Dave's Workshop Lessons

David Warren Guitar Workshops, Chelmsford, Essex, UK

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Contact me for details by davidwarren202@hotmail.com or phone 01245 262131

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All lessons (not the songs!) below are © David Warren and are notes for the workshops therefore are not necessarily complete in all details.

MONDAY EVENING GUITAR WORKSHOPS (STARTS AGAIN ON MONDAY 1st SEPT)

21st July 2008 (last one for the summer)

Strumming E Amaj7 A E, Mission Impossible riff and melody, ukulele session: Wild Thing (C F G F) and Chasing Cars (G D C G), Johnny B Goode and variation on chords similar to Route 66

14th July 2008

Strummed C Em B7 Em, open and then as barre chords, Hallelujah (Jeff Buckley/Leonard Cohen), demonstration of a Mesa Boogie DC5 amplifier, Wild Thing (Troggs/Hendrix), Purple Haze intro (Hendrix)

7th July 2008

Strummed D G D G D G G A and Em G Em G Em G C D incorporating barre chords as well, A Shot In The Dark (Henry Mancini)

9th June 2008

Strummed randomly chosen chords D7 Fmaj7 C Cmaj7 E and then picked out notes from the chords, main theme to Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns 'n' Roses), Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd), Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Guns 'n' Roses)

2nd June 2008

Strummed D Em G A including --D-DD-D style and with barre chords, Open Your Eyes (Snow Patrol), Everybody Hurts (REM), Hoochie Coochie Man (Willie Dixon)

19th May 2008

Strummed G Am C Em, reviewed 7th chords and strummed Am7 D7 G7 Cmaj7, Billie Jean bass line and chords (F#m G#m A G#m), Big Ben Harmonics, The Good The Bad And The Ugly, blues in A

12th May 2008

Warmed up by strumming the chords from Photograph (Nickelback) which is the E chord moved up and down the neck (pos 1, 8, 11, 6), Food For Thought (UB40) chords Am E G D using the strumming pattern D-DU-U-U, 2nd half: Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol) and Losing My Religion (REM) performed on the ukulele

28th April 2008

Warmed up by strumming C D/F# Am/E G, The Model (Kraftwerk)

21st April 2008 - 100th Workshop!

Warm up with 4231 finger pattern exercise, funky strumming on EbMaj7, riff from Black Night (Deep Purple), Nokia Theme played on guitar, Knockin' On Heaven's Door (faster)

14th April 2008

Various strumming patterns including G E A D to the strumming pattern D-DUrUDU (r = rest), Otherside Of The World (KT Tunstall)

7th April 2008

Strummed chords to Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life (Monty Python): verse chords G Em Am7 D7 (1-6-2-5) and chorus chords Am D G Em (2-5-1-6), funky chords Bm7 E9 Am7 D9, harmonising the tune Songs Of Love by Divine Comedy (commonly known as the Theme From Father Ted), strummed and soloed over Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix)

31st March 2008

Strumming Bm7 (like B7 shape) G and Bm7 Am7 Em7 G etc, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida riff (Iron Butterfly), Ruby (Kaiser Chiefs), 12 bar rock and roll in A

10th March 2008

Strummed G D C Em in a Rolling Stones' style, strummed Am6 C G D7, Plug In Baby by Muse, Guitar Facts Quiz, I Shot The Sheriff

3rd March 2008

Strumming G Em G Em G Em C C in 6/8, harmony ideas using the C major scale, Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams), Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry)

25th February 2008

Strumming Am G F E, barre chords A C#m G Bm (Lay Lady Lay, Bob Dylan), Otherside (Red Hot Chili Peppers), strummed All Along The Watchtower (Am G F G) with solos

How to play: Otherside (intro)

18th February 2008

Strumming Em G D A (Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Green Day), open position C major scale, strumming F C G C linked with lines from C major, Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) including the guitar solo, Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Dylan)

How to play: Smells Like Teen Spirit (solo)

