- Make sure to tune every time before you play or practice.
- Work on your note exercises to the metronome at 60 BPM in chunks as necessary and using the Rule of Five like we talked about, where you don't move on until you can play five reps in a row without making any mistakes.
- Remember not to anchor your picking hand with your fingers below the strings. Rest your palm on the body when appropriate instead (when it won't mute a string you want to ring).
- Loudly sing the names of the notes as you play them during each exercise.
- Also practice the four fingers four frets exercise going up the neck on each string until you reach the octave of the open note at the 12th fret. Sing/name each note as you go up and remember to hold each previous finger down as you go, for example once you're playing a note with your pinky all four fingers should be held down, then shift to the next note past your pinky with your pointer.
- Below are charts for the chords we went over on Tuesday. The numbers above tell you what finger to use to fret the notes marked with black circles, the open circles above the strings show to play that string open.
