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THE C CHORD
A chord is sounded when more than two stdngs are played at the Same time. To play your first chord,
C, use your 1st finger to press the 2nd shing at the 1st fret.
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Music has a steady beat, like the ticking of a clock. Count aloud as you strum.
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TEACHER MELODY:
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me
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jam.
THE G7 CHOBD
Use your 1st finger to press the 1st strirlg ai the 1st lret.
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Bar lines divide music into measures.
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A double bar line means the end.
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Words and Music by
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CHANGING CHORDS
Practice strummint the C chord, and then move to G7.
G'7
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Words and Music by John Lennon
and Paul Mccartney
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Words and Music by Charles P Macak,
Tafft Baker and Larry LaPrise
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Repeat sign
(Play again ftom the beginning)
Additional Lyrics
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THE E MINOR CHORD
Use your 2nd finger to press the 4th string at the 2nd fret.
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GET UP STAND
UP
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Words and Music by Bob Marley
and Peter Tosh
Em
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Getup,
standup.
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Get up.
StanLl
stand up.
TEACHER MELODY:
up
for
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your fight
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Don
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give
up
the fight.
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look ar
Words and Music by John Lennon
and Paul Mccartney
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the lonely
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people!
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Rigby,
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church
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in the
where
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wearing
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the face that she kee ps in a jar
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THE NOTE
E
play chords. If you remember, a chord is sounded when more than two
strings are played to8ether. Now let's play some single notes.
So far, you have learned to
To
play the note E, pluck the 1st string open using a downward motion of the thumb or pick.
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Play open
(don't finger)
Music is written on a staff of five lines and four spaces. Each line and space of a staff has a letter
name. A clef appears at the beginning of every staff. Guitar music is wdtten using the treble clef.
Lines
Treble
Spaces
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Clet\
The open 1st string is the note E in the top space of the staff. Play each E note slowly and evenly,
using a downward motion of the thumb or pick.
MALAGUEfrA
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TEACHER ACCOMPANIMENT:
IHE NOTE F
Use your 1st finger to press the 1st string at the 1st fret.
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A time signature appears at the beginning of a piece of music. It tells how many beats are in each
measure and what kind of note gets one beat. In X ("four-four") time, there are four beats in each
measure and the qua{eI note gets one beat. A solid note with a stem (f) is called a quarter note.
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Count:
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Time Signature
TEACHEN ACCOl'IPANIMENT:
HAMMER HEAD
TEACHER ACCOMPANIMENT:
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THE NOTE G
Use your 3rd finger to press the 1st string at the 3rd Iret.
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A half note (f) hsts two beats. It is twice as long as a quarter note (f).
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TEACHEB ACCOMPANIMENT:
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Count:
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TEACHER ACCOMPANIMENT:
THE NOTE B
Now let's move to the 2nd stdng. To play the note B, pluck the 2nd string open.
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A whole note (o) lasts four beats. It is as long as four quarter notes or two half notes.
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TEACHEB ACCOMPANIMENT:
Moderale Shuff le
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THE NOTE
C
Use your 1st finger to press the 2nd string at the 1st fret.
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Rests are sounds of silence. The
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TEACHER ACCO!'PANIMENT:
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qua
er note rest
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(l) means to be silent for
one beat.
THE NOTE D
Use your 3rd finger to prcss the 2nd
st
ng at
tle 3rd fret.
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The half note rest
(-)
means to be silent for two beats.
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TEACHER ACCOMPANIMENT:
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NOIE REVIEW
\bu hale learned six notes now: three on the 1st st ng and three on the 2nd string.
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The notes in the following exercises move from stdng to string. As you are playing one note, look
ahead to the next and get your fingers in position.
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Beethoven
Some songs begin
with pickup notes. Count the missing beats out loud before you start playing.
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chord symbols
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THE G CHORD
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3rd finger to press the lst string at the 3rd fret.
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strum
Strum marks are sometimes written on the staff to help you keep track of where the strums are within
the measure.
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Frederick Perren, Deke Richards and Beny Gody
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THE D CHOHD
For the D chord, you will need to press three notes at the same time.
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LAND 0FATH0USAND DANCES
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CHORD TO CHORD
You can now play five different chords. Let,s practice changing between two chords
at a time.
Go slow at first it's okay to pause between chords if you need to in the beginning.
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THIS LAND IS Y()UB
This land is your
LAND
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Words and Music bv
Woodv Guthrie
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Y()U ARE MY SUNSHINE
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Words and Music by
Jimmie Davis
You are my
su, -
shine
my on-ly
shine.
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you make me
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hap
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when skies are
gIay.
You'll nev - er
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C
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dear,
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I
love
you.
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shine
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hare Played four downstrums Ior each measure Now let's strum twice for every beat,
Lrr eight times for each measure. Alternate between downstrums and upstrums.
S.r aar. r ou
down
up
down uP down uP
down
up
Tn' the new down-up strum with songs you learned earlier, and then try "Hound Dog."
HOUND
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Words and Music by Jerry Leiber
and Mike Stoller
G
You ain't nothin' but a
dog-
hound
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time.
the
you ain't
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This famous song by van Morrison uses four chords. you
can strum with a, downstrokes or use the
new down-up pattern.
Words and Music by
Van Morrison
lntro
Verse
G
Hcy. \,here did
we
Hot
Days when the ratns came,
skipping and a - jumping.
laughing and r-running. hey. hey,
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In
down in the hollow
the misry
morning lbg wirh
piayin'a new game,
heart's a-thumping, and
D
you,
my brown eyed girl.
G
You,
my
brown eyed
D
girl.
Do you remember when
we used to sins:
Chorus
G
G
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la la la la
la la
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j : :.ad\ leamed how io play the note G on the 1st string. Another note G can be played by pJuck::: :re 3rd string open. To play the note A, press the 3rd string at the 2nd fret.
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AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE
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L0VE ME TEN[)EB
Words and Music by Elvis Prcsley
and Vera Matson
Teacher plays chord symbols
CI
go.
G7
life
Am
C7
and
love
F
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THBEE.FOUR TIME
Some music has three beats per measure instead of four. The symbol for three-four time is:
Three beats per measure; quarter note (.] ) gets one beat.
BIRTHDAY SONG
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Teacher plays
chord symbols--+ C
G
F
C
C
G
C
THE
A
CHORD
Use r our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd fingers to press the 4th,3rd, and 2nd strin8s at the 2nd fret. Arch
:rqers
your
so the 1st string rings open.
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Harold R. Brown, Morris Dickerson, Jery Goldstein,
Leroy Jordan, Lee Oskaf Charles W. Miller and Howard Scott
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Strum along with this famous Beach Boys song.
Words and Music hv
Chuck Beny
whole rest
If ev'-ry-bod-y
had an ocean,
ihen everybody'd be
like Cal-i - for
huarachi
surf
sandals
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Ven-lur -
You'd see 'em wearin' their bag-
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Australia\
A bushy, bushy blonde
U-S.A.
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Santa
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MELODY:
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gone
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about the guitar to play either the notes or the chords for this final song!
I'M A BELIEVER
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Words and Music by
Neil Diamond
lntro
Verse
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G
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fair
Pre-Chorus
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of
G
I saw
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doubt
in
my
C
C
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mind.
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G
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couldn't