Hi Efe! Great seeing you today!
Here’s what to look at for this week.
— Gm (G minor) “jazzy” scale
- See the picture in this Google Drive. — The closest scale to this one is the Gm natural scale.
- As discussed in class, play around in this scale for fun. The only rule is don’t stray away from these notes or frets. — The red squares are the frets you’d play. Aside from this, the open strings G, B, and the high E string are part of this scale, too.
- The section highlighted in blue is of the area on the fretboard where you would be playing this scale.
- The section highlighted in purple is of the part of the scale that’s chromatic. That’s the rather funny part. This is where you can make a particularly jazzy sound with this scale.
- Here are 2 backing tracks that you can play along with. Jazz backing track 1. Jazz backing track 2. There are jazzy sounding chords in these; you’ll see some 7th chords, like we were discussing.
— Enter Sandman
- Its first “lick,” as us guitarists call it.
- See my Unlisted YouTube video of how to play it. Enter Sandman 1st lick.
- You’ll find the PDF of this in the Google Drive.
- How to practice this: 60% of your practice should be you playing it 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.
— Make sure you show your parents these Homework Posts every time you receive them anew.
- And please talk to your Dad to see if he can access the Client Comments. If it’s linked to his email, then he should have access to them.
- I’ll iron out yours and my scheduling questions at the school as soon as possible.
- You’ll hear from me on the Client Comments page very soon. So once you have access to it, please check that page everyday.
I may or may not see you in a week. Good luck in your exams! Talk again soon!