Thursday, July 30, 2015

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Warm Up Exercises - 30 minutes

Minor Pentatonic Scale Pattern #1, #2, #3, #4, & #5 - 45 minutes

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Warm Up Exercises - 20 minutes

Minor Pentatonic Scale Pattern #1, #2, #3, #4 - 30 minutes

Minor Pentatonic Scale Pattern #5 - 30 minutes

Friday, July 17, 2015

Thursday, July 16, 2015


Warm Up Exercises - 15 minutes

Minor Pentatonic Scale Pattern #1, #2, #3, #4 - 20 minutes

Minor Pentatonic Scale Pattern #4 - 30 minutes


Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Wednesday, July 15, 2015


Warm Up Exercises - 30 minutes

Minor Pentatonic Scale Pattern #1, #2, #3 - 30 minutes*

Minor Pentatonic Scale Pattern #4 - 30 minutes*

*Variation in picking - alternated between playing the scale patterns as ascending trips vs. 2 note-per string eighth notes.

 

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Nonjammer Day.   I had intentions to practice but it did not happen.

Monday, July 13, 2015

Monday, July 13, 2015

Warm Up Exercises - 20 minutes (during lunch break)
Minor Pentatonic Scale Pattern #2 & #3 - 30 minutes

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Warm Up Exercises - 30 minutes

Minor Pentatonic Scale Pattern #3 - 30 minutes

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Rocksmith 2014 - Def Leppard "Pour Some Sugar on Me" Bass - 40 minutes
Went from beginner to master in less than 40 minutes.   How does that happen?  The bass line literally only contains 5 different notes in total.

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Wednesday, July 8, 2015


Warm Up Exercises - 20 minutes

Minor Pentatonic Scale Pattern #2 - 40 minutes
*Variation in picking - for 1/2 of the 20 minutes I picked using upstrokes as the first pick per string.

 

Tuesday, July 7, 2015


Warm Up Exercises - 20 minutes

Minor Pentatonic Scale Pattern #2 - 45 minutes

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Monday, July 6, 2015


Warm Up Exercises - 15 minutes

Minor Pentatonic Scale Pattern #2 - 30 minutes

*Found that the pentatonic pattern flows nicely when played as groups of triplets; that is, play first 3 notes as a triplet, then second 3 notes of the pattern as a second trip, etc.