Digging Deeper into Theory

1. Try to think about about your chordal theory as you practice in relation to the chord progressions and note exercises.
2. Make sure to start on the 1 when practicing to your metronome.
3. Watch your wrist, hand, and finger positions and make sure you're trying to keep them in the orientations we discussed for any chords you have trouble with. Always build from low to high!
4. Keep working on your new chords, F, B5, and B major.
5. Practice the new chord progressions that we wrote for our F and B chords.
6. Keep the crease of your palm inline with the apex of the back of the neck when using the grip form for open chords with your thumb coming around the outside of the neck.
7. Look over our notes regarding chordal theory, how triads are built from stacks of 3rds and so on, so you can continue to digest those concepts and consider how they relate to the actual things you're working on in your practice.
8. Keep working on the single note exercise pages you have, alternating from playing the rhythm (chords), to the melody (single notes). Don't forget to sing along when you're playing the single note melody parts. Sing loud!
9. Always remember to build any chords from low to high in terms of pitch until you have them down to essentially a single movement for all fingers.