The Next Level: Comprehension

Describe how to become a better guitar player.
1. The basics of playing guitar are important if I want to build a solid foundation. Some must knows:
- Name of the strings, from top to bottom, the guitar strings correspond to the notes E, A, D, G, B and E.
- Tuning: even if you're playing the right notes, you can sound terrible if your strings are not tuned correctly.
- Chords: some easy chords to begin with are G, A, D and E minor. Try these chords out and practice until you're comfortable with the fingering.
- Rhythm: this is an important component of playing music, trying practicing with a metronome if you're having trouble with rhythm and beats.

2. Practice. This is one of the unavoidable truths about music: you have to practice to get better. Practice - and not "talent" - is the key to success.

*U can watch this LINK to learn more about playing guitar.*


Explain why guitar player are good at playing guitar.
Because they are always focus and serious to learn and practice playing guitar regularly until they have good skill at playing guitar. They also always improve their skills such as; their technics and style by creating something new and they always have ideas that can make many people or other players impressed and like their play.

Compare the good guitar player and the bad guitar player.
The good guitar player usually has good skill and they also practice harder and harder to improve their skill. We can see it when the player playing cords, moving from one cord to the other cord so well and it gives good tune or sound. While the bad guitar player, maybe because they always play the cords incorrectly and they also lazy to practice, for example: they doesn't put their fingers on the right cords so that will gives bad tune or sound.

Unit of Inquiry, week 1: Knowledge

In ESL class, we can choose any topic that we want and the teacher will help us. My topic is Guitar, and my essential question is "How can I learn to play and teach others a simple song on the guitar". Some of my task have to list the basic cords with pictures, list the most successful guitar player, describe where the fingers go in each cord and also describe why the people like to listen to guitar music.

This is the thing I do on the knowledge part this week:

In each cords we only use fore finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger to press the strings on playing guitar.

1. C notes

2. D notes

3. E notes

 

4. F notes

5. G notes

 

These are the basic cords, the first is C notes, second is D notes, third is E notes, forth is F notes, fifth is G notes. We put fore finger in number 1, middle finger in number 2, ring finger in number 3, little finger in number 4.

Many people like to listening guitar music, because it's a classic song, so it can give beautiful rhythm and also the rhythm can make some good songs.

Top ten most successful guitar players: 

10. Tom Morello

9. John Mayer

8. Jack White

7. Jimmy Page 

6. BB King

5. David Gilmour 

4. John Frusciante 

3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 

2. Jimi Hendrix 

1. Robert Johnson 



This the the pictures of the cord chart on guitar: