0:00:05.000,0:00:07.427 Hi, how are you doing? Justin Sandercoe here. 0:00:07.427,0:00:10.970 Welcome to Folk Fingerstyle Basic Patterns 1. 0:00:10.970,0:00:15.139 Now, I'm hoping you've seen the previous lesson where I explained what fingers go on what strings, 0:00:15.139,0:00:17.394 'cause I'm not going to take us through that again now. 0:00:17.394,0:00:21.696 And also, it's very important that you've got the TAB up in front of you. 0:00:21.696,0:00:25.693 So, if you've stumbled upon this on YouTube, get over to the website (justinguitar.com), 0:00:25.693,0:00:31.807 find this lesson using the lesson index, and make sure that you've got this Pattern 1 in front of you, 0:00:31.807,0:00:36.023 because I'm going to be referring to it quite a lot as we start going through the close-ups and stuff, 0:00:36.023,0:00:38.806 and it really is lots easier if you can see the Pattern. 0:00:38.806,0:00:50.050 So, let's get to a close-up, and get stuck in straight away. 0:00:50.050,0:00:52.254 So, this is the first Pattern we're going to learn. 0:00:52.254,0:00:55.660 You might have noticed that we're using our thumb on two different strings 0:00:55.660,0:01:00.429 and we're just using the 1st and 2nd fingers for this Pattern 1. 0:01:00.429,0:01:04.462 Now, the first thing, and the most important thing to start off with when you're doing this sort of fingerstyle, 0:01:04.462,0:01:07.784 is getting used to the idea of the thumb moving strings. 0:01:07.784,0:01:15.974 So, what I'd recommend you start off with is just playing the thumb on the 5th string, and then the 4th string. 0:01:15.974,0:01:20.224 Remember, this is just a regular C chord, in case you missed that bit. 0:01:20.224,0:01:28.025 And we should just be playing the 5th string, and the 4th string, with the thumb. 0:01:28.025,0:01:34.934 Because sometimes it helps if you rest the 1st and 2nd fingers on their designated strings 0:01:34.934,0:01:39.332 and get used to the idea of that thumb moving over between the two strings. 0:01:39.332,0:01:40.640 Remember, this is the count. 0:01:40.640,0:01:41.660 It's 1... 0:01:41.660,0:01:43.029 2... 0:01:43.029,0:01:44.627 3... 0:01:44.627,0:01:46.098 4... 0:01:46.098,0:01:47.945 Because the thumb is always playing on the beat... 0:01:47.945,0:01:49.580 2... 0:01:49.580,0:01:51.185 3... 0:01:51.185,0:01:53.061 4... 0:01:53.061,0:01:57.410 Now, have a look at the actual Pattern, the TAB of it, and the notation, 0:01:57.410,0:02:01.146 and you'll see that there are four notes with the little "down stems", there, 0:02:01.146,0:02:05.261 and they correlate in the TAB to the notes that are on the 3rd fret and the 2nd fret, 0:02:05.261,0:02:07.804 so they're the notes on the beat. 0:02:07.804,0:02:12.058 Now, what we're going to start off with is adding in some notes now to our Pattern. 0:02:12.058,0:02:15.091 The first note we're adding in is the 2nd string, 0:02:15.091,0:02:19.258 and hopefully, you'll remember that the 2nd finger looks after the 2nd string, 0:02:19.258,0:02:23.429 and if you look at the TAB, you'll see that comes with the same as beat 1, 0:02:23.429,0:02:26.579 so if we're just going to add that note now, and we're going to keep our bass, 0:02:26.579,0:02:30.500 and we're going to add in that one note on beat 1, so we'd have: 0:02:30.500,0:02:32.058 1... 0:02:32.058,0:02:33.057 2... 0:02:33.057,0:02:34.232 3... 0:02:34.232,0:02:35.581 4... 0:02:35.581,0:02:36.810 1... 0:02:36.810,0:02:38.061 2... 0:02:38.061,0:02:39.280 3... 0:02:39.280,0:02:40.401 4... 0:02:40.401,0:02:44.727 and I'd recommend that you practice that a few times, nice and slowly. 0:02:44.727,0:02:50.138 Even slower than this if you need to. 0:02:50.138,0:02:54.645 And make sure that you can do that comfortably before we add in any other notes. 0:02:54.645,0:02:58.337 Now, the next note we're going to add in is on the G string, 0:02:58.337,0:03:01.340 and the G string is played by the 1st finger, 0:03:01.340,0:03:05.182 and that note comes in between the 2nd beat and the 3rd beat, 0:03:05.182,0:03:07.377 so it would be the 'and' after 2. 0:03:07.377,0:03:10.811 If we add that in now with our first note as well, we'd have: 0:03:10.811,0:03:17.979 1... 2 'and' 3... 4... 0:03:17.979,0:03:24.888 1... 2 'and' 3... 4... It's really important to get that count. 0:03:24.888,0:03:31.804 1... 2 'and' 3... 4... 0:03:31.804,0:03:38.094 1... 2 'and' 3... 4... 0:03:38.094,0:03:40.977 Now, there's just one more note for the Pattern so let's add that in, 0:03:40.977,0:03:44.380 and that is the 2nd finger playing the 2nd string, 0:03:44.380,0:03:46.726 in the 1st fret, of course, because it's the C chord, 0:03:46.726,0:03:52.537 and in the C chord on the 2nd string there's a note, a finger in the 1st fret, 0:03:52.537,0:03:58.394 and we're going to add that in after the 3, so that's coming on the 'and' after 3. 0:03:58.394,0:04:00.089 So, the Pattern now looks like: 0:04:00.089,0:04:05.955 1... 2 'and' 3 'and' 4... 0:04:05.955,0:04:11.454 1... 2 'and' 3 'and' 4... 0:04:11.454,0:04:17.152 1... 2 'and' 3 'and' 4... 0:04:17.152,0:04:22.104 Now, what's really important at this stage is that you do it slowly enough to get it right and in time, 0:04:22.104,0:04:24.805 and if that means that you're doing it at like this speed: 0:04:24.805,0:04:33.255 1... 2 'and' 3 'and' 4... 0:04:33.255,0:04:37.184 that's fine. Do it as slow or as fast as you need to. 0:04:37.184,0:04:42.294 Now, I would suspect after a little bit of practice that you should be okay doing it at this kind of speed, maybe: 0:04:42.294,0:04:50.252 1... 2 'and' 3 'and' 4... 0:04:50.252,0:04:59.312 and you probably don't want to go much faster than that for a little while until your fingers really know what is going on. 0:04:59.312,0:05:06.639 Because it needs to get automated. With these Patterns, they have to become instinctive. 0:05:06.639,0:05:12.737 You should be able to talk, or watch television, or whatever, while you're doing these Patterns. 0:05:12.737,0:05:24.740 But that'll take practice, you just have to do 'em over and over again. 0:05:24.740,0:05:28.812 Now, after you feel really comfortable with it, you might like to start speeding it up, 0:05:28.812,0:05:35.237 but don't try and speed up too early. Once you've got it, and you're feeling comfortable with it... 0:05:35.237,0:05:38.140 you know, here, this sort of thing... 0:05:38.140,0:05:41.647 just try speeding it up a little bit. 0:05:41.647,0:05:43.409 If you want to, you can put it with a metronome, 0:05:43.409,0:05:54.563 but it's also fine just practicing these things without a metronome. 0:05:54.563,0:05:58.070 Okay, let's move on to Pattern 2, now, which is very similar. 0:05:58.070,0:06:01.245 We still have the thumb moving on the beat: 0:06:01.245,0:06:04.851 1... 2... 3... 4... 0:06:04.851,0:06:10.865 but you're now going to see that the first note in the melody department is played on beat 2. 0:06:10.865,0:06:14.400 You'll see there, if you look at the music again (it's really important to see the music) 0:06:14.400,0:06:19.488 that the first note, the 3 (this is the 3rd fret of the 5th string) 0:06:19.488,0:06:23.811 is played with the thumb on the 5th string by itself, 0:06:23.811,0:06:28.055 and then on beat 2, our thumb has moved over to the 4th string 0:06:28.055,0:06:33.817 and we're using our 2nd finger to play the 2nd string. 