September/October Supplemental Lessons

RIP Eddie Van Halen (January 26, 1955 - October 6, 2020)

Edward Van Halen

***** JIMI HENDRIX edition*****

Jimi Hendrix died 50 years ago September, so we'll look at several songs below

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Hello, everyone! I hope this finds you and yours happy, safe, & well, as well as adjusting to a new school year! Info for both group & private students below (including supplemental material for everyone).

Also, if you haven't already, please sign up as a member at the SDML membership page so you will have access to all the material we offer.

Those students signed up with me, I do all invoicing via SQUARE, but if you prefer you can use one of the following methods: you can pay with card or Paypal account at my directly link http://www.paypal.me/skinnydevilmusic or Venmo at www.venmo.com/David-McLean-47 ....and I'm told I need to open a BITCOIN wallet, so I suppose I'd better look into that, also (if you have advice there, please let me know).

1) GROUP STUDENTS - Link & password to the entire 8 weeks session is below the schedule....The schedule is as follows:

4pm - G4
5pm - G3
6pm - G2
7pm - G1

Join Zoom Meetings at:
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/5343966529?pwd=N09CWXhvOFFzY0RHSjBBaWs2TWUzUT09
Meeting ID: 534 396 6529
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2) PRIVATE STUDENTS - The above link should also function for ALL private lessons. You'll simply be directed to the "waiting room" if you log in early.

Each of you should be receiving (via email and/or text) your individual lesson sheets (in some cases with links to doc or video supplements). I'll be sending these weekly, as a general thing, unless we are just reviewing. 

If you have NOT received these, please contact me immediately so we can rectify the situation today!

3) SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL - Below are videos that include several song walk-thrus & play-alongs, as well as a drill material. Some of this several of you started on last week. The rest is new material.

All videos are UNLISTED (except where noted), so you have to have the link to access the video.

This page WILL BE up-dated throughout the month with additional material, so check back each week (though I will often be sending notifications).

Chord subs mini-lesson:

"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" Hank Williams (also below in song charts section)

***original:

C - - /C - - /C - - /C - - /

C - - /C - - /C - - /C(7) - - /

F - - /F - - /C - - /C - - /

C - - /G - - /C - - /C - - /

***employing substitutions:

C - - /Em - - /Am - - /C - - /

C - - /Em - - /Gm - - /C7 - - /

F - - /Fm - - /C - - /Am - - /

C - - /G7 - G6 /C - - /C - - /

Video Drills
Play-along Song videos:
new: "I Love Rock-n-Roll" Joan Jett tutorial 

new: "Let's Go Crazy" ALL main rhythm guitar parts


G3 and G4 level:
Workout #1 (dexterity, rhythm, scale drills)
Workout #2 (chord drill, including barre chords)
Workout #3 (improvisation - minor blues)
Am Blues Improv Track
C major Improv Track

Advanced Only:
Rhythm drill call & response
Rhythm drill 4-level counting

Song Charts:

{The top of section songs will be Jimi, but there are plenty of non-Jimi songs below - haha!)

JIMI HENRIX TRIBUTE

In a nutshell, it was his set at the Monterey Pop Festival (June 1967) that made Jimi an overnight sensation.

In tribute, I'm charting a few songs on his setlist from that show below, all cover songs. His opening song was the Howlin' Wolf classic "Killing Floor" (a classic 12-bar blues in A released in '64)), his mid-point song (5 of 9) was "Hey Joe" (the Byrds version was 1966), and he ended with "Wild Thing" (a song made famous just a year earlier by The Troggs)...so he was playing contemporary covers of the day, not classic covers. That is a non-trivial detail worthy of discussion in class!

As these are covers, they can also easily be contrasted with his writing style, which at times used simple structures like we see below (with an emphasis then placed on riffs, fills, licks, and the like), but at other times is far more complex (like "The Wind Cries Mary" from his first album, "Little Wing", and more).

