Week05

Amazing Grace

Tempo: 70 bpm

Economy of motion!

Picking Practice

• Alternate picking, fingers 4-2-3-1, from E to e string, 25 repetitions

• Alternate picking, 2x each time, fingers 1-2-3-4, from E to e string, 25 repetitions

• Alternate picking, fingers 1-3-2-4, from E to e string, 25 repetitions

Chromatic Scale

Write and say it out loud:

C C#Db D D#Eb E F F#Gb G G#Ab A A#Bb B

Cmaj Scale

• Play Cmaj scale up & down, 1 min

Chord Practice

• G Chord, 25 repetitions

• Cadd9 Chord, 25 repetitions

• Dsus4 Chord, 25 repetitions

• Chord progression, G → Cadd9 → Dsus4, 3 min.

Song Practice

Amazing Grace

    1   2   3      1   2   3      1   2   3      1   2   3
e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|--------------|----------0---|--0-----------|--------------|
G|--------------|--0-----------|----------2---|--0-----------|
D|----------0---|--------------|--------------|----------2---|
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

    1   2   3      1   2   3      1   2   3      1   2   3
e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|--------------|----------0---|--0-----------|--3-----------|
G|--------------|--0-----------|----------2---|--------------|
D|--0-------0---|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

    1   2   3      1   2   3      1   2   3      1   2   3
e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|----------0---|--3-------0---|--------------|--------------|
G|--------------|--------------|--0-----------|--0-----------|
D|--------------|--------------|----------2---|----------2---|
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

    1   2   3      1   2   3      1   2   3      1   2   3
e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|--------------|----------0---|--0-----------|--------------|
G|--------------|--0-----------|----------2---|--0-----------|
D|--0-------0---|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

Video Log

Fender Stratocaster

Pickup Position: Neck
Master Volume: 3
Master Tone: 5

Zoom G3Xn

Preset: OFF

Joyo Tremolo

Intensity: 25%
Rate: 25%

Fender Blues Jr. III

Volume: 8.0
Fat: OFF
Treble: 5.0
Bass: 7.0
Middle: 11.0
Master: 4.0
Reverb: 5.0

Blue Yeti

Gain: 10 o’clock
Mode: Stereo, on desk near plant

Lesson Video