The Note A (above the staff)
This A note is written on the first ledger line above the staff.
To play this A note, place your fourth finger just behind the fifth fret of the first string.
In addition to the high A note, the next song, Cottonfields, features extensive syncopation, as described in the previous lesson. For example, the tied C notes in bar 3 have the effect of moving the emphasis that would normally occur on the fourth beat, back to the second half of the third beat. The fourth beat is thus anticipated by half a beat.
On the recording there are six beats to introduce this song.
The Sixteenth Note
This is a sixteenth note. Its value is one quarter of a beat. There are sixteen sixteenth notes in one bar of * time. Sixteenth notes usually occur in groups of two or four.
Class Sessions
1- The Note A (above the staff)
2- Quarter Note Triplets
3- The Six Eight Time Signature
4- Augmented Chords
5- Diminished Chords
6- Enharmonic Notes
7- The Note B Flat (below the staff)
8- The E Major Scale
9- The Note G Sharp (below the staff)
10- The Note F Sharp (below the staff)
11- The Note D Sharp (below the staff)
12- The Note D Sharp (on the fourth line)
13- The A Major Scale
14- The Note G Sharp (above the staff)
15- The Note G Sharp (on the second line)
16- The Bm Chord
17- The D Major Scale
18- The Note C Sharp (below the staff)
19- The Note C Sharp (in the third space)
20- Syncopation
21- Swing Rhythms
22- The Triplet
23- The Dotted Eight Note
24- The Cut Time Signature
25- Minor Scales
26- Notes on the Guitar Fretboard
27- How to Count Six Eight Time
28- How to Count Sixteenth Notes
29- The Chromatic Scale
30- How to Count Cut Time
31- Strumming Swing Rhythms
32- Staccato Strumming
33- Relative Scales
34- How to Read Sheet Music
35- Easy Chord Table
36- Chord Chart