1. Welcome to Music! 11/7
MavMark #1, 11/7: (Start a new sheet of paper. Label MavMark 1 with today’s date. Copy & answer questions.)
List 3 facts you already know about the guitar.
List 1 thing you want to know about the guitar.
Copy Homework in Planner/Phone:
Study Guitar notes. Next Test—Thur 11/13

2. Hand back tests Hand back tests on Mississippi Musicians.
Correct answers out to the side in pen/marker.
If you scored a “D” or an “F,” you need to have it signed by a parent and brought back to me.

3. Review Challenge! The first 3 people can earn a “treat”:
Who can name the PARTS of the guitar?

4. About the Guitar—Notes, Part 1 The Original Guitar, and 3 types of Guitars

5. The Earliest Guitar (#’s 1-4)
The earliest guitar was called a “lute”
Is over 5,000 years old. Found in:
Ancient Greek society
Ancient Egyptian society, and the
Roman empire
Material: bodies covered with animal skin, eventually replaced with a wooden sound board
Came in 7 different sizes
Lots of strings: between
Frets were movable in order to tune the instrument.
The shape and number of strings on today’s guitar derived from the country of Spain.

6. What did the lute sound like?
Questions to ponder:
What are some similarities between the lute and the guitar? And differences?
How many strings does this particular lute have?
Do you think this particular tune is from: Egypt, Scotland, or France?

7. 3 Types of Modern Guitars
1. Classical guitar (or Spanish guitar)
6 strings made of nylon
Hollow body
Sound is amplified through the sound hole
Played by plucking the strings with your fingers
Played while sitting down. Angle of neck is high above the knee
Usually a solo instrument, plays classical music

8. 3 Types of Guitar (cont.) 2. The Acoustic guitar (what we’ll play)
6 steel strings
Hollow body
Sound is amplified through the sound hole
Can be played while sitting down, or while standing up with a strap
Played with either plucking, or with a pick
Can be a solo instrument, or used in a group setting.
More common for playing “chords.” Typical in “folk” music.

9. 3 Types of Guitars (cont.)
The Electric Guitar:
6 steel strings
Solid body
Sound is amplified through an amplifier
Pitch can change through use of special effects
Played by plucking, or by strumming with a pick
Made popular, thanks to artists like Elvis and Chuck Berry.
Most common in today’s music.
Jimi Hendrix playing the “Star Spangled Banner” at 1969 Woodstock.
Listen to see if you can hear the “bombs” dropping.

10. The 6 Strings Acronym: Eddie (Low) Ate Dynamite. Good Bye
Eddie! (High)

11. Parts of the Guitar

12. Guitar Review What are my rules for guitar?
What 3 positions do we have?
What are the names of the 6 strings?
Show me the E-minor, G, and C chords.

13. Put your “bunny ears” on the 2nd & 3rd strings from the top, fret 2.
Review Chord, E-minor
Check your neighbor
Put your “bunny ears” on the 2nd & 3rd strings from the top, fret 2.

14. Basic Strum Patterns

15. (Beginner G Chord above) Bottom string, 3rd finger on the 3rd fret
G-Chords
Advanced G below
(Beginner G Chord above)
Bottom string, 3rd finger on the 3rd fret

16. C-Chords Advanced C below (Beginner C Chord above)
Second string from the bottom, pointy finger on 1st fret

17. Switching Practice 4 on G, 4 rest (switch), 4 on C
1 on G, 1 on C 

18. Jingle Bells G G G G (switch)
When you sing, your starting pitch is the 2nd string from the bottom
Jingle Bells
G  G G G (switch)
Jingle bells, jingle bells. Jingle all the way.
C G
Oh what fun it is to ride
A D
In-a one-horse open sleigh. Hey!
G G G
C G D G
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh!
3 levels
Basic
Guitar Hero
Rock Star
3 levels of differentiation:
Level 1: Basic—1 strum per chord
Level 2: Guitar Hero—2 strums per chord
Level 3: Rock star—3 strums per chord (down up down)
MY part: All A’s, D’s
Eventually get a soloist (or duet) to play the A/D chords

19. Welcome to Music! 11/11
MavMark #2, 11/11 (Pick up the Guitar Crossword Puzzle from front stand) Use your guitar notes from last time.
Homework:
Study Guitar notes for Written & Playing Test Thursday.
Zero block—Wednesdays & Fridays to practice guitar.

