Hi Efe and family! Here is the material to work on for this week.

Aim to do this practice routine once a day leading up to our next lesson. I’ve written out ideally how long Efe should practice these items in a day. If practicing in these time-lengths is not possible, then do as much as is possible in a day.

  • Play everything here with a metronome. Tempos are listed for each item.
  • Practice both standing and sitting. Maintain proper posture as we discussed in class. For classical positioning, have the guitar head high up. For casual positioning, have the guitar head far forward. Remember, we’re always aiming to make both wrists fairly straight.
  • Please get the Guitar Method 1 book this week. The Amazon link is attached. The videos of the scales we covered today are accessible in the homework post from 2 weeks ago.

https://www.amazon.ca/GUITAR-METHOD-BOOK-SONGBOOK-CD/dp/0793533929/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1480282241&sr=8-14&keywords=hal+leonard+guitar+method+cd+book+1&linkCode=ll1&tag=abacofmu-20&linkId=c46d9f40616531bb8a5d685c39b486e0

  • Practice the following pieces from the Guitar Method 1 book:

Alternate pick the following pieces (picking Down-Up-Down-Up):

  • Page 8 #11. 55BPM. One quarter note per beat. — 5 minutes.
  • Page 9 #12, #13, and #14. 55BPM. One quarter note per beat. — Make sure to read the paragraph at piece 14. — 10 minutes altogether.
  • I want Efe to start getting into the habit of alternate picking things. This will be done in countless other guitar playing he will come across.

Down pick the following piece (only pick down):

  • Page 9 #15. 55BPM. One quarter note per beat. 5 minutes.
  • C major scale. 45BPM. One quarter note per beat. — 10 minutes.
  • A minor pentatonic scale. 45BPM. One quarter note per beat. — 10 minutes.
  • Chords. Keep playing all the chords we have covered so far. Just play them freely, to a tempo no faster than 60BPM. — 5 minutes.

You can do this, Efe. It will only get easier with time. See you in a week!