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    This document provides a lesson plan for teaching students how to properly hold a guitar pick. The lesson involves demonstrating the correct grip, distributing picks for students to practice with, and having them strum chords while providing feedback to refine their technique. The goal is for students to feel comfortable holding a pick so they can begin using it to play guitar.

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    This document provides a lesson plan for teaching students how to properly hold a guitar pick. The lesson involves demonstrating the correct grip, distributing picks for students to practice with, and having them strum chords while providing feedback to refine their technique. The goal is for students to feel comfortable holding a pick so they can begin using it to play guitar.

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    Music as a Second Language & The Modern Band Movement – Little Kids Rock Teacher Manual v 3.

    LESSON PLAN: Holding a Pick


    Objective:
    Students will be able to hold a pick comfortably and begin using it to play guitar.

    Resources:
    Picks

    Procedures:

    ❶ Show students the way you place a pick on your index finger, with the
    point of the pick pointing toward the tip of your finger. (Figure A) Show
    how you gently clamp the thumb down on top of the index finger,
    pinching the pick between your index finger and thumb. (Figure B)

    ❷ Notice if you are holding the pick correctly that your thumb looks a little
    GUITAR

    bit like a chicken with the pick being it’s beak. You can draw an eye on
    your thumbnail to make this silly point with younger children. (Figure C)

    ❸ Pass out a bunch of thin picks to the students. They should be easy for
    you to bend, and if they don’t say “thin” on them, use .50 millimeter or Fig. A
    thinner. Thinner picks are easier to use in the beginning because they
    are more flexible and won’t get dropped as often. Many guitar teachers
    recommend Dunlop “Tortex” picks for beginners because of their texture
    making them easier to hold onto.

    ❹ Ask students to once again watch the way you place the pick onto your
    index finger and then clamp it down with the thumb. Ask them to do
    the same, switching back and forth between you modeling this for
    them and having them do it. After a couple of tries, ask who in the class
    understands it so that they can demonstrate for the others. Have the
    students who get it help the ones who don’t. With a team effort like this Fig. B
    you’ll have everyone holding a pick successfully in no time. The other
    fingers should feel loose and relaxed, like they’re just dangling off of the
    fingers holding the pick.

    ❺ Once the pick grip looks secure, ask students to strum a chord you’re
    working on. Have them play all down strokes in 4 steady beats over and
    over. You’ll need to stop periodically to allow students to re-adjust their
    picks. Soon they’ll be able to play for longer stretches of time without
    adjusting. Try integrating strum patterns that involve up strokes as well.
    This may be a good warm up to use for several days before using a pick
    to play a song, depending on the age and ability of your students. Keep
    reminding students that the strumming hand holding the pick should
    feel loose, relaxed, and free as it moves up and down. Fig. C

    National Core Arts Standards (Music):


    Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work
    for presentation. Example: Harmonizing Instruments MU:Pr5.1.H
    Rehearse, Evaluate, and Refine. Common Core Correlation: CCSS.
    ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.2 Integrate and evaluate information
    presented in diverse media and formats, including visually,
    quantitatively, and orally.

    68 For More Information Please Visit www.littlekidsrock.org

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