July/August Supplemental

Howdy all!

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).

RECITAL: We are hosting our first LIVE recital in over a year this summer. In fact, TWO recitals - you'll be assigned a date so we can keep the body-count appropriate for Ranada's patio.

  

Group one will be at Ranada's patio 1pm-3pm Sunday, July 18.

Group two will be at Ranada's patio 1pm-3pm Sunday, July 25.

If there's is enough interest, we'll add a group three on a third day!

Please let me know immediately if you want to play so we can assign days to everyone!

SONGWRITING SERIES: As of this writing, I have 5 lesson articles in the new "Sonic Sorcery" songwriting series, which you can access HERE. Unlike the songwriting workshops, we're deconstructing individual songs to look at chord progressions, forms, lyrics, and more. ALSO in the works: the new 8-week songwriting class video series!

NEW ARTICLES at SD Magazine: "Slide Guitar: A Guided Musical Tour", and the new "Guitar Gods" interview with Grammy nominated Jon Butcher! Also check out "The Music of Black Widow" at SD Universe. Interviews with punk legend Richie Stotts (of Plasmatics) and Grammy winning guitarist for Sting, Dominic Miller, on the way.

WEB RESOURCES: 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.

TUITION: 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)....though I'm told you can use Bitcoin or Etherium via PayPal and Venmo, so if that's your preferred method of payment, that works for me!

1) GROUP STUDENTS - NEW CLASS begins Thursday Aug 19! 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
Password: 949288


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).

Video Drills
Play-along Song videos:

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:

"Blowin' in the Wind" Bob Dylan (1963)

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

G - - - /C - - - /G - - - /G - - - / (2x)

C - - - /D - - - /G - - - /Em - - - /

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

"Blowin' in the Wind" Joan Baez

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

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

C - - - /D - - - /G - D - /Em - - - /

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

"I Want To Hold Your Hand" Beatles (1963)

intro:

C D - - /C D - - /C D - - /D - - - /

verse:

G - - - /D - - - /Em - - - /Bm7 - - - /

G - - - /D - - - /Em - - - /B7 - - - /

C - D - /G - Em - /C - D - /G - - - /

bridge:

Dm - - - /G - - - /C - - - /Am - - - /

Dm - - - /G - - - /C - - - / (return to intro)

"Lost Cause" Billie Eilish (2021)

capo @1

Am - - - /G - - - /Fmj7 - - - /E7 - - - /

Am - - - /G - - - /Fmj7 - - - /E7 - - - /

"Blinding Lights" The Weeknd (2019)

capo @3

Dm - - - /Am - - - /C - - - /G - - - /

Dm - - - /Am - - - /C - - - /G - - - /

"Memories" Maroon 5 (2019)

capo @4

G - D - /Em - Bm - /C - G - /C - D - /

G - D - /Em - Bm - /C - G - /C - D - /

"Stitches" Shawn Mendes (2017)

capo @1

verse:

Am - - - /G - - - /C - - - /F - - - /

Am - - - /G - - - /C - - - /F - - - / repeat

pre:

F - - - /G - - - /Am - - - /Am - - - /

F - - - /G - - - /Am - - - /G - - - /

chorus:

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

Am - - - /G - - - /F - - - /C - G - /

"Walking On The Moon" The Police (1979)

verse:

Dm - - - /Dm - - - /C - - - /C - - - /

Dm - - - /Dm - - - /C - - - /C - - - / repeat

chorus:

Bb - - - /F - - - /C - - - /Gm - - - /

Bb - - - /F - - - /C - - - /Gm - - - /

Bb - - - /F - - - /C - - - /Gm - - - /

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

"Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & the Comets (1954)

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

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

E - - - /E7 - - - / A - - - /A7 - - - /

"Born to Be Wild" Steppenwolf (1968)

note modified blues riff on the E chord

verse:

E - - - /E - - - /E - - - /E - - - /

E - - - /E - - - /E - - - /E - - - /

pre:

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

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

chorus:

E - - - /E - - - /G - - - /G - - - /

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

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

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

"Lean On Me" Bill Withers (1972)

chorus:

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

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

bridge:

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

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

"Watermelon Sugar" Harry Styles (2019)

capo @4

Am - - - /Em - - - /G - - - /D - - - /

Am - - - /Em - - - /G - - - /D - - - /

repeat throughout

"Time Is On My Side" Rolling Stones (1964)

verse:

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

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

bridge:

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

C - - - /Bb - - - /C - - - /Bb - - - /

C - - - /Bb - - - /C - - - /C - - - /

note: using E shape, F = 1, G = 3, Bb = 6, C = 8, Dm = 10 

"First Cut is the Deepest" Cat Stevens (1976)

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

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

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

"Day Tripper" Beatles (1966)

see riffs page from G2 class

intro:

E riff....

verse:

E - - - /E7 - - - /E - - - /E7 - - - /

A - - - /A7 - - - /E - - - /E7 - - - /

chorus:

F#7 - - - /F#7 - - - /F#7 - - - /F#7 - - - /

A7 - - - /G#7 - - - /C#7 - - - /B7 - - - /

"Wild Horses" Rolling Stones (1971)

G.....

verse:

Bm - - - /G - - - /Bm - - - /G - - - /

Am - - - /C - - D /G - - - /D - - - /

chorus:

Am - - - /C - - D /G - F - /C - - - /

Am - - - /C - - D /G - F - /C - - D /G - - - /

"On the 309" Johnny Cash (2006) 

recorded before his death in 2003 - last original song he ever recorded

The album was his first #1 in 37 years

note: the A chords shift between major and minor

verse:

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

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

Dm - - - /Dm - - - /A - - - /A - - - /

A - - - /E - A - /

transition:

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