WEBVTT 00:00:05.417 --> 00:00:07.081 Hi, how'ya doing, Justin here! 00:00:07.081 --> 00:00:10.360 Welcome to this last lesson in the Folk Fingerstyle Module, 00:00:10.360 --> 00:00:14.937 where we're gonna be learning how to add hammer-ons and flick-offs into our patterns. 00:00:14.937 --> 00:00:19.200 Now, this is quite tricky. The first time I learned it, I really struggled with it, 00:00:19.200 --> 00:00:23.785 so, expect it to take a little bit of time to learn, but if you are going to continue 00:00:23.785 --> 00:00:27.422 your path into folk fingerstyle, and you're gonna learn some James Taylor, or 00:00:27.422 --> 00:00:31.742 Tommy Emmanuel, Andy Mckee, any of those kinda complex guys, you're gonna need to 00:00:31.742 --> 00:00:36.525 learn this technique. It's gonna take some practice. What I'm gonna do in this lesson, 00:00:36.525 --> 00:00:41.804 I've written out four patterns, which use some of the common kind of ideas and 00:00:41.804 --> 00:00:44.911 I'm gonna take you through each one and explain what's going on. So, when you 00:00:44.911 --> 00:00:49.156 come across them in the real world, you'll understand how to go about practicing them 00:00:49.156 --> 00:00:54.016 and the difficulties that you might face. It's a lot of fun and you don't wanna 00:00:54.016 --> 00:00:57.988 always have to pick every note that you're gonna play. So, using hammer-ons and 00:00:57.988 --> 00:01:01.676 flick-offs is very-very common. So, what we're gonna do is we're gonna have look 00:01:01.676 --> 00:01:06.260 at the right hand and then the left hand (the fretting hand and then the picking hand) 00:01:06.260 --> 00:01:10.658 for each one of the patterns and hopefully you'll get it, you'll sort them out and 00:01:10.658 --> 00:01:14.039 you'll be able to incorporate these into your playing as well and of course, 00:01:14.039 --> 00:01:17.154 remember, that once you've learned this, you might wanna think back to when you 00:01:17.154 --> 00:01:21.127 made up your own patterns, and maybe make up some of your own patterns that 00:01:21.127 --> 00:01:23.576 also use these hammer-ons and flick-offs too. 00:01:23.576 --> 00:01:26.956 So, let's get to a close-up and check out pattern 17. 00:01:27.401 --> 00:01:34.027 ♪ 00:01:34.027 --> 00:01:38.196 OK, that's the first pattern. Now, what what we've starting-off here is with our 00:01:38.196 --> 00:01:43.868 little finger on the 3rd fret of the 2nd string. (♪) 00:01:43.868 --> 00:01:48.868 And it's flicking-off onto the 1st fret of the 2nd string. 00:01:48.868 --> 00:01:52.356 ♪ 00:01:52.356 --> 00:01:57.191 Now, the trick here is, that it has to flick-off exactly at the end. 00:01:57.191 --> 00:02:06.281 1-and-2; and then we're playing with the thumb. So, 1-and-2-and-3 00:02:06.282 --> 00:02:10.439 Now this one, the part on beat 3, we've just played the open 2nd string, 00:02:10.439 --> 00:02:15.659 lifting our 1st finger off, and we hammer it down at exactly the same time as 00:02:15.671 --> 00:02:23.833 our thumb plays on the 3rd beat. So: 1, and, 2, and, 3 00:02:23.833 --> 00:02:26.269 And we're not playing that one. Make sure you recognize it, 00:02:26.269 --> 00:02:33.508 that's a hammer-on. 1, and, 2, and, 3, and, 4 00:02:33.508 --> 00:02:37.938 And now here: and-4 So you're flicking this off, 00:02:37.938 --> 00:02:40.764 little finger's flicking off, at exactly the same time 00:02:40.764 --> 00:02:46.841 the thumb is playing the 4th string (♪) 00:02:46.841 --> 00:02:48.788 Which feels really weird when you start-off with; 00:02:48.788 --> 00:02:50.996 this stuff's gonna feel awkward, you know. 00:02:50.996 --> 00:02:54.066 but just do it like this slowly. Really slowly. 