Day 5 - Folk Strumming and Lead Guitar for 'Ooh La Laa' by The Faces
Hi guys, welcome to Day 5 of this Guitar Starter Course where we'll be checking out a brand new song with a minor chord, folk style strumming PLUS a new easy melody!
The song we'll be learning is 'Ooh La La' by The Faces [Rod Stewart] PLUS learn how to play the recognisable melody that is the main hook of the song!
Chords & tips!
Photos & diagrams from Andy's Beginners Course Book, available in paperback & to download now!
Once you’ve completed the lesson, watch Andy demonstrate the full song and play along using this video!
'Ooh La La' Strumming Pattern
Full Chord Sequence for this lesson, just repeat this to play along to the whole song!
TAB for the intro melody.
Full chords/ lyrics sheet
Click this link to view the full chords/ lyrics sheet for this song!
What's next?
If you've successfully played along with Andy in the full demo video above, you're ready to move on to Day 6 of this Starter course where we'll be checking out some easy fingerstyle playing (without a pick!) Plus a little on how to play and sing at the same time!
If you've found you struggle, you may wish to checkout Levels 2 - 4 of Andy's complete Beginners Course where the A to D change, strumming, finger stretching and single note playing more in depth- see the links below.