Hi Efe!

Here is what to work on this week.

Find your pick

It is a strict rule that you have your pick. All of the music we have done requires you to use one, and every other genre of music you’ve shown interest in needs one.

Enter Sandman

Check out the whole song on YouTube so that you know how the riffs sound. 

  • The same riff as last week.
  • The newest riff we covered. G5, (E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5 F#5) E5

— Everything in brackets is palm-muted.

— Strumming Pattern: Down, Up Down Up Down Up Down Down — Everything bolded is supposed to sound stronger (that is, louder).

Use the video from last week’s post to work with.

  • Remember: for a practice session, 60% of your practice should be you playing this slowly (0.75x speed). 30% of it should be done at a somewhat higher speed (0.85x speed). 10% of it at full speed (1x speed). Going in this order— slowest to fastest. Adjust the speed with the YouTube widget to the appropriate speeds — the x speed numbers shown here are what to adjust the video to, if you use my video.
  • This practice description goes for most of the things I assign. Including the chord game below.

Hendrix chord

— IF you don’t have a pick, strum with the outsides of your fingers. The nails, or the hard part of your finger. Think of flicking something quite strongly.

  • Use the thumb and the index finger.
  • Also try with all four fingers “rolling” down on the strings, and then striking up with the thumb.

— Play the chord game I talked about in last week’s post. But this time, use the B7 chord instead of the G chord.

  • B7, B7 B7, B7 B7, E7#9, E7#9 E7#9, E7#9 E7#9. — The rhythm played on one of these chords takes up a full bar.
  • Strumming Pattern: Down, Up Down, Up Down.
  • The B7 chord is shown in the following picture. — Its shape is very similar to the Hendrix chord, which makes it much easier to play this game than if you were to use the G chord. — Fingers 2, 1, and 3 don’t leave the strings; they just shift up 5 frets. Finger 4 finds fret 8 on the B string. — That X means you don’t play that string.

Remember what times to meet up

  • Next class we start at 1:15PM.
  • The following week, 10AM is likely to be our start time. We’ll soon confirm with you.

That’s all for this week. Thanks Efe! See you next week!