Kids Guitar Lesson 1

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Contents
Introduction 4
How to learn with this system 4
The Practice Sessions 5
Tuning the Guitar 6
Tune with the video 6
Tune with a piano 6
Tune with a guitar tuner 6
Tune a guitar to itself 7
Lesson One 8
Parts of the Guitar 8
The rhythm pattern 9
The rhythm pattern on the 1st string 10
How to read chord charts 11
Thank You Father 12
What to play this week 13
Lesson Two 14
Thank You Father in Guitar Tab 14
Lesson Three 16
I Will Trust You 16
I Will Trust You in Guitar Tab
Lesson Four 19
Pray Without Ceasing 19
Lesson Five 21
This Little Light Of Mine 21
Lesson Six 23
This Little Light Of Mine - with Thumb Strum 23
Lesson Seven 25
How Do I Love My Neighbor? 25
Lesson Eight 27
How Do I Love My Neighbor? - with Goodies 27
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Lesson Nine 29
I Worship You Lord 30
Practice Charts 32
Instructions for Using the Practice Charts 32
Practice Chart For _(kids name)__ 33
In Closing 34
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Introduction
How to learn with this system
Welcome to Jean Welles Worship Guitar Class
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for Kids. This program is geared
for kids age 5 and older. The lessons are focused on developing musical skills
while helping kids worship our awesome God.
Music is made by combining pitch and rhythm. Since so many people have a
difcult time developing a good sense of rhythm, Im using a metronome for the
frst few lessons to help students develop an inner clock.
In lesson one, note values are introduced with a special rhythm pattern. Arm
swinging, then playing the pattern on an open string helps students learn the
rhythm. This rhythm pattern is used in the frst song.
Each song empathizes specifc Christian values. The frst song is about being
thankful in all things. Students are encouraged to make up their own verses.
Abigail, the young student in the DVD, made up the verses about being thankful
for puppies and kittens.
Her father was present during the flming and I asked him to name a few things
that he was thankful for. Abigail, helping him, said, Your kids. Every good gift is
from God and its appropriate to have a thankful heart for all God has provided
for us.
Kids learn best with lots of encouragement. When they make mistakes I dont
suggest saying Thats wrong. I would suggest instead saying Are you sure
thats right? or Thats close.
As a music student and teacher of many years I can tell you that its much easier
to learn in an environment where you are treated as someone special. Students
learn quicker in an atmosphere of praise.
Some children can watch the DVD and learn by themselves, but most will need
some input from others. Some possible alternatives could be to have a few
friends learning together with the DVD or even an adult or two learning at the
same time.
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The Practice Sessions
To help kids learn these lessons, Im including a practice session in the DVD for
each lessons. They all begin with prayer. Everything in life is easier when we
bring it to God in prayer!
Ive found its not difcult to help a child play the guitar, but sometimes they
dont want to practice. Here are some suggestions that can help.
Practice with them. I suggest around 10 minutes a day and it can be
viewed as play time together.
Make a chart and have them put a sticker on the days they play. If they
play so many days a week, they get a treat. Treats can be things like a
balloon or toy. See the sample chart at the end of this book. Feel free to
copy it and use it.
Ask them to play for you and then enjoy that time.
Ask them to play for others.
Turn of the TV or restrict viewing times. I have a brother who put their TV
in the closet. Didnt hurt the kids at all.
Have them play for you after dinner.
Have practice days earn points. With so many points they can get a special
event or a surprise. Kids love surprises.
After they know a few chords, you can encourage them to make up their
own songs.
Words of encouragement and afrmation are always appreciated.
Some kids love to play and just pick it up on their own, but most are encouraged
by the interaction of others.
One beneft of playing a musicical instrument is developing both sides of your
brain. Many studies have been done and parents have told me that playing an
instrument helped their children excel in other areas. Their grades went up.
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Tuning the Guitar
Tune with the video
On the DVD of this program you can match the guitar strings to the pitches in the video. Youll
probably need help in the beginning.
Tune with a piano
Tune with a guitar tuner
Tuners are easy to use. Some even play the pitches of each string. Most tuners
simply tell you when the string is in tune by watching the needle. When its in
the middle, the string is tuned. Using guitar tuners is the easiest way to tune
your guitar.
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Tune a guitar to itself
You can get the frst pitch with a tuning fork, a pitch pipe or simply tune your
guitar to itself.
Tune The 5th string by plucking the note on the 6th string 5th fret and
then matching that with the 5th string open.
Tune the 4th string by plucking the note on the 5th string 5th fret and
then matching that to the 4th string open.
Tune the 3rd string by plucking the note on the 4th string 5th fret and
then matching that with the 3rd string open.
Tune the 2nd string by plucking the note on the 3rd string 4th fret and
then matching that with the 2nd string open.
Tune the 1st string by plucking the note on the 2nd string 5th fret and
then matching that with the 1st string open.
The diagram below shows where on the fretboard you hold down to tune the
open strings. For example, there is a 5 on the 6th string, 5th fret to show holding
down the 6th string, 5th fret is the same pitch as the Fifth string open.
As you can see, you hold down the 5th fret of the string above the one you are
tuning, except for the relationship between the 2nd and 3rd strings. You hold
down the 4th fret of the 3rd string to get the sound of the 2nd string open.
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Lesson One
Parts of the Guitar
Above is a picture of a guitar. Its good to know the names of the parts of your
guitar. Can you pluck the strings and say each string number out loud?
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The rhythm pattern
In music, the rhythm is seen or represented by notes. The most common notes
are whole notes, half notes, quarter notes and eighth notes. They look like this:
= whole note, or 4 counts
h= half note, or 2 counts
The whole note is the largest. Its lasts for 4 whole counts. The half note and
quarter note look very similar. They both have a stem. The half note has an
empty circle, like the whole note, with a stem. For the quarter note, the circle is
solid black. The quarter note lasts for one count, but the half note is longer, it
lasts for 2 counts.
The quickest note well look at is an eighth note. It lasts for only 1/2 count, or
beat. Two eighth notes are the equivalent to one quarter note.
This lesson starts with up and down arms movements on a specifc rhythmic
pattern. The pattern is below:
Watch lesson one on your DVD. You will see the up and down arm movements
demonstrated. To help you practice, on the DVD youll fnd practice sessions for
each lesson. Just watch and play along with the DVD. Im using a metronome on
the DVD. Its a little gadget that keeps a steady tempo.
For the arm movements, the metronome is set at around 80 beats per minute.
See if you can swing your arms perfectly with the metronome. Try around 4 sets
of the pattern above.
Now were going to try walking the index and middle fngers on the 1st string
with this same rhythm pattern.

