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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
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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 Crocketts theme electric - Jam Hammer Crocketts theme acoustic - Jam Hammer
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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
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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
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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 Susans 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
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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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