I am a guitar and bass instructor, and it is my pleasure to be posting music content, and educating my students from all over the world with the right method books, and the right resources available.
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Sir, are you going to continue onto second grade as well? I am really inspired with your playing and would like you to continue making these videos. God bless you!
Thank you Anuj. Yes, I will be putting out one last video of Grade 1 in a day or two, and then I shall be moving on to Grade 2. I'll be more active on youtube from now, and continue posting from time to time. God Bless.
Thanks Karan. That's a good observation. It's an old school technique to find the next note on a downstroke, which is quite synonymous to jazz guitar chord accompaniment. Atleast that's the direction where this guitar literature tends to go to. And the idea is, that to play consecutive downstrokes gives a more loud and consistent tone as opposed to alternating between downstrokes and upstrokes. Mel Bay is known for writing guitar music exclusively inherent to this style of playing.
Hi Lauren, here is the breakdown 5th bar : On the first count, the B and D notes played together. On the second count, you play two eight notes (an open D on the downbeat, and and open G on the "And" ) On the third count, you play a quarter note G (Open string G)
The breakdown for the 6th bar : 1) The first count is a chord which has the notes (C#, E, G). I'd play this with these fingerings (C# with the little finger, E with the lndex finger, and G, the open string) You can look at it as an A7 chord but as a rootless voicing (No root note A). 2) The second count has a quarter note F#, to be played on the 4th fret of the D with the little finger) 3) The third count is a quarter note G. This is to be played by plucking the G string open.
Keep practicing. This might take you about 20 to 30 attempts. But it's ok. The idea is to play it very slowly, and repeat it over and over again, till your fingers get used to the movements needed to execute these notes with ease. I hope that helped. Good luck! And thanks for reaching out. ❤️
Thank you Andrew. They indeed are. The Mel Bay books are quite a task. But the benefits of learning this material are just amazing. Thank you once again Andrew. If it weren't for you, I'd most probably never have discovered Mel Bay.
