In keeping with my plan to learn a song a week, I chose to learn Ain’t no Sunshine by Bill Withers this week. The original is fairly easy to play on guitar and didn’t really make me learn much, even though it sounds cool, so I decided to transpose it down a tone to G …
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Week 5 – Father and Son
This week I decided to try my hand at Father and Son by Cat Stevens to practice what I already know, and to learn A minor 7. The chord chart I was reading off used B minor occasionally, however it seemed to be where D Major was used in other verses so I substituted D …
Week 4 – The last Frontier
I was very happy with the result of last weeks practice and how much better I know those chords now, so I decided I want to continue with the same strategy as last week, this week with the last frontier by Redgum. I grew up with this song so I know it very well and …
Week 3 – Take me Home, Country Roads
After learning all the needed major and minor chords, I think I have enough knowledge to try my hand at most songs. Even the ones that have some kind of 7th, sus 4 or 9th chord should only have one or two types of them in a song so my current plan for learning guitar …
Week 2 – The other Major/Minor Chords
Setting aside the 7th chords for now, the other chords I need to learn are C Minor, F Minor, G Minor, Bb Major and Bb Minor, and I learnt these through a similar method I use to teach my 1 on 1 students how to tongue faster. The excersise traditionally is starting at a slow …
Week 1 – Going over what I already know
My sister used to play guitar, and as such I have a spare guitar lying around at home that I take out and jam on from time to time, using a capo to get around tricky chords. As a result of this I already have a fundamental understanding of guitar basics, and this week I …
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