Guitar Tab Arkansas Traveler - Beginner

In this lesson of Guitar Tabs from Ultimate Guitar OnLine we will explore another of the most popular Acoustic Guitar Solos. Arkansas Traveler. Nearly every flatpick guitar artist has a good version or versions of this under their belt. We have also put together Arkansas Traveler - Intermediate Version, if you are up to a bigger challenge..

All of these files were authored in eMedia's Guitar-Pro. This is the favorite tab and notation authoring software for us here at Ultimate Guitar OnLine. It is filled with features and is simple to use - even without a manual. It is compatible with PC and Mac. We use it on the Mac here and it is a pleasure to use. To see a full review click HERE. Otherwise if you would like to try a free copy of it, you can download the demo HERE and use it for 15 days.

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Watch your up and down strokes carefully. It is critical that you keep them consistent. Down strokes are almost always on the downbeat and upstrokes are almost always on the upbeat. We have clearly shown the down and up strokes below each note in the tab. The down-up strokes are shown on the tab below the Guitar Tab staff.

In the second measure, be sure to play the double note clearly by following through with your guitar pick. These are all quarter notes through this section so it is all downbeats here.

I have made this song available in PDF and Guitar Pro file formats foor you to download free. When you download the PDF please note that there are 2 layer files included with this selection. One layer contains the score information and the other layer named "Tab Notes" contains all of the lesson instruction materials for this selection. You should make sure to have Adobe v6.0 which is the minimum version to support layers. You can then turn this layer on or off.

Guitar Pro has a really cool feature called speed trainer. you can set a loop of accompaniment chords to be played and after each loop the speed increased by a percent that you specify. I love this feature and it gives you milestone very clearly as to you speed conditioning.

Make sure to memorize your songs. What is the easiest way to do this? Unless you have perfect pitch, you will have to learn one section or measure at a time. Once you can play flawlessly move on to the next measure and add it to what you have memorized. Continue this and make sure you can play the first half of the song, including the second ending.

Once you have the first half memorized, move on to the second half, doing the same thing with the second half of the song.