1. Beginner Guitar
Session seven

2. Warm up/finger strengthening1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Try starting each practice with a warm up such as this.
Make sure you play in both directions.

3. Blues scale
The, typical, blues scale is built upon the pentatonic scale that we have already looked at.
To play the blues correctly you must add the ‘blue note(s)’
Most commonly the blue note is the flattened fifth.
A minor blues scale
Pentatonic scale with added flattened fifth e 5 8 5 8 5 7 8 5 7 5 6 7 5 8

4. Blues chords Seventh chords
Similarly to the blues scales, blues chords are built using different notes.
Most typically, blues chords add the seventh note of the scale to the chord. C7 D7 E7 E B G D A E B G D A E B G D A 3 1 1 4 2 1 2 X 3 2 X X F7 A7 G7
I haven’t included B7 as it is a difficult chord to play…plus I ran out of space on the slide! E B G D A E B G D A 1 1 E B G D A 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 X 1 3

5. Fingerpicking Chords
Instead of strumming with your right hand, pick the strings with you thumb, first, second and third fingers.
Make sure that your fretting hand (Left hand) uses the same finger positions as already learnt.
Try picking between the chords bellow.

6. Fingerpicking Chords 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 T 2 T 1 T 2 T 1 T 3 1 2 3 1 1 2
C Major chord
A Minor chord
D Major chord e 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 T 2 T 1 T 2 T 1 T 3 1 2
E Major chord
G Major chord
F Major chord e 3 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 1 T 2 T 1 T 1 3 2 T 2 1 T 3 3

7. Beat It Duet
Chorus Em
Just beat (beat it) D
Beat it (Beat it)
Em D
No one wants to be defeated
Showin' how funky and strong is your fight
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right
Just beat it e 2 4 2 2 3 1 2 3 + 4 1 2 3 4
This is the main riff for ’Beat it’.
The numbers in green indicate the beat and when you should play.
Try and play the main riff and chords for the chorus in pairs.
You should change chord every four beats.
E minor
D major e B G D A E e B G D A E 2 3 1 2 X 1 X

8. Fretboard notes
Below is a diagram showing the names of the pitches along the fretboard.
It would be a good idea to start to try and learn these to help when playing scales and barre chords. F G A B C e B G D A E D E C D E F G A B A B C D E F G E F G A B C D B C D E F G A F G A B C D E