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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6425942" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>The first lesson went well. The teacher's pretty organized - we already have all the music for the course, and she'll be e-mailing around mp3s of examples of her playing and singing along with the various songs we'll be working with. She has a good policy for those who have to miss a class - she'll do phone calls to go over the basics of the class with you, so you don't fall too far behind, and is open to calls with questions before 9 PM on weeknights.</p><p></p><p>The teacher's nice. A little... hippy-dippy (which is understandable, given the venue), and fairly chatty (which is probably a good thing, in that as beginners our fingers are not up to an hour-plus of solid playing). There are four students in the class, and the overall atmosphere is very no-pressure. </p><p></p><p>We covered (in no particular order), the chromatic scale (which was actually the last thing we touched on), A, E, and D-major chords, to construct the background for Amazing Grace.</p><p></p><p>Got a mnemonic for the strings that, due to the presentation, I won't be able to forget - Every Acid Dealer Gets Busted Eventually. This was relevant because it lead to an "Aha!" moment.</p><p></p><p>Most of the online and book lessons I have seen may mention the string names in passing to start, but then move on to using numbers. This is a practical approach, as what the student probably wants to learn is which finger goes on what string on which fret. If you number the strings, you can say, "First finger, second string, third fret" and the student knows what to do. If you said, "Index finger, A-string, third fret," the student has to think more.</p><p></p><p>This teacher continued to talk string names. And I went, "Oh, wait! So the chord is named for the lowest note in the chord!" (I know, this is not strictly true - it is merely true for the forms of the chords we are being taught so far). This ends up being useful for me to know where to start strumming. Later, when dealing with six-string chords, this won't hold any more...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6425942, member: 177"] The first lesson went well. The teacher's pretty organized - we already have all the music for the course, and she'll be e-mailing around mp3s of examples of her playing and singing along with the various songs we'll be working with. She has a good policy for those who have to miss a class - she'll do phone calls to go over the basics of the class with you, so you don't fall too far behind, and is open to calls with questions before 9 PM on weeknights. The teacher's nice. A little... hippy-dippy (which is understandable, given the venue), and fairly chatty (which is probably a good thing, in that as beginners our fingers are not up to an hour-plus of solid playing). There are four students in the class, and the overall atmosphere is very no-pressure. We covered (in no particular order), the chromatic scale (which was actually the last thing we touched on), A, E, and D-major chords, to construct the background for Amazing Grace. Got a mnemonic for the strings that, due to the presentation, I won't be able to forget - Every Acid Dealer Gets Busted Eventually. This was relevant because it lead to an "Aha!" moment. Most of the online and book lessons I have seen may mention the string names in passing to start, but then move on to using numbers. This is a practical approach, as what the student probably wants to learn is which finger goes on what string on which fret. If you number the strings, you can say, "First finger, second string, third fret" and the student knows what to do. If you said, "Index finger, A-string, third fret," the student has to think more. This teacher continued to talk string names. And I went, "Oh, wait! So the chord is named for the lowest note in the chord!" (I know, this is not strictly true - it is merely true for the forms of the chords we are being taught so far). This ends up being useful for me to know where to start strumming. Later, when dealing with six-string chords, this won't hold any more... [/QUOTE]
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