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The Student practiced rhythm guitar techniques for blues and funk genres, focusing on playing in a trio setting. They worked on different chord voicings, incorporating 7th chords and transition notes. The Tutor assigned practicing the provided drum and bass grooves, emphasizing playing "in between" the established rhythm to enhance the musicality of the tracks.

The student and tutor discussed the importance of rhythm, drum roles, and transitions in music, focusing on applying these concepts to guitar playing. The student practiced playing melodies over chord progressions and explored improvisation techniques by varying the fret positions of the melody. The homework involves focusing on the drum parts in various backing tracks and understanding the drummer's transitions to improve rhythmic synchronization.

The session covered rhythm exercises, focusing on drum tracks and integrating scales and modes. The student practiced playing in time and adding variations to their rhythm. Homework includes practicing scales and modes over a drum track and composing small melodic phrases.

The session focused on improving the Student's rhythm guitar playing by understanding and incorporating drum patterns. The Student practiced playing basic rhythms, chord changes, arpeggios, and bass lines along with a drum track. The tutor assigned exercises to practice each element individually before combining them to improve coordination and dynamics.

Arkapravo worked with Ted on improving his rhythm and groove in blues and funk guitar playing. Ted practiced playing along with backing tracks, focusing on locking in with the rhythm section and improving his right-hand technique. Arkapravo assigned Ted to practice with drum-only backing tracks and to listen to the Gypsy Kings for rhythmic inspiration, with plans to learn some of their songs next session.

Arkapravo guided Ted through strategies to break out of pentatonic scale dependency in blues improvisation by exploring different scales and their relationships to the A minor blues. Ted practiced playing the A Dorian, G major, and F major scales over an A minor blues track and was assigned to practice the A half-whole and E half-whole diminished scales for the next session.