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MTH-05 Intervals

About this lesson plan

This is a handy lesson plan to use when you want to discuss intervals with your student. All the intervals up to an octave are provided in both melodic and harmonic forms. The included Teacher's Guide will suggest a simple way you can discuss all intervals with your student. It's recommended you go through each interval with your student rather than merely provide this as a reference sheet.

If you spend the time and effort teaching the importance of learning intervals, your student will begin to understand chords, scales and songs better. You can even use this lesson plan as the starting point for ear training. Teaching your student to identify the different intervals by ear is a fantastic skill.

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KDS-02 Eensy Weensy Spider

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This lesson covers the children's song 'Eensy Weensy Spider'. The song uses a single note melody with the occasional partial chord. This is a great way to introduce your student to chords that use one or two fingers at a time. The lyrics are given along with the music so the student can match up the words to the notes they play. Chords are given so you can accompany the student.

This lesson plan uses an inbuilt incentive to encourage the student to practice the song. At the bottom of the page there is a line drawing of a spider. The idea is that once the student can properly play the entire song, they have your permission to color in the drawing and to draw rain down the side of the page washing the spider away. Then you can tell the student to draw a big yellow sun on the top of the page. This simple incentive can make a big difference to the student's motivation. Instead of merely learning the song, they have an extra reason to practice. Even know the reward might seem trivial, it does help. Once the student learns the song and draws the rain as per your instructions, they will take 'ownership' of the song and be more likely to keep practicing it. Every time they see their colored in drawing it will remind them of the reward for practice.

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KDS-01 Baa Baa Black Sheep

About this lesson plan

This lesson covers the song 'Baa Baa Black Sheep'. The song uses a single note melody with the occasional partial chord. This is a great way to introduce your student to chords that use one or two fingers at a time. The lyrics are given along with the music so the student can match up the words to the notes they play. Chords are given so you can accompany the student.

This lesson plan uses an inbuilt incentive to encourage the student to practice the song. At the bottom of the page their is a line drawing. The idea is that once the student can properly play the entire song, they have your permission to color in the drawing. This simple incentive can make a big difference to the student's motivation. Instead of merely learning the song, they have an extra reason to practice. Even know the reward might seem trivial, it does help. Once the student learns the song and colors in the drawing, they will take 'ownership' of the song and be more likely to keep practicing it. Every time they see their colored in drawing it will remind them of the reward for practice.

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KID-01 Kids Practice Chart 1

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Motivating young children to practice regularly can be a difficult task. Unless the right incentives are given, you may find some children don't practice at all between lessons. This practice chart will help you keep track of how your student practices as well as providing them incentives to practice every day.

The inbuilt incentives in this chart work by setting a hurdle the student must pass before they receive a reward. In this case the hurdle is that they must practice every day for seven days. At the end of the seven days provided they have practiced every day, they can color in a drawing on the chart. This is the incentive. The student is rewarded for their consistent practice with a coloring in drawing.

A new drawing is provided in the following weeks for five weeks to set the habit of regular practice. This incentive has been tested and works extremely well for young children. During each lesson you can provide positive feedback to encourage the student to continue practicing every day. You can also comment on their coloring in skills which reinforces the reward for next week.

For this incentive to work properly, you must tell the student's parents that they should keep track and make sure the student doesn't cheat by marking off days when they haven't practiced. After five weeks of consistent practice it will become a habit and you won't have to focus on it so much. The student will be used to practicing every day and you can use different incentives such as games or songs the student likes.

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SCA-11 Modes Reference Sheet

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Along with the individual lesson plans on the modes (SCA-04-10) this sheet is a great way to compare the modes on one sheet. The formula for each mode is written out so you can show the student the different interval changes from mode to mode. This will make it easier to explain the difference between the modes and how they sound. Using this reference sheet in combination with the individual lesson plans on the modes will get the best results.

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PRO-09 Keith Richards

About this Lesson Plan

This guitar lesson plan will introduce your student to Keith Richards' rhythm style. A few riffs are looked at along with a dual guitar riff you can use to jam along with your student. The riffs use hybrid picking and Open G Tuning so ensure that your student is familiar with the technique and tuning before attempting this lesson.

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PRO-08 Paul Gilbert

About this lesson

This lesson introduces Paul Gilbert's style of lead playing to your student. The licks demonstrate Paul's use of alternate picking, legato, arpeggios and phrasing. This is a very advanced lesson so only give this to your student if you know they will be prepared for it. If the student enjoys this style of playing, you can give them one of Paul's songs to continue their development.

This lesson will teach your student:

  • How to use fast alternate picking during scale runs
  • Combine picking and legato for complicated patterns
  • Wide stretching, string skipping arpeggios

Combine this lesson with exercises to help the student develop the skills necessary to play the licks.

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PRO-07 Randy Rhoads

About this lesson

This lesson gives your student an overview of a couple aspects of Randy Rhoads' style of playing. Randy was well known for his lead playing so the lesson looks at his use of legato, tapping and phrasing. One aspect of his rhythm playing is also covered so your student can have a glimpse into both areas. If your student enjoys the style of licks used in this lesson you can take it further by giving the student one of his songs to work on.

This lesson will teach your student:

  • Randy's approach to lead focusing on legato, tapping and phrasing
  • Using pedal tones and double stops
  • Alternate picking using the pentatonic scale

The Teacher's Guide explains each lick so read through the guide before giving this lesson to your student.

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MAI-03 Changing Steel String Acoustic Guitar Strings

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This handout is an easy to follow step by step guide to help your student restring their steel string acoustic guitar. Photos are provided to assist with the more confusing steps. This will be handy if the student breaks a string and wants to try restringing it on their own instead of bringing it to you.

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MAI-02 Changing Nylon String Acoustic Guitar Strings

MAI-02 Changing Nylon String Acoustic Guitar Strings

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This handout is an easy to follow step by step guide to help your student restring their classical guitar. Restringing a nylon string acoustic is more complicated than other types of guitars so plenty of photos are provided to assist. The student will learn step by step how to tie the strings to the bridge properly to avoid slippage. This will be handy if the student breaks a string and wants to try restringing it on their own instead of bringing it to you.

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