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Month One

Month Two

Week one Open Chords exercises ’round the mountain - traditional Hey Jude - the Beatles Week two Amazing Grace - traditional gospel G major scale Week three Live forever - Oasis G minor natural Week Four Candle in the wind - Elton John G minor pentatonic

Week one F Half barre chords exercises Free Bird - Lynard Skynard G Mixolydian scale Week two G minor Natural First position barre chords Exercises Week three Here comes the rain - Eurythmics Full blues scale Week four Revise scales Half barres to barres Maggie may - Rod Stewart

Month Three

Month Four

Week one Second position half barres Exercises Nights in white satin - Justin Hayward Week two ’A‘ rooted chords sharps and flats Second position barres Week three Combine first and second positions exercises Rent - The Pet shop boys Week four Basic blues chords Exercises Yesterday - The Beatles

Week one Chord theory One Tablature Exercises Week two Exercises Basic blues Week three Paint it Back - The Rolling stones Revise blues scale and in A Week four Crockett’s theme electric - Jam Hammer Crockett‘s theme acoustic - Jam Hammer

Month Five

Month Six

Week one Repeats Hey Jude (with rhythm) - The Beatles Week two Exercises Who is like thee o Lord - Jewish Folk Week three About a Girl - Nirvana Week four Chord theory two Space oddity - David bowie

Week one Rock exercises Rock and grunge techniques Week two Rock exercises Smoke on the water - Deep Purple Week three Livin’ on a prayer - Bon Jovi Grunge Punk exercises Week four Smells like teen spirit - Nirvana

 

 

Month Seven

Month Eight

Week one Country exercises Week two I walk the line - Johnny Cash Week three Reggae exercises Week four I shot the sheriff - Bob Marley Review of techniques exercises

Week one Blues exercises Week two Steam roller - James Taylor Week three Blues scale exercise Week four Improvisation

Month Ten

Month Nine

Week one Finger picking basics Exercises PIMI Picking Duet Week two Rain - Sad Fantasy Week three Introduce the annular finger Exercises Nights in white satin - Justin Hayward Week four Alternating bass line Exercises Everybody hurts - REM

Week one Alternating bass line exercise Susan‘s song - Sad Fantasy Week two Exercise House of the rising sun - The Animals Week three Blocking exercises Week four 4/4 time exercises Nowhere man - The Beatles

Month Twelve

Month Eleven

Week one Fifth chord theory exercises slurs Week two Hammering on Paranoid - Black Sabbath Week three Pulling off Manic depression - Jimi Hendrix Picking directions Week four Zombie - The Cranberries

Week one Reading rhythm exercises time signatures Week two Bends House of the Rising Sun (Lead) Summer time (lead) Staccato and mutes Week three Wonderful tonight - Eric Clapton Week four Wonderful land - The Shadows

 

 

    

                           

 

 

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