10 May 14
THIS WEEK
Warmup
relaxed frets 1 2 3 4 on all strings, slow, nice tone
Playing 3/4
- bass notes first
- chords in boom-chick-chick
10 May 14
THIS WEEK
Finessing composition
- Form: Intro, repetition, ending
- development through variation, modulation (key change), tempo, meter…
- Think harmonically
Do assignment I sent you by email, with today’s date
10 May 14
THIS WEEK
Teach kids at camp: guitar class, mixed levels
choose rep (melodies & chords), make charts or determine how you’ll teach the songs.
Musician versus Guitarist
learn songs for the structure from the guitar part, to understand how the music is put together
Half Moon Run
City and Color, Dallas Green
10 May 14
THIS WEEK
Modern Harmonic Progression (MHP)
- Chapter 2 assignments
SCALES
- List songs you play with Scott
- Under each title list the chords used in each song
- Determine which scale(s) would be used each song
10 May 14
WHAT WE DID
6 months project
4-6 guitarists or album, to understand essence of their music
through listening, learning their tunes.
3 May 14
THIS WEEK
- Gryphon Trio composition
- Jimi Hendrix Blues album transcription
- School film soundtrack
Modern Harmonic Progression (MHP)
- Chapter 1 assignments
26 Apr 14
THIS WEEK
Blues songs
- Find 2 blues songs you like, play along with them
- C Jam Blues, Blue Monk we tried today, seek these out, listen and play along
- use short phrases with one rhythm throughout
- Stormy Monday