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The tutor and student reviewed fundamental guitar chord shapes and practiced scalar exercises. They then learned to play the song "Steady As She Goes" by The Raconteurs, focusing on bar chords and chord progressions. The session concluded with a discussion on guitar strings, their types, and brands.

Student and Tutor continued their exploration of E minor, focusing on inversions and different chord shapes on the guitar. They discussed how to apply these concepts and integrate 'sixes' for varied sounds, culminating in a breakdown of a blues ending. The student was encouraged to practice guitar more than three days this week to foster ongoing instrumental exploration and development.

Student and Tutor continued their discussion on arpeggios and chord theory, focusing on an extensive E minor arpeggio on the guitar. They practiced a new pinky rolling technique and integrated rhythmic triplet exercises with the arpeggio. The session also involved identifying various minor chord shapes embedded within the arpeggio and understanding chord inversion principles.

Student and Tutor worked on guitar techniques, introducing jam tracks for practice. They explored how to use pentatonic scales over varying chords within a key and learned the definitions and constructions of dominant 7, major 7, and minor 7 chords. The session concluded with practicing new arpeggio shapes, with the Tutor encouraging the Student to find suitable jam tracks and incorporate one arpeggio shape into their weekly practice.

The Student and Tutor worked on learning two new guitar chords, F# minor and C#7, focusing on proper finger placement, wrist posture, and strumming techniques. They also addressed guitar tuning issues and briefly explored the concept of double stops and how to use Cordify for chord practice. For homework, the Student was assigned to practice transitioning between the F# minor and C#7 chords daily.

The Tutor and Student continued their guitar lesson, focusing on proper playing posture and right-hand plucking techniques, including free and rest strokes. They practiced the G major scale, discussed fundamental music theory such as intervals and chord types, and learned the G major, A minor, and C major chords. The Student was assigned to practice these scales and chords, and to prepare a list of five desired songs for upcoming sessions.