Party People bars 13-16
With
Tommy Webb
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47 lessons (1h 40m) · 1 free
01. Welcome to the Course
1:41
02. Meet Your Teacher
0:40
03. Guide to the Guitar
6:52
04. Sitting with Your Guitar (Acoustic)
3:29
05. Sitting with Your Guitar (Electric)
0:49
06. How to Tune Your Guitar
4:57
07. How to Use a Guitar Pick
2:49
08. Make Your First Sound on the Guitar
2:45
09. How to Strum a Guitar
2:02
10. How to Read Music - Tab
Free lesson1:52
11. How to Read Music - Notation
3:03
12. Note Values and Rhythm
5:08
01. Introduction to Rock riffs and melodies
1:47
02. How to get a clean fretted sound
3:19
03. Riff using the E&G notes
3:30
04. Riff using the E&G notes (performance)
1:10
05. Riff accenting the strong note
1:34
06. Riff accenting the strong note (performance)
0:58
07. Riff using half notes
1:44
08. Riff using half notes (performance)
0:50
01. Intro to Rock pt2 and my Gibson Les Paul
1:10
02. Riff combining half notes & quarter notes
1:36
03. Riff combining half notes & quarter notes (performance)
0:56
04. Melody A combining 4 notes
4:00
05. Melody A combining 4 notes (performance)
0:57
06. Melody B combining 4 notes
2:32
07. Melody B combining 4 notes (performance)
0:55
08. Rock City - bars 3&4
2:18
09. Rock City - bars 3&4 (performance)
0:58
10. Well done on the Rock section
0:17
01. Intro to the pop section and rests
1:14
02. Riff with rest on beat 3
3:36
03. Riff with rest on beat 3 (performance)
1:04
04. Riff using F note with rests
2:53
05. Riff using F note with rests (performance)
1:05
06. Melody using C note and rests
4:59
07. Melody using C note and rests (performance)
0:54
08. Summary of Pop part 1
0:55
01. What is a Fender Telecaster
1:05
02. Melody with a D note
3:51
03. Melody with a D note (performance)
1:10
04. Melody using whole notes
2:34
05. Melody using whole notes (performance)
0:57
06. Riff combining note values
2:32
07. Riff combining note values (performance)
1:03
08. Party People bars 13-16
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09. Party People bars 13-16 (performance)
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Lesson transcript
Music Lesson: Pop Section Overview
We've come to the last section of Pop. As I mentioned previously, we're going to be learning some cool songs in different styles at the end of the course.
Introduction to Party People
For now, we have a small section from the song Party People. This is a bit of a test in terms of rhythms. You should notice:
- There are no rests
- We have three different note values:
- Quarter notes
- Half notes
- Whole notes
Rhythm Breakdown
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Bars 1 and 3: Use quarter notes
- This means playing on the beat as we tap our foot.
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Bars 2 and 4: Incorporate half notes and finish with a whole note.
Note Changes
An additional challenge is that with the quarter notes, we're changing notes every time‚ we don't play the same note twice. This is important for our fingerings.
Fingering Instructions
- G: Play 3rd fret on the E string
- A: Follow with
- B: Use the 2nd finger
- D: Use the open string
So we can see that again:
- G: 3
- D: 0
- B: 2
- A: 0
Keeping our fingers in that position, in the next bar with our half notes:
- C to B: This is a semitone difference‚ just one fret apart.
- Use the 3rd finger for C and the 2nd finger for B.
Count: 1, 2, 1, 2.
Descending Line Practice
Now, a tricky descending line here. This might take the most practice. In this example, we're playing the open D string, then descending down on the A string.
What I mean by descending is that we're going down in pitch each time:
- C (3rd fret)
- B
- Open A
- Finally, finish on G (3rd fret on top) for a whole note, four beats.
These are the last two bars (3 and 4).
Let's Try It Together
I'll count out loud, and we'll go at a slightly slower tempo:
- Count: 1, 2, 3, 4.
- Repeat: 1, 2, 3, 4.
- Continue: 1, 2, 1, 2.
- Final count: 1, 2, 3, 4.
Play Along
Let's have some fun playing with the backing track! It gives you a taste of what it's like to play with the band and a preview of what we have coming up.
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Meet your guru
Meet your guru
Tommy Webb is a London-based guitarist who completed a BA(Hons) Degree in guitar at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, studying under Sandy Beales (One Direction, Wheatus) and Nicolas Meier (Jeff Beck). His own playing moves freely across rock, pop, indie, hip-hop, country and metal - the exact ground his guitar methods cover.
Tommy has worked with a wide range of artists and bands across the country, including Jarki Monno and Indira May, sharing stages and sessions with guitarists Paul Murray (Jess Glynne, Zak Abel) and Adam Chetwood (Paolo Nutini, Mark Ronson), and drummers Alex Woodward (Black Honey), Luke Robinson and “Bambi Music” (N-Dubz, Lethal Bizzle, Wretch 32, Tinie Tempah).
On stage, he has performed at the Jazz Cafe opening for soul singer Jocelyn Brown, plus venues and festivals including Ronnie Scott's, Troy Bar, The Watford Colosseum, Camden Assembly, Kensington Roof Gardens, Notting Hill Arts Club, Meraki Festival and Sundown Festival.
On record and radio, Tommy has played live sessions for BBC Three Counties Introducing, Vibe FM and Pulse 88, with tracks featured on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2. He has recorded at studios including South Lanes Brighton, Hempstead Road and Titan Studios with producers such as Steph Carter (Gallows, Lyoness) and TMS / Froe Barnes (Lewis Capaldi, Dua Lipa).
In his guitar methods, Tommy passes all of that working-musician know-how on to you - teaching the techniques, tones and feel behind real styles, from rock and pop to indie, hip-hop, country and metal, so you can play the music you actually love.
