'How to play 'peppa pig.' on the ukulele.'

1. The notes we need are :


G|------|-----|---|
C|------|-----|---|
E|-f----|-----|-g-|
A|-Bb-|-----|-c-|
     1       2   3

2.We can play them like this :

c A f g C
C E g Bb A F

damienguitar.co.uk

I have a new website , www.damienguitar.co.uk
It has a timetable for my teaching schedule and a selection of previous lessons I have written .
At present I have a few more I am aiming to upload over the next week.
This term has seen the performance of some of my year 4 students ,In a band enviroment ,
During their practise they were really "rocking out" and having fun together as a team ,
This band/ensemble playing is a great idea and I will encourage more of it with many of my students ...

classical grade 8

Im working towards my classical grade 8 again with trinity ,
the three pieces i have chosen are:

• Gran Vals
• Nocturne

• Fantasia

while learning them i have notated the melody line, messed around with them in "Sibelius ",
Ive tried playing the melody on electric guitar ,
I always keep my exam book close at hand and play through the pieces really slowly .
Ill try and upload some clips of my playing to youtube once I get a chance .

Cadences

ok well working from the basics ,

perfect cadance V to I

Imperfect cadence I to V

plagual cadence IV to I

and interupted cadence V to VI

these building blocks alone provide many possibilties don't they ?

let's play with perfect cadence
Well we Can alter and twist the V chord to oblivion one idea which has not been discussed yet is good old augmented chords you know G aug EADGBE:32100X
you can work this with G whole tone scale mmmm tasty !

then you can try the tritone substitution replace V with bII
i know the Db maj 7 has been discussed (modal interchange , thanks for that )
but let's stay with whole tone theme so we could try and Db aug going to C

Something which crops up in a james bond song (a great place to learn cool chord sequences ) is Vm7 - I
so Gm7 to C
thats a really mellow ending .

key center / modal center

the "key center" relates to the start of the piece where you get a "key signature"
"the modal center" is where you place accidentals in your piece to change the mode of the song .
EX:1
If a song is in C major , thats the key center ,
Now you can add a "B flat" if you like , but by doing this you change the "modal center "to C mixolydian , "The key center" remains C major.

EX:2
Now let's start with an F major "key signature" Here the "Key Center " is F major .
you could unflatten to "B flat" to "B natural " but once again we are changing the "modal center" this time To "F lydian "
In this instance our root note remains F just as in the Previous case our root note remained "C"

all over the fretboard

"Which way is the best way to learn the major and minor (natural) scale all over the fretboard so that it works out with the modes?"

"focus your understanding."

Study Music Theory ,

maybe prepare for a music theory exam .
By doing this you will be involved in written tasks which will teach you how the notes fall in place, intervals between each string and so forth .
Learn to sight read :

By starting to sight read music you will find the different positions on the neck to play the same note .
study for a guitar exam

this will introduce the neck to you in managable chunks, starting with one ocatve scales moving up to 3 octave scales , this practise schedule will focus your understanding of fingerboard knowledge .
I hope this is of help to you .
Best wishes damien

Grade 8 bass exam

I just sat my grade 8 bass exam , it was with the "rockschool" you can find out more abount them at www.rockschool.co.uk
Before the start of the exam i was given a "QSP" which is a Quick study piece , I had 20 minutes to learn it by reading the score (with tab) and playing along with the backing track .
Then I went into the exam where I was asked which order i wanted to perform the sections of the exam .
I went Through the QSP and my 3 chosen pieces , then took a couple of aural awareness tests , the 1st a reproduction of a 4 bar phrase the 2nd recoginition of root notes/chord types , both tests were played to me 3 times .
Finally we wrapped up with some questions about key bassists in the style of one of the pieces I chose and we talked about the dynamic markings in that piece . It was Great fun to sit but a nightmare to get , not helped by the rail replacement bus driving down a dead end and then asking the passengers for directions !
I am hoping to sit my Rockschool diploma over winter 08 spring 09 .