Progressive. - - GUITAR METHOD Book 1: Supplement by Gary Turner PROGRESSIVE GUITAR METHOD BOOK 1: SUPPLEMENT IS.B.N. 978 1 86469 133 7 ’ ‘Order Code: CP-69133 ‘Acknowledgments ‘Cox ~Photeareohe: Phil Martin ‘otog,ohs: Phil Martin LTP Publishing Pty Ltd email infoClearntoplaymusic.com ‘or visit our website; wowwlearntoplaymusic.com JAIELIMITED For mote information on this series contacts rt, ‘COPYRIGHT CONDITIONS Published by No part of this product can be reproduced in any form KOALA MUSIC ann oon Te Pubtohng Pry ed PUBLICATIONS RCEPRA ‘Scomed with CamScamerCONTENTS Page Introduction eens Approah to Practice. Rudiments of Music .... Using the Compact Disc Tuning Your Guitar to the CD Merrily... Lightly Row... In the Light of the Moon Go Tell Aunt Rhodie .. Oats and Beans... Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Yankee Doodle... Strike Up the Band . Amazing Grace When Johnny Comes Marching Home ...14 Morning Has Broker Minor Blues .. Bluesman.... Going Down the Road Feeling Bad. Custer’s Theme Cool Blues..... The Yellow Rose of Texas A Bicycle Built for Two. The Streets of Laredo Red River Valley Hush Little Baby... Pick a Bale o’ Cotton Shortin’ Bread 12 Bar Minor Blues Rockabilly Blues Dance of the Hours Chopsticks . Shenandoah Eighth Note Rest... Danny Boy ... Rockin’ Blues .. O Sole Mio Take Me Out to the Ball Game Hello My Baby Natural Blues .. 8 Bar Blues in the Key of C. 1¥i Yi Yi (Cielito Lindo) La Spagnola Habanera .. Mussi Den Swing Low, Sweet Chariot .. Fur Elise... LESSON 11 The Major Scale .. The Octave The C Major Scal The Key of C Major .. Jingle Bells .. Michael Row the Boat Ashore LESSON 12 The G Major Scale nnn The G Major Scale Over Two Octaves Key Signatures Minuet Lavender's Blue LESSON 13 The F Major Scale... The F Major Scale Over Two Octaves The Galway Piper. Mary Ann.. Billy Boy . LESSON 14 The Eighth Note Triplet Amazing Grace .. Beautiful Dreamer Shuffle Rhythm Shuffle Blue: LESSON 15 The Six Eight Time Signature House of the Rising Sun When Johnny Comes Marching Home ...46 The Irish Washerwoman ‘Scomed with CamScamerMawmed Sharman, CONTENTS CONT. Page LESSON 16 The Sixteenth Note Jamaica Farewell .. Tom Dooley . Arkansas Traveller Sloop John B Dotted Eighth Notes. Cottonfields El Condor Pasa Click Go the Shears . Battle Hymn Of the Republic The Two Four Time Signature Dixi The Entertainer LESSON 18 Swing Rhythms. Rhapsody in Blues... Rock My Soul Frankie and Johnny 2 He's Got the Whole Wide World 52 in His Hands LESSON 17 Syncopation... Elemental Syncopation Blues. Under the Bamboo Tree INTRODUCTION THE PROGRESSIVE GUITAR METHOD is a series of books designed to take the Guitar student from a beginner level through to a professional standard of playing. All books are carefully graded, lesson by lesson methods which assume no prior knowledge on your behalf. Within the series all styles and techniques of guitar playing are covered, including reading music, playing chords and rhythms, lead guitar and fingerpi PROGRESSIVE GUITAR METHOD BOOK 1: SUPPLEMENT is designed to be used in conjunction with Progressive Guitar Method Book 1: Beginner and contains an extra 70 songs to play, and 8 more lessons including information on major scales, keys, triplets, $ time, sixteenth notes, syncopation and swing rhythms. Alll guitarists should know all of the information in this book. In conjunction with this book you can use other books in the progressive series to learn about tablature reading, lead guitar playing, fingerpicking, bar chords, slide and classical guitar styles as well as music theory and different styles such as Rock, Blues, Country, Jazz, Metal and Funk. The best and fastest way to learn is to use these books in conjunction with: 1. Buying sheet music and song books of your favourite recording artists and learning to play their songs. 