Ok, now we're going to add something to that Lightnin Hopkins base lick.
This will be called a hammer-on, it'll be the major third or a G sharp. In this case, G sharp is the major third of E.
So what we're going to do is we're going to play the lick as we did before
and while that E is sustaining we're going to strike A, the third string with an upstroke.
Ok, if you're playing with your fingers you just pick with your finger. If you're playing with a flat pick you want to pick upwards
and hammer-on straight up and down, putting the pressure directly on the string.
On the major third.
So again, let's look at this.
If you want to follow through sometimes you can cut it off like that with a nice little upstroke.
Now all I did was I struck the two top strings or actually the three top strings with an upstroke and then I stopped the sound with my left hand.
So let's look at the whole thing again.
I'm going to give you a minute to work on that.