Laid-Back Online Guitar Lessons Focused on Your Goals, From Beginner to Intermediate

Student and Tutor focused on refining guitar techniques, including solo practice, scale review, right-hand exercises for string skipping and sweeping, and various chord drills. They practiced common and jazz-standard chord progressions, working on transitions and new voicings. The Student expressed interest in fingerpicking, and the Tutor demonstrated initial steps for "Little Martha," promising a video tutorial as homework.

The Student and Tutor engaged in a guitar lesson covering various techniques and song practice. They worked on chromatic scales, chord transition drills with sweep picking, and practiced sections from "Jolene" and the intro solo of "Wish You Were Here." Homework includes continuing to practice chord transitions, aiming to play the "Wish You Were Here" solo at full speed with a metronome, and integrating rhythmic strumming for song verses. The Tutor will also provide additional resources to aid in chord transition practice.

The Student and Tutor focused on guitar technique development and song analysis, specifically reviewing a triplet section and a chromatic pattern. They refined chord transitions and an eight-bar solo from 'Wish You Were Here,' alongside practicing new right-hand alternate picking exercises and an introduction to fingerpicking. The Student was assigned to practice the 'Wish You Were Here' solo, the new chromatic pattern, and the picking drills, in addition to continuing with existing song practice and exploring fingerpicking.

Student and Tutor focused on guitar improvisation, exploring techniques like using the major four chord sound and the F# Dorian mode over a blues backing track. They also practiced a song and analyzed an original chord progression. Homework includes incorporating these new scale concepts into blues improvisation and further developing the original composition.

The Student and Tutor worked on guitar techniques, practicing various chromatic scale exercises to improve finger dexterity and position. They applied learned chords and explored new strumming patterns and chord inversions within the song "Wish You Were Here." The session concluded with a discussion on refining bar chord technique and setting practice goals for D major triads and the song for the upcoming week.

Student and Tutor addressed the Student's frustration with their current guitar progress, focusing on foundational skills. They practiced chromatic scales, explored chord transitions using an online drill, and deepened the Student's understanding of triad construction within chord shapes. Homework was assigned to practice these exercises in specific keys and tempos, with future plans to explore minor and seventh chords.