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Week 19. Summary

I have a plane in 10 hours, so this summary will be short 🙂

The goals I set myself this week were quite over reasonable, so in order to reach them I had to increase the speed by 10 bpm daily while playing as 8th notes. So it was pretty tough and the result at final speed is not very clean. But I managed to film some pretty decent attempts on camera, so the goals are now complete.

I won’t have any guitar on a vacation so I’ll continue ear training and start practicing 6 levels of rhythm from the Module 22. I really hope that the Internet will be there and I’ll be able to post something for the next week. Don’t wanna fail the challenge because of this vacation.

Anyway, here’s the short video with this week results.

The goals for this week were:

  • [Done] Mixolydian scales as 16th notes at 90 bpm
  • [Done] Major scales (A string) as 16th notes at 90 bpm
  • [Done] Major scales in 3rds as 16th notes at 75 bpm
  • [Done] Major scales in 4 note pattern as 16th notes at 75 bpm
  • [Done] Major pentatonic scales as 16th notes at 90 bpm
  • [Done] Major pentatonic scales in 3rds as 16th notes at 75 bpm
  • [Done] Major pentatonic scales in 4 note pattern as 16th notes at 75 bpm
  • [Done] Minor pentatonic scales as 16th notes at 90 bpm
  • [Done] Minor pentatonic scales in 3rds as 16th notes at 75 bpm
  • [Done] Minor pentatonic scales in 4 note pattern as 16th notes at 75 bpm

My goals for the next week:

  • 6 levels of rhythm at 120 bpm
  • Daily ear training starting from all intervals

Practice time

Day 127 – 45 min
Day 128 – 45 min
Day 129 – 45 min
Day 130 – 45 min
Day 131 – 45 min
Day 132 – 45 min
Day 133 – 45 min
Total – 5 h 15 min

Scales

Scales – A mixolydian – 16th notes @ 80 bpm → 16th notes @ 90 bpm
Scales – D major (A string) – 16th notes @ 80 bpm → 16th notes @ 90 bpm

Scales – A major in 3rds – 8th notes @ 80 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm
Scales – A major in 4 note pattern – 8th notes @ 80 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm

Scales – A major pentatonic – 16th notes @ 80 bpm → 16th notes @ 90 bpm
Scales – A major pentatonic in 3rds and 4ths – 8th notes @ 80 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm
Scales – A major pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 8th notes @ 80 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm

Scales – A minor pentatonic – 16th notes @ 80 bpm → 16th notes @ 90 bpm
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 3rds and 4ths – 8th notes @ 80 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm
Scales – A minor pentatonic in 4 note pattern – 8th notes @ 80 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm

Ear training

Intervals – 7-14 intervals – 270 of 300 – 90.00%
Minor 2nd, Major 2nd, Minor 3rd, Major 3rd, Perfect 4th, Tritone, Perfect 5th, Minor 6th, Major 6th, Minor 7th, Major 7th, Octave, Minor 9th, Major 9th

Week 18. Summary

This week was all about scales and ways of practicing them. There’s not much to say, I’ll better just show the results.

Ear training is much better, I’m not struggling with Minor 3rds anymore, now the issue is with 6ths, 7ths and 9ths. Need to come up with some examples I’m used to, because I’m not familiar with the PDF ones.

The next week I’ll work on dexterity for these scales and patterns. It might be quite confusing in the beginning but hopefully I’ll manage to fulfill my goals.

Anyway, here’s the video.

The goals for this week were:

  • [Done] Mixolydian scales as 8th notes at 150 bpm
  • [Done] Major scales with root on the A string as 8th notes at 150 bpm
  • [Done] Major pentatonic scales as 8th notes at 150 bpm
  • [Done] Minor pentatonic scales as 8th notes at 150 bpm
  • [Done] Major scales with root on the E string in 3rds as 8th notes at 70 bpm
  • [Done] Major pentatonic scales with root on the E string in 3rds as 8th notes at 70 bpm
  • [Done] Minor pentatonic scales with root on the E string in 3rds as 8th notes at 70 bpm
  • [Done] Major scales with root on the E string in 4 note pattern as 8th notes at 70 bpm
  • [Done] Major pentatonic scales with root on the E string in 4 note pattern as 8th notes at 70 bpm
  • [Done] Minor pentatonic scales with root on the E string in 4 note pattern as 8th notes at 70 bpm

