Thursday December 18, 2008: Acoustic Rock DVD, Vocals

Acoustic Rock Guitar DVD:

• Figure 2a chord progression (Title 3, Chapter 3 on DVD)
• Figure 4 Solo #1 (Title 4, Chapter 2)
• Fig. 8a chord progression (Title 4, Chapter 6)
• Fig. 9a chord progression - Working with the capo (Title 4, Chapter 9)
• Fig. 9c chord progression - (Title 4, Chapter 11)
• Fig. 9d chord progression - Title 4, Chapter 12)
• Fig. 10c chord progression (Title 5, Chapter 4)

Vocals:

• Me and Bobby McGee
• Hey There Delilah x2
• Society x2

Monday December 14, 2008: Slide, Vocals, Scales

Slide:

• Feelin' Bad Blues x1
• Slidin' and Frettin' x2

Scales:

• Major Pentatonic, all 5 positions x2

Sunday December 7, 2008: Slide, Vocals

Slide:

• Feelin' Bad Blues - Ry Cooder
• Slidin' & Frettin'

Vocals & Rhythm:

• It Ain't Me Babe x2
• Me & Bobby McGee x2
• Hey There Delilah

Friday December 5, 2008: Slide, Vocals & Rhythm

Slide:

• Slidin' and Frettin' - David Hamburger
• Feelin' Bad Blues - Ry Cooder

Vocals & Rhythm:

• Hey There Delilah x6 (once with the track)
• Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain x2
• Me & Bobby McGee x2

Wednesday December 3, 2008: Slide, Vocals & Rhythm

Slide:

• Slidin' and Frettin' - David Hamburger
• Feelin' Bad Blues - Ry Cooder

Vocals & Rhythm:

• Hey There Delilah x2 (plus practice going from F#m to Bm)
• Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain x2
• Me & Bobby McGee

Wednesday November 26, 2008: Electric lead

Today's focus is electric lead. Goals include:

• pentatonic scales, both minor and major
• Riff Interactive - Blues Solo Riffs: Lesson 1, Blues solo in A

Accomplished:

• major pentatonic in A, up and down the neck, all positions
• minor pentatonic in A, up and down the neck, all positions
• integrate major and minor pentatonics in A, position 1
• Riff Interactive - Blues Solo Riffs: Lesson 1, Blues solo in A x4

Also:

• Under the Bridge

Tuesday November 25, 2008: A New Plan

Alright, my practice sessions have been all over the place lately, and that's partly because I haven't been logging anything. I see my last entry was over 20 days ago, but it was sketchy for some time before that. So, lately I've been doing a little of this and a little of that, pretty much every day. I'm thinking that the new plan is to pick one area to concentrate on per day. Obviously I will not be bound by that one area per day, but I feel I should concentrate on each day's focus first, get it out of the way, then be free to practice whatever I want.

Here are the basic areas:

• Singing with acoustic accompaniment
• Acoustic techniques: rhythm, lead
• Electric techniques: rhythm, lead
• Slide guitar

Today's focus is singing/acoustic accompaniment:

• Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain x2
• Hey There Delilah x2
• Society x2
• Me & Bobby McGee x2
• Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down x2
• In The News x2
• All Our Past Times x2 (having trouble hitting high notes in chorus)
• Long Black Veil x2
• It Ain't Me Babe x2
• Jealous Man x2