Diploma in Guitar Part I

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1 Diploma in Guitar Part I Lesson 1 Getting Started Presented by: Marko Gazic Course Educator B.S. in Education

2 $1,000 Giveaway Everyone here is in with a chance to win $1000 for attending LIVE Winner announced on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6pm UK Time on our Facebook page

3 Lesson 1 About us Course Agenda Member Area & Community Course Engagement Holding a Guitar Tuning a Guitar Picking a Guitar Getting our Fingers Fretting and Playing Summary Course Interaction Q & A

4 About Us 4+ Years / 2012 Largest LIVE Educator on the Planet 400,000+ new students per month Offices All Over the World 350+ full time employees (Shawsters) 10+ languages EGBET

5 Course Agenda Week 1: Getting Going Lesson 1 : Getting Started Lesson 2 : Notation and Our First Chords Week 2: Picking Up Steam Lesson 3 : Scales, Intervals, and Ear Training Lesson 4 : Keys and More About Chords Week 3: Putting it All Together Lesson 5 : Playing Melodies, Chord Progressions, and Song Structure Lesson 6 : Playing the Guitar!!! Important Week 4: Deeper Exploration Lesson 7 : Higher Order Chords and Playing the Blues Important Lesson 8: More Scales & an Introduction to Modes Important

6 COURSE TOOL KIT INCLUDED: Exclusive Starter Pack Webinar Slides for every lesson Summary Notes for every lesson Bonus Videos Enhance your learning experience! ONLY 19

7 Competition Time Live = Best Libraries = Don t Teach We reward our most diligent students Shaw Academy Lifetime Membership Prize - draw during lesson 6 Attend 80%+ of the lessons live

8 Webinar Interaction Any questions? Our support team are here to help Chat box Comment and ask us questions Bonus Q&A at the end of every lesson How do I access recordings? login top right

9 Members Area Let s look at the Members Area

10 Social Media

11 Final Assignment Multiple Choice Questions Certificate - 9 Diploma - 19

12 Congratulations A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step - Lao Tzu You have all taken your first step We are with you every step of the way

13 Let s Begin

14 Bare Necessities Bare Necessities

15 Bare Necessities How do we hold a Guitar?

16 Bare Necessities The Body of the Guitar is directly in front of the chest/stomach area. For a right-handed guitar player, the neck extends to the left. For a left-handed guitar player, the neck extends to the right.

17 Bare Necessities The Body

18 Bare Necessities The Neck

19 Bare Necessities Holding a Guitar Right-handed Guitar Body on Chest/Stomach Neck to the Left

20 Bare Necessities Holding a Guitar Left-handed Guitar Body on Chest/Stomach Neck to the Right

21 Bare Necessities To stimulate the brain we will continuously ask questions What are the other bare necessities for the Guitar?

22 Tuning TUNING

23 Tuning Electric Tuner

24 Tuning High E B G D A Low E Standard Tuning for the Guitar

25 Tuning Low E A D G B High E

26 Tuning The Headstock

27 Tuning The Tuning Pegs

28 Tuning

29 Tuning The Fretboard

30 Tuning The Frets

31 Tuning High E B 3 rd 5 th 7 th 10 th E G D A B G D Low E A 3 rd 5 th 7 th 10 th

32 Picking a Guitar Picking a Guitar

33 Picking a Guitar How do we Pick a Guitar?

34 Picking a Guitar How do we Pick a Guitar? Finger-Pick Plectrum

35 Picking a Guitar

36 Picking a Guitar

37 Picking a Guitar P = Thumb I M A M = Middle I = Index P A = Ring

38 Picking a Guitar

39 Picking a Guitar Nothing Else Matters

40 Picking a Guitar Nothing Else Matters All Down Picks P I M A M I Low E G B High E B G

41 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Getting our Fingers Fretting and Playing

42 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing How do we build up our strength and coordination?

43 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing. Index = 1 Middle = 2 Ring = 3 Pinky = 4

44 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Pressing Exercise - 1 Second Finger on 2 nd Fret of A String Third Finger on 2 nd Fret of D String

45 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Pressing Exercise - 1 Let Go Keep same Shape Then Press

46 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Pressing Exercise - 1

47 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Pressing Exercise - 1

48 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Pressing Exercise - 2 First Finger All the Strings

49 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Pressing Exercise - 2 Let Go Keep same Shape Then Press

50 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Pressing Exercise - 2

51 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Pressing Exercise - 2

52 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Pressing Exercise nd Finger on 2 nd Fret of A String 3 rd Finger on 2 nd Fret of D String 1 st Finger on 1 st Fret of G String

53 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Pressing Exercise - 3

54 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Pressing Exercise - 3

55 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Spider Exercise High E String Fretting Hand First Finger First Fret Picking Hand Down Pick P = thumb

56 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Spider Exercise High E String Fretting Hand Second Finger Second Fret Picking Hand Up Pick I = Index

57 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Spider Exercise High E String Fretting Hand Third Finger Third Fret Picking Hand Down Pick M = Middle

58 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Spider Exercise High E String Fretting Hand Fourth Finger Fourth Fret Picking Hand Up Pick A = Ring

59 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Spider Exercise Every String

60 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Stretching Exercise

61 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Stretching Exercise Fretting Hand Second Finger on 2 nd Fret of B string First Finger on 1 st Fret of High E string

62 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Stretching Exercise Fretting Hand First Finger on 1 st Fret of B string Second Finger on 2 nd Fret of High E string

63 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Stretching Exercise

64 Getting our Fingers Fretting & Playing Stretching Exercise

65 Class Interaction Take a Picture of Your Guitar As soon as possible Upload your pictures to guitar@shawacademy.com or Pictures will be shown at the beginning of the following lesson

66 Student Guitars Send pics of your guitars to Or

67 Class Interaction Vote from the following five songs From now until the end of Lesson 5 Vote at guitar@shawacademy.com or We will learn to play your favourite song in Lesson 6

68 Your Favourite Song Let It Be Brown Eyed Girl Thinking Out Loud I m Yours Take Me Home The Beatles Van Morrison Ed Sheeran Jason Mraz John Denver #shawletitbe #shawbrowneyedgirl #shawthinkingoutloud #shawimyours #shawtakemehome Vote for your Favourite Song or guitar@shawacademy.com

69 Today s Question What are two ways of notating music for the Guitar?

70 Summary Holding a Guitar Tuning a Guitar Picking a Guitar Getting our Fingers Fretting and Playing Congratulations you have just laid the foundations Tús Maith Leath na hoibre o Now we can start building on.. o Attend all of the lessons live to ask Questions in real time and benefit the most o We re here to help, so contact us anytime!

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72 Next Lesson The next session is Notation and Our First Chords Two Types of Notation Notes on the Guitar Spider and Stretching Exercises Revisited Our First Chords Attend all of the lessons LIVE and your knowledge will grow Shaw Academy Lifetime Membership Prize during Lesson 6 Recordings are available within 24 hours Go to and then the Top Right Corner Members Area

73 Q&A Next Lesson is Notation & Our First Chords We begin with a quick review You will learn how to notate for the guitar and your first chords Covering these topics will allow us to learn how to play the guitar more quickly You will gain strength and coordination We reveal the answer to today s question support@shawacademy.com See local numbers on website