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Hi, how're you doing Justin here.

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Welcome to IM-118, for those of you
a bit concerned

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117 is a text only lesson,

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suggesting songs that you might like
to play and some transcribing to do,

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so you might want to go and check that out,

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that's a text lesson on the web site
and it doesn't have a video.

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So: no, you haven't missed anything.

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What we're doing in this lesson is continuing
on a thing I call the Justin Method,

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which is just use sound to improve now, 
which is basically me encouraging you

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to transcribe and learn to make
music with your ears,

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or rather learn music with your ears,
not just making it, but learning about music

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being that music is about sound, it kind of
makes sense that we learn it by listening,

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not just by thinking.

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So what we're going to be doing
in this intermediate foundation stage

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is starting off with some transcribing
of chords and we're going to be

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transcribing little chord progressions that 
we're learning as we go through the course.

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So kind of training up your ears to hear
these new barre chords and that sort of thing,

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We're also going to be looking
at some very basic lead guitar,

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teaching you how to transcribe lead guitar solos 
and we're also going to be doing some

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really important rhythmic dictation,
so that if you transcribe solos or rhythms,

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or rhythm guitar or 
chord progressions or whatever

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you understand how to
write down basic rhythms.

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Now, all of these things are
expanded a lot more on the website,

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but what I want to do
in this video lesson

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is just basically explain
what's gonna happen

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on the web page.
Now it's an audio lesson.

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The actual... so, I'm gonna be 
teaching you some stuff in this video,

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but the main lesson part of it is audio,

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so there's gonna be some MP3 files 
on the website for you to download,

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that you have to transcribe or listen to 
and learn by using sound.

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The first thing we're gonna do,
kinda part A if you like,

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is transcribing chord progressions.

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Now the chord progressions
are going to be four bars long

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and to start off with, we're just
going to have one chord in each bar.

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So, basically I'm going to play 
something like this... Now,

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I'm gonna cover up the guitar
now so you can't see the guitar neck.

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Well, I'm gonna edit it so you
can't see the guitar neck

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and basically what I'll be
doing is something like this

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Probably, I'll do it twice or
three times on the recording

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and you have to figure out what it is.
I only give you some hints.

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So I'm gonna say, you know, it's probably
using these chords or it's this technique,

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giving you, if you like, a little step
ladder up onto transcribing by yourself.

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I'll be keeping the rhythms really simple.

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What the thing is to listen for 
when you're doing this skill

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is first of all to make sure
you can find the root note,

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Now in this first week we're only
going to be using E shape barre chords

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either major or minor. So,

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the first thing you want to do is 
try and find the root note.

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So -- you know -- basically going: (♪).
Find the root note first, you know.

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You might have to jump around a
little bit, try and listen:

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does the chord go up or does it go down?
That's really basic level.

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Listen to the one note try and find it.

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Oh, there it is and then listen:
is the next chord higher or lower?

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And then try and move your finger up:
Is it a lot higher or a lot lower?

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Is's a few frets or just one or two frets?

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And it's a little bit of experimentation 
at this stage for you

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unless you've done quite a lot
of transcribing before,

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you're just kind of feeling you way around

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and getting used to the idea
of transcribing.

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Now once you've got the root note
and you know that it's going:

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and you've kinda figured this and that 
I'm just using the example I did before

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Once you've got that then you go: 
"OK, is the first one...?"

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"Oh,is it major or minor ... 
though minor doesn't sound right."

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Now, you've only got to choose 
between major and minor, right?

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So you'll probably find that 
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that one sounds really right and 
one sounds really wrong.

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Yeah, it's important that you
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that you can hear the difference between 
major and minor right away

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and if you've got the root note sorted out,

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then playing one and then
playing the other,

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it should be obvious: is it that one
or is it this one?

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So, that's where you start to learn
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for transcribing chord sequences

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is finding the root note and then
hearing whether it's major or minor.

