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Hi, how'ya doing, Justin here!

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Welcome to this last lesson in the[br]Folk Fingerstyle Module,

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where we're gonna be learning how to add[br]hammer-ons and flick-offs into our patterns.

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Now, this is quite tricky. The first time[br]I learned it, I really struggled with it,

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so, expect it to take a little bit of time[br]to learn, but if you are going to continue

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your path into folk fingerstyle, and you're[br]gonna learn some James Taylor, or

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Tommy Emmanuel, Andy Mckee, any of those[br]kinda complex guys, you're gonna need to

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learn this technique. It's gonna take some[br]practice. What I'm gonna do in this lesson,

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I've written out four patterns, which use[br]some of the common kind of ideas and

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I'm gonna take you through each one and[br]explain what's going on. So, when you

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come across them in the real world, you'll[br]understand how to go about practicing them

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and the difficulties that you might face.[br]It's a lot of fun and you don't wanna

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always have to pick every note that you're[br]gonna play. So, using hammer-ons and

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flick-offs is very-very common. So, what[br]we're gonna do is we're gonna have look[br]

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at the right hand and then the left hand[br](the fretting hand and then the picking hand)

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for each one of the patterns and hopefully[br]you'll get it, you'll sort them out and

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you'll be able to incorporate these into[br]your playing as well and of course,

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remember, that once you've learned this, [br]you might wanna think back to when you

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made up your own patterns, and maybe [br]make up some of your own patterns that

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also use these hammer-ons[br]and flick-offs too.

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So, let's get to a close-up and[br]check out pattern 17.

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♪

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OK, that's the first pattern. Now, what[br]what we've starting-off here is with our

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little finger on the 3rd fret[br]of the 2nd string. (♪)

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And it's flicking-off onto the[br]1st fret of the 2nd string.

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♪

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Now, the trick here is, that it has to[br]flick-off exactly at the end.

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1-and-2; and then we're playing[br]with the thumb. So, 1-and-2-and-3

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Now this one, the part on beat 3,[br]we've just played the open 2nd string,

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lifting our 1st finger off, and we[br]hammer it down at exactly the same time as

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our thumb plays on the 3rd beat.[br]So: 1, and, 2, and, 3

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And we're not playing that one.[br]Make sure you recognize it,

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that's a hammer-on. [br]1, and, 2, and, 3, and, 4

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And now here: and-4[br]So you're flicking this off,

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little finger's flicking off,[br]at exactly the same time

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the thumb is playing the 4th string (♪)

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Which feels really weird[br]when you start-off with;[br]

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this stuff's gonna feel awkward, you know.

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but just do it like this slowly. [br]Really slowly.

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1-and-2-and-3-and-4[br]1-and-2-and-3-and-4

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That's how you're gonna have to do it.[br]Just real slow

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♪

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Ok, I want you to see clearly now,[br]how little this hand is doing

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for that seemingly quite complicated[br]pattern. Thumb and 2nd finger together,

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flick-off, thumb, 2nd finger, thumb,[br]3rd finger, thumb; and that's it!

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So: ♪

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It's really part of the trick here[br]is getting the...resisting the urge

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to go: ♪

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because your fingers gonna[br]naturally wanna play it.

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Flick.

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And here: just the thumb.

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And hammering the 1st finger down.

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♪

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Ok, we've got a few interesting things[br]going on here:

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♪

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Playing the thumb and the 2nd finger,[br]we're now on the G chord of course,

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we've moved from C to G;[br]flicking-off little finger to 1st finger

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Thumb, playing the open

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Now we've got thumb and[br]2nd, or 1st finger-doesn't really matter

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Flick-off, then: ♪

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We've got little finger going down,[br]so we're changing the bass note

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instead of ♪[br]we're now going 1-and-2-3-4

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We're adding this F note in there.[br]It makes it like a G7

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♪

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So, it'll be thumb, playing that note[br]there, the F, 3rd fret of the 4th string,

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♪

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It's just a really cool little pattern[br]I want you to see the idea, that

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sometimes the bass notes can change.

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As well as incorporating your flick-offs[br]and hammer-ons as well.