My goals for the next week:

  • Mixolydian scales as 16th notes at 90 bpm
  • Major scales (A string) as 16th notes at 90 bpm
  • Major scales in 3rds as 16th notes at 75 bpm
  • Major scales in 4 note pattern as 16th notes at 75 bpm
  • Major pentatonic scales as 16th notes at 90 bpm
  • Major pentatonic scales in 3rds as 16th notes at 75 bpm
  • Major pentatonic scales in 4 note pattern as 16th notes at 75 bpm
  • Minor pentatonic scales as 16th notes at 90 bpm
  • Minor pentatonic scales in 3rds as 16th notes at 75 bpm
  • Minor pentatonic scales in 4 note pattern as 16th notes at 75 bpm

Practice time

Day 120 – 61 min
Day 121 – 54 min
Day 122 – 45 min
Day 123 – 45 min
Day 124 – 45 min
Day 125 – 45 min
Day 126 – 35 min
Total – 5 h 30 min

Scales

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

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

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

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

Ear training

Intervals – 7-13 intervals – 269 of 300 – 89.67%
Minor 2nd, Major 2nd, Minor 3rd, Major 3rd, Perfect 4th, Tritone, Perfect 5th, Minor 6th, Major 6th, Minor 7th, Major 7th, Octave, Minor 9th

Week 17. Summary

Hello there! Another week has passed. I finally finished Module 19 routines, which is great, and watched Modules 20-21. Whew, there’ll be a lot of scales next week ?

Anyway, briefly on all the goals for this week:

CAGED system shapes are MUCH more comfortable to play now, I’m switching all of them without any struggle. The only one that is not doing well is Gm7 shape as an open chord. But as I understood there’s nothing in the world that would force anyone to play this voicing instead of barre shape on the 3rd fret. So I’m not worried about it.

All of Me and Autumn Leaves were fun to play in the different keys. This time I’ve been playing them on the acoustic to add some challenge. And yep, these chords are quite easy for me to play now.

Kids solo was at the same time pretty decent and not great this week. At the very first day of the week I managed to play it not at 175 bpm but at 180 bpm as well pretty clean. But then I just couldn’t repeat that even once. So I decided to finally drop it and come up with something else instead. In the video there is a solo which I composed over the original chord progression. I’m note sure if all the notes are correct, but I think there are no dissonant ones. Correct me if I’m wrong ?

I’m excited to start practicing something new. These scales in 3rds or in 4 note pattern look pretty tricky to play, and I’m really looking forward to try playing them.

See you next week, guitar chefs!

The goals for this week were:

  • [Done] CAGED shapes at 60 bpm with clean sound
  • [Done] All of Me in D at 120 bpm
  • [Done] Autumn Leaves in Gm at 70 bpm
  • [Done] Kids by MGMT solo at 175 bpm consistently

My goals for the next week:

  • Mixolydian scales as 8th notes at 150 bpm
  • Major scales with root on the A string as 8th notes at 150 bpm
  • Major pentatonic scales as 8th notes at 150 bpm
  • Minor pentatonic scales as 8th notes at 150 bpm
  • Major scales with root on the E string in 3rds as 8th notes at 70 bpm
  • Major pentatonic scales with root on the E string in 3rds as 8th notes at 70 bpm
  • Minor pentatonic scales with root on the E string in 3rds as 8th notes at 70 bpm
  • Major scales with root on the E string in 4 note pattern as 8th notes at 70 bpm
  • Major pentatonic scales with root on the E string in 4 note pattern as 8th notes at 70 bpm
  • Minor pentatonic scales with root on the E string in 4 note pattern as 8th notes at 70 bpm

Practice time

Day 113 – 120 min
Day 114 – 80 min
Day 115 – 20 min
Day 116 – 52 min
Day 117 – 56 min
Day 118 – 59 min
Day 119 – 63 min
Total – 7 h 30 min

1234 exercise

1234 on the 1-12 frets – 16th notes @ 90 bpm

Scales

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

CAGED system

CAGED – Major chords – 60 bpm
CAGED – Minor chords – 60 bpm
CAGED – Major 7th chords – 60 bpm
CAGED – 7th chords – 60 bpm
CAGED – Minor 7th chords – 60 bpm