2. Practicing and playing with other musicians. You will be surprised how good a basic drums/bass/guitar combination can sound even when playing easy music. 3. Learning by listening to your favourite CDs. Also in the early stages it is helpful to have the guidance of an experienced teacher. This will also help you keep to a schedule and obtain weekly goals. ‘Scomed with CamScomerTHE RUDIMENTS OF MUSIC The musical alphabet consists of 7 letters: A B C DE F G Music is written on a staff, which consists of 5 parallel lines between which there are 4 spaces. MUSIC STAFF clef is placed at the beginning of each staff line. Treble or 'G' Clef. §=—> This clef indicates the position of the note G. (It is an old fashioned method of writing the letter G, with the centre of the clef being written on the second staff line.) { Gnote The other lines and spaces on the staff are Extra notes can be added by the use of short named as such: lines, called leger lines. 5 ES oa 2 (we eo Pe pgae GerGcas ogo B c When a note is placed on the staff its head indicates its position, e.g. ' : a This is a G note This is a C note When the note head is below the middle staff line the stem points upward and when the head is above the middle line the stem points downward. A note placed on the middle line (B) can have its stem pointing either up or down. ‘Scomed with CamScameric into sections called bars gp measures. A double bar line signifies ci i section of it. Bar or Measure fF { _ Bar Line Double Bar Line NOTE VALUES of silence. Whole Half Quarter Eighth Sixteenth Note Note Note Note Note (Semibreve) (Minim) (Crotchet) (Quaver) (Semiquaver) Counts. 4 2 (or Beats) Whole Rest Half Rest Quarter Rest Eighth Rest (Semibreve Rest) (Minim Rest) (Crotchet Rest) (Quaver Rest) Sixteenth Rest (Semiquaver Rest) Ifa dot is placed after a note it increases the value of that note by half, e.g. Dotted Dotted Half Note 2° (2+ 1) = 3 counts Eighth Note @ 4 (4 + %) = % counts Dotted Dotted Quarter Note J. (14 %)=1% counts weet Note O° (4 +2) =6 counts A tie is a curved line joining two or more not es of the same pitch, where the second note(s) is note played but its time value is added to th at of the first note. Here are two examples: a nW_" 2 + 1 = 3 counts 4 + 2 + 1 =7 counts In both of these examples only the first note is played, ‘Scomed with CamScamerTIME SIGNATURES At the beginning of each piece A time Si of music, after the treble clef, ee Bored Fi F eine aac isnaire (pronounced Four Four time) The time signature indicates the number of beats 44, is ind per bar (the top number) and the type of note ~ this indietes 4 beats por bar receiving one beat (the bottom number). For 44 hic indicates thetench beat i ple: worth a quarter note (crotchet). Thus in § time there must be the equivalent of 4 quarter note beats per bar, e.g. 4 is the most common time signature and is sometimes represented by this symbol called common time. =— common Time The other time signatures used in this book are; Three Four Time Two Four Time Six Eight Time 3 indicates three quarter 2 indicates two quarter G indicates six eighth 4 note beats per bar. 4 note beats per bar. 8 note beats per bar. USING THE COMPACT DISC It is recommended that you have a copy of the accompanying compact disc that includes all the examples in this book. The book shows you where to put your fingers and what technique to use and the recording lets you hear how each example should sound, Practice the examples slowly at first, gradually increasing tempo. Once you are confident you can play the example evenly without stopping the beat, try playing along with the recording. You will hear a drum beat at the beginning of each example, to lead you into the example and to help you keep time. To play along with the CD your guitar must be in tune with it. If you have tuned using an electronic tuner (see next page) your guitar will already be in tune with the CD. A small diagram of a compact disc with a number as shown below indicates a recorded ‘example. If you do not know how to tune your guitar © 12 ~— CD Track Number see Progressive Guitar Method Book 1: Beginner. Before you commence each lesson or practice session you will need to tune your guitar. If your guitar is out of tune everything you play will sound incorrect even though you are holding the correct notes. (On the accompanying CD the first six tracks correspond to the six strings of the guitar. 