Chords for Hot fingerstyle tricks
Tempo:
112.9 bpm
Chords used:
Am
E
A
F
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
What I want to illustrate here is a lot of even rock players,
people like Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin and Steve Howe
from Yes, obviously guys like Richard Thompson.
And many different players have classical influences
in their playing for lots of different reasons.
Could be where they're from or what their background was.
Maybe they studied.
And I think it's a real valuable thing.
I'm now approaching finger style.
We've been doing mostly flat picking up till now.
And a really simple way to enter into this
occurs to me as an A minor chromatic walk down.
It's one that you've heard in many different songs.
But in this case, I [A] started out playing
with just a [Am] thumb finger thing.
[A]
[E] Now what I like to do is I like to, for drama,
I like to kind of slide up on the A note.
[A]
And I actually do that on a Latin piece
that I wrote called Te Quiero.
[E] [A] [Am]
[E] [A]
[Am] [E] Now all I'm doing there is I'm playing a form of A minor
using only the D string and the G string as fretted parts.
I use an [A] open A.
And I'll fret here on the A note, the seventh fret.
And I'll fret here on the [A] C note on the fifth fret.
And what that gives you is a very open sounding A minor,
which I like because I can get free with it.
I'm not really a trained classical player,
but I've managed to pick up [Am] a little bit of the little [A]
style.
[G#m]
[G] [Bm]
[F] And I go to an F, [F]
F major seven.
[E] Just do an E major.
I use my nails.
I drag my nails across for that flavor.
It's almost a flamenco style, really.
And then what I like to do is to try and get,
[Am] [E]
[C]
[Bm]
[F]
[E]
now I'm going to try and, it's a little bit difficult
to pull that [Am] apart.
But in terms of the picking style,
it's more of a right hand thing.
Because this hand's really not doing much.
The left hand's barely moving.
But I saw a classical guy, I was watching someone
play classical guitar the other day, and I was like, wow.
They got a lot of sound coming out of there.
And I realized it's a very light touch.
[F#] And it's that the thumb kind of bounces up and down
on the [Am] D and the G string.
[E] And these two fingers, it's a three finger [F#] thing.
[Am] [B]
And it's hard to slow down because it's one of those things
you got to play it fast to get it.
But if you slowed [Em] it down and simplified it,
it would [Am] just so simply be.
[B]
[G#] [E] [C]
[B]
people like Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin and Steve Howe
from Yes, obviously guys like Richard Thompson.
And many different players have classical influences
in their playing for lots of different reasons.
Could be where they're from or what their background was.
Maybe they studied.
And I think it's a real valuable thing.
I'm now approaching finger style.
We've been doing mostly flat picking up till now.
And a really simple way to enter into this
occurs to me as an A minor chromatic walk down.
It's one that you've heard in many different songs.
But in this case, I [A] started out playing
with just a [Am] thumb finger thing.
[A]
[E] Now what I like to do is I like to, for drama,
I like to kind of slide up on the A note.
[A]
And I actually do that on a Latin piece
that I wrote called Te Quiero.
[E] [A] [Am]
[E] [A]
[Am] [E] Now all I'm doing there is I'm playing a form of A minor
using only the D string and the G string as fretted parts.
I use an [A] open A.
And I'll fret here on the A note, the seventh fret.
And I'll fret here on the [A] C note on the fifth fret.
And what that gives you is a very open sounding A minor,
which I like because I can get free with it.
I'm not really a trained classical player,
but I've managed to pick up [Am] a little bit of the little [A]
style.
[G#m]
[G] [Bm]
[F] And I go to an F, [F]
F major seven.
[E] Just do an E major.
I use my nails.
I drag my nails across for that flavor.
It's almost a flamenco style, really.
And then what I like to do is to try and get,
[Am] [E]
[C]
[Bm]
[F]
[E]
now I'm going to try and, it's a little bit difficult
to pull that [Am] apart.
But in terms of the picking style,
it's more of a right hand thing.
Because this hand's really not doing much.
The left hand's barely moving.
But I saw a classical guy, I was watching someone
play classical guitar the other day, and I was like, wow.
They got a lot of sound coming out of there.
And I realized it's a very light touch.
[F#] And it's that the thumb kind of bounces up and down
on the [Am] D and the G string.
[E] And these two fingers, it's a three finger [F#] thing.
[Am] [B]
And it's hard to slow down because it's one of those things
you got to play it fast to get it.
