December 17, Current Assignment [CLICK HERE to view your Lesson Video Summary, you can view it at YouTube.com. A link is sent to you because it is “unpublished” so only those with the link can view it.

• It was good to see your progress from our last time.  I can tell you’re putting in extra practice. Have fun with the songs!
• Practice the following songs and techniques.
  • Blackbird (Intro) by the Beatles
    
    • Key of G
    • Fingerstyle with two picking patterns
      • T/2-1
      • T/2-1-2-T-2-1

December 3, 2013

• Practice the following songs and techniques.
  • Your Name
    • Moving from G to Bm7 and then to the new Em
      
  • Never Let Go
    • Strum #3 and strum variation with two down strokes at the beginning
      
  • In the Secret
    
    • Strum #3 and strum variation with two down strokes at the beginning
  • Silent Night
    • Finger pick in 3/4 time:  T-1-2-3-2-1
    • Key of A (and later in the week, G)

November 19, 2013

• Practice regularly the third position exercise (left-hand muscle memory and right-hand flatpick technique moving from string to string). As you practice all of the following, remember you are developing muscle memory to improve:
  • Hand strength
  • Finger independence
  • Accuracy – Speed – and Endurance.
• Practice the Single Note Exercises in book (pp. 131).
• Practice the 12-barre blues in the key of A (pp. 148, 149).
• Keep familiar with the Contemporary Chords in the key of G, playing through familiar songs