New worksheet: Learning to read sharps in music

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A new worksheet has been listed in the Lesson Materials Section to help your student learn to read sharps in both standard notation and Guitar TAB. This is a very simple resource and it gives your student essential practice in learning to read music. Students often get confused with sharps and how they work within standard notation. The exercises were designed to cover all types of situations where sharps are used. The student will also learn to apply the natural sign to cancel out a previous sharp.

Access the worksheet here: WNR-02 Learning Sharps

More worksheets will be available soon under the Lesson Materials Section here.

WNR-02 Learning Sharps

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About this worksheet

This worksheet will help your student learn to properly identify sharps in written music. The exercises will teach the student to read both standard notation and Guitar TAB. When your student understands the basics of how sharps are written in standard notation, they will be able to read music faster and easier. An answer key is provided in case there is any confusion with the correct answers.

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WNR-01 Random Notes C Major Scale

Guitar Worksheets

New guitar teaching resource: Worksheets now available

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Members can now access guitar worksheets to print off and give to students. These worksheets are different than the guitar lesson plans currently available. Worksheets are focused on a very narrow topic and require the student to answer questions on the sheet. The example below is a worksheet on identifying the notes in the C Major Scale. This worksheet asks the student to identify notes on the staff as well as on Guitar TAB. Each exercise will test the student out in different ways.

Guitar Worksheets

Each worksheet available for download contains an answer key which you can either give to your student after they fill out the answers or you can keep for your reference. On advanced topics having a worksheet saves you from having to figure out all the answers on your own.

The new worksheets will be available in the Lesson Materials Section below the standard guitar lesson plans. We will continue to create both resources so you always have different materials to work with.

The first worksheet available, WNR-01 Random Notes C Major Scale is available now. Print it off and give it to your student and see how well they do. A simple test like this one is a great way to see what areas your student needs to work on.

WNR-01 Random Notes C Major Scale

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About this worksheet

This worksheet will give your student practice reading both standard notation and Guitar TAB. They will learn to recognize the notes in the C Major Scale across the first four frets on the guitar. They will also have practice in writing in the correct notes in the staff as well as in Guitar TAB. This will be the first time many students have properly studied written music so encourage your student to take their time and not to worry if they make mistakes.

Worksheets like this one works best if you give it to the student at the end of a lesson and ask them to try to fill it out during the week and bring it back in next lesson. This will give them a chance to figure out the answers on their own and you can provide essential feedback in the next lesson. An Answer Key is provided if you need it.

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BEG-05 How to read Standard Notation

New lesson material: Guide tones

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A new guitar lesson plan has been included in the Lesson Materials Section on guide tones. Guide tones will help your student improve their improvisation by selecting certain notes that compliment the backing chords. Once your student learns to use guide tones effectively, their confidence in their improvisation skills will increase. Your student will be able to come up with more interesting solos and sound more 'musical'.

Access the lesson here: INT-09 Guide Tones

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INT-09 Guide Tones

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About this lesson

Guide tones will help your student transform their improvisation skills to a whole new level. Using guide tones can help the student target notes that will bring out the interesting qualities of the underlying chords. If your student is getting bored with basic Pentatonic Scales and doesn't feel like they're creating interesting sounding licks, this lesson will give them something new to work with. Most students will understand guide tones without much explanation but it's still a good idea to explain the theory in a lesson before looking at this content. This lesson plan contains a chord progression using guide tones and then gives an example on how the student could apply the guide tones in their music. The included lesson instructions clearly explains the concept in simple terms.

This lesson plan will help your student:

  • Build a stronger understanding of chords
  • Learn to choose notes that bring out the unique qualities of chords
  • Improve their improvisation skills
  • Create more interesting solos and licks

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MTH-07 Major Scales and Key Signatures

MTH-08 Seventh Chords

New lesson material: Seventh Chords

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A new lesson plan has been added to the Lesson Materials Section on seventh chords. This lesson plan will explain the main types of seventh chords including the theory behind the chords. Your student will learn how to identify each type, figure out the chord positions based on either a basic major or minor chord and even learn how to create arpeggios across the neck.

Be sure to cover the basic theory behind the Major Scale before using this lesson plan. Beginners may have trouble understanding the theory if they have not yet learned about intervals so be sure to cover that as well.

Access the lesson here: MTH-08 Seventh Chords

There are more lesson plans available on music theory under the MTH series. Check out the Lesson Materials Section to access more lesson plans.

MTH-08 Seventh Chords

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About this lesson

This lesson plan will introduce your student to seventh chords. The three basic forms of seventh chords are explained in detail with diagrams. The included lesson instructions will help you explain the theory in the easiest way possible. Beginners often get confused when trying to understand the difference between Gmaj7, G7 and Gm7 so this lesson is focused on making the differences easy to understand. It's recommended you spend some time teaching your student some basic music theory before explaining seventh chords. You can use lessons MTH-01 and MTH-07 to cover the basic theory first.

This lesson plan will help teach your student:

  • How to identify the different types of seventh chords
  • Understand the theory behind each chord
  • Figure out seventh chord positions based on Major and minor chord shapes
  • Form arpeggios across the neck

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MTH-01 The Major Scale

MTH-07 Major Scales and Key Signatures