John: Week of 4/13 – 4/19

1) Warmup Exercise

2) Blues Scale

The blues scale is found using the same pattern every time:
3 half steps
2 half steps
1 half step
1 half step
3 half steps
2 half steps
For example: C (3hs) Eb (2hs) F (1hs) Gb (1hs) G (3hs) Bb (2hs) C

3) Snakebone (Uses the F Blues Scale – Just play the melody in the treble clef, we haven’t talked about the left hand chords just yet)

Max: Week of 4/13 – 4/20

1) Warmup Exercise 1

2) Guitar Warmup 2

3) Review main riff, verse and chorus melodies for “Come Together”

4) Practice “Come Together” Guitar solo. Pay special attention to the intonation of your bends!

Skylar: Week of 4/13 – 4/20

1) Warm up exercise

2) Practice naming natural notes on the guitar, strings 1 -4

Click here if you’re on mobile to visit the exercise in a different window – it’s easier to use that way. Tablets and laptops should be able to use the embedded version below.

3) Smokestack Lightning

4) When The Saints Go Marching In

Remember: Each phrase is boxed in. The yellow phrases are all the same The orange and red phrases are similar but not exactly the same. The purple phrase is split between the two lines. The purple and green phrases are totally different from everything else

Henry: Week of 4/13 – 4/20

1) Warmup Exercise

2) Snakebone

3) Moanin’ – practice the melody

4) F Minor Scale Exercises

5) Skype Ringtone (RH plays Marimba part, LH plays Pizzicato Strings Part)

Skype Ringtone Audio (not the actual audio – the sounds are a bit different, but I got as close as I could)