0:06:33.817,0:06:35.647 So, we're starting with thumb... 0:06:35.647,0:06:39.090 thumb and 2nd finger together... 0:06:39.090,0:06:44.541 Just like before, you want to just add in one note at a time to the Patterns, when you're starting. 0:06:44.541,0:06:49.091 1... 2... 3... 4... 0:06:49.091,0:06:53.101 1... 2... 3... 4... 0:06:53.101,0:06:54.944 Then we might add in the next: 0:06:54.944,0:06:58.265 1... 2... 3 'and' 4... 0:06:58.265,0:07:02.809 1... 2... 3 'and' 4... 0:07:02.809,0:07:07.461 1... 2... 3 'and' 4... 0:07:07.461,0:07:11.695 1... 2... 3 'and' 4... 0:07:11.695,0:07:16.652 Just again, really slowly, making sure that you get it right, and that it's in time: 0:07:16.652,0:07:20.563 1... 2... 3 'and' 4... 0:07:20.563,0:07:26.252 It's really important that the thumb is nice and even and that the other notes just fit in. 0:07:26.252,0:07:29.400 2... 3 'and' 4... 0:07:29.400,0:07:34.408 1... 2... 3 'and' 4... 0:07:34.408,0:07:42.150 And again, you practice it slowly until you can do it at a kind of reasonable speed. 0:07:42.150,0:07:46.170 Now, what I'd recommend actually, once you can do those two Patterns, before we go any further, 0:07:46.170,0:07:50.790 is trying to link the Patterns after each other, because these two are very, very commonly played 0:07:50.790,0:07:56.242 one after the other. So, we'd end up having Pattern 1... 0:07:56.242,0:07:59.062 Pattern 2... 0:07:59.062,0:08:01.616 Pattern 1... 0:08:01.616,0:08:04.565 Pattern 2... 0:08:04.565,0:08:08.211 Pattern 1... 2... 0:08:08.211,0:08:15.568 Pattern 1... 2... 0:08:15.568,0:08:20.790 Very, very common to link those two things together, so I'd have a try at that as well. 0:08:20.790,0:08:28.694 Okay, we're now onto Pattern number 3, which we're changing to a G chord with the fretting hand, just a regular old G. 0:08:28.694,0:08:32.540 Now, what's really important here to realise is that the Patterns are the same, 0:08:32.540,0:08:38.493 with the fingers and the order of the movements, but the thumb is now playing the bass note 0:08:38.493,0:08:45.899 that needs to move over to the 6th string, so to the note G, and it'll still be jumping over to the 4th string. 0:08:45.899,0:08:51.405 So, instead of like on the C chord, it was going 5th string, 4th string, over and over again, 0:08:51.405,0:08:57.022 when we change to the G chord, it's going 6th string, 4th string. 0:08:57.022,0:09:02.192 So, only a little change, but it's something that I would highly recommend you doing exactly what I'm doing now, 0:09:02.192,0:09:08.345 and practicing just moving between the 6th string and the 4th string and kind of get used to that. 0:09:08.345,0:09:10.742 Now, I'm hoping that you won't have too much difficulty, 0:09:10.742,0:09:15.405 once your thumb's used to doing that, to play the same Patterns, because we've got here 0:09:15.405,0:09:18.082 thumb and 2nd finger together: 0:09:18.082,0:09:23.194 Thumb 1 Thumb 2 Thumb... together. 0:09:23.194,0:09:26.223 Thumb 1 Thumb 2 Thumb... 0:09:26.223,0:09:30.405 it's exactly the same as that first Pattern that we looked at with the C chord, 0:09:30.405,0:09:36.910 but the bass note, the note that's on beats 1 and 3, has moved over to the 6th string. 0:09:36.910,0:09:51.423 All of the rest is the same. 0:09:51.423,0:10:01.019 Again, really slowly, make sure that you get it right. When you feel confident, start to speed it up. 0:10:01.019,0:10:05.987 Okay, now Pattern 4 is exactly the same as Pattern 2, but now we're on the G chord. 