1 6th String ©) 2 5th String 3 4th String E Note (thickest string) A Note D Note 4 3rd String ©) 5 2nd String 6 1st String G Note B Note E Note (thinnest string) ‘Stoned with CamSeamer‘Stoned with CamSeamer‘Scomed with CamScamer10 i © 10 Go Tell Aunt Rhodie ‘Scomed with CamScamer1 (O) 12. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star ic Gc iG D7 . | oe Toot F 399 B = - —_ - - — # ‘Scomed with CamScamer12 4 Q) 14 strike Up the Band Cc SS 2 ‘Scomed with CamScamer13 © 15 Amazing Grace ‘Scomed with CamScamer14 © 16 When Johnny Comes Marching Home c Dm G E c ‘Scomed with CamScamer‘Stoned with CamScamer‘Scomed with CamScamer17 © 21 Custer’s Theme ‘Scomed with CamSeaner23 The Yellow Rose of Texas iC @ ‘Scomed with CamScamer‘Seomed with CamScamer20 e@ 25 The Streets of Laredo é —S G ic G7 T - A 8 B G7 ‘Scomed with CamScomer‘Scomed with CamScamer22 © 30 12 Bar Minor Blues ‘Scomed with CamScamerre) 32 Dance of the Hours Cc G7 c = ‘Scomed with CamScamer| 24 | © 33 Chopsticks D.C. al Fine indicates that the song should be repeated from the beginning until the word fine (bar 14 G7 . ‘Scomed with CamScamer25 G7 c Dal Fine wr Pa oo! EIGHTH NOTE REST 4 This symbol is an eighth note rest. It indicates half a beat of silence. When a rest comes after you have played a note, you must stop the note sounding: ie, stop the strings vibrating (muting them). This can be achieved by placing your left hand fingers lightly on the strings. Do not press too hard as this will produce a new note. When using the left hand to mute a note, place the fingers flat over all six strings as this is easier than just muting one string. This muting technique is also useful to stop previously played notes sounding at the same time a new note is played. The following song ‘Danny Boy’ features the eighth note rest. ‘Scomed with CamScamer‘Scomed with CamScamer‘Scomed with CamScamer28 © 38 Take Me Out to the Ball Game bapa G7 c ‘Scomed with CamScamer© 39 Hello My Baby 29 as ‘Scomed with CamScamer30 | @ 40 Natural Blues ‘Scomed with CamScamer31 © 42 1 Yi Yi Yi (Cielito Lindo) ‘Scomed with CamScamer©)44 Habanera © ‘Scomed with CamScaner‘Scomed with CamScamer_ 7} © 46 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot F Cc G7 ‘Scomed with CamScamer‘Scomed with CamScomer36 THE MAJOR SCALE ; / i ‘The major seale is a series of 8 notes in alphabetical order that has the familiar sound Do Re Mi Fa So la Ti Do The € major scale contains the following notes. Cc Cc. DEF G A.B EN PN IN Sw tone tone semitone tone tone tone semitone i T T st T T T st The distance between each note is two frets except for EF and BC where the distance is only one fret. The distance of two frets is called a tone (sometimes called a step), indicated by T- The distance of one fret is called a semitone (sometimes called a half step), indicated by S. THE OCTAVE An octave is the range of 8 notes of a major scale. The first note and last note of a major scale always have the same name. In the C major scale the distance from the lowest C to the C note above it is one octave (8 notes). The following example is one octave of the C major scale. © 48 The C Major Scale Ee ONE OCTAVE =a the major scale is given a scale number. Note c DEF GABC ScaleNumber 1 2 3 4 5 6 78 T =Tone (2 frets) WILD INI I I ° Tone Pattern TY st tT T T st ST =Semitone (1 fret) ‘The distance between two notes is called an interval. In any major scale the interval between the 3rd to 4th note and the 7th i ‘te i to 8 |e