NYAA Entry – Overview for August – Guitar

10 August 2007
- Practised plucking of notes and plucking/strumming of chords for Qing Fei De Yi
- Learnt the stumming patterns (all strings, for two chords in one bar: down-up-down, change chord, up-up-down-up; for one chord in one bar:down-pause-down-up-pause-up-down-up) for the chords and the different chord sequences for different parts of the song, the introduction and chorus verses (C-G-Am-Em-F-Em-F-G, ending of chorus: F-G-C), bridge (Am-Em-F-G-C), and ending verses (D-A-Bm-F#m-G-F#m-G-A)
- Played notes of Qing Fei De Yi individually

17 August 2007
- Practised plucking of notes and plucking/strumming of chords for Qing Fei De Yi
- Learnt combination of plucking and stumming of chords for Qin Fei De Yi
- Played notes and strummed chords of Qing Fei De Yi individually
- Played song (from introduction verse to chorus verse) as a whole group then switched between notes and chords grouping
- Learnt the uses of a capo, how it changes the key of the notes played to become the key of the notes heard (eg. Play: C, Capo: 2 -> Key: D)
- Learnt the common chord sequences of certain keys (eg. Key C has common chord sequence C-Dm-Em-F-G-Am)
- Learnt what the time signature means (eg. 4/4 -> 4 beats in a bar)

24 August 2007
- Practised plucking of notes and plucking/strumming of chords for Qing Fei De Yi
- Final assessment of Qing Fei De Yi (playing the notes and strumming the chords of the song individually and as a group)
- New song given: Yu Jian
- Learnt and practised plucking of notes and chords for Yu Jian

30 August 2007
- Practised plucking of notes and chords for Yu Jian
- Learnt plucking of chords for introduction verse of Yu Jian (timing of plucking and holding the chord)
- Assesment of Yu Jian (playing the notes and chords of the song individually)
- New song given to practice at home for next lesson: Dang Ni Gu Dan Ni Hui Xiang Qi Shui