Learn to Play The Guitar mini-course Lesson 3


Hi there and welcome to Part Three of the Beginners Mini-Course on Learning How to Play the Lead Guitar. This mini-course gives you a taste of what's covered in The Jamorama Lead Guitar Learning Kit!

This lesson continues on from lessons one and two. In lesson one you learnt about the guitar and reading TAB. In the second lesson you were shown the 'C Shape' and the notes you will need to know to play the song 'House of the rising sun'. We're going to break the song down into three sections for you to learn. This lesson will be similar to the second part of lesson two, however, we're going to look at the first section of "House of Rising House".

So far you've had a look at the C major scale and the 'C Shape' pattern. All of the notes that are played in "House of the Rising Sun" are found in the 'C Shape'. Let's take a look at it again.


Tools:
In this short course we're going to learn three of the many 'tools' covered in the main course. The tools you will learn in this course are single note lines, hammer ons and pull offs.

Tool: Single Note Lines

Every lead player uses single note lines, infact without them many famous solos would not exist.

So, how do they work? Basically, you play single notes consecutively either ascending or descending the fret board. Sounds simple? It is!

Try this exercise and watch the video if you've having difficulty. It's also a great way of warming up your hands and fingers.

Video Available:

QuickTime - Exercise 1 (983 KB)
Section one: House of the Rising Sun

Now we're going to look at the first part to "House of the Rising Sun"

Take your time and look at the part closely. The lyrics are written underneath to prompt you.

Keep going over this exercise until you feel comfortable with it then move onto the next part of today's lesson.

Tool: Hammer On

The next tool I want to introduce is the hammer on.

What is a hammer on? To play a hammer on, chose note on the fret board and pluck it. Now that the note is ringing, use a different finger to strike (hammer) down either 1, 2 or 3 frets higher on the same string. This tool enables you to pick the string once but play two notes. The pitch will always go higher (ascend) when playing hammer ons.

The hammer on is notated with what looks like a horizontal bracket. It's a small arch that goes from one note to the next as you can see in the exercise below. This means you play a hammer from one to the next every time you see the small arch.

Tip: You can download a video example of the above exercise to see and hear it for yourself. The download links are below (right click on the link and select "save as"):

Video Available:
QuickTime - Exercise 2 (852 KB)
Now we're going to go over the same section of "House of the Rising Sun" but this time employing the hammer on tool we've just looked at. Remember to go slowly over the song and every time you see the small arch notation you play the hammer on from one note to the next.





Practice Tips:

  • Play every note cleanly - no buzzing!
  • Try playing the scale out of sequence.
  • Name the notes as you play them.

In the next lesson we have a lot to cover. We're going to look at another 'tool' and more of "House of the Rising Sun". If you followed the lessons carefully you should find these exercises a logical and easy progression from what you have previously done. It's great to have you with us.

Until next time!
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