is one semitone (1 fret) apart. All other notes are one tone (2 frets) apart. fh vata in eee THE KEY OF C MAJOR When a song consists of notes from a particular scale, it is said to be written in the key which has the same notes as that scale. For example, if a song contains mostly notes from the C major scale, it is said to be in the key of C major. The songs you have played i i aC chord written above the first bar of music are in the Fete tat commane ‘Scomed with CamScaner37 The following two songs are in the key of C Major. (Qar Jingle Bells (SSS c= o-oo jo 3 0 11-14 | = 5 In i | certain chords are more common than others; and after a while you will become Fare ‘the chords that belong to each key. Certain keys are easier for guitarists e play in and you should learn how to transpose (change the key of a sone) zo you can change 8 Song that is in a difficult key (contains lots of sharps and flats or difficult pes beginner to play) into an easier key. The most common chords in the key of C major are; Cc Dm Em F_ G7 Am For more information on transposing and chords see Progressive Guitar Method: Rhythm. rr ‘Scomed with CamScamer38 ew VESSONMIWELV THE G MAJOR SCALE The G major scale starts and ends on the note G and contains an F sharp (Fé) note. Written below. are two octaves of the G major scale. Notice that the G major scale has the same patterns of tones and semitones as the € major scale. In a major scale the interval between the 3rd to 4th note and the 7th to 8th notes is a semitone (1 fret). In the G major scale, to keep this pattern of tones and semitones correct, an F# note must be used instead of an F note. © 51 The G Major Scale Over Two Octaves ops Note GABcCDETFFG GABCDE FG ‘Scale Number 7_8 seewomber A BAAS 2B VAAAAATS Tone Pattern TT st TY 7 ais TTst 1 T ¥ y Play this FE note with the Play this Finote with the second fourth finger of your lefthand. finger of your left hand Songs in the key of C major use notes from the C major scale, songs in the key of G major use notes from the G major scale, so songs in the key of G major will contain F sharp (FE) notes rather than F, KEY SIGNATURES Instead of writing a sharp sign before every F note on the staf, iis easier to write just one sharp sign after each clef. This means that all the F notes on the staff are played as Ft, even though there is no sharp sign written before them. This is called a key signature. MAJOR KEY SIGNATURE G MAJOR KEY SIGNATURE The € major scale contains The G major scale contains 2 — no sharps or flats, therefore one sharp, Ff, therefore the = the key signature for the key wy > ~~ of © major contains no easter th hay of sharps or fists major contains one sharp, Ft The most common chords in the key of G major are; Am Bm C D7 Em | "Lavenders Blue’ are in the key of G major tells you that all F notes on the music are played as F sharp (F#). }#s2 Songs contain all the common chords in the key of G major. | } st ‘Scomed with CamScamer‘Scomed with CamScameri 40 ESSON THE F MAJOR SCALE | | . \ All major scales have the same pattern of tones and semitones, i.e. the intoral oe the 3rq ; and 4th note and the 7th to 8th note in the scale is a semitone (1 fret). For t - major Scale ty keep this pattern of tones and semitones a B flat (Bb) note must be used instead of a B note, © 54 The F Major Scale Over Two Octaves Note FGA BC DEF FG A BC DE F ScaleNumber'1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 o1 2 3.4 5 6 78 NANNY NN NIN ONY No TonePattern oT OT ST T 1 1 ST T T st T T T ST Songs in the key of F major use notes from the F major scale, so songs in the key of F major will — contain B flat (Bb) notes rather than B. | F MAJOR KEY SIGNATURE | The F major scale contains The most common chords in the key of F one flat BY, therefore the key _major are; nature for the key of F F Gm Am BP C7 Dm major contains one flat, Bb. | © 55 The Galway Piper i ‘Scomed with