11th February 2008

Strummed Am B7 C D Em F G, barre chords basics, The Zephyr Song (Red Hot Chili Peppers), finished by strumming Am G

How to play: Message In A Bottle (riff)

4th February 2008

Strummed Am Cadd2 G E7, riff from Layla (Derek and the Dominoes), These Boots Are Made For Walkin' (Nancy Sinatra), Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol), 12 bar in G

28th January 2008

Strumming major 7th chords Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7, strummng chords to Perfect Day (Lou Reed), riff from The Chain (Fleetwood Mac), Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley), playing notes from C major scale going round the room in different patterns, Heart Of Gold (Neil Young)

21st January 2008

Strummed Am E C Dm (Hit Me Baby One More Time, Britney Spears), Bang Bang (Nancy Sinatra), Whiskey In The Jar (Thin Lizzy), D9 chord, Albatross (Fleetwood Mac), Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan)

14th January 2008

Strummed E G C B7, Back To Black chords (Amy Winehouse) Am Dm F E, Yellow (Coldplay), rock and roll 12 bar in A

7th January 2008

Strumming Am Dm C E7, Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix), Let It Be (The Beatles)

17th December 2007

Strumming Am7 E7 Am7 Dm, sounded very nice (a bit like Black Magic Woman), I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash), Terminology Quiz - good fun, A Blues

10th December 2007

Strummed Am E C F in 3/4 with root and fifth, Whole Lotta Love riff (Led Zeppelin), Rhiannon (Fleetwood Mac), Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)

3rd December 2007

Strumming G Am C D7 - a little tune suggested itself, three note chords on top strings picked with plectrum, New Born (Muse), Jesu Joy (Bach), Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry)

26^th November 2007

Barre chords, dampening barre chords to obtain chukka percussive effect, major 7th chords (C A G E D), Wild Thing (The Troggs), silently counting in time, Sweet Home Alabama riff (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

19^th November 2007

Ping round the room on the C major scale, strumming open chords and sliding up the neck to higher frets e.g. C E Am D, Get Ready (Temptations), question and answer between pairs of guitarists, portraying different feelings using the guitar, e.g. lazy, bored, pompous

12^th November 2007

Strumming D Em G A7 using D-DU—-D- pattern, explanation of the Circle of Fifths, Living Next Door To Alice (Smokie) A A D D E E A A including finger style T123-212, You Shook Me (blues riff in E)

5^th November 2007

Strumming various chords including new ones Gmaj7 Esus4, American Pie (Don McLean), A natural minor scale (A B C D E F G A), sharpen the G to get the A harmonic minor scale (A B C D E F G# A), E Hijaz scale (E F G# A B C D E) is the A harmonic minor scale from E to E

29^th October 2007

Strumming 7th chords E7 A7 D7 G7, Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett) including bass line, different ways of playing C7 F7 G7, Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan/Guns 'n' Roses) soloing, loud and quiet strumming

15^th October 2007

Strumming Em C F G in 3, 4, 5 and 7 beats per bar, melody to Puff The Magic Dragon, working out the chords to Puff The Magic Dragon, how to play Puff The Magic Dragon using a chord/melody technique, Blues in A and variations

8^th October 2007

Peter Gunn riff, strumming Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Am Em, made up chords using Angel by the Coors as an example, Hallelujah (Jeff Buckley), Hey Jude (The Beatles)

1^st October 2007

Strumming Em Am G C and lifting off or adding fingers to colour the chords, barre chords exercise, Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns 'n' Roses), pinched and artificial harmonics, A blues scale and soloing over a G blues with G blues scale

24^th September 2007

Various suggested chords and strumming patterns, “harmonising a melody” exercise in pairs, I Walk The Line including bass line (Johnny Cash), blues in Am

17^th September 2007

Strumming chords from different keys to hear the difference, In The Midnight Hour (Wilson Picket), demonstration of a phrase sampler, 12th fret and 5th fret harmonics, Chimes of Big Ben using harmonics, Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

