Week 21. Summary

Another week has passed, wow. This week I kinda went through three modules (23-25). Well, Module 25 is not really a module, so two, actually 🙂

I have an experience in playing and singing at the same time, so Module 23 was not an issue for me and I basically just recorded one of the songs to show what I can do.

Module 24 was fun, but honestly I half-assed id, ’cause I’m not a big fan of the acoustic stuff and really want to get to the more interesting parts of the course. So I tried all the techniques and managed to apply them semi-decently to the melody Brandon recorded.

Next week – the fun stuff 😀

The goals for this week were:

  • Hey Jude chords, singing and melody at the original speed
  • Two more songs from the list playing and singing

My goals for the next week:

  • Module 26 routines

Practice time

Day 141 – 55 min
Day 142 – 148 min
Day 143 – 85 min
Day 144 – 64 min
Day 145 – 15 min
Day 146 – 38 min
Day 147 – 40 min
Total – 7 h 25 min

Strumming

Module 24 – Chords
Module 24 – Arpeggios
Module 24 – Palm muting
Module 24 – Muted strumming
Module 24 – Adding notes
Module 24 – Different voicings
Module 24 – Root connection – 120 bpm

Songs

Lazlo Bane – Superman
DREAMERS – Sweet Disaster
Set It Off – Catch Me If You Can

Ear training

Intervals – 14 intervals – 130 of 140 – 92.86%

Day 144. Playing riffs

Today I repeated all routines from yesterday and also managed to play Sweet Disaster and Catch Me If You Can over the original songs.

Practice time – 64 min

Strumming

Module 24 pattern

Chords

Arpeggios

Palm muting

Muted strumming

Adding notes

Different voicings

Root connection

120 bpm

Songs

Set It Off – Catch Me If You Can

DREAMS – Sweet Disaster

Ear training

14 intervals

Day 143. Sweet Disaster

Today I started learning Sweet Disaster by DREAMERS and continued accompanying the melody. Also I set up a new record for ear training this time which I’m really glad of.

Practice time85 min

Strumming

Module 24 pattern

Chords

Arpeggios

Palm muting

Muted strumming

Adding notes

Different voicings

Root connection

100 bpm

120 bpm

Songs

Set It Off – Catch Me If You Can

100 bpm

DREAMS – Sweet Disaster

60 bpm

70 bpm

80 bpm

87 bpm

Ear training

14 intervals

Day 142. Catch Me If You Can

Today I started practicing melody accompanization and learnt the riff from Catch Me If You Can by Set It Off.

Practice time – 148 min

Strumming

Module 24 pattern

Chords

Arpeggios

Palm muting

Muted strumming

Adding notes

Different voicings

Root connection

100 bpm

Songs

Set It Off – Catch Me If You Can

80 bpm

Ear training

14 intervals

Day 141. I’m no Superman

Today I kinda finished Module 23, because I really know how to play and sing at the same time. Also I’m not a fan of Hey Jude and Beatles at all, so I decided to play a song I know and like better – Superman by Lazlo Bane.

After recording the song I watched through Module 24, so tomorrow I’ll start its routines.

In the ear training I now practice 140 intervals per day in order to get 10 of each. Somehow the distribution is not completely uniform so I got one interval with 9 tries and one with 11.

Also I decided to count practice time not by the video length, because some things like pre-practice remains off-camera and I need to count the time I spend doing it as well.

Practice time55 min

Songs

Lazlo Bane – Superman

81 bpm

Ear training

14 intervals