You’re Ready to Move On
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Closing Thought – Playing for Fun
(^) Playing music is not all work. I know at times it seems like work and occasionally it can get frustrating. But
having fun is what makes music enjoyable. There is“playing.” Learn to enjoy the times of playing your instrument. Take some time to just play and expe a reason that we call the activity of making musicriment
with finding new melodies, chords, or making up youSee if they have any songbooks of some music you wor own song. Take a trip down to the local music stuld like to learn. Take it home and start to work on a ore.
song that you like. Occasionally, it is good to taplay for the fun of it. Keep up the great work and tke a break from the effort of learning notes and chhanks for letting me be a part of your learning proords to just cess.
Tips for Successful Learning
- Take It Slow. Chords are a lot of fun and it is easy to strum the rhythm quickly once you find the form and
then move on to the next chord. Avoid this “start look at the exercises and the chords involved. Chaand stop” approach to playing the exercises. When pnge between the chord forms a few times to get the racticing, motion then
play through the entire exercise at a slow and steady pace. - Begin Memorizing the Chord Forms. recalled. As you play through these exercises, try to refer less and less to the chord blocks. In moWhen playing any song, chord forms will need to be st music, the instantly
chord blocks will not be given and only the chord nchords to memory. Quiz yourself on these basic choame will be written in. Begin the process of puttirds and chord forms. Look at the forms and see howng these basic they
relate to each other in shape. - Avoid Looking at Your Hands. hand to determine if your fingers are in the right When you are beginning to learn the chords it is heplace. But as your familiarity with the chords builpful to look at your lds, try to form the
chords without looking at your hands. Start with cand E. The goal is to eventually “wean” yourself from glancing at your hands. As your chord playing hords that are closely related to each other in shape, like the Am improves, the
constant glancing at your hands will begin to slow without having to look at them will be much faster in time. down your ability to change chords quickly. Changing chords - The Basic Chord Exercises 1, 2 & 3 can be played smoothly at 60-70 bpm.
- The notes to “Bunessan” can be played at 85 bpm and the chords can be played
at 55 bpm. - The notes to “America the Beautiful” can be played at 75 bpm and the chords
can be played at 55-60 bpm.