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Tuning the Guitar with an Electronic Tuner and Manually
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Tuning the Guitar with an Electronic Tuner and Manually
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January 19, 2009
WHAT WE DID THIS LESSON:
- Learned the parts of the guitar
- Learned the names of the strings
- Learned to tune the guitar with an electronic tuner and manually
- Worked on G major and C major
- Introduced the concept of a strum pattern
THIS WEEK:
1) Memorize the parts of the guitar
- body, neck, head/headstock, tuners/machine heads, nut, fingerboard/fretboard, fret wire, fret, fret markers/inlays, binding, bridge, saddle, bridge pins, sound hole, pick guard, bracing, strap button
2) Memorize the names of the strings
E-lvis
A-te
D-inner
G-ood
B-oy
E-lvis
3) Work on strumming between G major and C major
- use the strum pattern down/down-up
- play each chord twice then move
- G major diagram http://z.about.com/d/guitar/1/0/j/s/g-major-chord.gif
- C major diagram http://z.about.com/d/guitar/1/0/e/s/c-major-chord.gif
4) Tune your guitar every time you play
- See the video above
- Get an electronic tuner
OTHER:
- Paid $32.50 for remaining January lessons (Jan 19 & 26)
January 26, 2009
WHAT WE DID THIS LESSON:
- Reviewed last week’s material
- Introduced D major
- Began working on “Sweet Home Alabama”
- Put a strap button on the guitar
THIS WEEK:
1) Keep working on “Sweet Home Alabama”
- chord chart: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/l/lynyrd_skynyrd/sweet_home_alabama_crd.htm
- D major chord diagram: http://z.about.com/d/guitar/1/0/f/s/d-major-chord.gif
- strum pattern: down/down-up
February 2, 2009
WHAT WE DID THIS LESSON:
- Reviewed last week’s material
- Discussed how to close the gap between the chords
- Practiced “Sweet Home Alabama”
THIS WEEK:
1) Keep practicing “Sweet Home Alabama”
- Remember to slow down. You don’t want to speed right up to the gap and then have to stop. Make it smooth and slow… the gap will be minimized then.
OTHER:
- Paid $65 for February lessons
February 9, 2009
WHAT WE DID THIS LESSON:
- Reviewed last week’s material
- Practiced “Sweet Home Alabama”
- Introduced “Savin’ Me”
- Introduced A and Em and down/down/down-up strum pattern
THIS WEEK:
1) Keep working on “Savin’ Me”
- Chord chart: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/n/nickelback/savin_me_ver3_crd.htm
- Strum pattern: down/down/down-up
- A major chord: http://z.about.com/d/guitar/1/0/c/s/a-major-chord.gif
- E minor chord: http://z.about.com/d/guitar/1/0/i/s/e-minor-chord.gif
- Work on verse 1 right now
February 16, 2009
WHAT WE DID THIS LESSON:
- Reviewed last week’s material
- Introduced the chorus of “Savin’ Me”
- Worked on the Bm
THIS WEEK:
1) Keep working on “Savin’ Me”
- Work on the chorus using the Bm
- Don’t forget to work on the first verse; you need to get the structure of the verse nailed down (when to play which chords and in what order)
- Bm chord diagram: http://www.jebochords.com/B-Minor-Chord_855.html
February 23, 2009
WHAT WE DID THIS LESSON:
- Reviewed last week’s material
- Worked on the Bm from “Savin’ Me”
- Introduced the Twelve Bar Blues
THIS WEEK:
1) Keep working on “Savin’ Me”
- Keep hammering out that Bm
- The song structure is getting better for you. Try to remember where you skip that A
2) If you get bored with “Savin’ Me”, work on the Twelve Bar Blues.
OTHER:
- Remember that I won’t be here next week, so we won’t have lesson. However, there are five Mondays in March, so we’ll still get in our four lessons.
March 9, 2009
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
- Worked on “Savin’ Me”
- Introduced “Simple Man”
THIS WEEK:
1) Keep working on “Savin’ Me”
- Practice the instrumental and the ending chorus
2) Start working on “Simple Man”
- Chord chart: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/l/lynyrd_skynyrd/simple_man_crd.htm
- Strum pattern: down/down/down-up
- You can try to do the walk-up between the Am and C if you want
OTHER:
- Paid $65 for March lessons
- Don’t forget to get that fixer-upper bass for me!
March 16, 2009
WHAT WE DID THIS LESSON:
- Practiced “Simple Man”
- Reviewed “Savin’ Me”
THIS WEEK:
1) Keep working on “Simple Man”
- Really work on pulling out the notes on your walk-up at the beginning of the song
- Remember to stop the strum pattern early after the last line of the chorus and the last line of the verse (down/down-down-up/down)
March 23, 2009
WHAT WE DID THIS LESSON:
- Practiced “Simple Man”
THIS WEEK:
1) Keep working on “Simple Man”
- Work on the timing for your walk-up. Remember that the last down stroke you play is 3, you have that silent 4 then you walk up
- We’re only doing the walk-up at the end of the chorus. That’s a change from last week
March 31, 2009
WHAT WE DID THIS LESSON:
- Reviewed “Simple Man”
- Introduced the idea of notated rhythm with whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes
- Notated the strum patterns we’ve used so far
THIS WEEK:
1) Keep working on “Simple Man”
- Keep an eye out for the new Web site coming this week. I’ll have your notated strum pattern up when I get the new site working.