Class 3

Class 3 was just waste of okane. why because lee gave so much home work and i did not touch the guitar at least once. so its like another practice session rather than teaching session.

Gyan:
Wheneven i play the e-minor the 5th string buzzes a lot.
there can 3 reasons why a string will buzz:
-> Sufficient Pressure is not applied on fret / too much pressure is applied
-> Finger is released too early after plucking
-> Finger is far away from fret.

The problems i have to fix
-> Left hand Finger training to handle fret movment prperly
-> i,m alternate training to make sure not to touch un necessary strings.
-> chord practice on the six strings
-> music reading and playing from book
-> misc

Trivia:
I was successful in playing twikle twinkle. but later found that i used wrong fingers.
so i stopped immediately

Class 2

Today was humid and i was sweating like a big water tank.
Today's class was very hectic and Lee asked me to play the strings by looking at the book. i could not do that because i never practiced. His instruction was immediate, play the strings by feeling them with fingers and not seeing them. (This entire guitar learning is just like keyboard typing. 7 years back i was typing at 10 letterrs/minute by looking at the keyboard. now, i can type this entire blog in 2 min with out looking at keyboard)

after this, he gave some instructions on my hand supporting position and started explaining the right hand chord exercise. (This involves plucking strings simultaneously) i tried but ok, i was little successful. but
Homework: i have to practice all parallel plucking the combinations of these six strings

After this, lee cleared the biggest confusion i had. what is tone and semi tone and why B does not sound like B on E-High strings (becoz they are seperate by an octave)

(Actually, i understood a little further study needed to reinforce this)

Next, comes the tones on each string of guitar.
Home work: practice the notes and how to read them.

Pretty much for a single class for an average guy on humid summer day.

i had a lot of stuff to practice.
lets see how it goes.

Twinkle:
I had a chance to play my first musical piece.
Lee said that if i finish all the home work i can play twinkle twinkle little star on my 100$ guitar.

Long Week holiday

I was supposed to take guitar classes weekly once, but last two weeks i could not take lessons because of bad weather. so i was practicing the same old tune (although i could not perfect that). Apart from this, i learned a bit music theory and bought a musical tuner (yes, this is a must).

Why do i need a guitar tuner:
Each string in guitar is supposed to make sound at a particular pitch (or what ever).
but because of various reasons, temparature, humidity, weather (or cheap strings)
each string does not make sound which it should. so we should tune it before start playing. So, you switch on the tuner and pluck a string. the tuner will tell whether the string is speaking truth or not (There are many videos on youtube to explain this) i will not cover this.
But, i will cover an issue which i faced with my tuner and i could not find any help at other places.

Problem: i switched on tuner and played E-High string and tuner is supposed to say whether i am above or below the regular level. But, the tuner shows that i am above (or below) of some other tune rather than E-high (say G or F) i thought the tuner mistaken the E for F or G. but, later found that the string is miles away from the regular E. So i need to tighten (or loosen. by trail and error) the string more than a simple adjustment.

But, any way i manged to use it some how.

After the regular practice, i also played E-Minor, E-Major and A-Minor.
But i could not distinguish between E-Minor or regular strumming of all strings.

Sunday came and time for the class.