Strumming

All of Me in D – 120 bpm
Autumn Leaves in Gm – 70 bpm

Ear training

Intervals – 3-10 intervals – 272 of 300 – 90.67%
Minor 2nd, Major 2nd, Minor 3rd, Major 3rd, Perfect 4th, Tritone, Perfect 5th, Minor 6th, Major 6th, Octave

Songs

MGMT – Kids [Solo] – 8th notes @ 170 bpm → 8th notes @ 180 bpm
MGMT – Kids [Solo] – My version – 118 bpm

Week 16. Summary

So, where should I start… What a crazy week! I decided to count how much time I’ve spent practicing and the result for this week is really mind blowing – 7 h 48 min ?

It’s a great pace and hopefully I’ll be able to maintain this excitement and desire to practice in the future. I’m still not done with the Module 19 routines though, which is even more surprising. Maybe I’m overdoing these exercises, by I want to play everything I need to decent before proceeding further.

Anyway, the scales are not much better, but still better, I think. Almost the whole week I sucked at them at this speed but suddenly today I’ve just felt that it’s the day for some dexterity and managed to record some decent attempts.

The CAGED goal transformed the very first day. I started using the metronome to control how fast can I make chord transitions. I’ve started with major chords at 60 bpm and then been adding other types of chords every day. So the goal became to play all of them for C, A, G, E, D chords at 60 bpm. Unfortunately I got to Minor 7th chords just today so I switched them every other beat instead of every one. But I’ll fix this the next week.

At the beginning of the week I was really upset about my Kids solo progress. I couldn’t beat the 160 bpm wall no matter how hard I tried. So I dropped this routine and told my friend that we’re gonna improvise in this part instead or play something else. But today I felt that I could give it a second chance and managed to play in at 165 bpm quite easily. Then I switched to 170 bpm and there were quite a few successful attempt so I’ll count it as an achieved goal and will continue to increase the speed in the following weeks.

Also I returned to 1234 combination and use it as a warm-up before anything else.

Next week I really want to finish Module 19 routines and finally proceed to the next module. The fun stuff is awaiting me in the following modules so I really want to get there as soon as possible. I really haven’t played almost anything but the routines to prioritize the course, but this module appeared to be quite heavy on exercises ?

The goals for this week were:

  • [Done] Scales as 16th notes at 90 bpm consistently
  • [Done] Kids by MGMT solo at 170 bpm consistently
  • [Done] CAGED shapes for each kind of chords in less than 1:20

My goals for the next week:

  • CAGED shapes at 60 bpm with clean sound
  • All of Me in D at 120 bpm
  • Autumn Leaves in Gm at 70 bpm
  • Kids by MGMT solo at 175 bpm consistently

Practice time

Day 106 – 48 min
Day 107 – 45 min
Day 108 – 10 min
Day 109 – 75 min
Day 110 – 78 min
Day 111 – 80 min
Day 112 – 132 min
Total – 7 h 48 min

1234 exercise

1234 on the 1-12 frets – 16th notes @ 90 bpm

Scales

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

CAGED system

CAGED – Major chords – 60 bpm
CAGED – Minor chords – 60 bpm
CAGED – Major 7th chords – 60 bpm
CAGED – 7th chords – 60 bpm
CAGED – Minor 7th chords – 60 bpm (half pace)

Ear training

Intervals – 3-11 intervals – 275 of 300 – 91.67%
Minor 2nd, Major 2nd, Minor 3rd, Major 3rd, Perfect 4th, Tritone, Perfect 5th, Minor 6th, Major 6th, Minor 7th, Octave

Perfect pitch – 3-4 notes – 229 of 300 – 76.33%
A, C, D, E

Songs

MGMT – Kids [Solo] – 8th notes @ 160 bpm → 8th notes @ 170 bpm

Week 15. Summary

This week was kinda relaxed due to the holidays, so the main achievement is that I finally get through all the 1234 combinations and will now leave this exercise for a while 🙂

Also, one of the main things this week was to use that technique Brandon told me to use – holding the pinky on the guitar body under the strings. I’m not completely used to it and there are some questions on it in today’s video.

