Hi guys, I'm Andy Crowley. Welcome to day five of this ten day guitar starter course.
where we're going to be looking at a new strumming pattern
and a little melody for one of the great songs that are fantastic for beginners.
It's just got two chords in it
and this is 'Ooh La la' by 'The Faces'.
You may not be aware of it, so I'll just give you a little play through of the two parts that we're going to go for
But I think you're really going to like it.
I wish that I knew what I know now.
When I was younger, I wish that I knew what I know now.
When I was stronger.
So that's the chorus, and that is the little rhythm part.
And then we have this lead part.
That can be played just with your first two fingers.
So absolutely fantastic for beginners.
So those two chords are just played with a D major.
Played from string four.
And an E minor, which is played like this.
So E minor is essentially just an E major chord, but we take off your first finger
and it's just those two notes there.
But it can be easier to play that with your first two fingers.
So that's the E minor I've played before, E major with our first finger off.
But if can be easier just to use your first two like this.
And the strumming pattern that I used was playing the root note, so the lowest note of the chord.
otherwise known as the base note.
And then strumming, which I kind of nicknamed Bob Dylan style folk strumming.
So that's root note, the D.
and then strumming the thinnest four strings.
And we do that four times of each, so two bars.
one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four.
And then change to the E minor, where the root note is now on the thickest E string.
one, two, three four, one, two, three, four.
And that just repeats for the whole song.
So one, two, three, four, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
So let me give you some tips and help you play this bit first and then we'll play that melody
towards the end of this video, the quick links are in the description below
if you want to skip to the single note part.
So here is our D chord, played one, two, three, standard D major.
Fingers on an angle pointing towards your strumming hand kind of shoulder.
And then we pick the root note.
and strum
and that's one
two
three
four
When you're doing the single string pick you want to make it just the wrist motion.
So just moving the wrist and keeping the forearm still and for the strum just kind of flick everything away.
so flick downwards.
Slight movement of the arm, but still the movement is in the wrist aswell
so just to focus on the strumming action.
Pick, just the wrist.
strum
just let it kind of flow down
but a small a movement as possible.
One, two, three, four
one, two, three, four
And staying on those thinner strings
will really help to get this sound, I'm using a pick and picking string four.
strum
four
strum
one, two, three, four
and then we change to the E minor chord.
and we then pick the thickest string
and strum
three, four
one, two, three, four
So let's have a play at this together, if you can't keep up with me with the single note
just go for a normal strum every time.
So one, two, three, four
one, two, three, four
Change chord there
two, three, four
one, two, three, four
And it should be nice and straightforward this one.
everyone should be able to do this even if it is one of your first ever songs.
But try this Bob Dylan style 'folky' pattern if you're up to it.
So let's play that together now really slow in
two
three
four
root note, strum
three, four
one, two
three, four
E minor, thickest string
one, two
three, four
one, two
three, four
Back to the D chord three, four
one, two
three, four
one, two
three, E minor
one, two
three, four
one, two
three, four
Now let's repeat that really slowly
And I will sing the words just so that you get how the verse and the chords work together
exactly the same chord sequence.
And then you'll be away to practice this straight after this video.
Let's play together in one,
two,
three,
four
one, two, change chord
one, two, three, four
one, two, change to D
D, two, three, four
one, two, three, four
And now we start the verse
Poor old granddad
E minor
I laughed at all his words
D
I thought he was a bitter man
He spoke of woman's ways
keep it going, back to the D
They'll trap you, then they use you
E minor
Before you even know
D is blind, far too kind
Don't ever let it show
chorus, same thing, D chord
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was younger, I wish that I knew what I know now.
When I was stronger, and pause there.
From there it's just a loop from exactly what you've done.
So if you could keep up with that, fantastic job.
If you couldn't pause this video now, have a quick practice.
Then rewind and have another go along to me.
But we're going to move straight on now, and move on to the lead line
which kind of follow the chorus pattern at least in a rhythm point of view.
Wish that I knew what I know now.
When I was younger.
So for this little lead line, we're going to start with our first finger where it normally is on the D major chord.
And pick that note
which is the third string, second fret.
represented as '2' in the tab above.
and then we play that note three times
one, two, three
After the third time one, two, three
four
We go with our middle finger to fourth fret
and we're going to try to play this whole thing just with our first two fingers, ok?
