Today I finally got my time to practice decently and spent a few hours playing. I’ve been working on my endurance with barre chords and substitutes and finding all chords shapes across the neck. Also I increased the speed of 1234s.
1234 exercise
Today I’ve got to the goal speed and these combinations are not very hard to play at it.
3241 on the 5th fret
8th notes @ 150 bpm
3412 on the 5th fret
8th notes @ 150 bpm
3421 on the 5th fret
8th notes @ 150 bpm
Scales
Major scales
8th notes @ 160 bpm
Minor scales
8th notes @ 160 bpm
Strumming
Module 15 pattern
1 5 6 4 chords
120 bpm
1 5 6 4 substitutes
120 bpm
6 4 1 5 chords
120 bpm
6 4 1 5 substitutes
120 bpm
Songs
Today I remembered the song Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) by Green Day and tried to relearn and play it. It went pretty well, and I recorded the first part of it.
Summary
Today I started implementing Module 16 in my practice. And the first thing I wanted to do was figuring out all the major chords shapes across the neck. It seems that there are not so much of them, and they are simply the open chords shapes. I’ll ask about it in my weekly report to clarify this but I’m pretty sure about it.
Routines
3241 – 5th fret – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
3412 – 5th fret – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
3421 – 5th fret – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – EADG strings – 160 bpm – 8th notes
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – EA strings – 160 bpm – 8th notes
Strumming – Module 15 – 1 5 6 4 chords – 120 bpm – 3 min
Strumming – Module 15 – 1 5 6 4 substitutes – 120 bpm – 3 min
Strumming – Module 15 – 6 4 1 5 chords – 120 bpm – 3 min
Strumming – Module 15 – 6 4 1 5 substitutes – 120 bpm – 3 min