Level: 3
Tuning: Standard

Here is a great composition written by fingerstyle guitar pioneer Merle Travis. This song is sometimes called "Goodbye My Blue Bell,'""Farewell My Blue Bell" or simply "Blue Bell." It is played in the key of C major. The song is played with a heavy muffled thumb (boom-chick) on the right hand, sweeping two strings at a time when alternating. Buster teaches his arrangements, full of variations, which draw inspiration from Merle Travis and Chet Atkins, demonstrating how to play the song using just thumb and index finger of the right hand. This is a great Travis picking tune to add into your repertoire.