Lick By Neck

GSCC Lesson 12

Revision of Lesson 01-11

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

Lesson 10

Lesson 11

We had covered all the family chords and their siblings in key of C and G Major:

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 explored some basic pluckings.

18 beat pluck #1
2Double string pluck

Last week, we learned about 3/4 time signature and how we can strum and pluck in this musical feel:

Strumming Pattern for 3/4
Plucking Pattern for 3/4

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”)
Lesson 10Song #1 (English: “Sway”)
Lesson 10Song #2 (Chinese: “可可托海的牧羊人”)
Lesson 11Song #1 (English: “Edelweiss”)
Lesson 11Song #2 (English: “Que Sera Sera”)

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Let’s meet the sibling of 3/4 = 6/8

Let’s look at another time signature which is similar to 3/4.

The counting of beats for 6/8 are as follow:

6/8 beat count

This new time signature create something similar to 3/4, yet different. Let’s see how we can play them?

6/8 strumming

So, how do we strum in 6/8?

Practice#1: Try to listen to the counting beat (the Tok-Tok cowbell sound) below and try executing the strumming pattern above:

After mastering the pattern, let’s try it with our usual exercise chord progression:

Practice #2: Play them with chord changes exercise video:

Practice #3: Let’s apply this to the new songs we are going to learn today: “What A Wonderful World” and “新不了情”. They are both in 6/8 time signature, specially chosen and produced for today’s theme 😉

6/8 plucking

How about 6/8 plucking?

Practice#1: Try to listen to the counting beat (the Tok-Tok cowbell sound) below and try executing the plucking pattern above:

After mastering the pattern, let’s try it with our usual practice chord progression:

Practice #2: Play them with chord changes exercise video:

Practice #3: Let’s apply this to the new songs we are going to learn today: “What A Wonderful World” and “新不了情”. They are both in 6/8 time signature, specially chosen and produced for today’s theme 😉

An alternate version of 6/8 plucking

In the strumming section, we mentioned that we should emphasize beat 1 and 4. So , for plucking, here’s what we can do:

Let’s apply this to the new songs we are going to learn today: “What A Wonderful World” and “新不了情”. They are both in 6/8 time signature, specially chosen and produced for today’s theme 😉

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Song #1 (English: “What A Wonderful World”)

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Song #2 (Chines Song: “新不了情” )

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