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Day 117. Polishing CAGED shapes

My routines remain the same, I just repeated them all again to improve.

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

8 intervals

Songs

MGMT – Kids [Solo]

8th notes @ 180 bpm. Still failing to play it, decided to skip this one today.

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 – 4 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 – 8 intervals – 10 min

MGMT – Kids [Solo] – 8th notes – 180 bpm – 3 min

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

Total – 56 min

Day 116. Skipping scales

Today my playing of the single notes was not ok. So after trying a bit I decided to almost skip these parts of the routine.

1234 exercise

1234 on the 1-12 frets

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

8 intervals

Songs

MGMT – Kids [Solo]

16th notes @ 90 bpm. I tried to play it but didn’t feel like it so just skipped this one for today.

Routines

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

CAGED – Major chords – 60 bpm – 4 min
CAGED – Minor chords – 60 bpm – 3 min
CAGED – Major 7th chords – 60 bpm – 6 min
CAGED – 7th chords – 60 bpm – 5 min
CAGED – Minor 7th chords – 60 bpm – 9 min

Ear training – Intervals – 8 intervals – 12 min

MGMT – Kids [Solo] – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min

Strumming – All of Me in D – 120 bpm – 3 min
Strumming – Autumn Leaves in Gm – 70 bpm – 4 min

Total – 52 min

Day 114. Combining scales

Today I repeated yesterday’s practice but with combining major and minor scales into the single videos.

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

6 intervals. I had 5 beer so my ear is not in the best condition now.

Perfect pitch

3 notes. After 5 beer still.

Songs

MGMT – Kids [Solo]

8th notes @ 180 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 – 5 min
CAGED – Minor chords – 60 bpm – 5 min
CAGED – Major 7th chords – 60 bpm – 5 min
CAGED – 7th chords – 60 bpm – 5 min
CAGED – Minor 7th chords – 60 bpm – 11 min

Ear training – Intervals – 9 intervals – 13 min
Ear training – Perfect pitch – 3 notes – 7 min

MGMT – Kids [Solo] – 8th notes – 180 bpm – 7 min

Strumming – All of Me in D – 120 bpm – 3 min
Strumming – Autumn Leaves in Gm – 70 bpm – 4 min

Total – 80 min

Day 113. Everything at once

Today I practiced everything I’ve been playing before, trying to improve the speed or consistency. Also I added All of Me and Autumn Leaves in different keys. So the routines list is really HUGE.

1234 exercise

1234 on the 1-12 frets

16th notes @ 90 bpm

Scales

Major scales

E string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

A string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

D string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

G string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

Minor scales

E string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

A string

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

Figuring out the chords

120 bpm

Autumn Leaves in Gm

Figuring out the chords

70 bpm

Ear training

Intervals

9 intervals

Perfect pitch

3 notes

Songs

MGMT – Kids [Solo]

8th notes @ 170 bpm

8th notes @ 175 bpm

8th notes @ 180 bpm

Routines

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

Major scales – 1-12 frets – E string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 4 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – A string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – D string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – G string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – E string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – A string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min

CAGED – Major chords – 60 bpm – 8 min
CAGED – Minor chords – 60 bpm – 6 min
CAGED – Major 7th chords – 60 bpm – 10 min
CAGED – 7th chords – 60 bpm – 8 min
CAGED – Minor 7th chords – 60 bpm – 15 min

Ear training – Intervals – 9 intervals – 13 min
Ear training – Perfect pitch – 3 notes – 7 min

MGMT – Kids [Solo] – 8th notes – 170 bpm – 5 min
MGMT – Kids [Solo] – 8th notes – 175 bpm – 5 min
MGMT – Kids [Solo] – 8th notes – 180 bpm – 4 min

Strumming – All of Me in D – 4 min
Strumming – All of Me in D – 120 bpm – 4 min
Strumming – Autumn Leaves in Gm – 8 min
Strumming – Autumn Leaves in Gm – 70 bpm – 5 min

Total – 120 min

Day 112. Phenomenal practice

In order to finalize the week I played everything I could that was connected to my goals. The total practice time is crazy today.

1234 exercise

1234 on the 1-12 frets

16th notes @ 90 bpm

Scales

Major scales

E string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

A string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

D string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

G string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

Minor scales

E string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

A string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

CAGED system

Added Minor 7th chords today.

Major chords

60 bpm

Minor chords

60 bpm

Major 7th chords

60 bpm

7th chords

60 bpm

Minor 7th chords

60 bpm

Ear training

Intervals

10 intervals

Perfect pitch

3 notes

Songs

MGMT – Kids [Solo]

8th notes @ 160 bpm

8th notes @ 165 bpm

8th notes @ 170 bpm

Routines

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

Major scales – 1-12 frets – E string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 4 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – A string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – D string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – G string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – E string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – A string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min

CAGED – Major chords – 60 bpm – 11 min
CAGED – Minor chords – 60 bpm – 10 min
CAGED – Major 7th chords – 60 bpm – 14 min
CAGED – 7th chords – 60 bpm – 9 min
CAGED – Minor 7th chords – 60 bpm – 17 min

Ear training – Intervals – 9 intervals – 10 min
Ear training – Perfect pitch – 3 notes – 10 min

MGMT – Kids [Solo] – 8th notes – 160 bpm – 8 min
MGMT – Kids [Solo] – 8th notes – 165 bpm – 7 min
MGMT – Kids [Solo] – 8th notes – 170 bpm – 18 min

Total – 132 min

Day 111. Maybe… Perfect pitch?

Today… Well, actually, yesterday I started practicing perfect pitch exercise at tonedear.com. Today I decided to do it daily from now on. We’ll see how it goes. I added 7th chords shapes into CAGED practice and also decided to do a warm-up with 1234s from now on.

