Beginning Guitar S2W2.2

Beginning Guitar S2W2.2

Tune Your Guitar

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Warm-up

• Minor Pentatonic Scale

• Play this scale both directions for 2 minutes without stopping

Review of Counting Ties

• This rhythm example is in 3/4

• So, there are 3 beats per measure instead of 4

• Notice there are repeat signs at the end of each line

Poll

You would strum both notes in a tied rhythm

• True

• False

Poll

You would let the chord ring for the total amount of beats of two notes that are tied together

• True

• False

Peter Gunn Theme (Blues Brothers)

• Watch the video

• Practice playing the riff for 3 minutes

Multiple Choice

What is the counting for the Peter Gunn riff

• 1 2 3 4

• 1 + 2 3 + 4

• 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

• 1 2 3 4 +

Strumming Patterns

Pause the video and practice what he talks about before going on in the video.

Work first on the putting in up strums.

There are two strumming patterns he talks about in the video. Pause the video after he talks about the first one and practice it before you go to the second one.

Multiple Choice

Which way would the strumming pattern D U D U D U D U be counted?

• 1 2 3 4

• 1 2 + 3 4

• 1 2 + 3 + 4

• 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Multiple Choice

Which way would the strumming pattern D D U D D be counted?

• 1 2 3 4

• 1 2 + 3 4

• 1 2 + 3 + 4

• 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Multiple Choice

Which way would the strumming pattern D D U D U D be counted?

• 1 2 3 4

• 1 2 + 3 4

• 1 2 + 3 + 4

• 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Multiple Choice

What is the name of this chord

• A

• Am

• A7

Multiple Choice

What is the name of this chord

• A

• Am

• A7

Multiple Choice

What is the name of this chord

• A

• Am

• A7

Multiple Choice

What is the name of this chord

• E

• Em

• E7

Ordinary People--John Legend

• The video for this slide is next

• The song also as Am and C so practice those before you try to play it