Guitar

I have learned many new songs on the guitar. Like Day tripper by the Beatles, Wake Me When September Ends by Green Day, Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes, American Idiot by Green Day, Smoke On The Water Deep Purple, & Boulevard Of Droken Dreams by Green Day. I have fun practicing on the guitar. I learn the Blues shuffle in Key of A, power chords, syncopated Strum, & mute. I also learned some new chords. Like D7, Em, dsus, Am, E, E7, A5, C5, D5, E5, & Em chord. Next Monday I will learn the rest of Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day.

Guitar Lessons

I've had 5 guitar lessons with Bob. Bob makes it fun to play the guitar. I see him every Friday at 4:00 p.m. I am amazed what I have learned so far.

My first lesson was February 6, 2009. I learned 3 chords: A7, D, and G.

My second lesson was to make the 3 chords sound clearer. I learned the C chord, which is the hardest for me to remember.

My third & fourth lesson were together. I learned 3 riffs from: "Ska8r Boi", "Iron Man", and "Hey There Delilah".

My fifth lesson was to learn a riff from "Sunshine Of Your Love." This was a super famous song, so famous it's on Guitar Hero! It's a lot harder on a real guitar. Bob said I need to make my songs connect together.

I have fun playing the guitar. I hope you enjoyed what I've learned so far. I hope to be the best guitarist who ever lived. You can see my progress on my YouTube page.

Here is a video of me practicing what I've learned so far!

Guitar Practice- Lesson 1

Last Friday, I started taking guitar lessons again. This time I have a new instructor named Bob. My last instructor stopped teaching because he became ill. I received an electric guitar for Christmas a couple of years ago. I just got a music stand, tuner, guitar book, and a foot stand. The book I am learning from is called " Guitar Method 1". Bob said that this book would help me play all different styles and that I would learn faster if I studied chords first. Some advice that Bob gave me was to tune my guitar every day since I had not had it tuned in a long time and it kept wanting to go out of tune. He said I wouldn't need new strings. He told me to play whenever I wanted and that he wanted it to be fun. I meet up with Bob once every week. It would be so much fun to learn how to play "Meant To Live" By Switchfoot. I would want to play that song all day.