Week two was a bust, due to social and dance commitments. Week three, however, has been progressing well. I have been able to practice at least thirty minutes every day.
Most of my work has been centered around practicing chord changes. I can now strum quarter notes for "Mr. Jones" and "Closing Time" chords at 96 bpm pretty consistently. My new goal is to begin incorporating strumming patterns, so I can actually sound like the songs. If I can just improve this slightly more, I'll be where I need to be to play a full song at speed.
The finger drills are more difficult than I would think, but they are progressing nicely.
I have yet to practice my reading or really dig into "Autumn Leaves," but I still have four days to do that, so we'll make it happen.
On a side note, I also want to start working on some surf guitar stuff. This guitar would just sound so good playing it.
Greatest success - metronoming. I now barely consider it practicing when I don't have one out.
I'll try and get another post up Sunday or Monday detailing where I am before the lesson.
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