To make it even easier.
We're going to go with your middle finger to fourth fret of that same string
one, two, three, four
And remember when placing your finger at any fret, it wants to be at this side of the fret area.
Not at this side, or in the middle, we want it right up there.
and the middle finger right over here.
not in the middle
Still staying right on the tips of our fingers, staying like this.
Rather than being really flat, we're not holding a guitar, we're playing notes so we need to bend that first
knuckle like this.
And again one, two, three, four
And we go back, the fifth note is the same note we started with.
One, two, three, four
five
One, two, three, four, five
Let me move my picking to short so you can see it.
two, three, four, five
Then we go fourth fret, but this time on the fourth string.
So on the thicker string.
And then to the open
one, two, three, four, five
four
zero
four
zero, on the D string, on the fourth string.
If you want to play along with me, join in
two
three
four
one
two
three, four five
du, duuu
one, two, three, four five
six, seven
fourth fret to zero
To end that little section, it's a '2' , second fret of that same D string.
those last three notes
one, two, three
one
open string
second fret
from the top
three, four
And that's certainly the main part, that should be recongnisable if you listen to the song.
As that particular song, this is what a riff for a lead line does, it makes a song recognisable.
duu, duuu
du, du, du, du, du, duu
little bit slower
three, four
And then the last part of this riff
Middle finger fifth fret this time, so this on mine, I've got two dots and the second dot is the fifth fret.
one, two, three, four, five
at the fourth string
one, two, three
one, two, three, one, two
one, two, three
one, two
one
At fifth fret
fourth fret
and second fret
one, two, three, one, two, one
So there's a little bit of sliding
happens here two, three
the first finger one, two
one
And then, when I'm moving from fourth fret to second fret
I never lift off the string, but I do lift off the fret board, so I'm sliding along the string
but I'm not squeezing it, you see my thumb is over at the top, we slide
and then press down again, press here
slide relax, press down.
But never letting go of the string.
one, two, three, one, two, one
so from the top, this would be
one, two, three, four, five
one, two, three
one, two, three, one, two, one
Really slowly now, last time, let's play this together, give this a really good go guys
this is towards the end of the video, the last thing, we can do this.
From that first finger where it would be on a D chord here we go in
two
three
four
end part
one, two, three, one, two, one
and again three, four
Stretch wise, if your fingers are on an angle it will be easier,
or you can go with your third finger for these notes.
For any of those higher ones if you prefer but we always want to start on first finger at that second fret.
Very last time guys, here we go, one more time, we will do the riff twice
in two, three, four
And there is our song, so that lead line goes over the rhythm part that you've just learned.
To copy the rhythm part exactly as I did in the intro, we do Up Down Up at the end.
So pick,
strum, pick, strum
one, two, three, Up, Down, Up
Now that does make it much more difficult because that is where we change chord.
So I'm not expecting everyone to be able to do that, but if you needed an explanation of it and a demo
here it is one last time
really slow
three, four
The best thing to notice on that one is, on the last upstroke that I lift off to change chord.
one, two, three, four
one, two, three, Up, Down, Up
is where we change chords
That's a little chord changing trick for you.
Up, Down, Up
It's on the last up strum that you lift off your chord and that means we're there.
We can arrive on the next chord, your fingers are down from beat one.
That is absolutely the most important thing
when changing chords in rhythm guitar, if there is an up strum
on the last beat of the bar, so on 'four, and' or even later than that
make sure you're lifting off your chord for that last strum.
And it's the coordination of that that will improve your chord changes.
And that is the end of day six, thank you very much for joining me today.
The idea now is that you'll practice this for a further ten minutes
along with the other songs that you've done over the last days, on the last few days following these videos
And then join me tomorrow for day six where we're going to be looking at some minor chords
and some fingerstyle picking in another song.
So it's going to be without a pick next lesson tomorrow, so it's going to be really for a lot of you guys
wanting to learn acoustic guitar.
Play some more intricate stuff with your right hand, but still great for beginners.
And I hope to see you there, please subscribe if you're enjoying this course so far
and want to check out the rest of my videos.
The link is down below in the description and on the screen now.
Hopefully I'll see you again in one of my videos, take care of yourselves guys
and bye for now.