Lesson 2: 2: Reading Chord Charts / Em & G Chords
Duration of Days: 2
Lesson Objective
Students will decode standard guitar chord charts to play their first chords, E minor and G major.
How do guitarists learn new chords?
What information do chord charts provide?
Strings, Frets, Chords, Strum, E minor, G major
MU:Pr4.2.H.5a
- "Visual Translations" - Chord charts and translated images that transfer the chord chart data directly to a guitar image.
- Step-by-step, finger-by-finger walkthroughs for each chord
- Collaborative Practice
Each student individually plays their Em and G chord for four strums each.
Students will capture photos of themselves making both the Em and G chord shape on the guitar and uploading these photos as artifacts to their portfolios.