Important forms for this class:
Student Survey
student_survey_-_guitar_class_2016.pdf | |
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Syllabus
guitar_1_syllabus_2016.pdf | |
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Song Journal
my_song_journal.pdf | |
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Chord Journal
my_chord_journal.pdf | |
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Unit 1
Lesson 1 : Guitar Survey, Syllabus, and GUITAR GEAR FOR CLASS
Make sure to take this handwritten survey in class (10pts). You can download the paper here:
student_survey_-_guitar_class_2016.pdf | |
File Size: | 12 kb |
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These are the first four things you need for class for the first first week:
1) An acoustic guitar. Pick one with a low action, as shown in the video below. A strap is optional, but they are great.
My recommendation is to try guitars at Ingram's Music or Gottchalk's Music on Main Street. Find one that is easy to
press down strings on, and had a nice full sound. Compare guitars and ask about the quality of the guitars. I am
partial to Takimine and Yamaha guitars at the entry level, but there many more to choose from. Here are some
links to guitars on amazon that would probably work fine: 1) cheapest but it may work 2)better 3) Good 4) Best.
2) A case that will protect it around school.
3) A tuner. A handheld digital tuner like this one , or a downloaded version on your phone or laptop.
4) Several .50 mm picks. Like these
Other things: Bring your guitar book, notebook for taking notes, pens (or pencils), laptop, and ear buds.
1) An acoustic guitar. Pick one with a low action, as shown in the video below. A strap is optional, but they are great.
My recommendation is to try guitars at Ingram's Music or Gottchalk's Music on Main Street. Find one that is easy to
press down strings on, and had a nice full sound. Compare guitars and ask about the quality of the guitars. I am
partial to Takimine and Yamaha guitars at the entry level, but there many more to choose from. Here are some
links to guitars on amazon that would probably work fine: 1) cheapest but it may work 2)better 3) Good 4) Best.
2) A case that will protect it around school.
3) A tuner. A handheld digital tuner like this one , or a downloaded version on your phone or laptop.
4) Several .50 mm picks. Like these
Other things: Bring your guitar book, notebook for taking notes, pens (or pencils), laptop, and ear buds.
Lesson 2: Parts of the guitar.
On this day we will go to the library and get Jerry Snyder's Guitar School. I will be meeting with students for two days and assessing ability levels. In the meantime, you will be working in groups to complete study guide #1 about the basics of guitar (9 pts) using your book.
If you finish early, you may start to watch the tutorial on guitar tuning and strings.
Lesson 2.1: GUITAR BASICS - TUNING, STRINGS, AND POSITIONING
On Guitar Quiz:
1) name the six strings by sight (6 pts)
2) tune a guitar with a tuner and using the 5th string method. I will put your guitar out of tune so be ready! (12 pts)
3) exhibit proper posture and finger positioning on the guitar (2 pts)
1) name the six strings by sight (6 pts)
2) tune a guitar with a tuner and using the 5th string method. I will put your guitar out of tune so be ready! (12 pts)
3) exhibit proper posture and finger positioning on the guitar (2 pts)
If you didn't understand my video, watch this one; it's great.
Lesson 3: Basic chords - c and g7
Read over pages 8-10. You will be expected to to play one of the songs on this page or on the videos in time, meaning you will have to play them according to the time signature. This one's cheesy, easy! Be patient. These are cheesy kids' songs. Don't worry, we'll rockin' by semester.
On Guitar Quiz:
Exercise #3 (10 pts)
On Guitar Quiz:
Exercise #3 (10 pts)
LESSON 4: MORE PRACTICE WITH G7 AND C
Make sure you have a folder for all your notes in class (5 pts). Use pages 4 through 10 to complete worksheet #2 (12 pts).
On Guitar Quiz:
Marianne (p.10) (10 pts) or one of the cheesy kids' songs in the video below.
On Guitar Quiz:
Marianne (p.10) (10 pts) or one of the cheesy kids' songs in the video below.
ADVANCED STUDENTS: Be able to play the full "C" and "G7" chords
lesson 5: D and a7
On Guitar Quiz: Exercise #6 and Tom Dooley (15 pts) Watch and practice below.
ADVANCED STUDENTS: Play the tunes in the book with the strumming pattern on my video or Bob Dylan's Knocking on Heaven's Door -- pretty simple, but you should have these chords down.
lesson 6: The "G" chord & three chord songs
Take notes and practice pgs. 12-14. Be able to:
Written Quiz
1) Fill in guitar frames for the chords G A D G7 C
On Guitar Quiz
1) Play exerise #8 on page 12, Worried Man Blues, When the Saints Go Marching In, Amazing Grace, Our Land, Surfin', or
another song of at least 8 measures that you find online.
Written Quiz
1) Fill in guitar frames for the chords G A D G7 C
On Guitar Quiz
1) Play exerise #8 on page 12, Worried Man Blues, When the Saints Go Marching In, Amazing Grace, Our Land, Surfin', or
another song of at least 8 measures that you find online.