10^th September 2007

Strummed E Am D G, Theme From MASH, discussed sus chords, played rhythmic phrases, Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan), Blues in A

3^rd September 2007

Hey Jude (Beatles), improvising using the middle eastern Hijaz scale (D Eb F# G A Bb C D)

23^rd July 2007

Strumming C Am Em G and with power chords, Nights In White Satin (Moody Blues), Theme from Deliverance, blues in A major

16^th July 2007

Strumming G C G D, F Dm Am C, C Dm Em G7, Space Oddity (David Bowie), The Theme From Pink Panther (tab), blues in A minor

9^th July 2007

Strumming C Am F G using little finger to add other notes and make it more interesting – ended up playing Cadd9 Asus4 F6 G; Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley) ; Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd); Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (Bob Dylan)

2^nd July 2007

Strumming Am F C G in different styles similar to Otherside, The Passenger and Hurt by Johnny Cash; A major scale starting on 5th fret of bottom string, playing it in the round; riff from Addam's Family theme tune; tuning guitar at the 5th fret; Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

25^th June 2007

Strummed C G Am E followed by F G C Am G which together make the verse and chorus of Don't Look Back In Anger (Oasis); verse to Brain Damage (Pink Floyd); demonstration of a ukelele tuned to G C E A and how to play Brain Damage on it; A minor blues plus solos

18^th June 2007

Strumming E Am D E (chorus to Everything Must Go, Manic Street Preachers), D D G CG (chorus to Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen), C major pentatonic scale, My Girl (Temptations), 4 note motifs, 12 bar progression in D

4^th June 2007

Warm up on Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd) G C D D, Rockin' All Over The World (Status Quo), soloing over a minor blues (Am Dm E7)

21^st May 2007

Warm up riff: I Heard It Through The Grapevine, strummed chords Am F G Am (from Ride On by Christy Moore) in 6/8 time Dum Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Diddy, Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley), Yellow (Coldplay), playing rhythmic note patterns going round the room

14^th May 2007

Warm up on Em G C D plus refresher of Dsus4 and Dsus2 chords, Batman riff, tips on legato playing, Space Oddity (David Bowie), Black Magic Woman - chords and riff

23^rd April 2007

Warm up strumming D Em G A (Love Is All Around), Chameleon (Herbie Hancock), demonstration of guitar effects using a Korg effects pedal, Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley)

16^th April 2007

Strumming E A with strum ding ding ding, then E A DA E (Smelly Cat), different ways of strumming a chord to make it sound differently, Red Red Wine (UB40), E Phrygian scale, Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan/Guns 'n' Roses)

19^th March 2007

Strumming A D E A in a Lust For Life style, strummed D D Bm Bm G D A A (Some Might Say, Oasis) straight and shuffle style, Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton) Do-Re-Mi (Sound of Music), Black Magic Woman (Fleetwood Mac/Santana)

12^th March 2007

Strumming G Am C G (You Ain’t Going Nowhere, The Byrds) in straight (A) and shuffle (B) styles, power chords, Sunshine Of Your Love (Cream), Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton), quick rendition of Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley)

5^th March 2007

Strumming Em C D G (similar to Heart Of Gold, Neil Young), using hammer-ons when playing chords, riff from Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin), Pretty Vacant (Sex Pistols), 24 ways to make a note sound differently, Freebird (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Blues in G

26^th February 2007

Warmed up on Em G D A, Streets Of London (Ralph McTell), barre chords A, Bm, C#m, 24 different ways of getting a note out of a guitar, soloing over Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan), 12 bar blues in different keys (D and G)

19^th February 2007

Riff from Politican (Cream), strumming and finger picking Am C G D (Mad World, Tears For Fears), Hurt (Johnny Cash), Key To The Highway (Derek and the Dominos), 12 bar blues in A

5^th February 2007

Strumming on G Em C G, F Am C G, Wonderwall, playing with a metronome, Boom Changa style including Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley)

29^th January 2007

Hey Joe chords and bass line, various strumming patterns, Killing Me Softly (Roberta Flack), natural harmonics and pinched harmonics, Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Guns 'n' Roses)

