January-February Supplemental

Howdy all!

I hope each of you had a fabulous holiday....because now its time to torture your fingers (hahaha!).

For GOAL SETTING, check out the SAGE Guitar Awards criteria!

RECITAL: Next recital will be in FEBRUARY at Goodwood. FIRST SUNDAY in February!

SONGWRITING SERIES: As of this writing, I have 13 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!

SD MAGAZINE: The songwriting series mentioned above is not all at SD Magazine. We also have 80+ articles from the "Guitar Gods" interview series (unknown gurus to Grammy Award winners), music reviews, art & photography, and more!

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!

ALSO...if you sign up at my PATREON ($5/month), I'm happy to discount your tuition by the same amount.

1) GROUP STUDENTS - NEW CLASS begins Thursday, May 5 at Willis Music (with Zoom option)! Link & password to the entire 8 weeks session is below the schedule....The schedule is as follows:

4pm - G4
5pm - 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

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

REQUESTS:

"Piece of My Heart" Janis Joplin (1968)
simplified version

verse

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

E - A - /B - - - /C#m - - - /B - - - /

D - - - /B - - - /B - - - /B - - - /

chorus

E - A - /B - A B /E - A - /B - A B /
E - A - /B - - Bb /A - - - /A - E - /

"Same Old Lang Syne" Dan Fogleberg (1981)

verse

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

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

repeat

chorus

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


"Under the Bridge" RHCP (1991)
see video here

intro

D - - - /F# - - - /D - - - /F# - - - /

D - - - /F# - - - /D - - - /F# - - - /

verse

E - B - /C#m - G#m A /E - B - /C#m - A - /
E - B - /C#m - G#m A /E - B - /C#m - A - /

Emj7 - - - /Emj7 - - - /

repeat

chorus

F#m - E - B - F#m - /F#m - E - B - F#m - /

F#m - E - B - F#m - /F#m - E - B - F#m - /

"Little Wing" Jimi Hendrix (1969)

Em - - - /G - - - /Am - - - /Em - - - /
Bm - - - /Am - - - /G - F - /C - /
D - - - /D - - - /

***note the measure of 2/4 on the C chord

"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 - /

"Zombie" Cranberries (1994)

Em - - - /C - - - /G - - - /D - - - /
Em - - - /C - - - /G - - - /D - - - /
repeat throughout

"The Gambler" Kenny Rodgers (1978)

D - - - /G - D - /G - D - /D - A - /
D - - - /G - D - /G - D - /A - D - /
repeat throughout


"Heart of Glass" Blondie (1979) / Miley Cyrus (2022)
(note the switch from C#minor to C#major in the verse)

verse
E - - - /C# - - - /C#m - - - /E - - - /
E - - - /C# - - - /C#m - - - /E - - - /

chorus
A - - - /A - - - /E - - - /E - - - /
A - - - /A - - - /F#7 - - - /B7 - - - /

(performance note: after the vocal of the 2nd chorus, the music continues, with 2nd & 4th bars as 3/4)

"Moon River"  Audrey Hepburn (1961) written by Mancini/Mercer 1961

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

F - - /C - - /Bm7b5 - - /E7 - - /

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

Am7 - - /D7 - - /Dm - - /G7 - - /

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

F - - /C - - /Bm7b5 - - /E7 - - /

Am - - /Am7 - - / D7 - - /Fm - - /

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

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

"Falling in Love with You" Elvis Presley (1961)

6/8

verse:

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

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

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

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

repeat

bridge:

Em - /B7 - /Em - /B7 - /

Em - /B7 - /Em - /A7 - /

Dm - /G - /

"Country Roads" John Denver

capo @2

verse

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

repeat

chorus

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

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

bridge

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

Em - F - /C - G - /D - - - /D7 - - - /

"Down in the Valley" traditional

3/4

G - - /G - - /G - - /G - - /

D - - /D - - /D - - /D - - /

D7 - - /D7 - - /D7 - - /D7 - - /

G - - /G - - /G - - /G - - /

"Amazing Grace" John Newton (1772)

originally in 3/4

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

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

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

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

w/ chord subs:

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

G - - /Em - - /D - - /D7 - - /

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

Em - - D7 - - /G - - /G - - /

"Three Little Birds" Bob Marley

chorus

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

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

repeat

verse

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

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

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

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

"Ain't That a Shame" Fats Domino (1955)

capo @2

A - - - /A - - - /A - - - /A(7) - - - /

D - - - /D(7) - - - /A - - - /A(7) - - - /

D - - - /D(7) - - - /E - - - /E(7) - - - /

WORLD PREMIER: 

"Turn the Lights Back On" Billy Joel (2024)


C - F - /G - E7 - /Am - D7 - /G - F G /
repeat throughout

GRAMMY SONGS:

"Flowers" Miley Cyrus

verse

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

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

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

Am - - - /Dm - - - /E - - - /E7- - - /

chorus

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

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

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

F - - - /E7 - - - /

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

"Anti-Hero" Taylor Swift

capo @4

verse

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

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

pre

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

chorus

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

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

"What Was I Made For?" Billie Eilish

Suggested Listening

Little Wing variations: Jimi Hendrix (live 1969) - Steve Vai (live 2001) - SRV (live 1983) - Steve Lukather (live 2020) - Lawrence Juber (live 1996) - Sting (1987) - The Coors (1997)

Suggested Reading

Happy Birthdays

January

John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), Stephen Stills (Crosby, Stills, Nash), Marilyn Manson, Chris Stein (Blondie), Kenny Loggins, Dave Matthews, Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), Joan Baez, Pat Benatar, Sade, Kid Rock, Steve Earl, Mick Taylor (Rolling Stones), Dolly Parton, Paul Stanley (Kiss), Neil Diamond, Alicia Keys.....

February

Harry Styles, Mike Campbell (Tom Petty), Shakira, Graham Nash, Dave Davies (The Kinks), Clint Black, Alice Cooper, Axl Rose (Guns-n-Roses), Garth Brooks, Tom Rush, Carole King, Sheryl Crow, Henry Rollins, Peter Gabriel, Rob Thomas (Matchbox 20), Ed Sheeran, Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day), Smokey Robinson, Eryka Badu, Neal Schon (Journey).....