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Lesson Count

  1. 23/03/18
  2. 20/04/18
  3. 04/05/18
  4. 18/05/18
  5. 01/06/18
  6. 15/06/18
  7. 29/06/18 cancelled
  8. 13/07/18
  9. 17/09/18
  10. 01/10/18
  11. 15/10/18
  1. 29/10/18
  2. 19/11/18
  3. 26/11/18
  4. 03/12/18
  5. 17/12/18
  6. 14/01/19
  7. 28/01/19 
  8. 11/02/19 
  9. 25/02/19 
  10. 11/03/19





  1. 25/03/19
  2. 08/04/19
  3. 29/04/19
  4. 13/05/19
  5. 28/05/19
  6. 10/06/19
  7. 24/06/19
  8. 08/10/19
  9. 15/10/19







Music Practice Notes & Downloads

Sweet Child O Mine - Guns n Roses (electric guitar version)
Work on letting the notes ring out a little bit more.

Intro
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Outro of intro
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Riff before solos
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Solo 1
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Solo 2
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I Don't Need No Doctor - John Mayer
Packed with technique.. have a go at this riff!
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Best Of You - Foo Fighters

Have a go at figuring out this song on your own. Fairly simple and straight forward. 

Ain't Talkin Bout Love - Van Halen
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Learning to improvise / solo over any song! (PART 1)

Begin by learning these 5 scales.. and practise playing these notes along to songs in the key of Em.
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14^ means bend up

Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood
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Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix

Tune guitar to D#, G#, C#, F#, A#, D#
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Let Her Go - Passenger

Capo 7th Fret
Use Tempo Slow and loop the beginning with "loop markers" which you'll see when you click on "markers" tab in the app.


Start by practising at 55% speed and gradually increase.

Chorus: F, C, G, Am     F, C, G

Instrumental: Am, F, G, Em,     Am, F, G
Verse: Am, F, G, Em     Am, F, G
Bridge: Am, F, G  (x2)  Am, F, G, Em
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Finger Picking
Time to take a look at the intro for the acoustic intro! The first two bars is over a Dm chord. For the bar chord (3rd and 4th bars in the tab) practise just barring the 1st fret.. (see video).​
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Metronome Practice For Anastasia
Download "metrotimer" app for ipad/iphone
Warm up at 90 bpm, add 10 bpm each time and work your way up to 120 bpm with 2 minutes on each speed.

​(bpm = beats per minute)

Tips: Tap your foot in time with the metronome

Anastasia - Slash
Great song to practise picking and speed! Check out this video for the tutorial.

Tuning: Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb (I use n-track tuner app)
Part 1  (1.39 video)
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Part 2 - Run down (2.19 video)
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If you have time take a look at the next bit...
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American Idiot (clean version) - Green Day
Great song to start getting your fingers around playing rock chords (5ths) quickly!

I have uploaded the clean version without the explicit language.

Watch video for more info on how to play!
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Live And Let Die - Guns n Roses
Check the timing for the intro on the repeat!
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Come Together - Godsmack
Remember to tune your E string to D (the one next to the A string!)
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Lonely Boy - Black Keys
Listen to the timing on this track..
Here is where we have got up to. On the "intro/riff" where it say (D) slide down from the 12th fret on that E string
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Johnny B. Goode
This song is played quite quickly but take it slowly and ensure you use the correct fingers.
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Chords
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Paradise City - Guns N Roses
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Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
This is the best transcription of the tune I've found so far... not quite perfect but close. Listen to the song, perhaps use tempo slow app to slow it down and play along to.
Part 1
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Part 2
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Where Do You Go - No Mercy
Capo 6th Fret
Listen to strumming pattern/ rhythm as the song progresses and try to copy
Where Do You Go
File Size: 30 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File


Slither - Velvet Revolver

NOTE: THIS SONG IS IN DROP D!!

You will need to tune the E string (bass E) down to D

Tricky riff, played quite quickly. I suggest using your first and second finger on your left hand to play majority of the notes. See video.
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Pour Some Sugar On Me
This has quite a fast riff so take it slowly, note by note and listen to the timing on the track/video. 
x = tap strings

(even if you don't quite get the timing this week, learn the notes and we will work on the timing next lesson)
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Walk This Way - Aerosmith

Use "hammer ons" and "pull offs" for this intro.
See video for instruction.
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Hells Bells - AC/DC
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Get Lucky
Capo 2
Chords: Am, C, Em, D
Strumming Pattern: D= Down U=Up
D,D,DU, UDUDUDU

AC/DC - T.N.T
Amp Setting: Little bit of distortion
​Chords: E, G, A

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