Anyway, have a great week everyone!

The goals for this week were:

  • [Done] 4123, 4132, 4213, 4231, 4312, 4321 as 8th notes at 150 bpm across the neck
  • [Done] Practice ear training at tonedear.com daily
  • [Done] Kids by MGMT solo at 160 bpm consistently
  • CAGED shapes for each kind of chords in less than 1:20

My goals for the next week:

  • Scales as 16th notes at 90 bpm consistently
  • Kids by MGMT solo at 170 bpm consistently
  • CAGED shapes for each kind of chords in less than 1:20

1234 exercise

4123 – 8th notes @ 150 bpm (on the 5th fret → on the 1-12 frets)
4132 – 8th notes @ 150 bpm (on the 5th fret → on the 1-12 frets)
4213 – 8th notes @ 150 bpm (on the 5th fret → on the 1-12 frets)
4231 – 8th notes @ 150 bpm (on the 5th fret → on the 1-12 frets)
4312 – 8th notes @ 150 bpm (on the 5th fret → on the 1-12 frets)
4321 – 8th notes @ 150 bpm (on the 5th fret → on the 1-12 frets)

Scales

Major scales – 1-12 frets – EADG strings – 16th notes @ 90 bpm → 16th notes @ 80 bpm (more consistent)
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – EA strings – 16th notes @ 90 bpm → 16th notes @ 80 bpm (more consistent)

Ear training

Intervals – 268 of 300 – 89.33% → 275 of 300 – 91.67%
Minor 2nd, Major 2nd, Minor 3rd, Major 3rd, Perfect 4th, Tritone, Perfect 5th, Minor 6th, Major 6th, Octave

Songs

MGMT – Kids [Solo] – 8th notes @ 150 bpm → 8th notes @ 160 bpm

Week 14. Summary

This week I started to learn and apply CAGED system. It’s really cool how many voicings of the same chords exist. I’ve been playing C A G E D chords in every position with every shape and doing it for Major, Minor, Major 7th, 7th, Minor 7th chords. In the PDFs and the lesson itself there were no 7th chords shapes for CAGED system. Is there any reason for that? Anyway I figured them out myself and have been playing them as part of this routine as well.

Above that the common routines continued. 1234s are preserved as always and I’m getting closer to my ultimate goal: next week I’ll play the 4*** combinations as 8th notes at 150 bpm across the fretboard and it will conclude my long journey of playing each of 24 combinations that way. I have some ideas how to improve this exercise even more after that, but I’ll tell about it the next week.

I’ve been practicing scales as well, but I’m not better at playing them at all, so next week I’ll decrease the speed and try to increase it bpm by bpm. This leap of 10 bpm at once (or 5 bpm if we’re talking about 16th notes) seems to be crucial and too hard, so I need a step back. No scales videos in the summary this time 🙂

Merry Christmas everyone and a Happy New Year!

The goals for this week were:

  • [Done] 4231, 4312, 4321 as 8th notes at 150 bpm on the 5th fret
  • Practice ear training at tonedear.com daily
  • Kids by MGMT solo at 170 bpm consistently
  • [Done] Implement Modules 19-20 routines

My goals for the next week:

  • 4123, 4132, 4213, 4231, 4312, 4321 as 8th notes at 150 bpm across the neck
  • Practice ear training at tonedear.com daily
  • Kids by MGMT solo at 160 bpm consistently
  • CAGED shapes for each kind of chords in less than 1:20

1234 exercise

4231 on the 5th fret – 8th notes @ 120 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm
4312 on the 5th fret – 8th notes @ 120 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm
4321 on the 5th fret – 8th notes @ 120 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm

Scales

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

CAGED system

CAGED – Major chords – 1:34
CAGED – Minor chords – 1:39
CAGED – Major 7th chords – 2:05
CAGED – 7th chords – 1:41
CAGED – Minor 7th chords – 1:35

Ear training

Intervals – 175 of 200 – 87.50% → 268 of 300 – 89.33%
Minor 2nd, Major 2nd, Minor 3rd, Major 3rd, Perfect 4th, Tritone, Perfect 5th, Minor 6th, Octave

Songs

MGMT – Kids [Solo] – 8th notes @ 160 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm (more consistent)

Week 13. Summary

This week was kinda relaxed on practice. I mean, I still practiced daily, but All of Me and Autumn Leaves are not that hard and are fun to play. So to spice it up a bit I concentrated mostly on the Kids by MGMT solo.