CamScamer‘Scomed with CamScamer42 Vea 53 asa 1 x= m m Q <= og = 2 9 ™ z zu C m 4 nei Eighth note triplets are 2 group of three Sonnet Notes | played within one beat. Eighth note triplets are indicate’ > s vee | eighth notes grouped together by a bracket a a bs and count: 1 + a the number 3 written either above or below the group. Say: one and ah The eighth note triplets are played with a third of a beat each. Accent (play louder) the first note _ of each triplet group as it will help you keep time. > > > > Aas = 3 go “TTT Counti1+a2t+a3+a4t+a Say: one and ah two and ah three and ah four and ah © 58 Amazing Grace Ge c G ra ‘Scomed with CamScamer‘Scomed with CamScamer! a4 | SHUFFLE RHYTHM g. It is created by not playing the middle notg | he shuffle rhythm is a variation of triplet timin: ea i 5 } The shuffle rhythm is a variation of trip! ythm is indicated by an eighth rest replacing the | the triplet group. In music notation the shuffle rl middle note of the triplet. ao ep oa ee Td et ’ Oo J oy 1 Couti1+a2+a3+a4+a Say: one ah two ah three © ah_ four ah aa \n the blues below the first beat of each bar is played as a shuffle rhythm with the remaining three beats of the bar played as ei fingers lightly on the strings, | ighth note triplets. To achieve the eighth rest place your left hang | > le 60 Shuffle Blues 0 att 272029 (9 0 22 o, o 205 ‘Scomed with CamScamer45 LESSON @HIANEEN THE SIX EIGHT TIME SIGNATURE 6 This is the six eight time signature. There are six eighth notes in one bar of § time.The six eighth notes are divided into two groups of three. Wi.) 4 Count! 2.3 4 5 6 aeouestra ee si) When playing § time there are two pulses within each bar with each beat being a dotted quar- ter note. (This is different to 4 and # time where each beat is a quarter note). Accent (play louder) the 1 and 4 count to help establish the two pulses per bar. © 61 House of the Rising Sun The songs ‘House of the Rising Sun’ and ‘When Johnny Comes Marching Home’ are in the key of ‘A minor (Am). The notes used in these songs are from the A minor scale. The key signature for the key of A minor is the same as C major, ie. it contains no sharps or flats. C MAJOR KEY SIGNATURE A MINOR KEY SIGNATURE _ It is common for songs in the key of A minor to contain a G sharp (G8) in its melody as in bar 14 of House of the Rising Sun. For more information on minor scales see Progressive Guitar Method:Theory. ‘Scomed with CamScaner46 © 62 When Johnny Comes Marching Home Em Am ‘Scomed with CamScamer47 Le OM Sars THE SIXTEENTH NOTE ie is F sixteenth at is Four sixteenth notes lasts for one quarter of a beat. joined together. There are four sixteenth notes in one beat, _/0ined together. There are 16 sixteenth notes in one bar of 4 time. Coun: 1 @ + a Say: one ‘ee’ and ‘ah’ When sixteenth notes are played in conjunction with eighth notes the following timing combin: ns occur. An easy way to remember these combinations is e J that they have the same timing as saying the gount 1 ©, 8 gens o£ ES words chucka-boom and boom-chucka, Say os ay one con oom = chk © 64 Arkansas Traveller he ‘Stoned with CamScamer48 DOTTED EIGHTH NOTES dot placed after the eighth note len | ‘another common sixteenth note timing is tre a a py half its value. The Se when a sixteenth note is played after a dot- crs et egivalet to the duration | id a three sixteenth notes, /e- Count 1 e + a Say: one ‘ah! 65 El Condor Pasa ¢€ minor (Em). El Condor Pasa is in the key of E minor signature for E minor is the same 25 G major, ie, n for songs in the key of E minor to contain a D ‘Another common key for guitar is the key o} and uses notes from the E minor scale. The key it contains one sharp, F sharp (Fé). It is commor sharp (Dé) in the melody. ‘Scomed with CamScamer— 49 © 66 Click Go the Shears (Se ‘Scomed with CamScamer50 © 67 Battle Hymm of the Republic ‘Scomed with CamScamerTHE TWO FOUR TIME SIGNATURE j © 68 Dixie a The time signature tells you that ther beats in one bar. The only difference by © are only two quarter note i etween j and # is that in} time there are twice as many bar lines 51 ‘Scomed with CamSeamer52 , SYNCOPATION tes are not played on ty, | Syncopation occurs when notes are played “off” the beat 6 re ™ number part of the count but are played on the ‘+’ part 0! | Example? = 11 J J od | ttotatat | ir t (emphasis) off t ‘Tho tie can also be used to create a syncopated feel by moving the accent (empl tH beat. | Example 2 17! 