LESSON 18 ( Scarborough Fair )

LESSON 18
Scarborough Fair

Practice Hints:
                      Follow the fingerings precisely. There is a new note in this piece:

Watch the dotted eighth note rhythm in measures three and fifteen.

LESSON 17 ( Self Test )

LESSON 17
Self Test

               You can check your progress in music theory by completing this self test. 

The answers to all the questions are taken directly from the test.

(17.1) For each pitch, name(a) the note, (b) the fret it is played on, and (c) the name of the string.

 

(17.2) Fill in the correct time signatures.

 

(17.3) What is the purpose of a sharp in front of a note?

(17.4) What is the purpose of a flat in front of a note?

(17.5) By how much does the value of any note increase when you put a dot behind the note?

LESSON 16 ( Key Signaturesn )

LESSON 16

Key Signatures

                Key signatures, just like the time signatures , are always marked at the beginning of each piece,or even at the beginning of each new line.

Example:

The key signature shows that all Fs and Cs are raised one fret throughout the entire piece,unless a natural sign would cancel one or both sharps for one measure.

(16.1)
          Name the notes that will be raised or lowered when the following key signatures are applied.

LESSON 15 ( Two Beginning Pieces )

LESSON 15
Two Beginning Pieces

Practice Hints:

                       Remember that notes are played at the same time when they are arranged vertically.The repeat sign at the end tells you to go back to the beginning and play the piece again.

Study in A Minor

Practice Hints:
Whenever you play a classical guitar piece, always look ahead to the next measure.Do not put your fingers down note by note. In this prelude, for example, you can put the fingers down for every two measures, and then just worry about the right hand.

Prelude in a minor

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Free Stroke Exercise

Once you have counted the beats of each melody line as in the above example, you can simplify it to the following version.

Remember: notes that are written in a vertical line are supposed to be played at the same time.

Free Stroke Exercise

No left hand, all open strings. Put your thumb (p) of the right hand on the 5th string. 

Your middle finger (i) on the G string, middle finger (m) on the E string. 

Now pluck each string lightly,without resting your fingers on the next string. 

The wrist and the fingers will be curved, and not as straight as in the rest stroke.

Order in which 

to pluck strings:

ILLUSTRATION OF FREE STROKE

LESSON 14 ( Reading Guitar Music in 2 to 4 Parts )

LESSON 14
Reading Guitar Music in 2 to 4 Parts

             Sometimes it can be confusing to read guitar music since it can have up to four different lines of music. 

Usually when the stems go up they indicate the melody line, when they go down the bass line.
Each line has to have as many beats as are indicated in the time signature.

 

            The first note played would be the bass since the melody has a rest on the first beat. While the low A keeps sounding you would play the second and third beat of the melody.

It is possible to have more than 2 lines of music, but the same rules as above would still be valid.