- Work on the next couple exercises that we identified in your lesson.
- Remember not to spend too much time on any one exercise if you get stuck. Split your practice time to add in the next exercise if necessary to keep pushing for progress.
- Remember not to look at your right hand! Look at your left (fretting) hand, or your music, or off into space, but not at your right hand. Your picking hand will gradually learn to find the right string(s) as you build confidence by letting it work by feel.
- Always use the metronome during practice.
- Remember to play on the fingertips with your fretting hand with round finger angles. Try not to have too much finger over the fretboard.
- Keep singing the melody when your practice (everytime), starting off by singing the letter names of the notes, then switching to the lyrics if the song has them once you've worked through your chunks and are comfortable with the repping the whole song.
- Find your first note before starting to help you sing more accurately, but don't worry about the next few notes until you actually start singing. Remember to move your voice up and down in pitch to find your note or make sure you're singing it correctly.
- Last but not least, believe in yourself, you can do it!
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