Lick By Neck

GSCC Lesson 10

Revision of Lesson 01-09

If you are new to this series, here’s the links to past lessons:

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

Lesson 6

Lesson 7

Lesson 8

Lesson 9

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
Key of G Major

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.

CAPO

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:

1One strum per beat
2Up-stroke strumming
3Strumming lightly on first few strings
416 beat strum
5Campfire Strum
6“Chuck” Strum

And , we had started exploring “PLUCKING”. Another very important techniques in guitar playing.

Diagram – C Chords <-> Right Hand Fingering : T 1 2 3

And our first plucking pattern – 8 beat Pluck #1

And of course, we had fun learning all these songs !!

LessonSong
Lesson 1Song #1 (English: Because I Love You) Lesson 1
Lesson 1Song #2 (Chinese/Cantonese: 喜欢你) Lesson 1
Lesson 2Song #1 (English: Happy Birthday)
Lesson 2Song #2 (Chinese: 月亮代表我的心)
Lesson 3Song #1 (English: Let It Be – Beatles)
Lesson 3Song #2 (English: Perfect – Ed Sheeran)
Lesson 3Song #3 (Cantonese: 海闊天空)
Lesson 4Song #1 (English: Deperado – Eagles)
Lesson 4Song #2 (Chinese: “最长的电影” – 周杰伦)
Lesson 5Song #1 (English:”Creep” – Radiohead)
Lesson 5Song #2 (Chinese: “你要的愛”)
Lesson 5Song #3 (English: “Last Christmas” – Wham)
Lesson 6Song #1 (English: “Reality”)
Lesson 6Song #2 (Chinese: “刻在我心底的名字”)
Lesson 6Song #3 (English: “Auld Lang Syne”)
Lesson 7Song #1 (English: “Country Roads”)
Lesson 7Song #2 (English: “Time of Your Life”)
Lesson 7Song #3 (Cantonese: “朋友”)
Lesson 8Song #1 (English: “Sweet Child O’ Mine”)
Lesson 8Song #2 (English: “I’m Yours”)
Lesson 8Song #3 (Chinese: “简单爱”)
Lesson 9Song #1 (English: “Hey Jude”)
Lesson 9Song #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.

Bm7b5

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:

F#m7b5

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:

Press a “C Major” chord and pluck the above pattern

Practice them with chords (pay attention to the changing BASS strings where right hand thumb has to switch to different string)

Follow the indicated plucking pattern.
* 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

LessonSong
Lesson 1Song #1 (English: Because I Love You) Lesson 1
Lesson 1Song #2 (Chinese/Cantonese: 喜欢你) Lesson 1
Lesson 2Song #1 (English: Happy Birthday)
Lesson 2Song #2 (Chinese: 月亮代表我的心)
Lesson 3Song #1 (English: Let It Be – Beatles)
Lesson 3Song #2 (English: Perfect – Ed Sheeran)
Lesson 3Song #3 (Cantonese: 海闊天空)
Lesson 4Song #1 (English: Deperado – Eagles)
Lesson 4Song #2 (Chinese: “最长的电影” – 周杰伦)
Lesson 5Song #1 (English:”Creep” – Radiohead)
Lesson 5Song #2 (Chinese: “你要的愛”)
Lesson 5Song #3 (English: “Last Christmas” – Wham)
Lesson 6Song #1 (English: “Reality”)
Lesson 6Song #2 (Chinese: “刻在我心底的名字”)
Lesson 6Song #3 (English: “Auld Lang Syne”)
Lesson 7Song #1 (English: “Country Roads”)
Lesson 7Song #2 (English: “Time of Your Life”)
Lesson 7Song #3 (Cantonese: “朋友”)
Lesson 8Song #1 (English: “Sweet Child O’ Mine”)
Lesson 8Song #2 (English: “I’m Yours”)
Lesson 8Song #3 (Chinese: “简单爱”)
Lesson 9Song #1 (English: “Hey Jude”)
Lesson 9Song #2 (Chinese: “小幸运”)

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Song #1 (English: “Sway”)

Normal speed

Slower

Slowest

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Song #2 (Mandarin Song: “可可托海的牧羊人” )

Normal speed

Slower

Slowest

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