Level: 3
Tuning: Standard

This is one of Merle Travis’s greatest instrumental compositions. It is played in the key of C and modulates to the Key of B. It has come to be regarded as a classic example of “Travis Picking”. It has echoes from the old country instrumental Buck Dance that was played by numerous old-time guitarists – both Black and White. But Merle took the Buck Dance and turned it upside down and sideways!