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♪

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Ok, let's check-out the picking hand.

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Ok, so we're starting here with our[br]2nd finger, and the bass note being played

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flicking-off, thumb, 2nd finger, thumb[br]and 1st finger, flick-off, thumb, 1st

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♪

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OK, this is pattern 19.[br]This is a fun one, because we're

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now using our travis picking;[br]5th string, 4th string, 6th string, 4th string,

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So, on our C: ♪

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When we're doing it in open position,[br]make sure, use your 3rd finger to move over.

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Don't: ♪

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Of course there's enough fingers to[br]hold all of the strings down, but then

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♪

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It all just flows together.

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You want that kind of definition that[br]moving the finger gives you.

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And we're adding in the[br]hammer-ons and flick-offs.

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♪

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So, here hammer your little finger[br]in the 2nd string 3rd fret

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♪

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Bass, open, bass, 3rd finger playing[br]the 3rd fret of the thinnest string

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and then that's gonna flick-off at exactly[br]the same time as you pluck the 4th string.

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That was really hard to do slow, [br]but anyway:)[br]

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♪

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Thumb and 2nd finger start-off here.

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With a hammer-on, thumb, 3rd finger,

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thumb on the thickest string, 3rd finger[br]playing the thinnest string and then the flick-off

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happening at exactly the same time[br]as the thumb-

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♪

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Really think when you've got the flick-off[br]try and connect the moving of your thumb

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with the flick-off; so it's almost like[br]it becomes one movement.

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♪

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'Cause thumb's just playing that one note.[br]

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But you have to connect[br]the thumb with that[br]

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flick-off movement, [br]'cause if the flick-off comes

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too early, or too late,[br]it'll just sound wrong.

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Ok, and pattern number 20

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♪

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We've got here we're on G;

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Pick, flick-off the 1st finger from[br]the 1st fret to the open

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♪

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then 1st finger, open, 2nd finger, open.

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♪

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Works nice kind of to see that one.

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♪

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Let's look at the picking hand.

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♪

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Starting with thumb on the thickest string,-[br]we're on a G chord of course,- 3rd finger,

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playing the thinnest string, flick-off,[br]thumb, 2nd finger, then thumb and 2nd,

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flick-off, thumb and 1st, flick-off.

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♪

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Incorporating your hammer-ons and[br]flick-offs into your fingerstyle patterns

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is most likely gonna be difficult and require[br]quite a few hours of practice.

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I do think it's worth it[br]and you'll find that

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all of the great fingerpickers[br]use this technique.

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The thing that you probably wanna do now[br]is go back and try and make up some of

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your own patterns that use it. That's[br]probably the best way to go about it now.

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Either that, or have a go at learning some[br]James Taylor, or Tommy Emmanuel, or

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one of the great fingerpickers;.

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Chet Atkins maybe,[br]or Merle Travis and see,

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if you can actually work out their tunes[br]and see the way they're using it

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and putting it into practice. Those that've[br]bought the DVD version of this series

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will have the bonus material, where[br]I'm gonna do some actual songs

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and incorporate all of the ideas that[br]we've done in this course, so

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some of you are probably gonna be[br]checking that out now, which is good for me

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and good for you, buying the DVD really[br]helps support all of the free stuff, so

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if you've enjoyed this, you wanna[br]check out the bonus material and

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go and pick up the DVD off the website and[br]check out the extras, I'm sure you'll dig'em.

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Hope you've enjoyed the course, [br]take care of yourselves and

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I'll see you for much more guitar lessons,[br]licks, riffs, tricks, songs and all that stuff

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I can't speak now, my mouth has gone dry[br]I've been doing all that,-I've actually done

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nearly all of these lessons in[br]one run-through,- and just a funny little

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insider thing, doing this last little intro[br]has taken about 5000 gazillion takes,

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which I find funny, 'cause most of the[br]rest of it's been plain sailing, like 1, or 2 goes

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on all of these and they've just[br]sailed through.

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Ridiculous how life works sometomes[br]anyway. Take care of yourselves,

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have a lovely time with these fingerstyle patterns[br]and I'll see you for much more very soon.

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Take care, bye-bye!