0:10:05.987,0:10:11.176 So, this one is, starts off with the bass note by itself, thumb and 2nd finger together, 0:10:11.176,0:10:15.406 Bass note, 1st finger, and thumb. 0:10:15.406,0:10:19.655 Bass, together, Bass 1 Thumb... 0:10:19.655,0:10:31.167 Bass, together, Thumb 1 Thumb... 0:10:31.167,0:10:38.620 And, again, we would try and link Patterns 3 and 4, so we'd have this: 0:10:38.620,0:10:42.157 Pattern 4... 0:10:42.157,0:10:45.745 Pattern 3... 0:10:45.745,0:11:01.992 Pattern 4... 0:11:01.992,0:11:04.494 Now, once you feel confident with that, what I would recommend 0:11:04.494,0:11:13.617 is starting to mix up the patterns a little bit now, so we would go from Pattern 1, which is a C chord: 0:11:13.617,0:11:19.588 to Pattern 3, which is the same thing, but with a G chord: 0:11:19.588,0:11:26.879 and try to get the change without having a pause in there. 0:11:26.879,0:11:31.257 So, you go 1... 2 'and' 3 'and' 4... 0:11:31.257,0:11:34.900 1... 2 'and' 3 'and' 4... 0:11:34.900,0:11:38.438 1... 2 'and' 3 'and' 4... 0:11:38.438,0:11:54.020 1... 2 'and' 3 'and' 4... 0:11:54.020,0:12:14.491 And, of course, maybe you might play 1 and 2 on the C chord, and then 3 and 4 on the G chord. 0:12:14.491,0:12:18.860 Don't be surprised if it takes quite a lot of practice to get these Patterns automated. 0:12:18.860,0:12:22.595 Don't expect to just be able to learn what they are and do it, and change between the different 0:12:22.595,0:12:25.540 chords and the different Patterns right away. It doesn't work like that. 0:12:25.540,0:12:29.326 It didn't work like that way for me, and I've seen hundreds of students over the years really struggle 0:12:29.326,0:12:35.077 with this stuff. You have to just do it slowly and accurately. Take one Pattern, practice it 0:12:35.077,0:12:38.704 over and over again until you're confident with it, then learn another one. 0:12:38.704,0:12:42.112 And I know I'm going through a few Patterns in this one video, but I don't want to have 0:12:42.112,0:12:46.459 to spend ages and ages just on one Pattern and end up having loads and loads of very long 0:12:46.459,0:12:50.743 and probably quite boring videos. So, it's up to you now to stop and do the practice, 0:12:50.743,0:12:55.371 get that Pattern sorted out properly and be able to do it. Now, there's one 0:12:55.371,0:12:59.208 really important thing that I need to explain to you, which is the idea of the different chords, 0:12:59.208,0:13:03.080 because so far we've just looked at a C chord and a G chord, but really, what it's about 0:13:03.080,0:13:07.595 is whether a chord has a 5th-string root, or a 6th-string root. 0:13:07.595,0:13:14.098 So, the common chords with a 5th-string root, we'd have C of course... 0:13:14.098,0:13:16.623 maybe B7... 0:13:16.623,0:13:19.457 A minor... 0:13:19.457,0:13:23.860 that's kind of the main chords. G with a B base, if you want to get all fancy... 0:13:23.860,0:13:28.145 you could use that as well. With a 6th-string root, you've G chord... 0:13:28.145,0:13:30.383 E minor... 0:13:30.383,0:13:35.949 F, I guess, if you're using your barre chords, or any of your, you know, E-shape barre chords. 