Hello all, Sorry this is a day late. Here is this week's homework. Samuel This week we continued working with "Ahead By a Century". We talked about creating interest with the bass and looked at using 5ths in the basslines. For examples using A as a passing note when the chord is D and so on. Practice using this technique [...]
Hello all, Here is this week's homework: Samuel This week we looked at "Ahead of a Century" by The Tragically Hip. This song in particular does not have an apparent bass part in the studio version. Because of this, we discussed ways of adding a bass part and creating contrast in the song. We discussed a few possibilities: Playing chords [...]
Hello all, Here is this weeks homework: Samuel This week we looked at the song "Young, Dumb and Broke" by Khalid. The song has a simple chord progression: F#, B, C#. We also talked about how to create interest over a simple chord progression. Using Octaves, Fifths and Chromatic Movement. Thing about these concepts and try out a few ideas [...]
Hello all, Here is this week's homework. Kieran This week we looked at power chords and the song "Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes. Practice the main riff from the song. This riff is only on the A string and take time to be able to play the melody quickly. Practice this slowly until it starts to get memorized. [...]
Hello all, No Lessons on Monday next week so here is the homework for the next two weeks. Samuel This week we finished "Castle on the Hill" by Ed Sheeran. We looked at how the harmony is always pushed into the next bar by an eight note. With all the different grooves in this song, keep this in mind. The [...]
Hello all, Here is this week's homework. Kieran This week we looked at the notes on your E string. We looked at several piece in your guitar book that use the notes on your E string. Work on these one at a time and remember to practice playing in a steady time feel. Remember to count 1,2,3,4 for each bar. [...]
Hello all, Sorry this is a day late! Here's this week's homework. Samuel This week we looked at "Castle on the Hill" by Ed Sheeran. Try to work on the different parts of this song. Each part has a different groove but all of them share the anticipated push into each bar. Remember that this is a key rhythmic element [...]
Hello all, Here is this week's homework: Samuel This week we worked on the song from "Moana". Practice playing these bass notes at a very slow tempo. Use a metronome if possible and set it so you are holding each note for four beats. Take it nice a slow. We also looked at learning notes this week. Remember that you [...]
Hello all, Apologies for this being a day late. Here is this week's homework: Samuel This week we talked a lot about steady time feel. Be sure to take a look at this and practice playing a steady beat with a metronome. Put the metronome on half notes or quarter notes and try to play a steady, even note in [...]
Hello all, Here is this week's homework: Kieran: 1,2,3,4 Exercise. Practice playing the first four frets on each string using each of your fingers. Remember to focus on getting a good sound and making sure your left hand and right hand are synced up before moving faster. E minor chord. Practice strumming this chord. Remember to focus on a good [...]