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Arkansas Traveler

December 18th, 2006

Arkansas Traveler is one of those cheesy, nursery rhyme tunes that’s instantly recognizable. Like Wildwood Flower it lends itself well to crosspicking. On guitar the tune is most commonly played out of the C position with the capo at the second fret (key of D). However Norman Blake’s classic version is in the key of C while David Grier capos it to the key of E.

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2 Responses to “Arkansas Traveler”

  1. JayMack says:
    January 17, 2009 at 8:22 am

    Can you comment on DUDU crosspicking versus DDU crosspicking? I’m new to crosspicking and am progressing pretty well with learning this tune and the alternating DUDU strokes. It wasn’t intuitive at first and it’s beginning to feel more automatic, but I’ve got a ways to go until it’s completely natural. You seem to adhere pretty strictly to up strokes on the up beats and down strokes on the down beat. For instance, in the B section of Arkansas Traveler, would some players play DDU, DDU, DDU, etc. for the repeated three not figure? Thanks for any thoughts.

    Awesome videos. Great for self-study. I’m going to work my way through them. Keep ‘em coming.

    Thanks!

  2. Administrator says:
    January 17, 2009 at 9:35 am

    Crosspicking is about as natural as a square peg in a round hole. It takes a while to get it on auto-pilot so you don’t have to think about it. I treat the three main patterns like banjo rolls DDU, DUU, DUDU (D = down U = up) and just play them over and over. Then when it comes to fitting them into a tune you can mix and match them however necessary to play the melody.

    I play DDU the least of the three but most people I run into favor DDU the most. Go with whatever comes natural to you.

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