22^nd January 2007

Warm up chords C G Dm Am chorus to Californication (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Am G F E (open chords and barre chords), Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding), Drop D tuning (example: All Along The Watchtower, Jimi Hendrix), Johnny B Goode (double stop solos)

15^th January 2007

Strummed D Em G A and A Em Em D and added sus notes, Riders On The Storm (The Doors), ska-type rhythm Am and Dm, Johnny B Goode (bass line)

8^th January 2007

Warm up riff: AACCBBBbBb; warm up chord strumming I-IV-V in four different keys: AADE, GGCD, DDGA, CCFG; (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (Bryan Adams); jangly guitar sound using random note picking of chords; Hoochie Coochie Man, and soloing using double stops

18^th December 2006

Strumming Em C G D7 and G Bm Em Am, strumming and picking techniques, Other Side (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Reggae style, Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry)

11^th December 2006

Warm up on Am F C G chords, tuning using harmonics on 5^th and 7^th frets, legato playing on the A harmonic minor scale, Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (John Lennon), Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry)

4^th December 2006

Warm up: Am F G Am (Ride On, Christy Moore), Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol), Summer of ‘69, call and response round the room

27^th November 2006

Riff: American Woman (Lenny Kravitz), chords to Freebird (Lynyrd Skynyrd), bottleneck guitar playing, moving the F chord shape up the neck, Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd), James Bond Theme, blues in A

20^th November 2006

Strumming warm up on Em G C D and G Bm A E, moving the D chord shape up the neck, Key To The Highway (Broonzy), Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd), James Bond Theme

13^th November 2006

Major 7^th chords Cmaj7, F maj7, Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin), reducing tension when playing, exercises to increase independence of fingers, A Hard Day’s Night (The Beatles)

6^th November 2006

Peter Gunn, Am G Em D over a pedal bass (D E and then A), Wild Wood (Paul Weller), Spirit In The Sky (Norman Greenbaum), notes from chords played by each person

30th October 2006

Strumming E G D A, Whiskey In The Jar (Thin Lizzy) in 4/4 and 6/8, Harmonics, For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield)

23rd October 2006

Warm up on D A Em A (based on Jack Johnson’s Wasting Time), Hotel California (The Eagles), improvisation on the notes A C E G, Spirit In The Sky (Norman Greenbaum)

16th October 2006

Warm up G Em C D (Crocodile Rock – Elton John!), adding a passing bass note between chords, e.g. G G/F# Em and C C/B Am, Run To You (Bryan Adams)

9th October 2006

Warm up strumming on Am7 D7 G7 C, House of the Rising Sun, riff from Spirit In The Sky, sliding up and down the guitar (glissando), Blues In A, D9 chord, Hotel California (The Eagles)

2nd October 2006

Technique: how to hold down strings with minimum effort, Can’t Buy Me Love (The Beatles), Babylon (David Gray), Happy Birthday, Blues In A (introducing new chords)

25th September 2006

Warm up riff, chords and rhythm based on Good People (Jack Johnson) G C Am D, Every Breath You Take (Sting/Police), Satisfaction (Rolling Stones), Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)

18^th September 2006

Warm up riff based on Am and Dm pentatonic, strumming pattern D-DU-UDU using chords A E G D and then A7 E7 G7 D7, Wish You Were Here chords, basic finger style guitar with alternating bass playing using Am Em and C G, The Tide Is High (Blondie), Hoochie Coochie Man

24th July 2006

Warm up riff: Boogie Boy, Warm up strumming: C G Dm Am (from Californication), G Bm Em Am (from Samba Pa Ti), Wild Rover (trad Irish), Paranoid (Black Sabbath), I Shot The Sheriff (Eric Clapton)

17^th July 2006

Warm up riff: Batman Theme, Warm up chords: Em G D A, Cmaj7 Fmaj7 chords, Imagine (John Lennon), Wonderwall (Oasis), Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)