ADVANCED STUDENTS: Start refining your strumming technique with the first two lines of this song
A7 D A7 D G A7 G A7
Give a little bit Give a little bit of your love to me
A7 D A7 D G A7 G A7
Give a little bit I'll give a little bit of my love to you
Keep playing along and rewinding the iconic tune by Roger Hodgson of Supertramp:
lesson 7
the strum
On Guitar Quiz #5
1) Be able to play exercise #9 in pickstyle or fingerstyle (10 pts)
Play one of the two songs (10 pts)
the "A" chord & Basic rock / Blues progression
On Guitar Quiz #6: Exercise #13
Pick style and free stroke fingerstyle
On Guitar Quiz #7: Bye, Love
ADVANCED STUDENTS: Tom Petty's "Free Fallin" makes best use of the "A" chord. Don't worry about the capo if you don't have one.
Other Strums
Quiz #8:
Quiz #9:
the key of "g"
Take copious notes on page 20. Be able to:
(written)
1. Explain how most composers create a song. 2. Define what "melody" is.
3. Define what "harmony" is 4. Define "principal chords"
5. Define a "Tonic" I chord 6. Define a "Sub-Dominant" IV chord
7. Define a "Dominant" V chord 8. Know what the principal chords for the key of "G" are
9. Fill in a chord frame for G, C, and D.
(on guitar)
1. Play the Basic Rock/Blues Progression on page 21
One of the songs on this video (you can modify with downstroke strumming):
(written)
1. Explain how most composers create a song. 2. Define what "melody" is.
3. Define what "harmony" is 4. Define "principal chords"
5. Define a "Tonic" I chord 6. Define a "Sub-Dominant" IV chord
7. Define a "Dominant" V chord 8. Know what the principal chords for the key of "G" are
9. Fill in a chord frame for G, C, and D.
(on guitar)
1. Play the Basic Rock/Blues Progression on page 21
One of the songs on this video (you can modify with downstroke strumming):
8th strumming with a tie (how to play a bajillion songs)
Here is the most basic strumming pattern. It's not in your text. But you have to learn it. You can use any chord you want to start, but after watching the video, you need to:
(on guitar)
1. Be able to carry out the strumming pattern for four measures (what he does in the video at the 23 second mark four times
in a row)
2. Be able to use the strumming pattern in a G-C-D progression. You can play tons of songs with this. Check out video two.
(on guitar)
1. Be able to carry out the strumming pattern for four measures (what he does in the video at the 23 second mark four times
in a row)
2. Be able to use the strumming pattern in a G-C-D progression. You can play tons of songs with this. Check out video two.
ADVANCED STUDENTS: Memorize the "G" Major pentatonic scale. Work on clear, articulated picking between each note. Many, many guitar solos branch from this scale. Also, practice the scale while other students play the "G,C,D" progression.
Basic power chords (5th power chords)
There are virtually thousands of rock bands that rely heavily on power fifths. Practice the G5 C5 D5 G5 in 4/4 time using four downstrokes per measure for two measures.
POWER FIFTHS QUIZ (10 pts)
Play the G5 C5 D5 G5 in 4/4 time using four downstrokes per measure for eight measures. Follow along with the video.
Play the G5 C5 D5 G5 in 4/4 time using four downstrokes per measure for eight measures. Follow along with the video.
Challenge Songs. Play these songs for 2 pts extra credit each.
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basic rock/blues progression
Work on the chord/mute strum in exercise 21
Quiz (Exercise 21 only, 10 pts):
swing eighths and other strumming patterns
Quiz (10 pts):
ADVANCED STUDENTS: Play the scale at the 3:54 mark, in a swing/shuffle time.
d7 and the blues strum
Em and Dsus
Quiz (10 pts): (Stand By Me)
EM and brown eyed girl
This is a review on eighth strumming with a tie. No quiz! This is just for fun and we'll take a day or two in class to practice our strumming and Em chords.
ADVANCED STUDENTS: Check out the lead part in the first part of the video. Nail that one and you are a true rocker. Go to 4:48 in the video and give yourself a good 1/2 hour.
am and the syncopated strum
Quiz (Exercise 36):
E, e7, and the Blues strum
Quiz: Exercise 40
8 bar blues
blues shuffle in A
This is not our quiz, but it is a great backing track for blues shuffle in A. Practice the 2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4 and 2-2-4-4-5-5-4-4 patterns with the root of A, D, and E using these chords.
Blues shuffle in E
Quiz: Exercise 49
Quiz: Exercise 52
Blues shuffle with chord embellishments
Rock Ballad strum
Quiz: Exercise 58 (10 pts)
Exercise 61: Walking the Bass or House of the Rising Sun (10 pts)
Or you can play the chord progression linked here
BARRE chords
Use the "E form" Barre chords and "Em form" on the "E" string. Use the "Am form" and "A form" barre chords on the "A" string.
Quiz: Play three "E" form barre chords in succession and name the chords. (10 pts)