20. Bingo Review Fill in your Bingo Board with the following words:
Nylon Steel Classical Acoustic
Electric Hendrix Lute Six
Dynamite Solid Hollow Left
5000 Spain Posture Frets
Head Nut Neck Waist
Body Bridge Saddle
Sound hole Pick guard
You should have 3 words left-over.

21. About the Guitar—Notes, Part 2 How the Guitar is Made, How a Guitarist Reads Music, Tuning

22. How a Guitarists Reads Music
A Guitarist reads music in 3 different ways:
Tablature (also called “tabs”)
Sheet Music
Lead Sheet (which shows you the words & “chords”)

23. Tabs Tablature is a picture with 6 lines and lots of numbers
Each line represents a string
Each # represents which fret to play
“0” = play the open string, no fret
Indicate the string & fret from the following example:

24. Sheet Music
Sheet music shows you the lines and spaces of the treble clef.
A guitarists must read the notes using the following sayings:
Spaces: FACE
Lines: Every Good Boy Does Fine
Practice finding the notes below:

25. Lead Sheets Lead sheets contain the words & the chords
What is a chord? A chord consists of 3 notes played together at the same time: the root (or the 1st), the 3rd, and the 5th
Below is the G Scale, extended:
G A B C D E F# G, A B
Let’s figure out the notes in an A-Chord together: ____, _____, _____
What notes are in a:
G Chord: root= _____, 3rd=_____, 5th=____
C Chord: root = ____, 3rd=_____, 5th=____
E minor chord: root=____, 3rd=____, 5th=____

26. Tuning
When tuning the guitar, one needs to remember the order of the strings:
Eddie Ate Dynamite Good Bye Eddie  start on THIS one
Start with the thinnest string first
Follow the string until you find the tuning peg it’s connected to
Play the string while looking at the tuner
The goal is to get the tuner in the middle (when the green light shows up)
SLOWLY turn the tuning peg until your string is in tune.
Continue (going up) with all the strings until they are in tune.
A good app for your phone is called GuitarTuna or ClearTune.
Let’s try tuning the E-string today (ONLY)…

27. Guitar Review What are my rules for guitar?
What 3 positions do we have?
What are the names of the 6 strings?
Prepare for test. Go around the room: Show me E-minor, G, or C chords.
Ear training—Which Chord am I playing?

28. (Beginner G Chord above) Bottom string, 3rd finger on the 3rd fret
G-Chords
Advanced G below
(Beginner G Chord above)
Bottom string, 3rd finger on the 3rd fret

29. C-Chords Advanced C below (Beginner C Chord above)
Second string from the bottom, pointy finger on 1st fret

30. Switching Practice 4 on G, 4 rest (switch), 4 on C
1 on G, 1 on C 

31. Jingle Bells G G G G (switch)
This is an example of a LEAD SHEET.
When you sing, your starting pitch is the 2nd string from the bottom
Jingle Bells
G  G G G (switch)
Jingle bells, jingle bells. Jingle all the way.
C G
Oh what fun it is to ride
A D
In-a one-horse open sleigh. Hey!
G G G G
C G D G
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh!
3 levels
Basic
Guitar Hero
Rock Star
3 levels of differentiation:
Level 1: Basic—1 strum per chord
Level 2: Guitar Hero—2 strums per chord
Level 3: Rock star—3 strums per chord (down up down)
MY part: All A’s, D’s
Eventually get a soloist (or duet) to play the A/D chords

32. New Chord—D Major (Last chord this chapter)

33. Jingle Bells G G G G (switch)
When you sing, your starting pitch is the 2nd string from the bottom
Jingle Bells
G  G G G (switch)
Jingle bells, jingle bells. Jingle all the way.
C G
Oh what fun it is to ride
A D
In-a one-horse open sleigh. Hey!
G G G
C G D G
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh!
3 levels
Basic
Guitar Hero
Rock Star
3 levels of differentiation:
Level 1: Basic—1 strum per chord
Level 2: Guitar Hero—2 strums per chord
Level 3: Rock star—3 strums per chord (down up down)
MY part: All A’s, D’s
Eventually get a soloist (or duet) to play the A/D chords

34. Playing “Jingle Bells” by Tabs