Progressions: Section 2

Week 1
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
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Thursday, March 16, 2023
Tuesday - Developing Licks
- Using Licks
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- Section 2 Fiddle Tunes
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Thursday - *Martin Out* - Substitute teacher
[IN PERSON] - Jam at Swallow Hill
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- Meet at our normal class time at Swallow Hill Music Association: 71 E. Yale Ave. Denver, CO 80210 (maps)
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- You must bring a song to play
- You must try to play Fiddle Tune
Class Recordings
Week 2
Tuesday,
March 21, 2023
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Thursday, March 23, 2023
Tuesday - Finding the Melody
- Simple melodies - Long Journey Home
- Finding the phrase - [See recordings to the right]
- Ideas to dress up a simple melody
- Slide to unison
- Hammer-ons and pull-offs
- Long Journey Home - Slides, Hammer-ons, etc.
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Thursday -
[IN PERSON] - Jam at Swallow Hill
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- Meet at our normal class time at Swallow Hill Music Association: 71 E. Yale Ave. Denver, CO 80210 (maps)
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- You must bring a song to play
- You must try to play a solo that incorporates
hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides
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Class Recordings
Week 3
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
Tuesday - Chords on the neck - Using a Capo
-CAGED progression of Chords
-Chord Shapes - G Chart pdf - C Chart pdf - D Chart pdf
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- Chord Abbreviations
- applying patterns
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Thursday -
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[IN PERSON] - Jam at Swallow Hill
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- Meet at our normal class time at Swallow Hill Music Association: 71 E. Yale Ave. Denver, CO 80210 (maps)
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- You must bring a song to play
- You must try to play a solo that incorporates
hot licks
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Class Recordings
Week 4
Tuesday,
April 4, 2023
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Thursday, April 6, 2023
Tuesday -
Crosspicking
-Crosspicking Patterns - G pdf - C pdf - D pdf - Combo pdf
-Applying crosspicking - Find the simple melody using
quarter, half and whole notes. Fill the eighth notes in with
chord tone from crosspicking shapes.
-Long Journey Home - Crosspicking Variation
-Write your own crosspicking solo. Blank Tab Paper
-applying patterns
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Thursday - Recital!!!
- friends and family invited to come listen!