Guitar Lessons with Creative Musicality | Lancaster University Educator

The Tutor and Student worked on guitar techniques, reviewing a solo with a focus on slide and picking efficiency, and addressing guitar tuning issues. The core of the session involved a deep dive into jazz harmony, practicing various 7th chords (Major 7, Minor 7, Dominant 7) through the "Autumn Leaves" progression, exploring different chord voicings, and understanding the role of arpeggios in improvisation. The Student was assigned to practice the chord progression using open, bar, and inverted voicings, and to reinforce their understanding of 7th chords for the next session.

The Student and Tutor worked on a challenging guitar solo, focusing on advanced techniques like triplets, pull-offs, and arpeggio construction. They practiced specific patterns and discussed how omitting certain strings can improve speed and legato playing, with plans to apply this to the full solo.

Student and Tutor continued working on a challenging guitar solo, focusing on precise note execution, clean transitions, and developing speed using a metronome. They practiced a specific section of the solo, incrementally increasing tempo and refining picking techniques, while also discussing the use of a whammy bar and economy of movement. The session concluded with the Student sharing new ABRSM grade books and a discussion of future practice plans and guitarists for inspiration.

The Student and Tutor worked on learning the initial bars of a challenging guitar solo, focusing on right-hand picking speed and left-hand precision. They practiced specific fingerings and discussed techniques like string muting, pick angle, and economy of movement for executing fast semiquaver passages. The Student plans to prepare their electric guitar for the next session.

The Tutor and Student worked on alternative guitar fingering techniques for the A chord and practiced a specific strumming pattern. They then applied the new A chord technique to a rock-style riff and began learning a BB King-style blues lick in the key of A. The session concluded with further practice on the new lick.

The session covered advanced guitar techniques including hammer-ons and pull-offs, with practical exercises to develop these skills. The student also practiced specific guitar licks and learned about the pentatonic scale. The lesson concluded with an introduction to playing a song using basic chords and understanding musical rhythm and bar lengths.