10^th July 2006

Warm up riff: Peter Gunn, verse to Yellow (Coldplay), Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day), Wonderwall (Oasis), A Hard Day’s Night (The Beatles)

3^rd July 2006

Warm up strum chords from Hotel California (key of Am), bass line from Dazed and Confused (Led Zeppelin), Whisky In The Jar (Thin Lizzy), Everybody Hurts (REM), Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd), Blues in A

26^th June 2006

Smelly Cat (from ‘Friends’), Match of the Day Theme (chords), Paint It Black (Rolling Stones), Minor Blues in Am, Blues in A, Albatross (Fleetwood Mac)

19^th June 2006

Warmup: Dm G7 C A7, No Surprises (Radiohead), Jean Genie (David Bowie), Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley), Rock and Roll bass line in G

12th June 2006

Warm up chords Am G F E, Wild Thing (The Troggs), Nights in White Satin, intro to Blackbird (Beatles/Paul McCartney), blues in E

5th June 2006

Warm up based on opening riff from Dazed and Confused (Led Zep), Losing My Religion (REM), House of the Rising Sun, Summer of ’69, You Shook Me (E blues, Led Zep)

22nd May 2006

Riff from Boogie Boy with chords A D G C, Leaving On A Jet Plane, Summer of ’69, Hoochie Coochie Man

15th May 2006

Riff from Politician by Cream, Ain’t No Sunshine, Satisfaction, Otherside

8th May 2006

Warm up on Batman riff and chords Am C F G (The Passenger), main song: For What It’s Worth, 12 bar in E with minor 6^th lick, 12 bar blues in A to finish off.

24th April 2006

Click here for notes about the lesson including Sus chords, a new finger picking style, making up your own chords and much more…, Summer of ‘69 which includes the picking pattern we did over the D sus chords.

10^th April 2006

Click here for Hall of the Mountain King (Womble), Crazy by Gnarls Barkley and notes on adding interest to your strumming, You Can’t Always Get What You Want, introduction to 6^th notes, excerpt from A Day In The Life, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, blues in A

3^rd April 2006

Warm up riff based on Boogie Boy, Wonderful Tonight, Get Carter Theme, Summer of ‘69

27^th March 2006

Johnny Cash Evening!

Warm up riff based on I Walk The Line bass line, alternating bass root and fifth using A Boy Named Sue as example, Hurt, E Blues with a B7

20^th March 2006

Peter Gunn riff, Dosed (Outro), 6/8 picking style, alternating bass root and fifth, House Of The Rising Sun, Nights In White Satin, power chords in Summer of 69

13^th March 2006

Hey Joe bass line, Somewhere Else by Razorlight, Comfortably Numb, Rock and Roll bass line – 12 bar in key of G, Whisky In The Jar

6^th March 2006

Mission Impossible riff, Why Does It Always Rain On Me, The Hardest Button To Button, Satisfaction riff, B7 chord, Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door, Everybody Hurts, guitar buzz is a G major chord!

27^th Feb 2006

Warm up riff on A minor pentatonic; warm up chords: Whisky In The Jar; Close Encounters tune in F; barre chord Bm on Comfortably Numb; Sunshine Of Your Love; Smoke On The Water; Blues in A; soloing using A minor pentatonic scale

20^th Feb 2006

Warm up chords: C D Em7 D & C D G; reviewed A minor pentatonic scale and introduced Blues Scale; Sunshine Of Your Love; Otherside, Blues in A

13^th Feb 2006

Warm up on Peter Gunn Theme; Chromatic Scale; One by U2; I Shot The Sheriff

6^th Feb 2006

Wipe Out Warm Up; The Spiderwalk exercise; review of major, minor and 7^th chords; Wish You Were Here chords; finger picking Hotel California chords; double stops over a 12 bar in G

30^th Jan 2006

Stairway to Heaven chords; Hotel California harmony guitars; creating a blues guitar solo; Batman theme tune

23^rd Jan 2006

Hey Joe; Talk (Coldplay); finger picking technique

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