Chords for Tim Henson taught me guitar

Today, I'm gonna learn guitar from Tim Henson.
Now just like every other aspiring metal guitarist,
I started with wanting to [E] learn how to do chugs,
[Gb] pinch harmonics, shredding,
[A] and messy guitar center sweeping.
But even though I've been playing for like,
[E] oh my God, math, almost like 18 years now,
I've never actually learned how to finger pick or thump.
And Tim Henson just released this video,
How to Finger Pick and Thump.
And I'm like, all right, let's finally learn
how to do this.
Also, oh God, it doesn't,
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All right, I'm excited to wanna throw away all my guitars
after watching this.
[Em] _
_ [C] _ _ Okay, so like, I don't know, like, can I do that?
Is that what I'm about to get taught?
Cause what?
My name is Tim Henson,
and today I'm going to be showing you how to thump
as well as finger pick.
Okay.
[Gb] I'm using my signature Ibanez Tim Henson TOD-10.
It's a hot guitar.
Fishman Fluence Tim Henson signature series pickups.
We're going to be using an [Bb] etude that I made for myself
so [Em] that I could practice this technique on loop
endlessly and mindlessly
because it is a very difficult technique
and the more you're able to.
I, well, that's encouraging.
That's, it's easy.
No, this is easy.
I got this.
Okay, so before we get into the thumping,
I just [Ab] wanted to give a quick shout out to Tosin Abasi.
He is the [Fm] one that taught me this.
Big true, Tosin is the thumb master.
Every single note is going to be a quintuplet.
Quintuplet means that each beat is [B] divided by five equally.
_ _ Okay, I processed that.
So on your right hand, you're going to have P-P-I-M-A.
_ Five.
Now that's thumb, thumb, index, middle, ring.
[D] _ [B] Thumb, thumb, _ index, middle, ring.
Okay.
_ _ [Em] So for the thumb part,
basically what you're going to do is make a fist,
take your thumb, stick it straight out,
open up these fingers just a little bit
because you're going to [Gb] be using them later.
You're then going to hover over the strings
at about a [Bbm] 45 degree angle.
Okay, so like this.
I'm get, oh, I broke my guitar.
Okay, I'm getting it.
Drive your thumb straight [E] through the string. _ _
[A] _ _ [E] That hurts.
It's supposed to be lighter?
_ I think, okay, okay.
Wait, that makes sense.
Land on the string directly below it.
So the part that's going to be hitting the string
is going to be right where the thumb meets the nail.
So right there, okay, right there.
This is helpful.
Shit, okay, I'm actually learning how to do this today.
It only took me 18 years.
And that's the part that's going to strike the string.
So that looks like. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] The thing that helped me the most
was to think of it like a pick
because a lot of the times people like to think
that it's [E] like a slap or a pluck.
True.
And really it's like a pick.
And [A] like a pick you. _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ Whoa, what?
You can do a downstroke.
You can also do an upstroke.
So once you have this motion,
you're then going to bring it back.
That's hard. _ _ _ _
That like hits my nail.
Okay, and so now for the finger picking part.
[Eb] The important thing to remember here
[G] is that it's less of a pluck
_ where you're individually going in and out
and plucking the string
and more of sitting on the string already and pulling off.
_ So when you put all of that together,
you've got P-P-I-M-A.
Oh, whoa, whoa, we're too fast with the P-P here.
Okay, wait, wait, wait, I'm still on finger picking [A] part.
_ _ [G] Yeah, I've lived with a pick my whole life.
So just.
[Dm] _
_ [D] And you're gonna wanna do it really slow at first.
_ [Em] Okay.
[E] _ _ [Em] And then once you get the hang of that motion,
then you can gradually increase the speed.
_ _ _ _ [E] Yeah, I'll get right on it, Tim.
_ Just give me like a few minutes.
Jesus. _
_ _ _ _ Did it.
[G] _ _
[Em] _ _ And that is what the right hand
is going to be doing the [B] entire time.
This was only one of the hands?
Okay, let's go ahead and get into the left hand.
These are all the chords that the left hand will [Em] be playing.
_ [B] Okay, at least I know how to use my left hand.
[Am] _ _ [Em]
Just give me the tabs, bro.
We're gonna start with this first chord.
It's gonna be seven on the A, five on the D,
open [G] G, and then eight on the B.
And you're gonna do P-P-I-M-A on the A, D, G,
and B strings.
Okay, I can do this. So that's.
[Em] I can do this. _ _ _ _
You're gonna play this chord twice
and on the second time, instead of hitting seven on the A,
you're gonna do open E.
So it looks like.
_ Wait, am I getting it? _ _ _
_ _ I did it.
It sounds like a little doggo, but I'm getting closer.
It will be wolf soon.
_ _ And then we move on to the second chord,
which is going to be.
_ _ _ _ See, I can do that. _ _ _ _ _ _
Easy.
But now I have to use my P-P here.
[Am] P-P-I-P-P.
[Em] _
_ _ [C] Well, it's silly to screw it.
This third chord is going to be. _
[Am] The next chord has two [B] parts to it.
You're gonna do.
Of course.
That's going to be seven on the low E,
nine on the D, eight on the G,
and seven on the B.
Chord wise, [Em] this is not crazy. _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [B] _ _ _ Kind of, yeah.
Except you're not supposed to use this thing,
which is basically a part of my hand after 18 years.
_ There's more?
You're gonna come back up to this chord.
Okay.
_ [Em] I got this. Okay. _
Okay, I'm starting to get the vibe of it.
_ [C] _ What?
[Em] Huh?
_ _ _ Everything.
I've been going at it for 20 minutes.
This is it right here.
All of the knowledge, all of the trial and errors.
18 years have all come to this moment right here.
Thump, finger picking, P-P time. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] Oh, _ [Am] oh, no.
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] Yeah, I'll take it.
I'll take it.
Oh my God.
_ _ I missed my pick.
Right hand, P-P-I-M-A.
Left hand, learn those chords.
Once you have that [Ab] memorized,
then you can just mindlessly run through that
a million times, and eventually this technique
might feel natural to you.
It took me.
Well, yeah, that was cool.
I guess I should actually practice that.
But besides that, I'm gonna go back to playing
drop omega lull breakdowns that take no skill
and just hit the low note with the pick.
Thanks for watching.
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