Hello YouTube, Eric Legaud from Galago music,
today for a track by Amy MacDonald, This is the Life, "C'est la vie!"
A track which comprises four chords on the left hand, one pattern on the right, and it runs over and over and over!
So right now the positions on the left hand, then the thing on the right hand, and then you'll enjoy!
So, for the chords, here's the first one... Am.
The two fingers in the middle will go on the 2nd and 2nd frets of the D ang G strings,
and the index on the first fret of B. The thumb will go over the big E,
so as to block it and make a "chtonk",
don't press too hard otherwise, it'll give you a note and then...
It makes a pretty chord, but we don't want it!
The second chord, it'll be a little diagonal, or little stairs,
and the index stays where it was, so that's quite cool.
So Am, the middle finger will go on the 2nd fret of the G string,
the ring finger on the 3rd fret of the D string, and the thumb still over the big E.
OK, the next chord is a C major,
we will move those two fingers one string toward us, there you go!
And the thumb still blocking up there.
And the last chord, super easy, the Em.
Where you strum everything!
There you are! Now the struming!
Hold on... I'm not gonna cut.
So here's how it goes.
D - D U D - D U D - D U * U D -
Let's break it down.
I'll do it again.
First step: D - D U D - D U D
Now we've done 70% of the pattern, it's cool!
So the rest - er, the beginning and the rest!
D - D U D - D U D D U * U D -
So only the second part now, which goes:
D U D - D U * U D
So, I do a little *clic* at the moment when my hand goes down without struming.
The whole point is that you never lose this up-and-down movement.
The second part again. D U D - D U * U D
One more time.
Now the two parts in a row.
D - D U D - D U D - D U * U D -
And we will have... - so that's one measure, yeah?
And we will have one measure on each chord.
(Am)
You switch!
(F)
(C)
(Em)
OK, so spend a lot of time on the right hand
So as to have it well installed, and then it should roll!
OK so now, in a large shot, the whole thing!
Now a bit faster.
Now if you want to ad of bit a of a rock feel to it,
er, I'll just do it the same way one more time, but at the right speed,
and then we'll ad a final element so as to make it sound really punchy.
And it works!
Next you can ad some accents, so I go back to the struming only,
you'll have to do this -
the accentuations are when you strum harder with the right hand,
to have a note that will stand out among the others.
D - [D] U D - [D] U D - [D] U * U [D] -
OK? I just did a big movement on purpose, but in context we don't do that otherwise
there's a risk it'll be a bit too much!
See, it works!
That way it almost sounds like we have a drummer with us!
OK, now the same thing with the chords and you'll see it works so great!
There you are! What else? At the beginning of the song,
there is one bar of struming while blocking the chords, and then you start, and you never stop.
So it's like...
A little charming bonus for the end of the song,
we end on an Am, because we've started on an Am.
You keep the fingers in the middle, here, and you move them three frets to you right, so 1, 2, 3,
It makes an Am chord that's a bit tempered with, and very colourful.
So don't strum it too fast like that,
we really have time to...
to treat ourselves! And to treat others!
I hope you enjoyed it! See you on my next tutorial, ciao!
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