1 2+3 4 methods. ‘The syncopation in the following songs is created by using both of the above © 69 Elemental Syncopation Blues ‘Scomed with CamScameree 53 ? 70 Under the pmboe Tree o oT: O2 4 : ‘Scomed with CamSeamer54 @ 72 Tom Dooley ‘Scomed with CamScamer55 @ 74 Cottons ‘Scomed with CamScamerss | © 75 The Entertainer c7 F Fm oa a ee ‘Scomed with CamScamerPr a 5 87 NG RHYTHMS TN CT 7 5Vriag thythm is an eighth note triplet . A ‘ where the first and second notes e e = rtytht jiplet group are tied together; Sane tP * Count: 1 + a T+ a tsa EIGHTH NOTE SWINE-RHYTHM COMMON swiNG TRIPLETS TIMING "gyri NOTATION Jo simplify the notation of a song using swing ti it is usual to write J ~» at the top of the song. This indicates that although the music is written using eighth notes ( J_,) it is actually. played using swing timing, i.e, d > The following songs use this notation. 0) 76 Rhapsody in BI = hal ©) “ wes T=) ) oes ‘Scomed with CamScamer58 oN © 77 Rock My Soul Jd a c7 © 78 Frankie and Johnny rd E Fv eA | eae 72 ‘Scomed with CamScamer59 2 e-e — Fine ‘Scomed with CamScamer60 GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS ote (ve. sharp flat. double sharp % dou, garded as accidentals , oe | Accidental — a sign used to show a temporary change in pitch of an flat bof natural). The sharps or flats in a key signature are not re ‘Ad lib — to be played at the performer's own discretion. Allegretto — moderately fast. Allegro — fast and lively. Andante — an easy walking pace. Arpeggio — the playing of a chord in single note fashion. Bar — a division of music occurring between two bar lines ( Bar chord — a chord played with one finger lying across all sc stin Bar line — a vertical line drawn across the staff dividing the music in Bass — the lower regions of pitch in general. On guitar, the Ath, Sth and 6th st Chord — a combination of three or more different notes played ee a song). Chord progression — a series of chords played as a musical unit (e.g: a8 in 2 50 . Clef — a sign placed at the beginning of F th staff of music which fixes the location of a particul and hence the location of all other notes. Coda — an ending section of music, signified by the sign Common time and indicatlon ‘of Vite i four ae beats per bar (also indicated by C) D.C al fine — a repeat from the sign (indicated thus $*) to the word ‘fine’. 5 Dynamics — the varying ee ores red by the term ‘pianc’) and loudness (indicated by the term ‘forte’ in mu: Eighth note a ote with the vlue of half beatin { time, indicated thus J) (alto called 2 quaver The eighth note rest — indicating half a beat of silence is written: Y — describes the difference in notation, but not in pitch, of two notes. ito fe ‘own discretion (also called a ‘pause {also called a ‘measure’) gs on the guitar to equal sections called bars. rings. lar note on the stag, Enharmo Fermata — a sign, 7 , used to indicate that a note or chord is held to the player's sign’. Flat — a sign, (p used to lower the pitch of a note by one semitone. Forte — loud. Indicated by the sign J” Half note — a note with the value of two beats in { time, indicated thus: indicating two beats of silence, is written: —# on the third staff line. Harmony — the simulteneous sounding of two or more different notes. Interval — the distance between any two notes of different pitches, Key — describes the notes used in a composition in regards to