GSCC Lesson 10
Revision of Lesson 01-09
If you are new to this series, here’s the links to past lessons:
We had covered the common chords in key of C Major and G Major. And we also look at the bass note for each chords (Those circled in RED , which is very important for plucking).
Key of C major and G major are common keys used by guitarist to play sing-along guitar.
We also looked at the guitarist best friend – CAPO , and it’s application.
When we use the CAPO in conjunction with chords from C and G keys above , we are able to play almost every pop songs we wanted to play.
We have also looked at some basic strumming patterns:
| 1 | One strum per beat |
| 2 | Up-stroke strumming |
| 3 | Strumming lightly on first few strings |
| 4 | 16 beat strum |
| 5 | Campfire Strum |
| 6 | “Chuck” Strum |
And , we had started exploring “PLUCKING”. Another very important techniques in guitar playing.
And our first plucking pattern – 8 beat Pluck #1
And of course, we had fun learning all these songs !!
| Lesson | Song |
| Lesson 1 | Song #1 (English: Because I Love You) Lesson 1 |
| Lesson 1 | Song #2 (Chinese/Cantonese: 喜欢你) Lesson 1 |
| Lesson 2 | Song #1 (English: Happy Birthday) |
| Lesson 2 | Song #2 (Chinese: 月亮代表我的心) |
| Lesson 3 | Song #1 (English: Let It Be – Beatles) |
| Lesson 3 | Song #2 (English: Perfect – Ed Sheeran) |
| Lesson 3 | Song #3 (Cantonese: 海闊天空) |
| Lesson 4 | Song #1 (English: Deperado – Eagles) |
| Lesson 4 | Song #2 (Chinese: “最长的电影” – 周杰伦) |
| Lesson 5 | Song #1 (English:”Creep” – Radiohead) |
| Lesson 5 | Song #2 (Chinese: “你要的愛”) |
| Lesson 5 | Song #3 (English: “Last Christmas” – Wham) |
| Lesson 6 | Song #1 (English: “Reality”) |
| Lesson 6 | Song #2 (Chinese: “刻在我心底的名字”) |
| Lesson 6 | Song #3 (English: “Auld Lang Syne”) |
| Lesson 7 | Song #1 (English: “Country Roads”) |
| Lesson 7 | Song #2 (English: “Time of Your Life”) |
| Lesson 7 | Song #3 (Cantonese: “朋友”) |
| Lesson 8 | Song #1 (English: “Sweet Child O’ Mine”) |
| Lesson 8 | Song #2 (English: “I’m Yours”) |
| Lesson 8 | Song #3 (Chinese: “简单爱”) |
| Lesson 9 | Song #1 (English: “Hey Jude”) |
| Lesson 9 | Song #2 (Chinese: “小幸运”) |
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New chord shapes – the last remaining family chord in key of C and G
If we examine the family chords we learned so far, we had covered chords from all the notes (without sharp and flat) in the C major key, except B.
Let’s look at the missing piece of the puzzle.
You can think of it as adding a “B” note (7th note of the key) on the 2nd chord of the key – Dm
For key of G major, here’s the counterpart:
You can think of it as adding a “F#” note (7th note of the key) on the 2nd chord of the key – Am.
And with these chords, we had completed the family chords of C and G major key:
Basic Guitar Plucking –
8 beat Pluck # 2 – Double String Pluck
Let’s try out the following pattern:
On beat 2,3,4, we are plucking 2 strings together. Making them sounding fuller.
Practice#1: Try to listen to the counting beat (the Tok-Tok cowbell sound) below and try executing the plucking pattern above:
Practice them with chords (pay attention to the changing BASS strings where right hand thumb has to switch to different string)
* Pay attention to the changing bass strings.
Practice #2: Follow the chords changes and pluck with the beat count
Plucking pattern for 2 chords bar
We always start a new chord by playing the bass string, and the pattern is reset (playing again from the start). That’s mean, when there is a chord changes, we need to restart the pattern , playing the bass note first.
So far the practices/songs were to play the pattern for a full bar – 1n2n3n4n. What if there’s 2 chords in one bar? For example: C chord for 1n2n, Am chord for 3n4n. If we use the plucking pattern 01 (T1213121), we will be playing: “C”-T121, “Am”-T121. In this case, “3” will not be played. We can solve this issue by using Plucking Pattern 02, which 3 will also be played if there were 2 chords in one bar.
Practice #3: Using this plucking pattern (8 beat pluck #2) , listen to the practice songs in lesson 1-9 and pluck together with the counting beat
| Lesson | Song |
| Lesson 1 | Song #1 (English: Because I Love You) Lesson 1 |
| Lesson 1 | Song #2 (Chinese/Cantonese: 喜欢你) Lesson 1 |
| Lesson 2 | Song #1 (English: Happy Birthday) |
| Lesson 2 | Song #2 (Chinese: 月亮代表我的心) |
| Lesson 3 | Song #1 (English: Let It Be – Beatles) |
| Lesson 3 | Song #2 (English: Perfect – Ed Sheeran) |
| Lesson 3 | Song #3 (Cantonese: 海闊天空) |
| Lesson 4 | Song #1 (English: Deperado – Eagles) |
| Lesson 4 | Song #2 (Chinese: “最长的电影” – 周杰伦) |
| Lesson 5 | Song #1 (English:”Creep” – Radiohead) |
| Lesson 5 | Song #2 (Chinese: “你要的愛”) |
| Lesson 5 | Song #3 (English: “Last Christmas” – Wham) |
| Lesson 6 | Song #1 (English: “Reality”) |
| Lesson 6 | Song #2 (Chinese: “刻在我心底的名字”) |
| Lesson 6 | Song #3 (English: “Auld Lang Syne”) |
| Lesson 7 | Song #1 (English: “Country Roads”) |
| Lesson 7 | Song #2 (English: “Time of Your Life”) |
| Lesson 7 | Song #3 (Cantonese: “朋友”) |
| Lesson 8 | Song #1 (English: “Sweet Child O’ Mine”) |
| Lesson 8 | Song #2 (English: “I’m Yours”) |
| Lesson 8 | Song #3 (Chinese: “简单爱”) |
| Lesson 9 | Song #1 (English: “Hey Jude”) |
| Lesson 9 | Song #2 (Chinese: “小幸运”) |
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Song #1 (English: “Sway”)
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Song #2 (Mandarin Song: “可可托海的牧羊人” )
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