JUSTIN Method Training Exercises 5 (Guitar Lesson IM-158) How to play IF Stage 5

Justin's Completely Free, Intermediate Guitar Course Lesson IM-158.
Stage 5, Lesson 8.

This continues the Just Use Sound To Improve Now ear training lessons - but remember the important stuff is on the web site - there are audio files you have to listen too!!

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http://justinguitar.com/en/IM-158-JUSTIN-Foundation5.php

This is part of Justin's Intermediate Guitar Method, Foundation. A series of lessons available free online!

http://justinguitar.com/en/IM-000-IntermediateMethod.php

Taught by Justin Sandercoe.

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Hi, how you doing?
Justin here

Welcome to IM-158

which is
"Just Use Sound To Improve Now",

the last of the foundation series.

So really by the end of this one

I want you to be able
to transcribe songs on your own

if you haven't been already

Now in 5-A
which is the chord progressions

we're now mixing up
open chords and bar chords.

Now they do sound pretty different.

It just takes a bit of practice

to get used to really hearing
which one is which.

Now the best thing you can do
is play the same chord,

as an open chord,
and as a bar chord,

and listen to the difference.

Because, I've just

- this is actually
the second take of this -

and I can't think of the words
to describe the difference.

So, here's a G open chord
(plays)

and here's a G bar chord
(plays)

Here's the open chord

and here's the bar chord

Now, the closest I can get

is that the open chords
sound open

which is really helpful, isn't it?
"Yeah, thanks Justin !

I kind of wouldn't have
figured that one out !"

Their strings seem to have
a bit more of a twang,

a bit more of a shimmer,

for the open chords
than they do for bar chords.

And like I said,
the only way really

is for you to play them.

a D chord, here's a D
(plays)

here's a D bar chord
(plays)

Open
(plays)

Bar
(plays)

There's a difference there.
It's kind of subtle,

but for me
it's obvious as well !

I can straight away hear :
"Oh yeah, that's a bar chord !"

And the open chords
have got their own kind of

flavor or character
or whatever to them.

So it's something that
I want you to learn :

to listen out for.

And like I said,
the only way to do it

is for you to play
the same chord

open,
and then as a bar chord,

and see if you can
start to hear the difference.

If you got a jam buddy,
it's a great thing

to spend a bit of time
working on.

Get your mate to play a chord

and you have to tell
if it's a bar chord

or if it's an open chord.

It does just take
a bit of practice.

Now in 5-B
we've got now a 12 bar solo

for you to work out.

It's based on the A minor pentatonic,

but to make it a bit more,
in inverted commas, 'real world'

I've added a few notes in there
that don't belong to the scale.

So now you really have to listen
for what the note is.

It makes it a little bit
more challenging,

but I know you can do it.

It really is just about
keeping your ear opened

and making sure that
when you pause after the note

cause remember that's what
you hopefully have been doing

and you're gonna do it this time.

After you hear the note,
you hit pause,

you play the note

and you make sure
you find the right one.

You can no longer rely on.
Oh it's gonna be

one of those notes
in the scale

because I'm deliberately putting in
some extra note there for you.

Hopefully, you'll just find it challenging

and, by the end of this,
I really hope that

you'll start trying
to transcribe some songs,

all on your own,
some solos.

You know,
don't pick real hard ones.

Pick some nice, easy ones.

Easy ones where it's not too fast,

the notes are obvious and clear

and not hidden by other riffs
or complicated rhythm parts, you know.

There are plenty around of this,

plenty of suggestions if you go
to the transcribing part of my website.

And there will be a little
transcribing course for you as well

which will be a lot more
real life examples.

Now in 5-C,
it's the same really as 4-C,

the same things
we've got going on.

We've got the block of
four 16th notes, 8th notes

8th note rest,

quarter notes
and quarter note rest.

I've just mixed them up
in a little bit harder fashion

for you to work out.

Hopefully again,
if you've been doing your proper work,

your proper homework
on the previous exercises,

you shouldn't find it too difficult
but a little bit challenging.

So, get in there
download that work sheet,

download the mp3 files
and get yourself transcribing.

See you for another lesson
sometime very soon.

In fact it's just
your practice routine

and consolidation to go.