Hi! Welcome back. This is lesson no. 6. We’re going to use the same chords as we used in the previous lessons. The same four chords, there are just three of them actually, we’re using the G, the C, and the D, and the G. And this is flat picking really, it would be. I don’t know how to use a pick, I do have some picks, but I prefer to use my thumb. But you can use a pick or your thumb or whatever you want really. And it’s sort of talking blues I suppose you’d call this. It’s a nice simple little base run with some simple strums in between. I’m using the G chord, the C, and the D. Starts of with a little run in, which is the open 6th string, 6th string 2nd fret, and then hold the G chord down... We play the 6th string there, with D on the 3rd fret. And then we allow our thumb to drop down onto the 5th string, and just strum down the rest of the strings slowly. And then we pick the 5th, pluck the 5th, and then the 6th, and then strumming between each time. So, slowly, 1, 2, 3, 4…
See what’s happening though with my left hand, I actually am using, what’s known as a hammer on, and we play the note, and then bring the finger down… Then we have the open 5th, and then the 2nd fret, and then into the C chord, and then the same pattern below it. Then we repeat on the 4th string, open, open then 2nd then open again. And as we hit it open, we hold down our D chord, and then the 5th string, and then back to the beginning. Now little hammer on there.
So, if we start very slowly with the piece and just gradually speed up it’s the best way to learn it. I’ll play it through a couple of times, show you where the hammer on is. Okay, 1, 2, 3, 4… Notice how my thumb over there, for the return… Finishing with the base note… See you in the next lesson. Bye-bye.
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