00:02:54.077 --> 00:03:11.572 1-and-2-and-3-and-4 1-and-2-and-3-and-4 00:03:11.572 --> 00:03:14.168 That's how you're gonna have to do it. Just real slow 00:03:14.168 --> 00:03:23.698 ♪ 00:03:35.677 --> 00:03:39.507 Ok, I want you to see clearly now, how little this hand is doing 00:03:39.512 --> 00:03:43.890 for that seemingly quite complicated pattern. Thumb and 2nd finger together, 00:03:45.370 --> 00:03:53.441 flick-off, thumb, 2nd finger, thumb, 3rd finger, thumb; and that's it! 00:03:53.441 --> 00:03:54.411 So: ♪ 00:04:11.123 --> 00:04:16.401 It's really part of the trick here is getting the...resisting the urge 00:04:16.401 --> 00:04:17.641 to go: ♪ 00:04:19.019 --> 00:04:21.609 because your fingers gonna naturally wanna play it. 00:04:22.543 --> 00:04:23.053 Flick. 00:04:25.529 --> 00:04:28.409 And here: just the thumb. 00:04:29.849 --> 00:04:33.554 And hammering the 1st finger down. 00:04:33.554 --> 00:04:56.024 ♪ 00:04:56.034 --> 00:04:57.955 Ok, we've got a few interesting things going on here: 00:04:57.955 --> 00:04:59.608 ♪ 00:04:59.608 --> 00:05:02.198 Playing the thumb and the 2nd finger, we're now on the G chord of course, 00:05:02.198 --> 00:05:06.990 we've moved from C to G; flicking-off little finger to 1st finger 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:11.310 Thumb, playing the open 00:05:12.734 --> 00:05:15.409 Now we've got thumb and 2nd, or 1st finger-doesn't really matter 00:05:17.149 --> 00:05:19.808 Flick-off, then: ♪ 00:05:19.808 --> 00:05:22.958 We've got little finger going down, so we're changing the bass note 00:05:22.958 --> 00:05:28.664 instead of ♪ we're now going 1-and-2-3-4 00:05:28.664 --> 00:05:31.296 We're adding this F note in there. It makes it like a G7 00:05:31.296 --> 00:05:35.591 ♪ 00:05:35.591 --> 00:05:39.944 So, it'll be thumb, playing that note there, the F, 3rd fret of the 4th string, 00:05:39.944 --> 00:05:52.622 ♪ 00:05:52.622 --> 00:05:55.132 It's just a really cool little pattern I want you to see the idea, that 00:05:55.132 --> 00:05:57.050 sometimes the bass notes can change. 00:05:57.050 --> 00:06:02.356 As well as incorporating your flick-offs and hammer-ons as well. 00:06:02.356 --> 00:06:06.736 ♪ 00:06:06.740 --> 00:06:09.290 Ok, let's check-out the picking hand. 00:06:10.274 --> 00:06:14.889 Ok, so we're starting here with our 2nd finger, and the bass note being played 00:06:14.889 --> 00:06:24.449 flicking-off, thumb, 2nd finger, thumb and 1st finger, flick-off, thumb, 1st 00:06:24.460 --> 00:06:55.200 ♪ 00:06:55.200 --> 00:06:57.864 OK, this is pattern 19. This is a fun one, because we're 00:06:57.864 --> 00:07:04.127 now using our travis picking; 5th string, 4th string, 6th string, 4th string, 00:07:04.127 --> 00:07:08.768 So, on our C: ♪ 00:07:08.768 --> 00:07:12.057 When we're doing it in open position, make sure, use your 3rd finger to move over. 00:07:12.057 --> 00:07:13.127 Don't: ♪ 00:07:14.310 --> 00:07:17.055 Of course there's enough fingers to hold all of the strings down, but then 00:07:17.055 --> 00:07:19.750 ♪ 00:07:19.750 --> 00:07:21.080 It all just flows together. 00:07:22.259 --> 00:07:25.209 You want that kind of definition that moving the finger gives you. 00:07:26.810 --> 00:07:28.750 And we're adding in the hammer-ons and flick-offs. 00:07:28.756 --> 00:07:34.799 ♪ 00:07:34.799 --> 00:07:39.348 So, here hammer your little finger in the 2nd string 3rd fret 00:07:39.348 --> 00:07:40.565 ♪ 00:07:40.565 --> 00:07:47.325 Bass, open, bass, 3rd finger playing the 3rd fret of the thinnest string 00:07:47.325 --> 00:07:52.902 and then that's gonna flick-off at exactly the same time as you pluck the 4th string. 00:07:52.902 --> 00:07:55.002 That was really hard to do slow, but anyway:) 00:07:55.003 --> 00:08:14.338 ♪ 00:08:14.338 --> 00:08:16.111 Thumb and 2nd finger start-off here. 00:08:17.101 --> 00:08:20.622 With a hammer-on, thumb, 3rd finger, 00:08:20.622 --> 00:08:28.630 thumb on the thickest string, 3rd finger playing the thinnest string and then the flick-off 00:08:28.630 --> 00:08:30.876 happening at exactly the same time as the thumb- 00:08:30.876 --> 00:08:46.386 ♪ 00:08:46.393 --> 00:08:50.450 Really think when you've got the flick-off try and connect the moving of your thumb 00:08:51.830 --> 00:08:56.526 with the flick-off; so it's almost like it becomes one movement. 