Learning to Play the Guitar

Senior Project by Madeline Klein

History of the Guitar

• First guitar

• First electric guitar

• The word “Guitar”

The Acoustic Guitar

• Head

• Nut

• Fretboard

• Soundhole

• Bridge

Some of the FirstGuitar Players

• Andrés Segovia• Miguel Llobet• Fernando Sor

Brands

• Fender

• Gibson

• Rickenbacker

• Epiphone

Epiphone Casino VT

Gibson

Firebird

Fender So-Cal

Rickenbacker Model 300

Great Guitar Legends

• Bo Diddley• B B King• Elvis Presley

Bo DiddleyBB King

Elvis Presley

"Elvis Presley didn’t just represent a new type of music; he represented sexual liberation."

Jimi Hendrix

•History

•Influence on me

More Guitar Legends

Steve Vai Van Halen

Why I Chose this Project

• Not a Musical Person

• Air Guitar

• Interest in Rock music

• What I have accomplished

21 Basic Chords

String Names & Numbers

6 Every

5 Angry

4 Dog

3 Growls

2 Before

1 Eating

Finger Numbers

1 = index

2 = middle

3 = ring

4 = pinky

T = thumb

Dexterity Exercise

•With fingers

•With pick

•With pick alternating

Chord Progressions

My First Strum Patterns

Note Locating

•A, B, C, D, E, F, G, Ab, Bb, C# , Eb, and F#

Strum and PickPatterns

Difficulties

• Fingers were sore

• Took time to speed up

• Understanding the beat of the music

Songs • Louie Louie – Single Notes• Mission Impossible – Single Notes• Dammit by Blink 182• Adam’s Song by Blink 182• Time of Your Life by Green Day• Come as You Are by Nirvana• 7 Nation Army by the Whitestripes• American Idiot by Green Day • Sweater Song by Weezer• Island in the Sun by Weezer• What’s My Age Again by Blink 182• Country Accompaniment• Sweet Home Alabama• Sunshine of your Love• Malaguena

Thank You For Coming to my Project!

This is Steve Vai’s guitar