Class #7 10/20/09
Howdy kiddos. Sorry about the no posting last week, but my internet was down at home and I was insanely busy. Hopefully I didn’t dissapoint the one or two of you who actually read this thing.
Guitar 1
This week is all about those power chords. There are two things to consider. One is the notes on the 6th and the 5th strings of the guitar. Do your best to start memorizing them, or at the very least be able to quickly find them on the charts I gave out. The other is the shape of the power chord. You put your index finger on the note of the chord (for example, if you want an A, you would go to the fifth fret of the sixth string.) then your ring finger goes on the next string, two frets up (for the A power chord, it would be on the 5th string, 7th fret) and then your pinky on the same fret, one string up (4th string 7th fret). This shape stays the same for all these chords, you move the shape to a different note to change chords. Get working on this, because next week, we’re using it with some tunes.
Guitar 2
We’ve got a couple tunes in the hopper. For the Never Shout Never tune, work on rhythm and palm muting. For the Led Zeppelin tune, work on the smooth transition from the riff to the power chord, and also the Em pentatonic scale for the solo part. For the Nirvana tune, it’s all about power chords, and those muted strums in between them, and for the All American Rejects tune, you’ll be using real-live bar chords. Chord push ups shall come in handy. Til next week!
