speeds too!
LuigiD
Verified buyer
11/19/20
Well done!
Gareth help little by little to learn different licks with different grade of difficulty. I like his way to teach and his way to play!
john m.
09/18/19
great course
I have learned so much, thank you!
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