1 2 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 4

4
4
q= quarter note, or 1 count
e= eighth note, or 1/2 count
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The rhythm pattern on the 1st string
Its easy to read guitar tab. Guitar tablature has 6 lines that represent the 6
strings on your guitar. The top line is the frst string, the highest sounding one.
Here is a picture to help you visualize this.
The 0 on the frst line of the guitar tab means that you play that string open.
Walk the index and middle fngers on the frst string. Its important to alternate
your fngers.
We are going to learn how to read guitar chord charts next. You can see in the
next page how the picture of a guitar matches up with the chord chart.
Here is our rhythm on the frst string. The upper set of lines is the actual musical
note and the bottom is using guitar tablature. Its often just called guitar tab.
Rhythm Pattern on E
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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How to read chord charts
On page 5 we covered the basic parts of a guitar. A chord chart shows the Nut,
frets and strings of your guitar.
The top line is the Nut. The lines underneath the Nut are the frets. The
lines going up and down are the strings. As you can see there are 6
strings. The frst string is the smallest string. It has the highest pitch.
Here are the chord charts for the C and G7 Chords.
X X X X X
*Note: Dont play the strings with the X.
C Chord
(Strum 3 Strings)
G7 Chord
(Strum 4 Strings)
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Thank You Father
Thank You Father

by Jean Welles
2007 Jean Welles
Thank
Thank
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Love.
Word.
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love
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Lord,
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heart!
heart!
C

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this
is Gods will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5
X X X X X
*Note: Dont play the strings with the X.
C Chord
(Strum 3 Strings)
G7 Chord
(Strum 4 Strings)
Our frst song is a little song I wrote called Thank You Father. All through the
Bible we are told to come before God with thankfulness. God can help us in ev-
erything we do. We can be thankful even when we dont understand why things
happen. We can be thankful knowing that God is Good and will make everything
right in the end.
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Pray First
Play the guitar for
5 to 10 minutes a day,
5 or 6 days a week.
The arm/rhythm
exercise 4 times
Walk i and m on the
1st string with the rhythm.
Sing and Play
Thank You Father
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