NYAA Entry - Skills - Overview for March - Guitar

Participants: Boon Kiat, Calvin, Edmund, Jiawei, Joseph
Venue: Edvox Music School, Marine Parade Central
Teacher: Mr Chris Ho
Details: Guitar Group Beginner, once every week (Thursday), 45min (2015-2100)

1st March 2007
- Chris helped to tune our guitars manually
- Brief introduction of parts of guitar
- Went through the correct posture for guitar playing
- Basic plucking and fingering (plucking patterns)
- Introduction to chords (C and G7)
- Combination of chords and plucking

8th March 2007
- Taught us how to tune with a tuner
- Playing notes with the guitar by pressing the correct string and fret (low C, D, E, F ... highest C)
- Basic reading of notes on a score sheet (FACE for spaces and EveryGoodBoyDoesFine for lines)
- Introduction to more chords (Am and Dm)
- Chord progression with plucking (C to Am to Dm to G7 to C)

15th March 2007
- Self-tuning with a tuner
- Revision of chord progression and playing of notes
- Filling in of notes for score sheets of 3 songs (Sur Le Pont D'avignon, Di Tanjong Katong, Ode to Joy)
- Practising the playing of the 3 songs followed by individual assessment
- Further practice and individual assessment of chord progression and playing of notes
- Introduction to note values (Semibreve 1, Minim 1/2, Crotchet 1/4, Quaver 1/8, Semiquaver 1/16)

22nd March 2007
- New song: 500 Miles
- Introduction to G Major (all F notes must play as F# or F sharp)
- Playing sharps and flats of notes (moving 1 fret left or right)
- Exercises on G Major: 3 songs

P.S.
- edvox music school closed on 29th, hence no lesson.
- guitar lessons changed to friday after 29th, and there was no lesson too on 6 april (good friday)
- next lesson will be 13 april
- will be posted by boon kiat