the major or minor scale from which they are taker; e.g. a piece ‘in the key of C major’ describas the melody, chords, etc., as predominantly consisting of the notes, C D,E,F,G,A, and B— ic. from the C scale. Key signature — a sign, placed at the beginning of each stave of music, directly after the clef, to indicate the key of a piece. The sign consists of a certain number of sharps or flats, which represent the sharps or flats found inthe | (azo called a minim). The half note res, scale of the piece's key. Leger lines — small horizontal lines upon which notes are written when their pitch is either above or below the range of the staf. Legato — smoothly, well connected. Lick — a short musical phrase. Major scale — a series of eight notes in alphabetical order based on the interval sequence tone - tone - semitone- tone - tone - tone - semitone, giving the familiar sound do re mi fa so la ti do. Melody — a group of notes of varying pitch and duration, and having a recognizable musical shape. Metronome — a device which indicates the number of beats per minute, and which can be adjusted in accordance to the desired tempo. Moderato — at a moderate pace. Natural — a sign ( Jused to cancel out the effect of a sharp or flat. The word # ‘also used to describe the notes A, B, C, D, E, F and G; e.g. ‘the natural notes’ “ Note — a single sound with a given pitch and duration. Octave — the distance between any given note with a set frequency, and another note with exactly double th frequency. Both notes will have the same letter name. yr ‘Scomed with CamScameropen ch F Rong feet 8 o ow pam — 2 small object (often of a triangular ; me ular shape)made of plastic which is used to pick or strum the strings of a Seton — 2 term used to describe the location Bmermined by the fret location of the frst finger. Sine aed to 6th frets and s0 on, es the left hand on the guitar fret board. The left hand position is, } 1st position refers to the Ist to 4th frets. The 3rd position refers ster note — a note with the value of one beat in ti omer —_ rs, indicating one beat ne ce a ‘i ae thus J (also called a crotchet), weet signs to indicate a repeat of a section of music, by means of two dots placed before a double bar Rhythm — the note after which a chord or scale is named (also called ' fanaa epeating pattern which may be atered tot shone anges Semitone — the smallest interval used in conventional music. On guitar, it is a distance of one fret. sharp — 2 sign (#) used to raise the pitch of a note by one semitone. . Staccato — to play short and detached. Indicated by a dot placed above the note. Staff — five parallel lines together with four spaces, upon which music is written. ‘syncopation — the placing of an accent on a normally unaccented beat. ‘Tempo — the speed of a piece. Tie — a curved line joining two or more notes of the same pitch, where the second note(s) is not played, but its time value is added to that of the first note, Timbre — a quality which distinguishes a note produced on one instrument from the same note produced on any other instrument (also called ‘tone colour’). A given note on the guitar will sound different (and therefore distinguishable) from the same pitched note on piano, violin, flute etc. There is usually also a difference in timbre from one guitar to another Time signature — a sign at the beginning of a piece which indicates, by means of figures, the number of beats per bar (top figure), and the type of note receiving one beat (bottom figure). Tone — a distance of two frets; i.e. the equivalent of two semitones. Transposition — the process of changing music from one key to another Treble — the upper regions of pitch in general. Treble clef — a sign placed at the beginning of the staff to fix the pitch of the notes placed on it. The treble clef (also called 'G clef’) is placed so that the second line indicates 1s as G note. ‘Stoned with CamScomer