I just wanted to welcome you to the stringed instrument workshop, and to give you the syllabus so you can access it at any time you might need it at home!
2nd Annual Stringed
Instrument Workshop 2014
10 Week Syllabus –
May 1st until July 3rd – Thursdays 7 PM
Links to good videos, articles and chord charts will be
found at: www.willyminnix.com under
the section entitled “Music Lessons.” Check weekly for new videos, new charts
and other cool stuff!
Week 1 – Intro to open tunings, Tuning your instrument, 2
basic chords (I and V), a basic song
Week 2 – I IV V Concept, two more basic songs with 3 chords,
how a fret board works (where to find notes and boxes)
Week 3 – Rhythm, how to move from each chord without missing
a beat, two more basic songs
Week 4 – Melody, what makes a melody, how melodies work, why
only certain notes go together (ww1/2www1/2 concept), how boxes work
Week 5 – How songs work – understanding a song from the
inside out (Bridge, Chorus, Verse structure), song endings, intros and how to
put it all together, two more basic songs plus previous songs review
Week 6 – Picking Patterns, how to use fingers, pick or
finger picks, how to use a slide, bowing patterns and how picking patterns will
affect the sound of a song, plu”s two more songs.
Week 7 – Styles of music, what makes different styles
distinct, assignment take simple song and learn to play it three different ways,
2 more songs. How extra chords influence styles.
Week 8 – Playing in a band, what different instruments do
when you play in a band, taking turns, sounding equally mixed, successful arrangement
of songs, gigging, assignment get together in small groups, and put together a
three piece band to work on one of the previously covered songs.
Week 9 – Write a song (you will get a poem to work from,
unless you want to write your own) you will need Melody, Chord Pattern,
Rhythmic structure, Song Structure and some sort of Picking (or bowing) pattern
to make your song complete.
Week 10 – Demonstration of Songs, Review of entire course
God bless,
Willy
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