Join us for Upper Intermediate Guitar where we will continue to expand on your skills through various challenging strum patterns! We will add these strum patterns into fun known songs.

This course is designed for my guitar students who have taken our Beginning Guitar + Intermediate Guitar courses. If your learner has not studied with us before, please message us before signing them up for this level so we can discuss their current skillset and make sure this is the right fit for them.



S T U D E N T S   S H O U L D   A L R E A D Y   K N O W :
  
   🎵 Full G major, C major, A minor, D major, & E minor chords + "Big G" + Cadd9
   🎵 Simplified one-finger F major chord
   🎵 How to use a pick
   🎵 How to use a capo


W E   W I L L   L E A R N : 

  🎸How to read more advanced rhythms
  🎸New strum patterns including... 
             - Swung Eighth Notes
             - 3/4 Time Strumming 
             - 6/8 Time Strumming
             - Root Note Strumming
             - Accented Strumming
             - Off Beat Strumming
             - Muting
             - "Chucking" 
  🎸New songs including... 
             - "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley
             - "Lost Boy" by Ruth B.
             - "Que Sera Sera" by Doris Day 
             - "Riptide" by Vance Joy
             - "You've Got A Friend In Me" from Toy Story
             - "Hey Jude" by the Beatles
             - "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars (Kids Bop version)
             - "We Will Rock You" by Queen
  🎸...and more!


T Y P I C A L   C L A S S   S T R U C T U R E :

   🎵 Warm ups- reading rhythms with muted strings
   🎵 Chord exercises (alternating between chords, using strum patterns, etc.)
   🎵 Songs using known chords + strum patterns


P  E R F O R M A N C E S :

🌟Every 4 weeks, students will be encouraged to perform or submit a video of them playing one of our TAB songs to show off their awesome new guitar skills!🌟


~  B O N U S :  ~

Students will also receive 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙨 to use during practice including: 
  🎸Student workbook ($20 value)
  🎸Weekly practice plans

**Please note that these resources are custom created by Mini Musicians Studio LLC and should NOT be shared with anyone except students enrolled in the course


P L E A S E   N O T E :

   🎵 Guitars should be tuned before class. We will not discuss tuning.
   🎵 Students will need to have an acoustic or classical guitar, or an electric guitar plugged into an amp. Students must also have a PICK and a CAPO.
   🎵 This is NOT a beginner's course -- please contact us before signing up if you are new to guitar lessons with Mini Musicians Studio