Danny Grady: So after that E5, which is the most basic of chords in the guitar, let's try another root fifth chord. Just two notes, but this time we will be fretting both of them; this one is G5.
So again, take the very tip of your first finger and place it here on the third fret of the sixth string. Again, you are going to want to squeeze against your thumb, you would want to use your fingers and not your hand. It will feel awkward at first because your fingers haven't developed the strength to do them yet, or maybe they have, but at first for some of you it might feel awkward.
Add your third finger here to the fifth fret of the fifth string. Now I have got two fingers in the mix. One of the things you can do to make it easier is place your thumb about behind where your second finger would be, just to kind of keep your balance on your hand. So again, bring your thumb down, hand out, very tip of your finger, fretting on the string, just before the fret.
If you get back here, sometimes you get a little bit of buzz, and you want to get it closer to the fret, never on the fret, and you get a little bit of buzz that way.
So again, hit just the sixth and the fifth string together. As you hold your fingers in this position your hand develop what we call muscle memory, your hands will just get used to it. If it feels a little bit painful, of course you want to take a break, you don't want to hurt yourself, but holding your hand just in this position and just keeping it there and just strumming the same chord. Don't just strum it once. Hold your hand in this position and just stay there and see how long you can keep it there, and then you are going to find that the more you do it the easier it gets.
Giles Martin: Hi! I am Giles Martin. I am here at Abbey Road Studio 2 to talk about the Yellow Submarine. Now, Yellow Submarine was written as a children song. It was written overnight by Paul for children very deliberately. Apparently, he went around and play this to Donovan and said, what do you think, and Donovan came with the lyrics, "Sky of blue and sea of green".
Rob Schumann: A G major and then a D7, so it's the first finger on the first fret of the second string.
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