1234 exercise

1234 on the 1-12 frets

16th notes @ 90 bpm

Scales

Major scales

E string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

A string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

D string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

G string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

Minor scales

E string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

A string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

CAGED system

Added 7th chords today.

Major chords

60 bpm

Minor chords

60 bpm

Major 7th chords

60 bpm

7th chords

60 bpm

Ear training

Intervals

9 intervals

Perfect pitch

3 notes. It’s not that easy… Hopefully this skill will develop after some time put into practice.

Routines

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

Major scales – 1-12 frets – E string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 4 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – A string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – D string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – G string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – E string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – A string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min

CAGED – Major chords – 60 bpm – 6 min
CAGED – Minor chords – 60 bpm – 10 min
CAGED – Major 7th chords – 60 bpm – 11 min
CAGED – 7th chords – 60 bpm – 15 min

Ear training – Intervals – 9 intervals – 10 min
Ear training – Perfect pitch – 3 notes – 10 min

Total – 80 min

Day 110. Improving CAGED speed

Today I improved my major and minor chords placement for CAGED system and added major 7th chords to it. Also I started the perfect pitch practice at tonedear.com.

Scales

I’m not happy with today’s scales… Maybe I’m not awake enough or this speed is just too much for me, but I just can’t…

Major scales

E string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

A string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

D string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

G string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

Minor scales

E string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

A string

16th notes @ 90 bpm

CAGED system

Major 7th chords added today. Major and minor are much better now.

Major chords

60 bpm

Minor chords

60 bpm

Major 7th chords

60 bpm

Ear training

Intervals

10 intervals. Pretty good, but not the best result.

Perfect pitch

4 notes. I decided to practice not only the intervals but the notes recognition as well. Started with 3 notes I now got to the level with 4 of them.

Routines

Major scales – 1-12 frets – E string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 4 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – A string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – D string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – G string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – E string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – A string – 90 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min

CAGED – Major chords – 60 bpm – 10 min
CAGED – Minor chords – 60 bpm – 11 min
CAGED – Major 7th chords – 60 bpm – 23 min

Ear training – Intervals – 10 intervals – 10 min
Ear training – Perfect pitch – 4 notes – 10 min

Total – 78 min

Day 109. CAGED progress

Today I played some scales slightly faster than yesterday and added minor chords in CAGED practice.

Scales

Major scales

E string

16th notes @ 88 bpm

A string

16th notes @ 88 bpm

D string

16th notes @ 88 bpm

G string

16th notes @ 88 bpm

Minor scales

E string

16th notes @ 88 bpm

A string

16th notes @ 88 bpm

CAGED system

Today I added minor chords to the practice. These shapes are so hard to transition to… If took forever to play all that stuff semi-decently. Today I’ll continue with these shaped and also maybe add major 7th chords as well.

Major chords

60 bpm

Minor chords

60 bpm

Ear training

9 intervals

Routines

Major scales – 1-12 frets – E string – 88 bpm – 16th notes – 4 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – A string – 88 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – D string – 88 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – G string – 88 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – E string – 88 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – A string – 88 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min

CAGED – Major chords – 60 bpm – 21 min
CAGED – Minor chords – 60 bpm – 30 min

Ear training – Intervals – 9 intervals – 10 min

Total – 75 min

Day 107. New approach

Today I’ve practiced scales and started practicing CAGED system with the metronome.

Scales

Major scales

E string

16th notes @ 87 bpm

A string

16th notes @ 87 bpm

D string

16th notes @ 87 bpm

G string

16th notes @ 87 bpm

Minor scales

E string

16th notes @ 87 bpm

A string

16th notes @ 87 bpm

CAGED system

The metronome was set to 60 bpm and the trickiest transitions were from the E shape to the D shape. I tried playing them a lot hence the duration of the video and only major chords covered today.

Major chords

60 bpm

Ear training

8 intervals. My minimum at this point. Not happy with the results but it’s still ok.

Routines

Major scales – 1-12 frets – E string – 87 bpm – 16th notes – 4 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – A string – 87 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – D string – 87 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – G string – 87 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – E string – 87 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – A string – 87 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min

CAGED – Major chords – 60 bpm – 21 min

Ear training – Intervals – 8 intervals – 10 min

Total – 45 min

Day 106. No 1234s? ?

Today I finally haven’t been practicing 1234s 😀 I focused on scales instead, trying to play them more consistently. Also I’ve returned to CAGED practice.

Scales

I practiced scales for a longer periods of time in order to work more on the precision. Hopefully this approach will get me to the desirable result sooner.

Major scales

E string

16th notes @ 85 bpm

A string

16th notes @ 85 bpm

D string

16th notes @ 85 bpm

G string

16th notes @ 85 bpm

Minor scales

E string

16th notes @ 85 bpm

A string

16th notes @ 85 bpm

CAGED system

Major chords

Minor chords

Major 7th chords

7th chords

Minor 7th chords

Ear training

Got to the level with 9 intervals again. Still struggling with Minor 3rd and Major 2nd.

Songs

MGMT – Kids [Solo]

8th notes @ 160 bpm. It was not great, need to focus on it more in the coming days.

Routines

Major scales – 1-12 frets – E string – 85 bpm – 16th notes – 4 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – A string – 85 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – D string – 85 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Major scales – 1-12 frets – G string – 85 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – E string – 85 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – A string – 85 bpm – 16th notes – 2 min

CAGED – Major chords – 1 min
CAGED – Minor chords – 2 min
CAGED – Major 7th chords – 2 min
CAGED – 7th chords – 1 min
CAGED – Minor 7th chords – 2 min

Ear training – Intervals – 9 intervals – 10 min

MGMT – Kids [Solo] – 8th notes – 160 bpm – 16 min

Total – 48 min