Music Lessons with Berklee College of Music Educator - Composition, Production

The Tutor and Student worked on learning the guitar riff and solo for "Roadhouse Blues" by The Doors, focusing on pentatonic scales and specific fingerings. They also began discussing the introduction to an Arctic Monkeys song for future practice.

The tutor and student reviewed musical concepts related to "Roadhouse Blues" by The Doors, focusing on guitar scales, chords, and song structure. They also discussed the history of blues and rock music, and briefly touched upon personal experiences with weather events and administrative processes.

The tutor and student explored fundamental guitar techniques, focusing on improvisation within the A minor pentatonic and full minor scales. They practiced identifying target notes and using scales to build melodic phrasing, with a plan to further develop scale knowledge and fretboard familiarity.

The student and tutor reviewed the full A minor diatonic scale on the guitar, building upon previous lessons on the pentatonic scale. They practiced playing through the scale in sections and then integrating all six strings using backing tracks to develop melodic soloing. The tutor encouraged memorizing both the pentatonic and diatonic scales.

The tutor and student worked on mastering challenging sections of the song "Over the Hills and Far Away" by Led Zeppelin, focusing on specific chord progressions, rhythms, and riffs for both acoustic and electric guitar parts. They discussed practical playing techniques and the importance of genre mastery, with plans to continue this focus next week.

The student and tutor worked on a guitar scale exercise, focusing on specific "red dot" notes as anchor points within the scale. They practiced landing on these dots using backing tracks in A minor and then E minor, with the goal of concluding musical phrases on these designated notes.