0:13:35.949,0:13:41.781 You've also got, now, a little bit of a, kind of a "funny business" going on here, which is 0:13:41.781,0:13:45.379 the D chord. What do you do with a D chord? Hang on, that's got a 4th-string root, and it kind of muddles 0:13:45.379,0:13:49.651 all of our Patterns up. Now, the trick with the D chord, is, well there's a couple 0:13:49.651,0:13:54.488 of different ways of dealing with D. Most commonly done, when you've got a D chord, 0:13:54.488,0:13:58.440 is you move all of your fingers down a string, so the thumb would then take care 0:13:58.440,0:14:03.182 of the 4th string and the 3rd string, and your 1st finger will end up playing 0:14:03.182,0:14:07.902 the 2nd string, and your 3rd* finger will take the thinnest string, and your 3rd finger just doesn't 0:14:07.902,0:14:14.111 get any action at all. So, that's the most common way for a D chord, so you just 0:14:14.111,0:14:18.657 move all of your fingers down a string and play the same Pattern like we played with the C chord 0:14:18.657,0:14:21.141 but just everything toward the ground one string. 0:14:21.141,0:14:24.579 The other approach, which is quite an interesting one, I think it sounds pretty cool, is to play 0:14:24.579,0:14:29.499 a D with an F# base, something we looked at in the Intermediate course, and treat it as 0:14:29.499,0:14:36.738 a 6th-string root. That's a very, very common way around it. There's some other tricks 0:14:36.738,0:14:40.436 as well, but we'll probably get onto those later. So, for now, just be aware of the different 0:14:40.436,0:14:45.222 chords: you should know, hopefully, all of your open chords, where the root note is. 0:14:45.222,0:14:48.555 If you don't, then that's something you really need to check out. So, if you're playing the C chord, 0:14:48.555,0:14:52.787 "What string is the note C on?", right, on the thickest couple of strings. 0:14:52.787,0:14:56.872 It's really important that you understand that, you know? That's kind of basic guitar skills. 0:14:56.872,0:15:00.943 So, make sure that you know the Patterns that fit with each of the different chords. 0:15:00.943,0:15:04.653 Don't just practice C and G. 0:15:04.653,0:15:12.040 A nice progression might be to practice C, G, A minor, F. 0:15:12.040,0:15:15.832 Very, very common chord sequence. 0:15:15.832,0:15:27.988 Which would obviously be 5th-string root, 6th-string root, 5th-string root, 6th-string root. 0:15:27.988,0:15:33.823 Okay, there's ten billion songs that use that one, right? So, just with this really simple little bit of info, 0:15:33.823,0:15:37.462 these couple of Patterns that we've looked at so far, there's a lot of mileage in it. 0:15:37.462,0:15:41.564 So, don't feel like you've got to rush too much. Don't, you know, I can't stress that enough. When you try 0:15:41.564,0:15:46.989 and rush through these things, you won't get them. You'll end up kind of not playing the Pattern 0:15:46.989,0:15:51.550 exactly right, or playing the wrong strings half the time, and it's really, it's better to have 0:15:51.550,0:15:54.916 these kind of, because we're going to get more complicated, right, but you want to get these 0:15:54.916,0:15:59.435 basic Patterns down. Really, I call it a "default setting", you know, the fingers automatically 0:15:59.435,0:16:03.385 go to those strings, and you've got these fingerstyle Patterns that you can just pull out straight 0:16:03.385,0:16:07.458 away, and they happen naturally, and it only happens through lots and lots 0:16:07.458,0:16:08.982 and lots and lots 0:16:08.982,0:16:10.243 of practice. 0:16:10.243,0:16:16.799 So, when you feel confident with these ones and you can do them properly and easily, and they feel natural, 0:16:16.799,0:16:19.345 then join me for the next lesson, when we're going to break out 0:16:19.345,0:16:23.291 the 3rd finger, and make the Patterns just a little bit more complicated. 0:16:23.291,0:16:27.291 See you for that lesson very soon, take care of yourselves, bye bye.