Hi Everyone,

Here are your assignments for this week:

Hugo

Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min/day

What to practice: Landslide Fingerpicking

How to practice it most effectively: 4 notes per click w/ metronome – try different speeds (30, 40, 50, 60, 70)

Paul

Recommended minutes to practice: 10 min/day

What to practice: Continuous Notes + Pattern of 3

How to practice it most effectively:

Continuous Notes – Play along with a metronome, 2 notes per click, start around 40 bpm.

Pattern of 3 – Try this on A minor pentatonic. Note order is (1 2 3, 2 3 4, 3 4 5 etc). Going down would be (12 11 10, 11 10 9, 10 9 8 etc.)

Tresa

Recommended minutes to practice: 10 min/day

What to practice: Review Chord Transitions

How to practice it most effectively: Try the metronome exercise we were looking at.

Yasmim

Recommended minutes to practice: 5 min/day

How parents can support practice: Have Yasmim pick up the guitar and try playing some notes.

Maurya

Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min/day

What to practice: Cashmere

How to practice it most effectively: Look at the new part from today and continue with any new parts you get in rock band. We’ll take another look at this one next time.

How parents can support practice: Encourage Maurya to continue picking up the guitar and taking a look at his lesson materials.

Have a good week everyone!

Trevor