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Guitar Lesson 101

The document outlines Lesson 101 of a guitar/musical workshop. It covers various guitar playing techniques, the major scale, the guitar fretboard, characteristics of a good worship guitarist, playing in a band, chord inversions, pentatonic scales, guitar effects, and the formula for scales and modes. The major scale is introduced as one of the most commonly used scales in Western music, made up of seven notes where the eighth note duplicates the first at double frequency. The minor scale is also discussed.

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Guitar Lesson 101

The document outlines Lesson 101 of a guitar/musical workshop. It covers various guitar playing techniques, the major scale, the guitar fretboard, characteristics of a good worship guitarist, playing in a band, chord inversions, pentatonic scales, guitar effects, and the formula for scales and modes. The major scale is introduced as one of the most commonly used scales in Western music, made up of seven notes where the eighth note duplicates the first at double frequency. The minor scale is also discussed.

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Guitar / Musical Workshop

Lesson 101
Prepared by: Andrew James C. Valencia

Outline:

1. Guitar playing technique


2. The major scale
3. The guitar fret board
4. A better worship guitarist (characteristics of a guitar player)
5. Playing in the Band/Team
6. Chord Inversions
7. Pentatonic scales
8. Guitar effects / Stomp Box (digital vs. analog)
9. Formula of scales and modes

1.GUITAR PLAYING TECHNIQUE

 Use of a plectrum (pick)


 Proper finger placement
 Use of a metronome or a backing track (tempo awareness)
 Note subdivision (quarter note, eight note, sixteenth note)
 Alternate picking
 Hammer-on & pull-off
 Legato playing
 Slide
 Palm muting
 Bend
 Pre-bends
 Hybrid picking
 Vibrato
 Natural harmonics (5,7,12)
 Pinch harmonics
 String skipping (Avoid using scale up and down)
 Swells
 Unisons
 Tapping
 Tremolo (whammy bar)
 Regular Practice
 Applying rest and silence
 Practice soloing in multiple keys
 Creativity in movement (making a story)
 Use repetitions

2. THE MAJOR SCALE

The major scale (or Ionian scale) is one of the most commonly used musical scales,
especially in Western music. It is one of the diatonic scales. Like many musical scales, it is
made up of seven notes: the eighth duplicates the first at double its frequency so that it is
called a higher octave of the same note.

INTERVALS – Is the difference between two pitches. It may be whole tone (whole
step) or half tone (half step) difference.

3. THE GUITAR FRETBOARD

 String tuning
 Fretboard mapping (neck to nut)
 Octave
4. A BETTER WORSHIP GUITARIST (characteristics of a guitar player)

 PERSEVERANCE
 DISCIPLINED
 SUBMISSIVE

-Make sure that God is the main focus


-Play with anointing
-Follow the lead singer
-Observe unity
-Take time in prayer and fasting
-Dedication in every practice “ Learn few techniques & music theory”

5.PLAYING IN THE BAND/TEAM

 DON’T overplay
 Vary your timing
 Avoid soloing every time
 Sound balancing “amp
 Play in different way
 Know your place

6. CHORD INVERSIONS

THE C-A-G-E-D SYSTEM


7. PENTATONIC SCALES

8. GUITAR EFFECTS/ STOMP BOX (digital vs. analog)

GUITAR EFFECTS HELPS TO ENHANCE WORSHIP


9.FORMULA OF SCALES AND MODES
Guitar / Musical Workshop
Lesson 101
Prepared by: Andrew James C. Valencia

Outline:

1. The major scale


2. The minor scale

1.THE MAJOR SCALE

The major scale (or Ionian scale) is one of the most commonly used musical scales,
especially in Western music. It is one of the diatonic scales. Like many musical scales, it is
made up of seven notes: the eighth duplicates the first at double its frequency so that it is
called a higher octave of the same note.
2. THE MINOR SCALE

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