Developing Skills
Week 1: Advanced chords and strumming
Goals: Learn barre chords and more complex strumming patterns.
Content: Introduction to barre chords (F, Bm), advanced strumming.
Exercises: Practice barre chords and varied strumming patterns.
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Week 2: Fingerpicking basics
Goals: Introduce fingerpicking technique.
Content: Basic fingerpicking patterns, simple fingerpicking songs.
Exercises: Practice fingerpicking patterns on open chords.
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Week 3: Scales and improvisation
Goals: Learn basic scales and start improvising.
Content: Major and minor pentatonic scales, improvisation basics.
Exercises: Practice scales, simple improvisation over backing tracks.
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Week 4: Playing with others
Goals: Develop skills for playing in a group setting.
Content: Playing along with recordings, simple duets.
Exercises: Practice playing along with recorded tracks and other students.
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Week 5: Songwriting basics
Goals: Introduce the basics of songwriting.
Content: Song structure, writing simple chord progressions.
Exercises: Write a simple song using learned chords and strumming patterns.
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Week 6: Review and performance
Goals: Review all material and prepare for an intermediate-level performance.
Content: Review advanced chords, fingerpicking, scales, and songwriting.
Exercises: Perform a more complex song or original composition.