Selasa, 20 Januari 2015

teaching, Lesson #2 (dika)

Today, i taught him a new song. the song are called bunda. bunda is a perfect song for someone who's totally new to Guitar.  I showed him about the style of picking and i asked Him to apply them. I still can see that He is still new in this thing, He barely made it. but after a few trials, He made it.
His weakness is He cannot pick hard (so the sound is not big) But He is very good at memorising. it took Him 3 times playing and he memorised the song

Sabtu, 10 Januari 2015

teaching, lesson 1 (dika)

So today, I met my student that i wanted to teach them about. His name is Dika.  This is his very first lesson. since he is new to this music thing, i introduced to him about music. about the basics of musi,

for example:

Note values, like the chart above, the whole note has 4 beats, the half notes have 2 beats, quarter notes have 1 beats, and so on. I think this part is important because to be able to play the songs the CORRECT way, you have to notice the beats when you play them. this is also important if you take on music career seriously;

this is called time signature. Time signature shows how many beats are available for 1 bar. like the chart above, it clearly states the types of time signature recently used for song creating, like creating modern songs. for example; "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran beats per bar were 4/4. so it is very important for You to take on Music career,  in any kind, for example, singing, must be able to read the notes and the time signature, composer, band member, etc.

After that, i teached him 1 song, Which is bintang kecil. this song is simple and easy to learn. but this song relates to time signature and the note tree. i taught him the correct way to play them.

This is my picture playing with him. it was fun teaching him to play guitar. I like to teach Guitar to someone that cannot play.

Jumat, 02 Januari 2015

Update on project #2

so The project begins. i finally found 2 kids and teenager that supported to this project. their names are Awa and Dika. I will start this project at the 10th of January, but i am not sure who to teach first. I will teach either 1 of them in each of every week of the month. for example, Dika in the 10th, Awa on the 14th, and so on. I hope this project goes well and I like to see this 2 people grow in their musical knowledge, especially in guitar.