Hi Efe!

Proceed to check out the bands I described in last week’s Homework Post. 

— An artist I’m adding: Megadeth.

  • The same way: be warned about the content in their music. It’s controversial and dark.

Acoustic Open

Here’s the link to its Unlisted YouTube video. Link.

— Work on the first 16 bars. 

  • Practice it at 0.75x speed.
  • Remember: finger 3 is never used in these bars. There are a lot of stretchy Left Hand positions and fingerings here. Be mindful of posture and push the guitar forward from your left side. — Anytime there’s a question relating to posture and the comfort & strength of your Left Hand, it’s usually helpful to push the guitar forward from your left side. 
  • Alternate picked. Pay close attention to this. Down-Up Down-Up Down-Up. (It can help to know that Down is usually played a bit louder than Up.) Where there are rests, just down-pick. 

— The goals:

  • LH (Left Hand) technique, in those stretchy positions. 
  • Getting used to alternate picking. 
  • Learning to locate the where what notes are played on the fretboard from the musical notation. 

See you in a week!