EASY Flatpicking Bluegrass Song - Arkansas Traveler Guitar Lesson

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Here's an easy bluegrass song on guitar. In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play one of the most common bluegrass standards called “Arkansas Traveler” in the key of D. We’d highly recommend learning this song if you ever go to bluegrass jams, and even if you’re not into playing fiddle tunes on guitar, it’s a really good song to use for working on your pick control and accuracy.

After you learn the flatpicking arrangement, practice along with the “Arkansas Traveler” backing track that comes with this guitar lesson at

This lesson's guitar tablature can be downloaded on our website

By the way, if you like the tone of my guitar in this lesson, I'm using Woodtone Strings (Country Series)

And for my guitar pick, I'm using a Woodtone Large Triangle Pick (Black) in .71mm These days I'm loving thinner guitar picks for some reason.

Thanks for watching!

Lesson Bookmarks:
0:00 - Listen to Arkansas Traveler
1:30 - Playthrough with TAB
2:49 - Measures 1 through 4
6:51 - Measures 5 through 8
9:56 - Measures 9 through 12
12:53 - Repeat Measures 5 through 10
14:58 - Second Ending (A Part)
17:28 - B Part Melody