Lesson 7: Consolidation and Polishing!

Before moving on to more advanced lessons, let’s review the eight chords we’ve covered so far.

When practising changing from one chord to another, how do you decide which pairings to practice?

Instead of playing chords by setting each finger down on the string one at a time, we’re going to place them all on the strings at the same time using air changes.

Sometimes hitting the open strings between chord changes helps the tune sound easy and relaxed. It’s not “wrong” if it sounds good!

When playing music, the technical side is often less important than the way it makes people feel. So get out of your head and relax!

Dynamics refer to how loudly or softly you play throughout a song, and changes in dynamics, when done well, can take your playing to the next level!

Memorizing songs is a great idea for beginners because you don’t want to carry your songbook around with you everywhere you go! It’s not too difficult to do, either.

Many beginners don’t like doing interval training but trust me – it’s super helpful! I’ve even created a whole separate ear training course for you.

Music theory is the backbone of music. It’s the reason behind everything and it helps us make sense of music. I’ve got a music theory course just for you!

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