"Killing Floor"

framed with a wicked high speed pentatonic riff, the structure is:

A - - - /A - - - /A - - - /A - - - /

D - - - /D - - - /A - - - /A - - - /

E - - - /D - - - /A - - - /E - - - /

"Hey Joe"

C - G - /D - /A - /

E - E7 - /E - E7 - /

repeat

"Wild Thing"

A - D - /E - D - /

repeat

We may look at several more songs before the Sept/Oct session is complete!

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(contact me if you have not received a copy of the "harmonics" study - contains riffs for "Red Barchetta", "Roundabout", and "Sweet Child o' Mine")

"The Twist" Chubby Checker

A - - - /A7 - - - /A - - - /A7 - - - /

D - - - /D7 - - - /A - - - /A7 - - - /

E(7) - - - /D(7) - - - /A - - - /A7 - - - /

"Every Breath You Take" Sting/The Police

main theme:

A - - - /A - - - /F# - - - /F# - - - /

D - - - /E - - - /A - - - /A - - - /

convert each chord to "add9"

RIP Mac Davis!

"Hard to Be Humble" Mac Davis

D - - - /D - A - /A7 - - - /A7 - D - /

D - - - /D7 - G - /G - D - /A A7 D - /

repeat

"Imagine" John Lennon

simplified

verse:

C - Cmj7 - /Fmj7 - - - /

    4x

chorus:

F - Am - /Dm - Dm7 - /

G - - - /G7 - - - /

bridge:

F - G - /C - E7 - / 

3x

F - G - /C - - - /

"House of the Rising Sun" traditional

play as 3/4 or 6/8 

Am  C  D  F 

Am  C  E  E7

Am  C  D  F 

Am  E  Am  E7

"Creep" Radiohead

G - - - /G - - - /B7 - - - /B7 - - - /

C - - - /C - - - /C7 - - - /C7 - - - /

repeat throughout

"Back to Black" Amy Winehouse

verse/chorus:

Dm - - - /Dm - - - /Gm - - - /Gm - - - /

Bb - - - /Bb7 - - - -/A - - - /A7 - - - -/

bridge:

Dm - - - /Dm - - - /Bbmj7 - - - /Bbmj7 - - - /

F - - - /F - - - /A7 - - - /A7 - - - /

"Before You Go" Lewis Capaldi

(tuned down 1/2 step)

He plays a static D chord with a moving bass line that forms the following chords:

D - - - /D - - - /Bm - - - /Bm - - - /

G - - - / G - - - /A - - - /A - - - /

repeat

You can also transpose to C (C, Am, F, G) and place chord at first fret

"Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys" Waylon & Willie

(written as 12/8)

verse:

D - - - /G - - - /A - - - /D - - - /

D - - - /G - - - /A - - - /A - /D - - - /

chorus:

D - - - /G - - - /A - - - /A - - /D - /

D - - - /G - - - /A - - - /A - /D - - - /

modulates to E (chords become E, A, B)

"Midnight Special" Lead Belly, CCR, etc

G......

verse/chorus:

C - - - /C7 - - - /G - - -/G - - -/

D - - - /D7 - - - /G - - -/G7 - - - /

"Sweet Child o' Mine" GnR

(see tab for intro & intro w/ harmonics)

intro/verse:

D - - - /D - - - /Cadd9 - - - /Cadd9 - - - /

G - - - /G - - - /D - - - /D - - - /

     repeat as necessary

chorus:

A - - - /C - - - /D - - - /D - - - / (2x)

"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" Hank Williams

C - - /C - - /C - - /C - - /

C - - /C - - /C - - /C - - /

F - - /F - - /C - - /C - - /

C - - /G7 - - /C - - /C - - /

(see above for chord subs version)

"Jane Says" Jane's Addiction

verse:

G - A - /G - A - /

   repeat as necessary

chorus:

G - - - /A - - - /G - - - /A - - - /