Augustin (homework link) Recommended practice time: 10 minutes daily What to practice: Joy to the World Keys to effective practice!: Now with the tune tabbed out we can buckle in and start expanding the range of our fretboard fingering. Because we are now reaching the fifth fret, it will be best for us to experiment between using our pinky finger [...]
Albert What to practice: Brown Eyed Girl Recommended practice time: 10 mins daily Keys to effective practice: While playing the melody make use of the fret markers (inlays) as visuals to help guide your fingers along more quickly, rather than having to count each time as you shift positions. For playing the rhythm parts, keep it interesting and challenging by [...]
Aarnav What to practice: Hal Leonard - Chords chapter Recommended practice time: 10 minutes daily Keys to effective practice: Look for similarities and parallels between chord shapes in terms of how they visually look, as well as how some fingers move in groups or pairs. Doing this will simplify switching between chords and make it easier to remember as you [...]
Albert What to practice: Aura Lee, dexterity exercises Recommended practice time: 10 minutes daily Tips for effective practice: Use Surf Rock as a warm up to get comfortable alternate picking and switching between strings. Once you've comfortably played this tune a couple times beginning to end hop to Aura Lee and take your time piecing it altogether. Identify all the [...]
Albert What to practice: Au Clair de la Lune, and dexterity exercises. Recommended practice time: 10 minutes daily Tips for effective practice: Warm up with the dexterity exercises first (1,2,3,4, 1,2,3,4, etc...), as well as by turning on the metronome to pick along to, aiming to sync as accurately as you can playing 1, 2, 3, or 4 notes per click. [...]
Albert What to practice: Rockin' Robin, Surf Rock Recommended practice time: 10 minutes daily Keys to effective practice: Focus on alternate picking (down, up, down, up, etc...) and making smooth transitions between the string changes - this may require slowing things down a bit at first. Chunking the song up by each line and looping them is also a good [...]
Albert What to practice: Ode to Joy, World Beat; note recognition sheet! Recommended practice time: 10 minutes daily Keys for effective practice: Take a moment and do the note recognition sheet to help recognize the notes without the guitar in hand. You'll start to have a quicker reaction time that will translate to your fingers when you pick the instrument [...]
Albert What to practice: Up to and including 2nd chapter of Hal Leonard's Guitar Method + note review sheet Recommended practice time: 10 minutes daily Keys to effective practice: Take a moment and go over the note review sheet found in your folder. It will help to spend some time identifying notes solely on their own, without an instrument in [...]
Albert What to practice: Chords for Let it be/Hotel California, first chapter of Guitar Method (Hal Leonard) Recommended practice time: 10 minutes per day Keys to effective practice: While playing chords remember to look for moments where you can move numerous fingers as a set unit vs individually, and how fingers are often paired up in said movement (usually Index/Middle, [...]
Eliana What to practice: BB King Solo, Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd How long to practice: 10-15 minutes daily Keys to effective practice: While practicing the BB King solo be sure to chunk and recognize the solo for all its parts and phrases. The snippets that comprise the entirety of the solo are what we'll be using as [...]