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Day 128. All intervals, baby!

Today I’ve increased the speed for every routine and finally got to the level with all 14 intervals on ear training.

Scales

A mixolydian

16th notes @ 90 bpm

D major (A string)

16th notes @ 90 bpm

A major in 3rds

8th notes @ 100 bpm

A major in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 100 bpm

A major pentatonic

16th notes @ 90 bpm

A major pentatonic in 3rds and 4ths

8th notes @ 100 bpm

A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 100 bpm

A minor pentatonic

16th notes @ 90 bpm

A minor pentatonic in 3rds and 4ths

8th notes @ 100 bpm

A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 100 bpm

Ear training

7-14 intervals

Routines

Scales – A mixolydian – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min
Scales – D major (A string) – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min

Scales – A major in 3rds – 100 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major in 4 note pattern – 100 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Scales – A major pentatonic – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major pentatonic in 3rds and 4ths – 100 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 100 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Scales – A minor pentatonic – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 3rds and 4ths – 100 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 100 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Ear training – Intervals – 7-14 intervals – 15 min

Total – 45 min

Day 127. Working on dexterity

Continued working on these scales and ear training.

Scales

A mixolydian

16th notes @ 85 bpm

D major (A string)

16th notes @ 85 bpm

A major in 3rds

8th notes @ 90 bpm

A major in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 90 bpm

A major pentatonic

16th notes @ 85 bpm

A major pentatonic in 3rds

8th notes @ 90 bpm

A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 90 bpm

A minor pentatonic

16th notes @ 85 bpm

A minor pentatonic in 3rds

8th notes @ 90 bpm

A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 90 bpm

Ear training

7-13 intervals

Routines

Scales – A mixolydian – 85 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min
Scales – D major (A string) – 85 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min

Scales – A major in 3rds – 90 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major in 4 note pattern – 90 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Scales – A major pentatonic – 85 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major pentatonic in 3rds – 90 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 90 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Scales – A minor pentatonic – 85 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 3rds – 90 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 90 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Ear training – Intervals – 7-13 intervals – 15 min

Total – 45 min

Day 126. Intervals improved

Today I’ve just repeated yesterday practice.

Scales

A mixolydian

16th notes @ 80 bpm

D major (A string)

16th notes @ 80 bpm

A major in 3rds

8th notes @ 80 bpm

A major in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 80 bpm

A major pentatonic

16th notes @ 80 bpm

A major pentatonic in 3rds

8th notes @ 80 bpm

A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 80 bpm

A minor pentatonic

16th notes @ 80 bpm

A minor pentatonic in 3rds

8th notes @ 80 bpm

A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 80 bpm

Ear training

7-13 intervals. Managed to get through 12 intervals once again!

Routines

Scales – A mixolydian – 80 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Scales – D major (A string) – 80 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min

Scales – A major in 3rds – 80 bpm – 8th notes – 2 min
Scales – A major in 4 note pattern – 80 bpm – 8th notes – 2 min

Scales – A major pentatonic – 80 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Scales – A major pentatonic in 3rds – 80 bpm – 8th notes – 2 min
Scales – A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 80 bpm – 8th notes – 2 min

Scales – A minor pentatonic – 80 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 3rds – 80 bpm – 8th notes – 2 min
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 80 bpm – 8th notes – 2 min

Ear training – Intervals – 7-13 intervals – 15 min

Total – 35 min

Day 125. Ear struggling

Today I’ve just repeated everything from yesterday.

Scales

A mixolydian

16th notes @ 80 bpm

D major (A string)

16th notes @ 80 bpm

A major in 3rds

8th notes @ 80 bpm

A major in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 80 bpm

A major pentatonic

16th notes @ 80 bpm

A major pentatonic in 3rds

8th notes @ 80 bpm

A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 80 bpm

A minor pentatonic

16th notes @ 80 bpm

A minor pentatonic in 3rds

8th notes @ 80 bpm

A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 80 bpm

Ear training

7-12 intervals. I need to come up with examples for 6th and 7th in order to make some decent progress.

Routines

Scales – A mixolydian – 80 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min
Scales – D major (A string) – 80 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min

Scales – A major in 3rds – 80 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major in 4 note pattern – 80 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Scales – A major pentatonic – 80 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major pentatonic in 3rds – 80 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 80 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Scales – A minor pentatonic – 80 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 3rds – 80 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 80 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Ear training – Intervals – 7-12 intervals – 15 min

Total – 45 min

Day 124. Slightly faster

Today I’ve increased the speed of every scale practice routine and also started practicing ear training from seven intervals instead of three.

Scales

A mixolydian

16th notes @ 80 bpm

D major (A string)

16th notes @ 80 bpm

A major in 3rds

8th notes @ 80 bpm

A major in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 80 bpm

A major pentatonic

16th notes @ 80 bpm

A major pentatonic in 3rds

8th notes @ 80 bpm

A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 80 bpm

A minor pentatonic

16th notes @ 80 bpm

A minor pentatonic in 3rds

8th notes @ 80 bpm

A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 80 bpm

Ear training

7-11 intervals. The result is not that impressive, but I started from 7 intervals, so it was much harder to guess them right from the very beginning.

Routines

Scales – A mixolydian – 80 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min
Scales – D major (A string) – 80 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min

Scales – A major in 3rds – 80 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major in 4 note pattern – 80 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Scales – A major pentatonic – 80 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major pentatonic in 3rds – 80 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 80 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Scales – A minor pentatonic – 80 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 3rds – 80 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 80 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Ear training – Intervals – 7-11 intervals – 15 min

Total – 45 min

Day 123. Better and better

My ear is much better now. Tomorrow I’ll start to begin from more intervals. Other stuff is getting better as well. Tomorrow I’ll definitely increase the speed of practice in 3rds and in 4 note pattern.

