SP Guitarists beginners' Blackboard

today's lesson consider a decent 1..... got alot of crap and laughter... just the way i like it.... i just love alastair and li yi.... they damn kum gong.... lolz....

Back to business.... ok.... today we learnt actually alot of things.... u learnt new, funny and weird rhythm... triplets.... i find it hard to teach triplets during lesson.... i need to do alot of demo before ppl can get it.... tripletes u need to feel it... then u all can understand wad it really means.... next lesson remind me to demo for u....

ok... for the lyrics of "The house of rising sun" A cover from The animals
youtube link here.... The house of rising sun....




There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one


My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans


Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk


------ organ solo ------


Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun


Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain


Well, there is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one


Today i also taught u all alot regarding theory...

what is a scale... what is a key...


"Although many musicians confuse key with scale,


a scale is an ordered set of notes typically used in a key,


while the key is the center of gravity, established by particular chord progressions."


wad it all means.....
Scale... is just notes from Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do.... thats all... 8 notes...
Key... is scales.... chords family... accompliments.... everything u need that is needed to play together.....

example.... its not right to play a C scale notes together with G family chords....


they wun fit.... so key denotes a guide to everything...


there... layman term enough ?
lol...

Ok... i got some of u asking me qn like "wad if i go home liao i forgot how to press my chords liao...." i decide to post it here some of the chords i already taught and going to teach u all...

For Lemon tree the chords are....

Am Em Dm

For doggie at the window...

A E

For Cupid love...

C G F (Am Em Dm refer to the top)

That all for now.... this coming friday i will add in more chords.... dylan signing off.... cheer....

Hope after today... u all ppl got a recap of wad 3 weeks ago i taught... now mst is already over...so no more excuses saying no time to practice.... so let me stress it again over here wad to take note of....

Lesson 4
Actually only 2 basic points...

• Try to master the basic notations
• Get yourself familiarize with chords

Cause these 2 points are the most core basic of music and guitar.... Don't worry... you all wouldn't be sticking with cupid love for long.... If possible I will give I all the score for "beauty and the beast" by Disney next lesson..... That score's difficulty is something like cupid love.... Hope you all will look forward to coming the next lesson...

Today I've taught a bit about strumming and it's rhythm playing....

Refer to the 2 pictures on how u are suppose to place your thumb on your index finger...

Fig.1 shows the joint the thumb should be placing....

Fig.2 This is how the thumb will be place...

When you start strumming down stroke... Use your index finger's nail to stroke downwards from bass strings to treble strings... (make sure u stroke all the six strings....) Up stroke you will use the flashy front tip of your index finger from treble e string to the G string.... That's only 3 strings for you.... (Abit hard to describe here.... dun worry i will teach again in the next lesson... for now u all can enjoy my sexy hand... hahah...)


To train on the rhythm of the right hand.... We'll use the E chord to play...

Fig. 3 shows how you should be holding an E chord....

Fig. 4 This is the 2nd position of the "E" chord.

Fig. 5 This is the 3rd position of the "E" chord.

After the 3rd position you will repeat from the normal E chord position.

With these E chord positions, you can learn all the world's strumming rhythm. Isn't that just great....

The next lesson will be on next Friday (11th july).... For those of you having problems pls inform ur mentors early so we can make arrangements...

Sorry for the last minute changes cause I did not anticipate that my uni lessons will so just nice lies on wed.... Any inconvenience caused is regretted....

Some of u got problems with my msn address (got so hard meh..) for those of u who wan to get my address.... just ask alastier. maggie, li yi or kuri if u have their msn to link u to mine.... for those dun have i will sms u my add provided u give me ur hp no.... (dun wan to write my address here... my hotmail account got alot of spams liao...)

Ok lah tat's for lesson 3.5.... Dylan signing off.... Cheer...