Lick By Neck

GSCC Lesson 28

Past Lessons Summary and Links

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

LessonContent
Lesson 1– Chords: C, Am, Dm, G7
Lesson 2– Chords: Em , F
Lesson 3– Chords: G
– Basic Guitar Strumming – 4 beat strum
Lesson 4– Chords: C7, Fm, D, D7
– Up Down Strum
Lesson 5– Chords: E, E7, Gm7 ,Gm
– Strumming lightly on 1st few strings
Lesson 6– Chords: A, A7, G, G/B, Gm/Bb
– 16 beat strum
Lesson 7– Key of G Major
– Chords: Bm
– Campfire Strum
Lesson 8– CAPO; Other chords in G Major
– Chords: B7, B, Cm, Dm7, D/F#, Dm/F
– “Chuck” Strum
Lesson 9– Plucking
– Bass note of chords
– 8 Beat Pluck #1
Lesson 10– Chords: Bm7b5, F#m7b5
– Double String Pluck
– Plucking Pattern For 2 Chords Bar
Lesson 11– What is 4/4 time signature
– Intro to 3/4 time signature
– 3/4 strumming
– 3/4 plucking
– Alternate bass
Lesson 12– 6/8 time signature
– 6/8 strumming
– 6/8 plucking
– Alternate version of 6/8 plucking
Lesson 13– Create your own strumming / plucking pattern
– Searching for chord charts online
– Melody notes in key of C
– Playing 1st instrumental song on guitar!
– Melody notes in key of G
– “Happy Birthday” melody in key of G
Lesson 14– Slap rhythm
– Variation of slap rhythm
– “Happy Birthday” solo guitar
Lesson 15– Introduction to Chord Melody Guitar Playing (solo guitar playing)
– “Can’t Help Falling In Love” solo guitar
Lesson 16– Chord Melody Guitar of “月亮代表我的心”
– Issues in last 2 songs we learned
– Exploring beyond 1st 3 frets
– CAGED system
– Linking CAGED system to the notes
– Fixing octave issues of last 2 songs/ playing melody at correct octave
Lesson 17– Barring and moving minor and dominant 7th chords;
– Why are we learning barred chords?
– Faster ways to build chords
– “Let It Be” Solo Guitar
Lesson 18– Chords: Major 7th and Minor 7th
– Why 7th chords?
– Applying 7th chords to songs
– “What A Wonderful World” Solo Guitar
Lesson 19– Chord Melody Guitar GYM (intense workout)
– “Over The Rainbow” Solo Guitar in key of G
Lesson 20– Arrange chord melody guitar song in an optimal key/ put melody notes on 1st 2/3 strings
– “Over the rainbow” Solo Guitar in key of C
Lesson 21– How to create rhythmic flow for chord melody guitar arrangement
– The secret to chord melody guitar mastery
Lesson 22– Exam time!!!
Lesson 23– Revision before going to more advanced materials
Lesson 24-Chord Tones
-Chord Inversions
-Alternate Bass
Lesson 25-Diminished Chord
-Augmented Chord
-6 Chord
-Chord degrees and extensions
-Dominant chord extensions
-Major chord extensions
-Minor chord extensions
-Altered chords
-Add9 chord
-Suspended chord
Lesson 26Chords Substitution:
-Inversions
-Family Chords Substitution
-Pedal Tone/Alternate Bass
-II V Substitution / Expansion
-Diminished Chord Substitution
-Flat 5 Substitution / Tritone Substitution
-Dominant Approach Chords
Chords Substitution Part II: Harmony Makeover:
-Using Melody As Anchor
-Temporary Key Changes
-Target Chord Approach
-Chord Scale Movement
-Harmonize Each Notes
Lesson 27Restricted Zone Practice

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
73/4 Strum
86/8 Strum

And we had explored some basic pluckings.

18 beat pluck #1
2Double string pluck
33/4 Pluck
4“Alternate Bass” Pluck
56/8 Pluck
6Slap Rhythm

And of course, we had fun learning all these songs !! They are specially produced “Karaoke for Guitar” videos (only vocal and metronome count) for you to practice your strumming / plucking:

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”)
Lesson 12Song #1 (English: “What A Wonderful World”)
Lesson 12Song #2 (Chinese: “新不了情”)
Lesson 13“Happy Birthday” melody on guitar in key of C and G Major
Lesson 14“Happy Birthday” Solo Guitar Playing
Lesson 15“Can’t Help Falling In Love” Solo Guitar Playing
Lesson 16“月亮代表我的心” Solo Guitar Playing
Lesson 17“Let It Be” Solo Guitar Playing
Lesson 18“What A Wonderful World” Solo Guitar Playing
Lesson 19“Over The Rainbow” Solo Guitar Playing (Key Of G)
Lesson 20“Over The Rainbow” Solo Guitar Playing (Key Of C)
Lesson 24“Just The Way You Are(Billy Joel)” Solo Guitar Playing
Lesson 25“安静” Solo Guitar Playing
Lesson 26“Over The Rainbow” Solo Guitar with Chords Substitution

We also learned how to put together and play chord melody guitar (solo guitar) song. Here are the main steps:

Step 1: Play the melody

Step 2: Find out the chords

Step 3: Combine the melody and the chords

Step 4: Add in the accompaniment

Last week, we looked at the “Restricted Zone Practice” which you make use of each “CAGED” shape fingering to restrain the practice of family chords, scales and chord tones. Check out the lesson here , Lesson 27

Practice makes PERFECT! Let’s try to arrange and play another Chord Melody Song!!

Remember, couple of lessons ago, I disclosed the secret to Chord Melody Guitar mastery – that is to make your own chord melody guitar arrangement, as much as possible.

So, let’s try another classic song : “Yesterday” by The Beatles

Again, we will go through the following steps:

Step 1: Play the melody

Step 2: Find out the chords

Step 3: Combine the melody and the chords

Step 4: Add in the accompaniment

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Step 1: Play the melody

Let’s learn to play chord melody guitar of the song “Yesterday” in the key of ? Major.

First, find out what key is the optimal one for this song.

Try ……..

A better key will be C major:

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Verse
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Chorus

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Step 2: Find out the chords

You can either get them online or use your ears!!

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Verse 1
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Chorus

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Step 3: Combine The Melody And The Chords

Let’s combine the melody and the chords.

As we mentioned before, the trick is to play the chords “below” the melody notes. The melody note will be the higher notes of the “chord”. This means we are gonna play part of the chords, below the melody.

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Verse (The melody is in RED)
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Chorus (The melody is in RED)

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Step 4: Add In The Accompaniment

Yeah! We have the melody and the chords!!

Let’s make it more complete by filling in the gap between the melody.

We can fill in the gap by playing the plucking accompaniment just like we are accompanying someone to sing:

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Verse (The blue box is the accompaniment)
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Chorus

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Let’s Compare the normal and reharmonization version of “Over The Rainbow” 2 weeks ago

The original arrangement and the reharmonization version is put together next to each other. I will go through the analysis in the live stream video:

Verse
Chorus
Last Verse

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