unit lI

month five

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Month 5 - Week One
tune
Vicent - Don McLean
Intro
G Gsus4
0 1 If you are unsure of any of the chords, see
the chord notes at the end of the song.
0 0 0 0
3 3

Verse
G G Gsus4
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 3 3 3

G Am Asus2
0 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2
0 0
3 3

Am Asus2 C Cmaj7
1 0 1 0
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
0 0 3 3

D7 G
1 1 0 0
2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0
3 3
G Gsus4 G
0 1 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 3 3 3
Am Asus2 Am
1 0 1
2
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0

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1 0 1 1
2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 0 0
3 3

G
3
0
0 0
3

Chorus
G Am
0 1 1
2 2 2
0 0 2 2
0
3

D7 G
2 2
1 1 1 0 0
2 2 0 0 0
0 0 0
3

Em Am7
0 0 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 2 2
0
0

D7 Em on last chorus go to coda

2 0
1 0
2 0
0 2
2
0

A7 Am7 D7
2
2 2 1 1
0 0 0 0 2
2 2 2 0
0 0

G
3
0
0
3

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Am7
0 0
1 1 1
0 0
0

D7 G Em/F#
2 2
1 1 1 0 0
2 2 0 0
0 0 0
3 2

Em Am7
0
0 0 1
0 0 0
2 2 2
0
0

Cm G Fmaj 7
0
4 0 1
5 0 2
5 0 3
3
3

E7 Am7
0
0 1 1
1 0 0 0
2 2
0
0

C D7
2
1 1 1
0 0 0 2
2 2 0
3

0 1
0 0 0 0
3 3

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A7 Am7 D7
2
2 2 1 1
0 0 0 0 2
2 2 2 0
0 0

G
3
0 0
0
0 0 0
3 3

Arrangement
verse - chorus - verse - chorus - bridge - verse - chorus - coda

chord fingering

Intro
Playing the G as a partial G and then using the first finger to play the Gsus4 is the
easiest way to play the riff that occurs in the intro and verse.
G Gsus4 G
X 1
X X

2 2 2

3 3 3

Asus2 Cmaj7 Am7

Verse X X 1
X 1

2 3 2 2

Em/F# Cm Fmaj7
X X X 1
Bridge
2 2
1
fret 3
2 3

3 4

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Month 5 - Week Two
Two finger exercises
Exercise 1
B major scale G# minor scale
First practise these two scales.
1 1 1 1 1
Fret 4
The following ex er cise uses the
2 2
and G# minor scales. Play Fret 7
the finger pick ing par t with the 3 3 3 3
Pr imar y finger and the index or
4 4 4 4 4
middle finger. Fret 9 Fret 7

P M P M P M P M

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 8 9
6 7 9
7 9

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 6
9 7 6
9 7 6

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 6
4 6 7
4 6 7

Exercise 2 - variation on a section of toccata and fugue J.S. Bach

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 5 7 8 0 7 8 10

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 8 10 12 0 10 12 13

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10 12 8 10 7 8 5 7

0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 5 0 1 0 0 0
2

8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7
10 10 10 10 8 8 8 8

5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3
7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5

First time
3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7

7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8

Second time
3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3

0 0 0 0
5 5 5 5 5

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Month 5 - Week Three
tune
Half bars
Spanish study
P A P A P A P A
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 3 0 2 2 3 0 2
0 3 0 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 3 0 2 0 0
0 3 2 3
3 1
P M P M P M P M
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 3 0 2 2 3 0 2
3 3
0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 3 0 2 0 0
3 2 3 2 3
0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 3 0 2 2 3 0 2
0 3 0 3

Am
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1
2
2 3 0 2 2
0 3 2 3 0 0

E Fmaj7addB E
0 0 0
0 0 0
1 2 1
2 3 2
2 3 2
0 0

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o - Repeat these two lines lots of times.
Start very slowly and quietly and then build up the speed and volume until you are going as
fast as you can. without making too many mistakes.
bar 1 bar 2a bar 2b bar 2c
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 1 0
1 1 2 2 0
2 2 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
0 0 1 0
1 1 2 2 0
2 2 3

E Fmaj7addB E
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 1 2 1
2 2 2 3 2
2 3 2
0 0

fingering notes

The Fmaj7addB

E Fmaj7addB
1 slide X

2 3 1

2 3

Section two notes

You may find it easier to use chord shapes in the repeating section to improve the speed.
The illustrations below are only numbered for the first line of section two however the second
line is exactly the same and uses all the same fingering.
Bar 1 Bar 2a Bar 2b Bar 2c
E F FaddB
X X 1
X X 1
X X 1
X X 1

2 2 2

3 3 3

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Month 5 - Week Four
tune
Allegro
P I M I A I M I P I P I P I P I
Am Dm
0 1
1 1 3 3
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
0 0 2 3 0
0 0 2 3 0

E C G6
0 0 0
0 0 1 1 3 3
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 3 2 0
3 2

Am Dm
0 1
1 1 3 3
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
0 0 2 3 0
0 0 2 3 0

Am Am9 E
0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
2 2
0 0

Am Am(Cbass) E E7 Am Am(Cbass) E E7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 0 3 1 1 0 3
2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1
0 3 2 0 3 2
0 0

Am Dm
0 1
1 1 3 3
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
0 0 2 3 0
0 0 2 3 0

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0 0 0
0 0 1 1 3 3
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 3 2 0
3 2

Am Dm
0 1
1 1 3 3
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
0 0 2 3 0
0 0 2 3 0

Am Am9 E
0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
2 2
0 0

Am E7 Am E Am E7 Am
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 3 1 0 1 3 1
2 1 2 1 2 1 2
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0

fingering notes

G6 Am9 Am(Cbass) E7
X X X X 1 1

3 2 3 2 2 3

4 3 4

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