I've always held to the idea that familiar melodies help our understanding of the language of music. From childhood, most of us learn melody and cadence through nursery rhymes. In fact, just humming these familiar tunes helps us understand where chord changes take place. In this fun easy going lesson, we learn that sometimes we DO know what we DON'T know!
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Explanation of Intervals
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E Ku'u Lei
Aloha Friends! This one is for our beginner players that are looking to add some of the spicer chords to their repertoire. E Ku’u Lei is a great song for the advancing beginner because the tempo allows us to get used to the harder to hold chords. Not only is this a fun song to learn to play, but...
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Hey Good Lookin’ (Low G)
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