Hi Efe and family!
Here is Efe’s homework for the next 2 weeks.
Little Drummer Boy
- https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1cURXZdyFoL_6FZX5V4COTxCljwXKq8wO — check out the video and pictures I have for this piece. They should help you practice it
- The pictures are of the pages I’ve written out for the chords and the strumming pattern of this song
- Remember, check out the Pentatonix version of this song. It’s not in the same key, but the melody sung here is the same
G to D chords exercise
- 50bpm, 4 beats per bar
- 1 bar of G, 1 bar of D. Looped (as in repeated over and over).
- When transitioning between bars, leave out beat 4. That’s the “cheat beat.” This is when you switch to the next chord
- Leave finger 3 on fret 3 of the B string
- Refer to the chord diagrams below for the correct fingerings. Memorize the fingerings of the D and G chords
Blues, page 10
- Keep going with this piece
- 5 minutes a day
- The point of this one is so that you don’t forget to keep honing your alternate picking and outside picking skills
Ode to Joy, page 10
- Just do as much of this as you can. But it’s the least important thing on this today’s homework
In due time, we’ll get to looking at the work of Metallica and Pantera :) In the meantime, keep exploring the genres of music with guitar.
See you in 2 weeks Efe!