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I think the fastest way to learn this song is to practice the basic finger
picking pattern, the chord forms which aren't too
complicated and then put them together. We'll start with the finger picking
pattern. Let's make a G chord using the third
fret of the sixth string and the second string third fret also.
We're not going to hit the first string here so we're just using 6
through 2. The low E string up to that B string.
Now I'm using my third finger and pinky. This works for me. My pinky is
just about as strong as all my other fingers but if that's not the case for
you, you may want to try it with your second finger and your third finger.
Here's the picking pattern 6 4 3 2 3
4
6 4 3 2 3 4. Now I'm using the numbers of the
strings, that's the easiest way for me to tell you which note to pick.
And I'm placing my thumb on the sixth string for the bass note.
And my first second and third fingers are resting right on that fourth string,
third string and second string. The first finger on the fourth string,
third finger on the second string so try that much with me. Make your G
chord in whatever way works for you. Place your fingers and just pluck all
together just make sure we got the same sound okay?
Okay, now we're gonna hit base 4 3 2
3 4. If you get this picking pattern
you're 80% of the way through the tune. Do it.
Base 4 3 2 3 4. Catch off guard huh come
on, get ready. Here we go. Place your hand together
6 4 3 2 3 4 and again 6 4
3 2 3 4 6 4 3
2 3 4 okay that's the pattern and you need to
practice it. This is the case where I can't do the push-ups for you. I heard
that a long time ago. I always wanted to say that
but in any case I could show you until I'm blue in the face and it won't make
you do it unless you just do it over and over.
Here's some tips. Stay relaxed. Place your fingers and then pull them into your
palm. People get bad habits of yanking their
hand away and that actually creates more tension and that makes it
harder to get faster so to make it smooth and fast keep your
fingers close to the strings. Thumb kind of goes more down a little
bit out but think of it as going more down
and the fingers pull into your palm like this.
This is what you're aiming for. Okay I'm going on to the chords. You got
the G chord already. The next chord I'm gonna play like this.
I'm gonna put my first finger on the sixth string second fret.
Second finger over here on the third string second fret and leave my pinky
right where it is. It's a D with an F sharp in the base.
Now this is not the only way to finger this for sure.
You could figure it like this with your second and third fingers. If you played
your G with your second finger you might want
to switch down to your first finger and use your second finger
on the third string. Okay so with that, I'm going to play the way I like to play
it. This is what we got. We're going to do
that twice and then now my first finger is going
down second finger over.
Third chord form.
I've got my third finger on the third fret of the fifth string and second
finger on the second fret of the fourth string. It's a type of C
often called Cadd9 and those three chord forms are most of
the tune then we go back.
I'm going to show you 2 more chord forms and then I'll show you how it all
goes together. One of them is a regular folk style C
chord. No mystery there. The next chord
is the exact same fingering but you move it up two frets. I'm not sure what you
call it but it's a form of a D chord. It's not quite
a regular D. That sounds cool to me so
that's all the chord forms in the whole tune. You practice the finger picking
then we put the chord forms to it. I'll show you how that works.
Start with the G two times
then go down to that D form
now that's C
and back to the D.
There's a pause there and then start over.
Down to the D again
to the C.
I did a little hammer on there and then back to the D
and again to the G. I'm showing you because now I'm gonna show you where the
other chord forms come in - to the D.
Now to the folk style C.
Again a little hammer on and then you slide it up 2 frets.
The right hand stays on the same strings. Back to the G
going down and I think you got the drift now that's
it.
I'll end here. Just quick. I want to show you what I did with that little
hammer-on thing. I hit the fifth string and then I opened
up my second finger on the fourth string and hammered on
when I hit the note so it's you see that left hand
and the same with the folk style C exact same string.
I have a cool little leg but totally optional.
Today is day 23 of my 30 days of guitar coaching challenge.
Day 23 I never would imagine I could do a video every day for 23 days until I
did this but anyway thanks for being here with me.
I'll be back tomorrow with day 24. If you have any requests for lessons
during this last week I'd love to hear about it.
Leave me a comment in the comment below otherwise I hope to see you again
tomorrow. Bye for now.