Beginning Guitar S2W13.1

Beginning Guitar S2W13.1

Tune your guitar

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Warm Up

1st position chromatic scale

Play through this from 6th string open to the 1st string 4th fret and then go backward 3 times.

Notice which string is different than all the rest

Multiple Choice

Which string has a different fingering than all the others in the chromatic scale that we just played

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

finger picking (PIMA) exercise

Work through the fingerpicking exercise we learned last week

Thumb on root and another string

Pinch thumb and I finger (I finger is on string 3) and thumb and M finger (M finger is on string 2)

Aleternate between thumb and I finger and thumb and M finger

Play the two pinches and then the alternates

Do this for every chord on the second line

Multiple Select

How do you find the root of the chord? Check ALL that are correct

• It will be the lowest string you strum for that chord

• The root note is the same as the letter in the name of the chord

• You pick any string you want

Multiple Choice

How do you find the 5th of the chord?

• Using the letter for the root as 1 go 5 letters and that will be the name of the 5th

• play the 5th string

• play the 5th fret

• count backwards 5 letters from the root

Rocky Top

Play through this song using root/5th bass when the chord lasts a whole measure and root strum when the chord last for two beats

Rocky Top

This is a root strum/root 5th strum song. It is due 4.23.21

You only have to play through the progression 1 time for your assignment

Multiple Choice

What is your assignment that is due this Friday

• Rocky Top

• Happy Birthday

• La Bamba melody for your class

• La Bamba introduction

La Bamba Class Melodies

Practice playing the melody for your class

See if you can start at 100 bpm and practice that 5 times

Now practice your melody at 120 bpm 5 times

La Bamba Class melodies

1st melody--1st Hour

La Bamba Class melodies

Melody 2

La Bamba Class melodies

Melody 3--2nd and 9th Hours

La Bamba Class melodies

Melody 4

La Bamba Class introduction

Everyone