Hi Efe!
So sorry I couldn’t be at the lesson today. I should be well for next time.
This week’s Google Drive: Efe – Jan 31st
Here’s what to look at for this coming week.
Em pentatonic scale
- New backing track: Em Blues
- This backing track is a little faster than the one from before.
- Try bends and vibrato here, too. — A note: for the high E string, doing bends and vibrato down toward the floor is not possible, so only do these things upwards.— High E string vibrato: small pushes upward.
— High E string bends: pushing up with at least two fingers on the note.
I’ve added some new notes to your knowledge of this pentatonic scale. There’s a picture of them in the Google Drive. Keep improvising in the notes of this scale for this week.
E, A, and D chords
These are all major chords. I’d like you to get acquainted with playing them, and have an idea of the shapes of each chord. This video in the Google Drive what I’m asking you to play along with. Feel free to slow it down if it feels too fast.
- The best way to play this particular game is to remember that finger 1 of the Left Hand never leaves the G string. It shifts between some of the chords here, but it never “jumps.” The other fingers have to jump.
Have fun with this, Efe. We’ll be able to go over previous and new material in much more depth next class. See you in a week!