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Guitar Sessions - 2023-2024

Rick Hendershot, Instructor


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Wed. Jun 5/2024

Chord Connection -1 - G

Scales+

Play Along with Videos

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Wed., May 29 2024!!

Simple Songs 1 - MHALL, If You're Happy, Toomba Toomba, Amazing Grace, Ode to Joy

Simple Songs 2 - Wipe Out, Hallelujah

Let it Be Me
Chord Connection -1 - G ================================================================================

Wed., May 22 2024!!

Simple Songs 1 - MHALL, If You're Happy, Toomba Toomba, Amazing Grace, Ode to Joy

Simple Songs 2 - Wipe Out, Hallelujah

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Wed., May 08 2024!!


Video of May 08 session

Stand By Me in G

Stand By Me Bass Riff

Playing songs with Chords

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Wed., May 01 2024!!

Video of May 01 session


Playing songs with Chords

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Wed., Apr 24, 2024!!

Video of Apr 24 session


Use the 2412 Major Scale Pattern and play the melody for the following:

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Ode to Joy

Bah Bah Black Sheep

London Bridge


Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain

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Wed., Apr 17, 2024!!

Video of Apr 17 session

Scale Exercises
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain ================================================================================

Wed., Apr 10, 2024!!

Video of Apr 10 session


Scale Exercises
Your Mother Should Know



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Wed., Apr 03, 2024!!

Video of Apr 03 session


--Sorry no video (yet)

Scale Exercises
Norwegian Wood



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Wed., Mar 27, 2024!!

Video of Mar 27 session

Scale Exercises

You Won't See Me



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Wed., Mar 20, 2024!!

Video of Mar 20 session

Scale Exercises

My Girl - Tab

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Wed., Mar 6, 2024!!


Video of Mar 6 session

Scale Exercises

There are tabs for low octave and high octave. We'll look at the first two (low and high) for starters.

Tears in Heaven - G

Counting 1-2-3-4 really helps with this song.

Lead for Tears in Heaven


G Major Pentatonic Scale


My Girl - G to A

We're going to look at the chords used in this song. And then learn the pentatonic parts - concentrate on just the first few lines.

My Girl - Tab

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Wed., Feb 28, 2024!!


Video of Feb 28 session

Scale Exercises

There are tabs for low octave and high octave. We'll look at the first two (low and high) for starters.

Tears in Heaven - G

Counting 1-2-3-4 really helps with this song.

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Wed., Feb 21, 2024!!


Video of Feb 21 session


Finger picking style...

Sound of Silence Em

Sound of Silence Am

Perfect in G

El Condor Pasa

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Wed., Feb 14, 2024!!


Video of Feb14 session


Finger picking style...

Sound of Silence Em

Sound of Silence Am

Perfect in G

El Condor Pasa

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Wed., Feb 07, 2024!!


Video of Feb 07 session


Finger picking style...

Sound of Silence Em

Sound of Silence Am

Perfect in G

El Condor Pasa

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Wed., Jan. 31, 2024!!


Video of Jan. 31 session


Finger picking style...

Sound of Silence Em
Sound of Silence Am

Review from last week...

More than Words
Tab for Lead

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Wed., Jan. 24, 2024!!


Video of Jan. 24 session


More than Words
Tab for Lead

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Wed., Jan. 17, 2024!!


Video of Jan. 17 session


We're going to continue adding chords to melodies. Today we'll look at the songs "Amazing Grace" and "Alouetta"

Amazing Grace in G - Lead and Chords

The tab is here - although I would rather you get used to playing by ear.


Alouetta in G - Lead and Chords

Toomba Toomba in Am - Lead and Chords

Here is the tab for Toomba Toomba.


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Wed., Jan. 10, 2024!!


Video of Jan. 10 session


G Major Scale in Chords - I-V-I-IV-I-IV-V-I


Twinkle Twinkle in Chords

Joy to the World

1. Figure out melody
2. Figure out chords

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Wed., Jan. 3, 2024!!


Video of Jan. 3 session

G Major Scale in Chords - I-V-I-IV-I-IV-V-I

MHALL in Chords

Twinkle Twinkle in Chords


Ode to Joy in Chords


The progression in the 2nd part is not correct. It acually goes:
D-D-G-G-D-G-C-G-G-D-G-C-Em-A-Em-A-D-D7.
See if you can make that work. We'll go over it next week.

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Wed., Nov. 29, 2023


Video of our Session

Summary of our Session

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Wed., Nov. 22, 2023


Video of our Session

Summary of our Session

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Wed., Nov. 15, 2023


Video of our Session

Summary of our Session