Date: 09/04/08 (J Kosminsky)
Planning Time: 2hrs
Lesson Time: 1hr
Lesson Footage:
(1O MINUTE VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE HOUR LESSON)
This sixteenth lesson acted as a refresher for the pupil so they can recap on what they had learnt in lesson fifteen. Lesson fifteen featured phrasing techniques such as slurs, which introduced different ways to fret a note. Whether the string be vibrated to and thro, bent or struck in a hammer motion, phrases are a way of expressing notes, making a musicians playing more fluid and unique.
The bass line to the ‘Otherside’ will be further studied and played by the pupil, with the attention on the unique fills used by Michael Balzary, the bands extremely gifted bass player.
Lesson Objectives:
1.) The pupil will warm up with the bass guitar using the major scales that they have been previously taught. This will be done in a chromatic fashion (finger per fret) to further advance both hand forms (the left fret hand and the right plucking hand).
2.) To persist practicing the Red Hot Chili Pepper song ‘The Otherside’, so the study of bass fills can continue.
3.) To further the pupils study and knowledge of musical slurs. As a continuation from last lesson, the pupil was introduced to hammer-ons and pull-offs, this lesson the pupil will be taught slides and trills.
Introduction:
The pupil will be asked how he/she thought the previous lesson had gone and whether they are anxious about anything during this week’s lesson. After this the lesson ahead will be explained with some aims set so that the pupil has specific goals to reach.
Lesson Material:
1.) The pupil was once again instructed to limber up before the lesson began, using the major scales, in a chromatic fashion. The pupil will be given a free run to play any scale, in any order to warm up their fingers. However soon after they will be asked to state the name and number of the sharps contained in each scale that has been covered up until now.
Flat major scales will be briefly introduced during this lesson, as these have only been mentioned in previous lessons. The pupil will play the first flat major scale, which is the scale of F♯major. This contains the first flat that a major scale encounters, B♭ and still uses the same finger placement pattern displayed in Figure 1 below.
(Figure 1)
2.) The pupil will continue to practice the Red Hot Chili Pepper song, ‘Otherside’, aiming to play the introduction, verse, chorus and also a simplified version of the bridge as this is quite a tricky bass pattern to play at this stage.
**’Otherside’ tablature**
3.) With last lessons phrasing techniques, introducing hammer-ons and pull-offs, this session will include the re-introduction of slides (as was demonstrated in lesson eight for fret accuracy) and the introduction of trills.
Once the pupil familiarised themselves with hammer-ons and pull-offs from the previous lesson, they will be demonstrated slides and trills in order for these to be practiced and understood.
As a re-introduction from lesson eight, a slide or a glissando (in musical terms), is simply as the name states – a slide one note to another. However only the first note is plucked and a slide can ascend or descend on the fret board, across any number of notes. Once a slide has briefly been practiced a trill will be explained and demonstrated to the pupil.
‘A trill is a combination of hammer-ons and a pull-offs played in rapid succession’, as stated by Clayton, p. 50, 2003. A trill begins with a hammer-on and then finishes with a pull-off, this process is repeated for how ever long is necessary, until the desired affect is reached. The pupil will not be expected to perform this phrase initially, due to its speed and it cannot be played slowly otherwise it just becomes a series of hammer-ons and pull-offs.
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