Fix melody by practicing to metronome.
Record the melody and metronome, and record the chords and metronome.
Make sure to sing the high octave, play and match a high D note to start.
Work on worried man blues, chords and melody.
Work worried melody up to 90 bpm once you have it down at 60 bpm.
He’s A Good Guy(updated)
work on He’s a Jolly chords, especially to recording.
move on to 28-29.
Work on melody while counting out loud. Work in chunks first. Sing the notes while counting.
Always sing while working on melody.
Bring Jolly up to 90 bpm gradually once you can play the whole song correctly. Only go up by about 5 bpm at a time.
Work on Regular G chord. Work by itself and then in pairs with C and D7, the three chords in Jolly.
Aura Lee
Work on Aura Lee chords and melody.
work on new chord changes in Aura lee in pairs of two to the metronome first, as usual, before attempting to work on them in larger chunks.
Double and triple check that you’re reading the notes correctly and reading them from the page, rather than trying to guess or using the guitar to try to cut corners.
Use the recordings below to work on the melody at 60 and 75 BPM once you can play the whole song.
Leave 3 comments yourself and get a sticker!
Au Clair
Work on Au Clair part 2. Tape paper over part 1.
Count loudly while working on chords. Strum every beat 1 and 3. Work on Clair chords for 15 minutes at least every practice. Work chords to metronome slower than 60 first before using recording.
Work on c, g7, and d7 chords. Work on them in pairs.
Yankee Doodle
Work on chords in pairs after you feel good with each by itself.
work on playing chords for rockin robin and Yankee Doodle to chord recordings.
Work on surf rock melody.
Comment after finishing practice saying what you did and how it went.
FaceTime!
Polish blues with singing to backing tracks, first the slower one, then the faster one.
Hold pick with pointer only, keep right arm up to keep neck up, keep pick in sound hole by the neck.
Print and move on to new pages below once done with blues:
La Loud
Don’t reach too far, make sure things feel and look right.
Match guitar note while singing.
Play on fingertips.
Move on to second e string page.
sing all exercises as you work on them.
always sing loud.
First Day! (Updated)
Ok
keep working on e string page.
Sit on edge of chair with good posture and feet flat.
tune your guitar everytime. don’t forget to turn off the tuner.
Practice high E string page to metronome at 60 BPM or slower.
Practice in chunks using the tule of five.
Watch how you hold your pick.
Keep left hand on tuners and right hand picking while tuning.