Originally it’s played as 16th notes at 123 bpm. Last week I just learned the solo and played it as 8th notes at 123 bpm, recording every bar separately 😀 By the end of the week I managed to get to the speed of 8th notes at 160 bpm. It’s not consistent at all – I’ve been recording myself daily for 20-30 minutes and from that footage I only get 2-3 successful attempts. So I’m gonna change the approach and practice each part separately, increasing the speed. Then I’m gonna connect them all. Hopefully, this will help me progress faster.

Anyway, here’s the video. There are no questions this week, and also I tried to organize it differently for it to be shorter 🙂

The goals for this week were:

  • [Done] 4123, 4132, 4213 as 8th notes at 150 bpm on the 5th fret
  • [Done] Get to the level with 7 intervals on ear training at tonedear.com 3 times
  • [Done] All of Me consistently at 150 bpm (both open and barre chords versions)
  • [Done] Autumn Leaves at 120 bpm

My goals for the next week:

  • 4231, 4312, 4321 as 8th notes at 150 bpm on the 5th fret
  • Practice ear training at tonedear.com daily
  • Kids by MGMT solo at 170 bpm consistently
  • Implement Modules 19-20 routines

1234 exercise

4123 on the 5th fret – 8th notes @ 120 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm
4132 on the 5th fret – 8th notes @ 120 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm
4213 on the 5th fret – 8th notes @ 120 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm

Scales

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

Strumming

Module 17 pattern [All of Me] – 120 bpm
Module 18 pattern [Autumn Leaves] – 70 bpm

Ear training

Intervals – 243 of 300 – 81.00% → 175 of 200 – 87.50%
Minor 2nd, Major 2nd, Minor 3rd, Major 3rd, Perfect 4th, Tritone Perfect 5th, Octave

Songs

MGMT – Kids [Solo] – 8th notes @ 123 bpm → 8th notes @ 160 bpm

Week 12. Summary

This week was quite successful. I got another six combinations of 1234 to the point of playing them as 8th notes at 150 bpm across the neck, increased my endurance in strumming with barre chords and substitutes, learned and played All of Me, watched Module 18 and started learning the solo of Kids by MGMT in order to make a cover of it with my friend.

So here is the video.

The goals for this week were:

  • [Done] 3124, 3142, 3214, 3241, 3412, 3421 as 8th notes at 150 bpm across the neck
  • Get to the level with 7 intervals on ear training at tonedear.com 5 times
  • [Done] All of Me consistently at 140 bpm (both open and barre chords versions)

My goals for the next week:

  • 4123, 4132, 4213 as 8th notes at 150 bpm on the 5th fret
  • Get to the level with 7 intervals on ear training at tonedear.com 3 times
  • All of Me consistently at 150 bpm (both open and barre chords versions)
  • Autumn Leaves at 120 bpm

1234 exercise

3124 – 8th notes @ 150 bpm (on the 5th fret → on the 1-12 frets)
3142 – 8th notes @ 150 bpm (on the 5th fret → on the 1-12 frets)
3214 – 8th notes @ 150 bpm (on the 5th fret → on the 1-12 frets)
3241 – 8th notes @ 150 bpm (on the 5th fret → on the 1-12 frets)
3412 – 8th notes @ 150 bpm (on the 5th fret → on the 1-12 frets)
3421 – 8th notes @ 150 bpm (on the 5th fret → on the 1-12 frets)

Scales

Major scales – 1-12 frets – EADG strings – 8th notes @ 170 bpm → 16th notes @ 90 bpm
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – EA strings – 8th notes @ 170 bpm → 16th notes @ 90 bpm

Strumming

Module 15 pattern – 140 bpm → 150 bpm
Module 17 pattern [All of Me] – 100 bpm → 150 bpm

Ear training

Intervals – 286 of 350 – 81.71% → 243 of 300 – 81.00%
Minor 2nd, Major 2nd, Minor 3rd, Major 3rd, Perfect 5th, Octave

Week 11. Summary

This week I mostly concentrated on strumming exercises in order to complete Modules 15-16. Also I got the next three 1234 combinations to 8th notes at 150 bpm.

