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UNIT
6
LET'S GO TO PRACTISE ________________________________________________________________________________________________
LESSON
FIVE : E-A-B
I'm Gonna Be
By The Proclaimers
In this Unit you
are going to practise some chords with the guitar in order to get
the skills to play some Scottish songs.
In Unit 1, Lesson
3 you will learn about chords.
* To create a barre, place
your index finger across the strings as is shown
Practise this exercises:
Strum each chord once and count one, two, three, four,
1 |
E E
E
E
! ! ! !
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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2 |
A A
A
A
! ! ! !
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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3 |
B
B
B
B
! ! ! !
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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1 |
E
E
A B E
! !
! ! !
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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2 |
E
E
A B E
! !
! ! !
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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3 |
E
E
A B E
! !
! ! !
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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4 |
E
E
A B E
! !
! ! !
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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5 |
E
E
A B
! !
! !
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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6 |
E
E
A B
! !
! !
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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7 |
E
E
A B
! !
! !
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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8 |
E
E
A B
! !
! !
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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When you feel
confident doing these exercises above, play them again counting one,
two, three. That is, instead of using a four four time, you'll use
a three four time.
Try to play this
chord progression below, it belongs a song called: I'm Gonna Be
First play it strumming once in each chord. Afterwards try it again
strumming One Down and Two ups.
These are the chords
used in this song
Use these patterns
if you need them. You should add more sentences in order to express
your opinion.
ENGLISH
PATTERN
(difficulties)
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ENGLISH
PATTERN
(achievements)
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I'm stuck with this chord
My fingers hurt
I have problems with my left hand
How can I change this chord quickly
I can't play this chord
This is really difficult
I can change C easily but I can't change F
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I really like this piece
This is very easy
Can I play something
more difficult?
I would like to have the chords of this song, could you get them
for me?
Can I help my partner?
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Now you can go to Unit 5, Lesson
Four.
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