Guitar
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Basic guitar technique.
Lesson Outline
We continued working on Jersey Giant, and Margaritaville. We introduced a few new songs: Cheeseburger in Paradise, Friends in Low Places, and Changes in Latitude/Changes in Attitude. We also worked through the intro to Dream On. We played lots of different chord voicings and alternate postitions.
Assignment
Practice chords and techniques at home.
Session Minutes
135
Minutes Student Attended
135
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Basic guitar technique.
Lesson Outline
I left a video lesson on Teams covering a chord progression using the G, D, Am, and C chords, the G major scale, and the chromatic scale. I also covered the note names at the first 5 frets on each of the 6 strings.
Assignment
Practice chords and techniques at home.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Basic guitar technique.
Lesson Outline
We continued working on the into lead solo to One by Metallica. We added the last part today to complete the intro solo. We now need to work on playing it in rhythm and up to speed with the recording.
Assignment
Practice chords and techniques at home.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Basic guitar technique.
Lesson Outline
We continued working on the songs A Country Boy Can Survive, Jersey Giant, and Margaritaville. We also used the electric guitar to explore power chords, playing with an amplifier, and playing with effects. We learned a rock chord progression.
Assignment
Practice chords and techniques at home.
Session Minutes
135
Minutes Student Attended
135
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Basic guitar technique.
Lesson Outline
We continued working on the intro solo to One by Metallica. We added the next section which uses a percussive pick rake into a legato melodic section.
Assignment
Practice chords and techniques at home.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Basic guitar technique.
Lesson Outline
We continued working on the songs Matthew is learning: Jersey Giant, A Country Boy Can Survive, and Margaritaville. We also began looking at the chord progression to another song called Feathered Indians. We looked at portable chord shapes like barre chords to create the B minor and F# minor chords.
Assignment
Practice chords and techniques at home.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Basic guitar technique.
Lesson Outline
I left a video on Teams reviewing the chord progression to Jersey Giant, and covering the G major scale in 2 octaves in the first position.
Assignment
Practice chords and techniques at home.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Basic guitar technique.
Lesson Outline
I made a video reviewing the G, D, Am, and C chords along with the strum pattern to Jersey Giant by Tyler Childers.
Assignment
Practice chords and techniques at home.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Basic guitar technique.
Lesson Outline
We learned the first lead solo during the intro to One by Metallica. The techniques used for this are alternate picking, hammer-ons, and pull offs.
Assignment
Practice chords and techniques at home.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Session Date
Lesson Topic
Basic guitar technique.
Lesson Outline
We worked on several of the songs Matthew has been learning and focused on strumming rhythm and accuracy while switching chords. We worked on A Country Boy Can Survive, Jersey Giant, and Margaritaville. We also listened to a few songs to try to pick a few new ones to learn.
Assignment
Practice chords and techniques at home.
Session Minutes
135
Minutes Student Attended
135