I’m not feeling very good now and have a running nose, so I just want to upload my summary and finalize this week.

But I’ve still recorded a video though 🙂

The goals for this week were:

  • [Done] 3241, 3412, 3421 as 8th notes at 150 bpm on the 5th fret
  • Get to the level with 8 intervals on ear training at tonedear.com 3 times
  • [Done] Implement Modules 15-16 routines
  • Implement left hand fingers movement reducing routine

My goals for the next week:

  • 3124, 3142, 3214, 3241, 3412, 3421 as 8th notes at 150 bpm across the neck
  • Get to the level with 7 intervals on ear training at tonedear.com 5 times
  • All of Me consistently at 140 bpm (both open and barre chords versions)

1234 exercise

3241 on the 5th fret – 8th notes @ 120 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm
3412 on the 5th fret – 8th notes @ 120 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm
3421 on the 5th fret – 8th notes @ 120 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm

Scales

Major scales – 1-12 frets – EADG strings – 8th notes @ 150 bpm → 8th notes @ 170 bpm
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – EA strings – 8th notes @ 150 bpm → 8th notes @ 170 bpm

Strumming

Module 15 pattern – 120 bpm → 140 bpm
Module 16 pattern – 120 bpm → 140 bpm

Ear training

Intervals – 255 of 300 – 85.00% → 286 of 350 – 81.71%
Minor 2nd, Major 2nd, Minor 3rd, Major 3rd, Perfect 5th, Octave

Week 10. Summary

Black Friday got me busy for almost 3 full days. So I’ve still been practicing daily but the amount of time and willing to do it was not the best. So I sticked to the same routines I did last week in order to increase their consistency and get the better sound.

All went as usual – three more 1234 combinations are now played as 8th notes at 150 bpm, I practiced scales dexterity and a bit of note pronunciation, also kept trying to play the barre chord progression for longer period of time without the left hand fatigue. Also I’ve been practicing ear training almost every day in the bed before sleep.

I succeeded in almost every goal, which is great, but haven’t managed to proceed further through course. So that’s what I’ll focus at the next week – Module 16 and chord construction routines.

As always, here’s the video. I think I’m getting better at editing and it takes me less time to edit these summaries. So as long as I have at least some time I’ll try to keep them like this.

The goals for this week were:

  • [Done] 3124, 3142, 3214 as 8th notes at 150 bpm on the 5th fret
  • [Done] Scales pronouncing notes using the random scale machine [under 5 min per string]
  • [Done] Consistently get to the level with 7 intervals on ear training at tonedear.com [4 of 6 times]
  • Implement Modules 15-16 routines

My goals for the next week:

  • 3241, 3412, 3421 as 8th notes at 150 bpm on the 5th fret
  • Get to the level with 8 intervals on ear training at tonedear.com 3 times
  • Implement Modules 15-16 routines
  • Implement left hand fingers movement reducing routine

1234 exercise

3124 on the 5th fret – 8th notes @ 120 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm
3142 on the 5th fret – 8th notes @ 120 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm
3214 on the 5th fret – 8th notes @ 120 bpm → 8th notes @ 150 bpm

Scales

Major scales – 1-12 frets – EADG strings – 8th notes @ 150 bpm (increasing consistency)
Minor scales – 1-12 frets – EA strings – 8th notes @ 150 bpm (increasing consistency)

Major scales – E string – Pronouncing notes – 3:44 → 3:35
Major scales – A string – Pronouncing notes – 4:21 → 4:18
Major scales – D string – Pronouncing notes – 5:20 → 4:36
Major scales – G string – Pronouncing notes – 5:47 → 4:38

Minor scales – E string – Pronouncing notes – 4:55 → 4:33
Minor scales – A string – Pronouncing notes – 5:49 → 3:54

Strumming

Module 15 pattern – 120 bpm (increasing consistency)

Ear training

Intervals – 207 of 250 – 82.80% → 255 of 300 – 85.00%
Minor 2nd, Major 2nd, Minor 3rd, Major 3rd, Perfect 4th, Tritone, Perfect 5th, Octave