CHD-01 Triads, Sus & Add Chords

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About this lesson plan

This guitar lesson plan will help you introduce a few different chord types to your student. This material is set out to help your student learn to recognize each chord type when used in music. Each chord is used in a different music example so your student can see how they can use the chord as well. The idea behind the lesson is that your student will eventually begin to recognize chords in songs by ear. Rather than simply giving your student a chord chart with each type of chord, you can use this lesson plan to introduce each type of chord and your student can learn to each the unique characteristic of each type.

The chords covered in this lesson plan are:

  • Major and minor triads
  • Augmented triad
  • Sus4
  • Minor add9
  • Add11
  • Add6

The included instruction sheet will give you ideas on how to use the lesson plan. The instructions will give you a guide on how to explain the chords to your student and how to get them thinking about each chord's unique sound.

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Help your student with their coordination

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A new guitar lesson plan is available to help you improve your student's coordination. Quite often students will have trouble matching their fretting hand and picking hand movements. This can be extremely frustrating for the student because they know what they need to do but just can't seem to fix it. The exercises in this lesson plan help develop coordination in different ways. The exercises also help teach the student about scales and creating their own musical licks.

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EXE-13 Coordinating both hands

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About this lesson plan

If your student has trouble coordinating their picking and fretting hands, this lesson will help you solve the problem. Each exercise works their coordination in different ways. By the end the student will be able to seamlessly play through the exercises without 'tripping up' on the string or playing muted notes. In addition to developing the student's coordination, the exercises also help the student think about creating their own licks. Having exercises that can be used in a musical way is key to developing as a musician.

This lesson plan will help your student:

  • Develop their coordination
  • Practice playing along with a metronome
  • Think about extending licks up and down a scale
  • Think about taking an idea and using it to create their own licks

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