Comments on: Arkansas Traveler http://seanray.com/2006/arkansas-traveler/ Guitar & Banjo Portal Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:20:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Administrator http://seanray.com/2006/arkansas-traveler/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Administrator Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:35:03 +0000 http://www.seanray.com/2006/arkansas-traveler/#comment-137 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. 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.

]]> By: JayMack http://seanray.com/2006/arkansas-traveler/comment-page-1/#comment-136 JayMack Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:22:54 +0000 http://www.seanray.com/2006/arkansas-traveler/#comment-136 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! 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!

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