00:08:56.526 --> 00:08:57.713 ♪ 00:08:57.713 --> 00:08:59.393 'Cause thumb's just playing that one note. 00:09:00.498 --> 00:09:02.400 But you have to connect the thumb with that 00:09:02.400 --> 00:09:04.237 flick-off movement, 'cause if the flick-off comes 00:09:04.237 --> 00:09:06.637 too early, or too late, it'll just sound wrong. 00:09:06.643 --> 00:09:08.442 Ok, and pattern number 20 00:09:08.442 --> 00:09:17.440 ♪ 00:09:17.440 --> 00:09:19.912 We've got here we're on G; 00:09:19.912 --> 00:09:24.081 Pick, flick-off the 1st finger from the 1st fret to the open 00:09:24.081 --> 00:09:26.051 ♪ 00:09:26.053 --> 00:09:31.048 then 1st finger, open, 2nd finger, open. 00:09:31.048 --> 00:09:47.133 ♪ 00:09:47.133 --> 00:09:48.470 Works nice kind of to see that one. 00:09:48.470 --> 00:09:52.268 ♪ 00:09:52.268 --> 00:09:53.198 Let's look at the picking hand. 00:09:54.158 --> 00:10:00.008 ♪ 00:10:00.008 --> 00:10:06.192 Starting with thumb on the thickest string,- we're on a G chord of course,- 3rd finger, 00:10:06.192 --> 00:10:13.070 playing the thinnest string, flick-off, thumb, 2nd finger, then thumb and 2nd, 00:10:13.070 --> 00:10:16.520 flick-off, thumb and 1st, flick-off. 00:10:16.521 --> 00:10:35.745 ♪ 00:10:35.745 --> 00:10:39.141 Incorporating your hammer-ons and flick-offs into your fingerstyle patterns 00:10:39.141 --> 00:10:42.991 is most likely gonna be difficult and require quite a few hours of practice. 00:10:42.993 --> 00:10:45.273 I do think it's worth it and you'll find that 00:10:45.273 --> 00:10:48.930 all of the great fingerpickers use this technique. 00:10:48.930 --> 00:10:52.979 The thing that you probably wanna do now is go back and try and make up some of 00:10:52.979 --> 00:10:57.712 your own patterns that use it. That's probably the best way to go about it now. 00:10:57.712 --> 00:11:01.462 Either that, or have a go at learning some James Taylor, or Tommy Emmanuel, or 00:11:01.478 --> 00:11:03.043 one of the great fingerpickers;. 00:11:03.043 --> 00:11:05.500 Chet Atkins maybe, or Merle Travis and see, 00:11:05.500 --> 00:11:09.712 if you can actually work out their tunes and see the way they're using it 00:11:09.712 --> 00:11:14.205 and putting it into practice. Those that've bought the DVD version of this series 00:11:14.205 --> 00:11:17.545 will have the bonus material, where I'm gonna do some actual songs 00:11:17.550 --> 00:11:20.890 and incorporate all of the ideas that we've done in this course, so 00:11:20.899 --> 00:11:24.814 some of you are probably gonna be checking that out now, which is good for me 00:11:24.814 --> 00:11:29.604 and good for you, buying the DVD really helps support all of the free stuff, so 00:11:29.609 --> 00:11:33.306 if you've enjoyed this, you wanna check out the bonus material and 00:11:33.306 --> 00:11:37.676 go and pick up the DVD off the website and check out the extras, I'm sure you'll dig'em. 00:11:37.676 --> 00:11:40.258 Hope you've enjoyed the course, take care of yourselves and 00:11:40.258 --> 00:11:45.377 I'll see you for much more guitar lessons, licks, riffs, tricks, songs and all that stuff 00:11:45.377 --> 00:11:49.723 I can't speak now, my mouth has gone dry I've been doing all that,-I've actually done 00:11:49.723 --> 00:11:54.427 nearly all of these lessons in one run-through,- and just a funny little 00:11:54.427 --> 00:11:59.177 insider thing, doing this last little intro has taken about 5000 gazillion takes, 00:11:59.177 --> 00:12:03.604 which I find funny, 'cause most of the rest of it's been plain sailing, like 1, or 2 goes 00:12:03.604 --> 00:12:06.621 on all of these and they've just sailed through. 00:12:06.621 --> 00:12:10.065 Ridiculous how life works sometomes anyway. Take care of yourselves, 00:12:10.065 --> 00:12:14.799 have a lovely time with these fingerstyle patterns and I'll see you for much more very soon. 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:15.829 Take care, bye-bye!