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PRACTICE LOG: Fretboard & Scales

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GOAL: Get comfortable moving around the fretboard automatically and in an informed way. Additionally, I need to understand music scales & modes.

LESSONS: Fretboard Finding Fun!

4/4/17  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

2.5-hours:

Playing the Shiflett

  • 30-minutes on Atkins finger style excercise
  • 30-minutes on fret work
  • 30-minutes blues scale

 

 
Posted : April 5, 2017 15:07
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4/5/17 ~~~~~

2.5-hours: Playing the Mixelodean I think i jumped ahead?!

Playing with the Musicman today. So easy to play. 

  • Need to figure out how to bookmark.
  • Will finish up with Metronome bit that I missed before. (uh... not a lesson! heh)
  • Added another 30-minutes with a chet atkins finger style excercise
 
Posted : April 5, 2017 15:10
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4/6/17: 2-hours:

Playing the Shiflett

  • 30-minutes on Atkins finger style excercise
  • 30-minutes on fret work
  • 30-minutes blues scale
  • 30-minutes run-through, refresher of the above
 
Posted : April 6, 2017 18:01
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4/7/17: 1.5-hours

Playing the Musicman

  • 30-minutes: Heaven Beside You (pretty simple, almost like a bass-line)
  • 30-minutes: Atkins finger style exercise (figured it out!)
  • 30-minutes: Blues scale IV (starting to understand some of the 1-3-5-7 theory)
 
Posted : April 7, 2017 17:48
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4/8/17 ~ 2-hours: Weekly Recap & Such

  • 45-minutes: Refresher on everything covered this week
  • 30-minutes: Atkins finger style exercise 2 (woah! to hear at first but figured it out quick)
  • 30-minutes: Fredboard (A-C-E)
  • 20-minutes: Heaven Beside You
 
Posted : April 8, 2017 16:08
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4/9/17 - 2.5 hours

  • 20-minutes: Heaven Beside You (rhythm complete)
  • 30-minutes: Atkins finger style exercise 1 (moving it around)
  • 20-minutes: Fret board (A-C-E-F)
  • 20-minutes: Blues Scales 1
 
Posted : April 9, 2017 21:14
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4/10/17 - 1-hour

  • 30-minutes: Heaven Beside You
  • 30-minutes: Fret board (A-C-E-F)
 
Posted : April 11, 2017 21:06
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4/11/17 : 1-hour

  • 20-minutes: Atkins finger style exercise 1&2
  • 20-minutes: Fret board (F)
  • 20-minutes: Heaven Without You
  • 5-minutes: I Want My MTV
 
Posted : April 11, 2017 21:07
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4/12/17 : 0.5-hours

  • 30-minutes: Quick refresher
 
Posted : April 13, 2017 20:36
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4/13/17 : 1.5-hours

  • 30-minutes: Atkins finger style 1
  • 20-minutes: Scales
  • 20-minutes: Heaven Beside You
  • 10-minutes: Fuzz play
 
Posted : April 13, 2017 20:38
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4/14/17 : 1.75-hours

  • 1-hour: Atkins finger style 2
  • 45-minutes: Fret board (B, E, C, F, A)
 
Posted : April 14, 2017 18:09
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4/20/17 : 30-minutes

Skipped yesterday. Only 30-minutes today. 

  • 30-minutes: Fret board (F, A, E)
 
Posted : April 22, 2017 10:29
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4/21/17 : 1.5 hours

Adding funk to the mix: E Funk Groove

  • 30-minutes: Fret board (F, A, E)
  • 1-hour: E Funk Groove
 
Posted : April 22, 2017 10:31
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4/22/17 : 1-hour

Funky only today.

  • 1-hour: E Funk Groove
 
Posted : April 22, 2017 10:32
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4/25/17 : 1.5-hours

Feeling good about the funk! Getting better with the fret board.

  • 10-minutes: Fret board (G)
  • 30-minutes: Heaven Without You
  • 30-minutes: E Funk Groove
  • 20-minutes: Scales
 
Posted : April 28, 2017 14:42
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