Director's Note Hello Everyone! Jay has started a Master's in Music this autumn, which is very exciting, but has developed a conflict due to courses that were not finalized in the University's schedule until just over a week ago. Trevor has graciously agreed to cover for him until the end of December, at which time we expect Jay to resume [...]
Hi Everyone, Here are you assignments for this week: Jack: Happy Birthday - try a little bit at a time, review the first two parts we covered in class, and try learning the third and fourth parts you were sounding out at the end. You can use our lesson sheet as reference, this way you can check the sheet music [...]
Hi Everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Jack -&Run w/ left hand fingers arched (He should be playing with a bend in knuckles on left hand) Riker -Black Dog w/ right hand palm behind bridge (He should be placing the lower part of his palm behind the strings on the right side of the guitar from playing position) [...]
Hi Everyone! Here are your assignments for this week: Jack - keep going on "Whatever It Takes" - and adding in the guitar techniques we've been talking about (arm out, playing with tips of fingers, thumb at back of 2nd fret pointing towards the sky. See if you can play parts 1 + 2 from memory. Riker - keep going [...]
Hi Everyone, This week Riker learned a "Pentatonic Scale" - we talked about Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page style guitar that is largely based off of this musical pattern. It is laid out diagrammatically on the same sheet as "Ba Ba Black Sheep" - should look like this: (lowest to the ground) (high notes) (E) --------------------------------0---3----- (B) ---------------------------0---3---------- [...]
Hi Everyone, Riker's assignment for this week is to practice Ba Ba Black Sheep. For young students especially - supervised practice sessions are encouraged (15-20 min / day). He can play all of the notes in the song at this point and knows where they are on guitar, he just needs to spend some time playing through each line and [...]
Hi Riker, Here is your guitar homework for this week: In practice let's focus on playing your songs from memory, taking them one line at a time. -Ba Ba Black Sheep - The first two lines are pretty close, and double as the last two. Be sure to spend some time on the middle lines as these ones are newer. [...]
Hi Riker, Let's try to do more guitar practice this week. Play "Ba Ba Black Sheep" as well as "Hot Cross Buns". Hot Cross Buns has three notes, be sure to play through them: [0pen (e string)] --- [3 (b string)] --- [1 (b string] Have a good week! Thanks, Trevor
Hi Riker, Hope you're having a good break! To help you get ready for your next guitar lesson, here are some tips for keeping up guitar practice over the holidays. Here are your assignments: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - First two phrases played from memory (Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are) -Remember the difference between notes [...]
Hi Everyone! Here are your assignments for this week: Regan: Keep going on "She Talks To Angels" and putting the sections together. Also check out the E major scale in 6th position we looked at, be sure to stay with one finger per fret, keep your hand relaxed and use the "baseball grip" as a starting place. Work on fretting [...]