SCROLL to the bottom of this page for Grade prep to find videos of your pieces!
Trinity Digital Exams
I am doing a variety of exams with ABRSM, mocks and now Trinity Online exams. Look in Guitar for some resources, here is info for PIANO and GUITAR exams : DIGIAL GRADES TECHNICAL WORK
SHOTGUN
LOCKDOWN SONGS - Times Like These
LOCKDOWN SONGS - Stand By Me
LOCKDOWN SONGS - Rock around the Clock
Auld Lang Syne
HAPPY
Its Coming Home, Guitar Tuition Video
SINGING, SONGS and SONGWRITING
SOME SONGS WE SING!
Songswesing.html is a page I put links to songs we are singing/using in lessons! you can of course ask your parent to search the internet for them as well click here
SONGS and RIFFS
SONGS and RIFFS Compilation
My students picked their favourite songs to play this week on guitar..
Download the worksheet HERE TABSandSONGS2018.pdf
GUITAR
LOCKDOWN GUITAR - introduction, Prelude, Gmajor scale, Chinese Tune
There is also a good website to get the pitch of all strings HERE
Tuning guitar by Ear
There is a chart at the back of GW1, watch the video a few times, this is a difficult skill to master but very useful once you have!
Blues and Improvising
12 Bar Blues in A
Now is a great time to have a go at improvising and making stuff up around the blues. Here is a video of Needing a Rest and Jungle (from The Guitarist's Way, Book One published by Holley Music. Used with permission.).
Play along with the tunes, and have a go improvising using notes A, B, D, E, G in any order. Add some more when you get confident!
TIP! try changing the speed in the video i like .75 speed!
Blues in A - Improvising
January is a great time to delve into the blues! This video is to accompany lessons and covers improvisation in A pentatonic minor, A blues Riff, Backing Track and Chords with fingering. Do replay the video if needed and play along! Enjoy
Practice is one of the most important parts to learning an instrument! have a look here if you or your child is struggling..
Improvising
12 Bar Blues in A
Now is a great time to have a go at improvising and making stuff up around the blues. Here is a video of Needing a Rest and Jungle (from The Guitarist's Way, Book One published by Holley Music. Used with permission.).
Play along with the tunes, and have a go improvising using notes A, B, D, E, G in any order. Add some more when you get confident!
TIP! try changing the speed in the video i like .75 speed!
Blues in A - Improvising
January is a great time to delve into the blues! This video is to accompany lessons and covers improvisation in A pentatonic minor, A blues Riff, Backing Track and Chords with fingering. Do replay the video if needed and play along! Enjoy
My friend Oli Whitworth has recorded some excellent mp3s of the Guitarist Way tunes, I recommend buying these recordings to play along to.. here are the free samples from her website you can use to try!
I sometimes use these in lessons mainly for timing. The link to buy is http://www.alisonbendy.com/
