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During their guitar lesson, David and Alexandria honed their skills on scales, chord positions, and string bending techniques. David introduced guitar tablature as a method for reading music, assigning Coldplay's "Sparks" for Alexandria to learn using tabs before their next lesson. Alexandria also mentioned that she will likely need to stop her lessons soon due to soccer conditioning.

David taught Mis the basics of finger-picking guitar style using the song "Them and I". Mis practiced identifying bass and higher notes, worked on right-hand finger placement and coordination, and used a metronome to determine the song's tempo. David assigned Mis to practice the song at increasing tempos from 100 to 163 BPM.

David guided Jeffrey through right-hand guitar exercises, focusing on hybrid picking and octave placement on the fretboard. Jeffrey also dedicated time to mastering chord transitions for a song, receiving valuable tips on finger placement and technique for the instrument. David will provide Jeffrey with exercises and chord shapes to practice during the week, including the octave exercise, John Legend chords, and Snoop Dogg chords.

David and Alexandria's guitar lesson covered a left-hand warm-up, ear training, and chord practice. Alexandria specifically honed her skills in identifying notes and chord positions on the instrument, with a focus on bass notes for smooth chord transitions. David plans to send Alexandria a video recap of the lesson and D'Angelo links for further listening.

David and Bob worked on guitar techniques, including warm-up exercises and learning power chords from AC/DC's "Back in Black." Bob practiced finger exercises and muting techniques to improve dexterity and accuracy. David assigned practice exercises focusing on warm-ups and playing power chords one string at a time.

An individual residing in the Yacht Club area of Cape Coral engaged in a guitar lesson focused on enhancing their techniques. The instruction covered a finger exercise to build dexterity and ear training, specifically identifying chords in Alicia Keys' "Unthinkable." The learner dedicated time to practicing chord shapes and transitions for the song, with particular attention to a new chord and proper thumb positioning. For continued practice, they were assigned to work on individual finger placement for the new chord and to concentrate on left-hand technique while playing.