Guitar For Absolute Beginners

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1 Guitar For bsolute Beginners By Randolph Walker 14th Edition 2013

2 Syllabus Instructor: Randolph Walker, 1318-B Clarke ve. SW, Roanoke V 24016, (540) , randolphwalker@cox.net, Walker trained in music through the Henrico County Public Schools, private lessons, and the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra. He passed the Praxis test required of public school music teachers in Virginia. He plays guitar, piano, bass, drums and harmonica. He has recorded four albums featuring mostly original compositions and currently performs as a guitar/vocal/harmonica player. Objective: The student will acquire a foundation in guitar, a starting place for the continued pursuit of most types of popular music including folk, blues, rock or country. The student will learn to tune the guitar, play several chords, read tablature, and flat-pick. Required Materials: coustic guitar (steel string or classical); pick; electronic tuner. Optional Materials: * Good general guitar method book: Hal Leonard Guitar Method Book 1 by Will Schmid. $9.95 * If you are interested in learning fingerstyle guitar: Hal Leonard Guitar Finger Picking solos Method by Wil Schmid. $7.95. * Recommended Strings (acoustic): Martin Folk Guitar Silk & Steel Weather Policy: Roanoke County: If the roads look questionable, call Parks & Rec at , ext. 4 or Brambleton Center, Even if schools are closed, Brambleton Center may still be open. Salem: If Salem schools are closed, there will be no guitar class. Blacksburg: call me or the Y. Missed Class: If you miss a class, me next day and I will fill you in on what was covered. Music Stores: Kelley's, 3335 Brambleton, ; Fret Mill, 21 Salem ve, Contents Syllabus, Pacing Guide 2 Tuning By Ear, Notes 3 How To Find Music On Internet 3 Chords -C 4 Chords D-G 5 How To Read Tab 6 Reveille 6 mazing Grace 7 Riffs & Children's Songs 8 Star Spangled Banner 9 Scales 9 House of the Rising Sun 10 Lead Guitar in Blues & Rock 11 Horse With No Name 11 Heartbreak Hotel 12 Pacing Guide--Week & Topic 1--String names, tuning; tab for 1 or 2 strings (Riffs) 2--How To Read Tab, Reveille, mazing Grace, Riffs 3--Tab, mazing Grace. Using Tuners 4--Tab, HOTRS, Tuning By Ear 5--Chords, mazing Grace, Tab, SSB 6--Chords, Heartbreak Hotel 7--Scales, Bass-Strum Pattern, How To Find Music 8--Note names, Chords, HOTRS; Horse With No Name 2

3 Tuning By Ear, Notes On The Fretboard 1. Tune the low E string by matching the pitch, as close as you can, with another instrument, or to an online tuner (search for "online guitar tuner"). 2. Pluck the note at the 5th fret of the low E string. This note is. Now, try to match the open string with this note. Raise or lower the open until you get a match. Tuning by ear. # = sharp; b = flat; C# = Db G# G F# F E D# D C# C B # G# G F# F E How To Find Music On The Internet Suppose you want the lyrics and chords to "Rocky Top." Go to In the search bar enter the following: "Rocky Top" chords Be sure to put quotations around the song name. For most songs you will get many results. If you want tab for a song, for example "Dueling Banjos," enter: "Dueling Banjos" tab If you want to listen to a song, there are thousands of songs posted on ometimes you can even find a guitar lesson showing you how to play the song. 3

4 Chords - C Elephants nd Donkeys Grow Big Ears o = play (open) x = don't play 4

5 Chords D - G 5

6 How To Read Tab Tablature, or tab, is a method of writing music for guitar. Tab can show you how to play chords or melodies. Tab is NOT the same as regular sheet music. It is a completely different way of writing music. Tab DOESN'T tell you how long to play each note. You will have to listen to the song yourself. Tab also doesn't tell you which finger to use for a given note. The 6 lines in tab correspond to the 6 strings of the guitar. The top line is the highest pitch string, and the bottom line is the lowest pitch string. You must think of the strings in terms of pitch. Below is a blank bit of tab with the string names at the left. E B G D E The numbers in tab show you which fret to play with your left hand. O means open string. You read from left to right. Below, you play a sequence of notes (E F F# G G# ) on the bottom E string by moving up a fret at a time, starting with the open string. (Bottom E in terms of pitch!) Then play the sequence on the string. E B G D E Reveille (ll open strings) e B G D E e B G D E

7 mazing Grace John Newton G G C G G G E B G D E maz ing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like D7 D7 G G C G E B G D E me, I once was lost but now am found was G D7 G G E B G D E blind but now I see Video Lesson at 7

8 Riffs & Children's Songs SMOKE ON THE WTER Deep Purple G / / / D / / / IRON MN Black Sabbath D CRZY TRIN Ozzie Osbourne E PINT IT BLCK Rolling Stones PETER GUNN Henry Mancini B Low E CT SCRTCH FEVER Ted Nugent Bar the G and D strings with the first finger. G D ROCK CONCERT () When our band comes to your town, listen for that rocking sound ll your friends will have some fun, They'll be dancing all night long SECRET GENT E B MRY HD LITTLE LMB E E LONDON BRIDGE E E

9 Star Spangled Banner (key of E) E B G D E E B G D E E B G D E E B G D E Scales G D D B G D C B G D E D E F D E G G D E

10 House Of The Rising Sun (Traditional) m C D F m C E7 E E B G D E there is a house in New Or- leans They call the Ri- sing Sun, it's m C D F m E7 m E B G D E been the ruin of many a boy and God I know I'm one My mother was a tailor, she sewed my new blue jeans My father was a gambling man way down in New Orleans. The only thing a gambler needs is a suitcase and a trunk The only time he's satisfied is when he's on a drunk. I got one foot on the platform, one foot on the train. I'm going back to New Orleans to wear that ball and chain. Video Lesson at 10

11 Lead Guitar in Blues and Rock Left: Mix and match the notes of the pentatonic scale to create a solo. bove left: These three notes are NOT a chord. They are three notes you can use to improvise (make up) a lead guitar part in the key of E. Play each note individually and in any order. The note played with the 3rd finger can be bent. Push the string across the fingerboard. Horse with No Name Bass / Strum Pattern bass strum bass strum 11

12 Heartbreak Hotel By Mae Boren xton, Thomas Durden, and Elvis Presley D D E7 Well, since my baby left me, I found a new place to dwell. It's down at the end of lonely street at Heartbreak Hotel. D D You make me so lonely baby, I get so lonely, E7 I get so lonely I could die. nd though it's always crowded, You still can find some room. Where broken hearted lovers go to cry away their gloom. You make me so lonely baby, I get so lonely, baby, I get so lonely I could die. Well, the bell hop's tears keep flowin', nd the desk clerk's dressed in black. Well they been so long on lonely street, they ain't ever gonna look back. You make me so lonely baby, I get so lonely, I get so lonely I could die. Well if your baby leaves you and you need a new place to dwell, Just take a walk down lonely street to Heartbreak Hotel You make me so lonely baby, I get so lonely, I get so lonely I could die. 12