GSCC Lesson 06
Revision of Lesson 01-05
We had covered the common chords in key of C Major, and a few more siblings 😉
We have also looked at some basic strumming patterns: One strum per beat, up-stroke strumming, Strumming lightly on first few strings
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) |
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New Chord Shapes
The cousin of Am : A and A7 . For basic beginner application, they are often interchangeable in key of C major.
Am -> A -> A7 transformation, one note at a time!
A more powerful version of G chord
And now, something sophisticated !!
From G to G/B to Gm/Bb. The name looks intimidating, but the visual of the chords are much easier to digest. Just learn by heart for now, the sound of them will be picked up by your brain real quick.
Try the following *chord progression : C – G/B – Gm/Bb – A …. sounded real nice right? I bet the emotional appeal this progression produced will help in memorizing the shapes.
*Chord Progression -> The sequential flow of chords
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Basic Guitar Strumming – 16 beat strum
2 lessons ago, we add upstroke to our basic strum. In last lesson , we do the same stroke for those in between beat. Now, let’s combine these together:
Practice#1: Try to listen to the counting beat (the Tok-Tok cowbell sound) below and try strumming the 16 beat pattern above:
Strumming pattern #04
Practice #2: Try strumming this pattern with the beat count:
Practice them with chords
Practice #3: Follow the chords changes and strum with the beat count
Practice #4: Using this new strumming pattern (pattern #4) , listen to the practice songs in lesson 1-5 and strum 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) |
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Song #1 (English: “Reality” – Richard Sanderson)
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Song #2 (Chinese: “刻在我心底的名字” – 盧廣仲)
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Song #3 (Bonus Song: Auld Lang Syne)
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