Practice Sessions Notes
Standard Guitar Notes
A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#
Top 4 Frets marked with Chords
To practice:
These teaching sessions generally happen every alternative day, so we are taking day gap for practice.
Day 1:
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Play each column shown in
Top 4 Frets marked with ChordsImage. This is to help to your fingers stretch. -
Tip1: Set thumb position in a fixed location.
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Tip2: Play gently. Please don’t need to hit chords with all your strength, I know you are strong.
E F F# G G#
B C C# D D#
G G# A A# B
D D# E F F#
A A# B C C#
E F F# G G#
Day 2:
In this session, we are going to learn about melody using the first string(Low E) only.
The notation used to show Notes: `Example E-Open F-(1/1) G-(1/3)
E-Open: Play E string in open mode(no need to hold at any fret) F-(1/1): Play F string by holding the first string at the first fret. G-(1/3): Play F string by holding the first string at the third fret. ` First Melody Notes:
`E-Open F-(1/1) G-(1/3)
EEEE FFFF EEEE FFFF GGGG FFFF GGGG EEEE`
(Spaces are given to make reading easy. play them all with an equal time interval.)
Second Melody Notes:
`E-Open F-(1/1) G-(1/3)
E F G G F E F G F E E E`
Day 3:
First Melody Notes:
`B-Open C-(2/1) D-(2/3)
BBBB CCCC DDDD CCCC BBBB ` Second Melody Notes:
`B-Open C-(2/1) D-(2/3)
BC BC DC DC BC BC DC BB `
Third Melody Notes:
`E-Open F-(1/1) G-(1/3) B-Open C-(2/1) D-(2/3)
B C D E F G G F E D C B ` Note: First Two lines are ascending lines in first two strings, while second two lines are the vice versa.
Day 3:
Today’s practice & our first song: Jingle bells
`EEE EEE EGCDE FFF EEE EDDE D G
EEE EEE EGCDE FFF EEE GGFDC`
Day 4:
Adding new two notes G & A(third string) to our list.
`G-Open A-(3/2)
GGGG AAAA GA GA GG AG GG AA GG GA `
Using all three string we have learned so far.
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third string - G, A
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second string - B C D
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first string - E, F, G
`(Ascending Order) G A B C D E F G
(Ascending Order) G F E D C B A G`
Day 5:
Day 6,7:
