Lesson #4: Fri. Sept. 27
- Played through songs below
- Added Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
- Practiced using a pick
Lesson #3: Fri. Sept. 20
- Play through the DAG songs
- Restring the guitar
You Are My Sunshine
D
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
G D
You make me happy when skies are gray
G D
You’ll never know dear, how much I love you
D A D
Please don’t take my sunshine away
Dead Flowers
D A G D
Well, when you’re sittin’ there, in your silk upholstered chair
D A G D
Talkin’ to some rich folk that you know
D A G D
Well, I hope you won’t see me, in my ragged company
D A G D
cause you know I could never be alone
[Pre-chorus]
A D
Take me down little Suzie, take me down
A D
I know you think you’re the queen of the underground
[Chorus]
G D
You can send me dead flowers every morning
G D
Send me dead flowers by the mail
G D
Send me dead flowers at my wedding
D A G D
And I won’t forget to put roses on your grave
See the whole song at Ultimate Guitar.
Lesson #2: Tues. Sept. 17
J todo
– order light gauge strings
– Wyatt design internship contacts design, screen printing?
Skills to Build to Play Campfire Songs
- Learn chord shapes well enough to articulate each string
- Learn to switch between those chords fast enough to keep up with the changes in the song
- Strum out of time, hitting the chords in order
- Strum in time, at the appropriate time
Happy Birthday
D A
Happy Birthday to you
A D
Happy Birthday to you
D7 G
Happy Birthday dear (name)
D A D
Happy Birthday to you
Next > Get Back
Homework: practice playing Happy Birthday and Get Back out of time until you can play them in time.
Lesson #1: Tues. Sept. 10
- Music history: Frank’s son, harmonica player, 4 guitar lessons
- Goals? Play songs. Able to play a few songs by Thanksgiving, campfire songs in Big Bend..
- What do you know? Can play a few basic chords.
- What you want to work on? Frank’s songs… and Townes, Willie, Guy Clark, Beatles, etc.
- Frank songs to start with:
- Sweet n Mellow – D G A
- Legacy
- You Take A Nickel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6ls8m72cSQ&ab_channel=Merkaba
- Domain: http://frankchill.com/
- See Frank’s songs at https://soundcloud.com/bill-talbot-988283703
- Schedule: 2 x 30 min. lessons/wk, to start: Tues. 11am, Fri 4pm (switch to Thurs aft. next week)
- Rate: $1/min. or $30 fo 30mins. Venmo: Jason-Molin; Paypal: j@jasonmolin.net
- HOMEWORK: Play D G D A, repeat, making sure you can hear all the strings you’re supposed to hear.