Scales

A mixolydian

8th notes @ 150 bpm

D major (A string)

8th notes @ 150 bpm

A major in 3rds

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A major in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A major pentatonic

8th notes @ 150 bpm

A major pentatonic in 3rds

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A minor pentatonic

8th notes @ 150 bpm

A minor pentatonic in 3rds

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 70 bpm

Ear training

3-12 intervals

Routines

Scales – A mixolydian – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – D major (A string) – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Scales – A major in 3rds – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major in 4 note pattern – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Scales – A major pentatonic – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major pentatonic in 3rds – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Scales – A minor pentatonic – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 3rds – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Ear training – Intervals – 3-12 intervals – 15 min

Total – 45 min

Day 122. Getting used to the shapes

These scales shapes and patterns are getting more comfortable to play. I think I’m gonna increase the speed in the next few days.

Scales

A mixolydian

8th notes @ 150 bpm

D major (A string)

8th notes @ 150 bpm

A major in 3rds

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A major in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A major pentatonic

8th notes @ 150 bpm

A major pentatonic in 3rds

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A minor pentatonic

8th notes @ 150 bpm

A minor pentatonic in 3rds

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 70 bpm

Ear training

3-12 intervals

Routines

Scales – A mixolydian – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – D major (A string) – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Scales – A major in 3rds – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major in 4 note pattern – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Scales – A major pentatonic – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major pentatonic in 3rds – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Scales – A minor pentatonic – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 3rds – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Ear training – Intervals – 3-12 intervals – 15 min

Total – 45 min

Day 121. Scales, scales, scales

Just have been practicing all the new way of playing scales.

Scales

A mixolydian

8th notes @ 150 bpm

D major (A string)

8th notes @ 150 bpm

A major in 3rds

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A major in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A major pentatonic

8th notes @ 150 bpm

A major pentatonic in 3rds

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A minor pentatonic

8th notes @ 150 bpm

A minor pentatonic in 3rds

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 70 bpm

Ear training

3-13 intervals. Wow! That’s unexpected 😀 Thought 12 intervals would be the final level. I haven’t got a chance to guess the Minor 9th so it’s not in the results, but still wow!

Routines

Scales – A mixolydian – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 4 min
Scales – D major (A string) – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 5 min

Scales – A major in 3rds – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 5 min
Scales – A major in 4 note pattern – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 4 min

Scales – A major pentatonic – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 5 min
Scales – A major pentatonic in 3rds – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 4 min

Scales – A minor pentatonic – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 3rds – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Ear training – Intervals – 3-13 intervals – 15 min

Total – 54 min

Day 120. New horizons

Today I started practicing all this new scales stuff. Mixolydian shape, scales in 3rds and in 4 note pattern… It was fun and I still have some time to play something less technical ?

Scales

A mixolydian

8th notes @ 150 bpm

D major (A string)

8th notes @ 150 bpm

A major in 3rds

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A major in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A major pentatonic

8th notes @ 150 bpm

A major pentatonic in 3rds

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A minor pentatonic

8th notes @ 150 bpm

A minor pentatonic in 3rds

8th notes @ 70 bpm

A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern

8th notes @ 70 bpm

Ear training

3-11 intervals. Finally looked up a Minor 3rd reference and the result is much better now.

Songs

MGMT – Kids [Solo] – My version

118 bpm. I changed two wrong notes and played 4th bar as triplets.

Here’s the video with the sound from Garage Band.

Routines

Scales – A mixolydian – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – D major (A string) – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 4 min

Scales – A major in 3rds – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 6 min
Scales – A major in 4 note pattern – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 4 min

Scales – A major pentatonic – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 4 min
Scales – A major pentatonic in 3rds – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 5 min
Scales – A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 5 min

Scales – A minor pentatonic – 150 bpm – 8th notes – 4 min
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 3rds – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 70 bpm – 8th notes – 3 min

Ear training – Intervals – 3-11 intervals – 15 min

MGMT – Kids [Solo] – My version – 118 bpm – 5 min

Total – 61 min

Day 119. Solo consistency

Today I repeated every routine from the previous day and have been working on the consistency of my Kids solo version in order to get closer to the recording day.

1234 exercise

1234 on the 1-12 frets

16th notes @ 90 bpm

Scales

Major scales

16th notes @ 90 bpm

Minor scales

16th notes @ 90 bpm

CAGED system

Major chords

60 bpm

Minor chords

60 bpm

Major 7th chords

60 bpm

7th chords

60 bpm

Minor 7th chords

60 bpm

Strumming

Module 19 pattern

All of Me in D

120 bpm

Autumn Leaves in Gm

70 bpm

Ear training

Intervals

9 intervals

Songs

MGMT – Kids [Solo] – My version

118 bpm

Routines

1234 – 1-12 frets – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 4 min

Major scales – 1-12 frets – EADG strings – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 8 min
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – EA strings – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 3 min

CAGED – Major chords – 60 bpm – 3 min
CAGED – Minor chords – 60 bpm – 4 min
CAGED – Major 7th chords – 60 bpm – 4 min
CAGED – 7th chords – 60 bpm – 4 min
CAGED – Minor 7th chords – 60 bpm – 6 min

Ear training – Intervals – 9 intervals – 10 min

MGMT – Kids [Solo] – My version – 118 bpm – 11 min

Strumming – All of Me in D – 120 bpm – 2 min
Strumming – Autumn Leaves in Gm – 70 bpm – 4 min

Total – 63 min