G-Kidz Guitar Track 1: Lesson 9

1. Where do we go from here? (10 minutes)
We have reached the last lesson in Track 1. You can look forward to Track 2, where we will take you deeper in your journey as a guitarist. You will learn many interesting things, such as open chords, individual & band dynamics, how to derive chords, major [...]

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G-Kidz Guitar Track 1: Lesson 8

1. Playing the song “Shepherd”
Intro :     Em   Cmaj9   G   D  (x 2)
(NC)                                        G       G  D/F#
I  will  give  my  heart  to  You
Em             C
Forever  faith – ful  God
G                                         D
Guide  me  to  Your  truth
Em             C                                G    Gsus
I  will  go    where  You  may  lead
Em                                 C
Your  hands  of  grace    will  guide
G                                     D
They  draw  me  to  Your  side
Am7
I  praise  Your  [...]

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G-Kidz Guitar Track 1: Lesson 7

1. Introduction (10 minutes)
So far, we have learnt 2 songs, “Our Love Is Loud” and “Holy Spirit”. Today, we shall learn another song, “Shepherd” by Paradise Church. To play this song, we need to learn some chords in the Key of G. We will need to learn a new strumming pattern as well. There is [...]

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G-Kidz Guitar Track 1: Lesson 6

1. Higher chord voicings (15 minutes)

These chord voicings are played really high up the fretboard. They are played during the 2nd chorus of the song, strummed 16 times per bar.
2. Listen to the Song “Holy Spirit” (5 minutes)
3. Play the Song “Holy Spirit” (40 minutes)

Intro:
C G/B F Am7 G

Verse:
C
You’re all I [...]

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G-Kidz Guitar Track 1: Lesson 5

1. Playing Running Notes (10 minutes)
There are generally 2 ways to play running notes: using your index and middle finger and using your pick.
We can play running notes by alternating between our index and middle finger. The reason we do this is because it allows us to play faster than when we are using just [...]

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G-Kidz Guitar Track 1: Lesson 4

1. Introduction (10 minutes)
Yesterday we learnt how to strum the song “Our Love Is Loud”, using chords from the key of E. Today, we will learn another song, a slower song this time, “Holy Spirit” by the Planetshakers. To play this song, we not only need to learn some chords in the key of C, [...]

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G-Kidz Guitar Track 1: Lesson 3

1. Playing “Our Love Is Loud” (45 minutes)

Above is the chord sheet for the song taken from the band’s official website. All the F# and C# are actually F#m and C#m. You will notice that the chord progression that we have been practising so far is the chord progression for the verses. At this level, [...]

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G-Kidz Guitar Track 1: Lesson 2

1. Changing Chords (15 minutes)
Now that we are able to strum each one of the chords individually, its time to work on changing from chord to chord quickly and efficiently. Let us practise changing between the E – F#m – C#m – A chords, in that order.
First, let us hold an E chord. Strum it [...]

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G-Kidz Guitar Track 1: Lesson 1

1. Introduction & Course Objectives (5 minutes)
Track 1 aims to teach fundamental guitar playing skills. It simply teaches you how to play a guitar, rather than what is a guitar and things about a guitar. You will find a lot of comprehensive reading material to read online as homework in a self-reading list below. By [...]

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G-Kidz Guitar Track 2: Lesson 1

Part I: The Basics (15 minutes)
The basics were covered in detail during the SML course. In fact, these fundamentals of guitar playing can be found at many free guitar learning websites. Here, I have provided a few links for each item for further reading.
a) types of guitar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar)
Although I have put a link to an [...]

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