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As you get better, you'll just hear it straight away.
You'll hear it and go oh that's a minor chord.

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Straight away. Especially, if you've
been doing much aural training.

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You'll just hear minor chords 
kinda become really obvious.

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So you hear: 
"Oh, that's major, that's minor,"

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then it's finding the root note, job done.

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Now with transcribing it's the last thing
you hear stays in your ear.

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Stupid little motto, but it's really
easy to remember

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and it will help you remember
to stop the music.

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The thing's that where you pause 
is the last thing you're gonna hear.

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So if I'm doing a chord sequence
that goes:

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For example,

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and you're trying to hear that first chord,

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after you've just been listening
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it's going to be very difficult because
the last thing you heard was (♪). That.

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and that's going to be the thing lingering
about in your ear.

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So make sure you learn to
stop the recording.

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I recommend a program called "Transcribe."

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I think it's a really good one.
There's a couple around that do it.

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I think there's another called
"Audacity" which works,

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which is a free one, and 
another one called "Capo."

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There's a few different programs around. 
The one I like is called "Transcribe"

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But the really important thing here
is the stopping it at the right point.

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So you load up the track, you press play,
the first chords going and then you stop.

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And you try and find that chord, don't wait
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just have a go, (♪). Stop. And then go:

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Oh there it is, there's the G,
ok it's a G. Yay! You've got it!

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And you write down G on your pad there. 
Writing it down as you go is a very good idea.

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If you've got a sketchy memory like me, 
the writing-it-down thing is a good idea.

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If you've got a great memory don't worry
about it, just play it right through, BUT

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what happens is, when you get to the
second chord you might go:

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Stop.

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As soon as it gets to the second chord.
Stop it and (♪). Oh, there it is.

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Is it major? No. Or minor? OK, so it goes 
G, A minor, and do it that way.

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Just do it one chord at a time.

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Pause on the chord that you want and write 
down when you figure out what the chord is.

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I know that all sounds... 
might sound really complicated,

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but this is a really important skill.

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This is how you learn to
work out songs by yourself,

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because people have been 
playing guitar a lot longer

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than tabs have been
available free on the internet.

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So, if you think about how all of the great
guitar players that you like learned guitar,

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you can guarantee they weren't
going to a tab site

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and downloading how to play their
favorite Bo Didley lick.

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They listened to the record
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and that's kind of what I'm trying 
to encourage you to do here

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This first part is finding the
chords to the songs

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and you should... this is a really, 
really important skill

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I can't stress the importance of this skilL
enough, right? The figuring out the chords.

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Now, I've given you a run down:

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go onto the website now, download the
little MP3 audio file and have a go.

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There should be three chord progressions
on there for you to work out.

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They should be fairly simple. They're just
using the E-shape barre chords. Off you go.

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Now part B, as I mentioned, 
is some transcribing of lead lines.

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Now, to start off with again,

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were're just gonna keep it really simple
and I'm gonna tell you that the examples

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from this foundation one are all using only
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which you would have learnt in you
beginner's course.

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And it'll be simple,

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Right? I'm not gonna be trying to
do anything really difficult

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because I want to encourage you
to able to play these things

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and to work them out,
so I might play something along like this,

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you will hear probably a four click
metronome beat in the beginning so...

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(click-click-click-click) and then you'll start:

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or something like that, right?
And again what you wanna do is get

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download the file and the use one 
of these transcribing programs

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or you could just use quicktime, or
iTunes or whatever you want, I don't mind

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But make sure that you stop it after each
note, so when the 1st note goes... Stop!

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And then: (♪). You've only got...

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I told you already that it's using the
A minor pentatonic scale.

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Right?. So they are the only notes
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I'm not gonna try and trick you 
and throw some other stuff in, right?

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So just using those notes from the
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see if you can figure out the order
of the notes that I've played

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and write them down, write them in tab.