But if you slowed [Em] it down and simplified it,
it would [Am] just so simply be.
[B]
[G#] [E] [C]
[B]
Key:
Am
E
A
F
B
Am
E
A
What I want to illustrate here is a lot of _ even rock players,
people like Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin and Steve Howe
from Yes, obviously guys like Richard Thompson.
And many different players have classical influences
in their playing for lots of different reasons.
Could be where they're from or what their background was.
Maybe they studied.
And I think it's a real valuable thing.
I'm now approaching finger style.
We've been doing mostly flat picking up till now.
_ And a really simple way to enter into this
occurs to me as an A minor chromatic walk down.
It's one that you've heard in many different songs.
But in this case, I [A] started out playing
with just a [Am] thumb finger thing.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] Now what I like to do is I like to, for drama,
I like to kind of slide up on the A note.
_ [A] _ _
And I actually do that on a Latin piece
that I wrote called Te Quiero.
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[Am] _ [E] Now all I'm doing there is I'm playing a form of A minor
using only the D string and the G string as fretted parts.
I use an [A] open A.
And I'll fret here on the A note, the seventh fret.
And I'll fret here on the [A] C note on the fifth fret.
And what that gives you is a very open sounding A minor,
which I like because I can get free with it.
I'm not really a trained classical player,
but I've managed to pick up [Am] a little bit of the little [A] _ _ _
style.
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [F] And I go to an F, _ [F] _ _
F major seven.
[E] _ Just do an E major. _ _
_ _ _ _ I use my nails.
I drag my nails across _ for that flavor.
It's almost a flamenco style, really.
And then what I like to do is to try and get, _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ now I'm going to try and, it's a little bit difficult
to pull that [Am] apart.
But in terms of the picking style,
it's more of a right hand thing.
Because this hand's really not doing much.
The left hand's barely moving.
But I saw a classical guy, I was watching someone
play classical guitar the other day, and I was like, wow.
They got a lot of sound coming out of there.
And I realized it's a very light touch.
[F#] And it's that _ _ the _ thumb kind of bounces up and down
on the [Am] D and the G string.
_ [E] And these two fingers, it's a three finger [F#] thing. _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
And it's hard to slow down because it's one of those things
you got to play it fast to get it. _ _
_ _ _ _ But if you slowed [Em] it down and simplified it,
it would [Am] just so simply be.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [G#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
people like Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin and Steve Howe
from Yes, obviously guys like Richard Thompson.
And many different players have classical influences
in their playing for lots of different reasons.
Could be where they're from or what their background was.
Maybe they studied.
And I think it's a real valuable thing.
I'm now approaching finger style.
We've been doing mostly flat picking up till now.
_ And a really simple way to enter into this
occurs to me as an A minor chromatic walk down.
It's one that you've heard in many different songs.
But in this case, I [A] started out playing
with just a [Am] thumb finger thing.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] Now what I like to do is I like to, for drama,
I like to kind of slide up on the A note.
_ [A] _ _
And I actually do that on a Latin piece
that I wrote called Te Quiero.
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[Am] _ [E] Now all I'm doing there is I'm playing a form of A minor
using only the D string and the G string as fretted parts.
I use an [A] open A.
And I'll fret here on the A note, the seventh fret.
And I'll fret here on the [A] C note on the fifth fret.
And what that gives you is a very open sounding A minor,
which I like because I can get free with it.
I'm not really a trained classical player,
but I've managed to pick up [Am] a little bit of the little [A] _ _ _
style.
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ [F] And I go to an F, _ [F] _ _
F major seven.
[E] _ Just do an E major. _ _
_ _ _ _ I use my nails.
I drag my nails across _ for that flavor.
It's almost a flamenco style, really.
And then what I like to do is to try and get, _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ now I'm going to try and, it's a little bit difficult
to pull that [Am] apart.
But in terms of the picking style,
it's more of a right hand thing.
Because this hand's really not doing much.
The left hand's barely moving.
But I saw a classical guy, I was watching someone
play classical guitar the other day, and I was like, wow.
They got a lot of sound coming out of there.
And I realized it's a very light touch.
[F#] And it's that _ _ the _ thumb kind of bounces up and down
on the [Am] D and the G string.
_ [E] And these two fingers, it's a three finger [F#] thing. _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
And it's hard to slow down because it's one of those things
you got to play it fast to get it. _ _
_ _ _ _ But if you slowed [Em] it down and simplified it,
it would [Am] just so simply be.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [G#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _