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The Student and Tutor focused on understanding and improvising over the blues form on the guitar. They identified and corrected a misunderstanding regarding time signatures in backing tracks and practiced playing the A minor pentatonic scale in half and quarter notes within two-bar phrases. The Tutor suggested using flashcards to memorize chord tones and continuing C major scale practice for enhanced note recognition.

The Student and Tutor addressed challenges in fretboard navigation and shifting positions on the guitar. They practiced finding notes and reviewed the importance of metronome use and rhythmic exercises, including a new posture and finger exercise. The session also covered chord tone theory, identifying notes within A minor 7, D minor 7, and E minor 7 chords, which led into a restricted improvisation exercise focusing solely on playing chord tones over a blues backing track. The Student plans to continue working on these exercises and writing out chord tones.

Student and Tutor focused on foundational bass guitar skills. They began with a comprehensive C major scale exercise designed to teach fretboard navigation and musicality, discussing scale degrees, half steps, and an introduction to musical modes. The session concluded with practical application, practicing a 12-bar blues progression in A using a movable arpeggio pattern, along with a key posture tip. The student was assigned to practice the C major scale exercise.

Student and Tutor worked on a new song, practicing capo usage and transposing chords. They developed a precise right-hand strumming pattern incorporating muting techniques for rhythmic variation. The session concluded with foundational blues improvisation using whole notes from the A minor pentatonic scale, with the Tutor assigning blues practice for homework.

The Student and Tutor worked on guitar scale exercises, transitioning from memorizing finger patterns to understanding scale degrees and practicing with a metronome. They also discussed musical modes and their application to improvisation, with the Student practicing half-note phrasing over a backing track. Homework includes continuing scale practice, applying new phrasing concepts, and documenting the A natural minor scale.

The Student and Tutor discussed jazz jamming, introduced the concept of "calling tunes" with jazz standards, and then focused on bassline construction for the tune "Blue Bossa." They covered fundamental music theory including roots, fifths, various triad types (major, minor, diminished, augmented), seventh chords, voice leading, and identifying key changes through 2-5-1 progressions. The Student practiced playing basslines with a metronome and was encouraged to continue listening to jazz and applying these concepts to new tunes.