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If you don't know how to write
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there's blank tab paper available on the
website and go back to the beginners course

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-- I can't remember the number 
off the top of my head --

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but there will be link to it
on this lessons web page.

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Go and revise how to write
your tab down and, and write it

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as you figure out what the notes
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And this is, of course, gonna help you
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either solos or riffs or whatever.

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Really good for your ear, really 
good for your knowledge.

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And again: a really, really
important skill.

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Now, part three of this is 
rhythmic dictation.

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What you will hear is the metronome 
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and then I'll be clapping a rhythm 
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Now, these first ones are just using 
crotchets, or quarter notes

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and quavers, or eighth notes.

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So you'll probably hear the metronome, 
I'm gonna use my foot now,

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but you'll hear the metronome go 1, 2, 3
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Something like that.
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And what the idea is, as soon as you
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the metronome count, rather,

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you want to start counting along
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1, 2, 3 and 4. 1 and 2 and 3, 4.

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Thats trying to figure out 
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that I've played and then trying to
figure out how to write it down.

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Now, this is again important
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One: transcribing strumming 
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when you listen if you've got
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of listening to rhythms when
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a rhythm pattern you'll
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oh sounds like this,you know. 
It's it's a really good skill.

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When you write out a tab for a lead guitar
you can write down the rhythm,

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because the rhythm is obviously as
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That's the big problem with tabs that you get
like on the internet. There's never any rhythms there,

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so you don't really know what
the rhythm is, how to play it.

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You know that's difficult.

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If you buy printed tab, you
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and the tab, so it kind of gives you 
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but it's also a really good skill to be
able to do it yourself, to listen to it.

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You know, if you've downloaded a tab,

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you can listen to the record and write
in your own rhythms. That's a good thing.

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Even better: you transcribe the solo yourself 
and then you add the rhythms to it.

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It's really... You know, that's important.

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It's also important just to be able to
learn how to count bars properly.

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So, when you're working out
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the strumming sequences,
you know how long, how many bars

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to stay on each chord, you know.
You can work out when the chords change.

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If they change a bit funny, if they don't 
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If you've done your rhythmic dictation, you've got
used to learning to listen to rhythms closely.

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You'll be able to figure out
when it's changing

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on the "and" of four and
it's got a little push, or

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you know, other little kind of
rhythmic tricks.

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So, that's the idea of rhythmic dictation.

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Now, the most important thing
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is counting along, 
it's being able to count along with this

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as soon as you hear that first click

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that's one, two, three, four,

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and then having as soon as you hear the clap,
or the count or the strum or whatever,

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if you can keep yourself counting along nice,
and try and count the rhythm that they're doing.

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Write it down even if you write down
like 1, 2, 3 and 4

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and you don't actually
write down like the proper

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rhythmic writing, if you like, 
the notation. If you just write down,

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you know, literally "1 2 3 & 4", 
that kind of thing, that's fine.

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You know, better to learn the
proper notation really,

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but you know really the most
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the listening and being able
to play it back,

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being able to clap it, being able 
to communicate a rhythm

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from somebody else to you or 
from you to someone else.

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You know, I'm going on a bit,
this is really important this sort of...

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This development of your ear

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and your learning music by listening. 
Music is about hearing

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you don't look at your favourite CD
and go "Oh wow, what a great CD."

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You listen to it and that's
what you like about it.

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So, make sure you learn music this way, 
I can't go on about it enough.

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Well, I probably can, you
probably think I can,

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you're probably like: "Oh yeah I got it
now ,can we just get on with it?"

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OK, I'll finish up now, 
but that's the idea.

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So, make sure you get over to the
web site, download those MP3 files,

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and really have a good go.

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The answers are on the page as well
normally right down the bottom there, so

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have a go at doing that. I promise you
it'll make you a lot better musician

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if you learn to use your ears.

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Have fun with that and I'll see you for
another lesson, real soon. Bye-bye