Guitar Lesson 5 – ‘Ooh La la’ Rod Stewart & NEW Melody! [10 Day Guitar Course ]

hi guys I'm Andy crley welcome to day five of this 10day guitar startic course where we're going to be looking at a new strumming pattern and a little Melody for one of the great songs that are fantastic for beginners it's just got two chords in it and this is oo la la by the faces you may not be aware of it so I'll just give you a little playthrough of the two parts that we're going to go for but I think you're really going to like it [Music] I wish that I knew what I know now when I was younger I wish that I knew what I know now when I was Stronger so that's the chorus and that's the little rhythm part and then we have this lead part [Music] that can be played just with your first two fingers so absolutely fantastic for beginners so those two chords I just played were a D major played from string four and an E minor which is played like this so E minor is essentially just an E major chord but we take off your first finger and it's just those two notes there but it can be easier to play that with your first two fingers so that was the E minor I played before E major with our first finger off but it can be easier just to use your first two like this and the strumming pattern that I used was playing the root notes so the lowest note of the chord or the wise known as the Basse note um and then strumming which I kind of nickname Bob Dylan style folk strumming so that's root note the D and then struming the finished four strings and we do that um four times of each so it's two bars 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 and then change to the E minor where the root note is now on the thickest E string 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 and that just repeats for the whole song So 1 2 3 [Music] 4 so let me give you some tips and help you play this bit first and then we'll play that Melody towards the end of this video the quick links are in the description below if you want to skip to the single note part so here's our D chord played 1 2 3 standard D major fingers on an angle pointing towards your strumming hand kind of shoulder and then we pick the root note and strum and that's 1 2 3 4 four when you're doing the single string pick you want to make it just a wrist motion so just moving the wrist and keeping the forearms still and for the strum just kind of flick everything away so flick downwards slight movement of the arm but still the movement is at the wrist as well so just to focus on the strumming action pick just the wrist strum just kind of let it flow down but as small a movement as possible 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 3 4 and staying on those thinner strings will really help to get this sound I'm using a pick and picking string four strum four strum 1 2 3 4 and then we change to the E minor chord and we then pick the thickest string and strum 3 4 1 2 3 4 so let's have a play of this together if you can't keep keep up with me with the single note just go for a normal strum every time so 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Change chord there 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 and it should be nice and straight forward this one everyone should be able to do this even if it's one of your first ever songs but try this Bob Dylan style folky pattern if you're up to it so let's play that together now really slow and 2 3 4 root note strum 3 4 1 2 3 4 E Minor thicky string 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 back to the D chord 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 E minor 1 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 now let's repeat that really slowly and I will sing the words just so that you get how the verse and the chorus work together exactly the same chord sequence and then you'll be a way to practice this straight after this video Let's play together in 1 2 3 4 1 2 change chord 1 2 3 4 1 2 change to d d 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 and now we start the verse poor old Grandad E minor I laughed at all his words D I thought he was a bitter man he spoke of women's ways keep it going back to the D the Trap you then they use you E minor before you even know D is blind far too kind don't ever let it show chorus same thing deod I wish that I knew what I know now when I was young I wish that I knew what to know now when I was Stronger and pause there from there it is just a loop from exactly what you've done so if you could keep up with that fantastic job if you couldn't pause this video now have a quick practice then rewind and have another go along to me but we're going to move straight on now and move uh onto the lead line which kind of follows the uh the chorus pattern at least in a rhythm point of view when I was younger so for this little lead line we're going to start with our first finger where it normally is on the D major chord and pick that note which is the third string second fret represented as two in the tab above and then we play that note three times 1 2 2 3 after the third time 1 2 3 4 we go with our middle finger to Fourth fret and we're going to try and play this whole thing just with our first two fingers okay to make it even easier going to go with your middle finger to Fourth fret of that same string 1 2 3 4 and remember when you're placing your finger at any fret it wants to be at this side of the Fret area not at this side or in the middle we want it right up there and the middle finger right over here not in the middle still staying right on the tips of our fingers staying like this rather than being really flat we're not holding a guitar we're playing notes so we need to bend that first knuckle like this again 1 2 3 4 then we go back the fifth note is the same note we started with 1 2 3 4 five 1 2 3 4 five let me move my pick into shot so you can see it 2 three 4 [Music] five then we go fourth fret but this time on the fourth string so on the thicker string and then to the open 1 2 3 4 five 4 0 40 on the D string on the fourth string this one here if you want to play it along with me join in 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 fourth fret to zero to end that little section it's a two second fret of that same D string those last three notes 1 2 3 One open string second [Music] fret from the top three four [Music] 3 4 and that's certainly the main part that should be recognizable if you listen to the song as that particular song this is what a riff or a lead line does it makes a song [Music] recognizable little bit slower 3 [Music] 4 and then the last part of this riff middle finger uh fifth fret this time so this on mine I've got two dots and this second dot is the fifth fret 1 2 3 4 5 at the fourth string 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 at fifth fret fourth fret and second fret 1 2 3 1 2 1 so there's a little bit of sliding goes happens here 2 3 to First Finger 1 2 1 one now there when I'm sliding from uh well when I'm moving from fourth fret to Second fret I never lift off the string but I do lift off the fretboard so I'm sliding along the string but I'm not squeezing you see my thumbs over the top we slide and then press down again press here slide relax press down but never letting go of the string 1 2 3 1 2 1 so from the top up this would be 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 [Music] 1 really slowly now last time let's play this together give this a really good go guys this is towards the end of the video this is the last thing we can do this from that first finger where it would be on a d chord here we go in 2 3 4 end part 1 2 3 1 2 1 and again 3 4 [Music] stretch wise if your fingers are on an angle it will be easier or you can go with your third finger for these [Music] notes for any of those higher ones if you prefer but we always want to start on first finger at that second fret very last time guys here we go one more time we'll do the rift twice in two three [Music] four and there's our song so that lead line goes over the rhythm part that you've just learned [Music] to copy the rhythm part exactly as I did in the intro we do up down up at the end so pick strong pick strong 1 2 3 up down [Music] up now that does make it much more difficult because that's where we change code so I'm not expecting everyone to be able to do do that but if you needed an explanation of it and a demo here it is one last time really slow 3 [Music] [Music] 4 the best thing to notice on that one is it's on the last upstroke that I lift off to change chord 1 2 3 4 1 2 three up down up is where we change chord that's a little chord changing trick for you up down up it's on the last upstrom that you lift off your chord and that means we're there we can arrive on the next chord your fingers are down for B one that's absolutely the most important thing when changing chords in rhythm guitar if there's an upstrom on the last uh beat of the bar so on for and or even later than that make sure you're lifting off your code for that last strum and it's the coordination of that that will improve your code changes and that is the end of day six thank you very much for joining me today um the idea now is that you'll practice this for the further 10 minutes along with the other songs that you've done over the last days and the last few days following these videos and then join me tomorrow for day six when we're going to be looking at some minor chords and some finger style picking in another song so it's going to be without a pick the next lesson tomorrow so it's going to be really great for a lot of you guys wanting to uh wanting to learn acoustic guitar play some more intricate stuff with your right hand but still great for beginners and I hope to see you there please subscribe if you're enjoying this course so far and want to check out the rest of my videos the link is down below in the description and on the screen now uh hopefully I'll see you again in one of my videos take care of yourselves guys and bye for now

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