Beginner training plan
Your first lesson-Discuss goals with music and guitar playing
-Go over fundamentals of technique and music theory to get a foundation of where we are at.
-It doesn’t matter if you’ve never played a note.
-Create a 3 month plan that meets you at your current skill level and takes into account your goals.
Lesson 2-3-Diving into guitar technique alongside theory exploration.
-It’s always more efficient to practice two things simultaneously.
-Save time for discovering musical taste and begin learning basic patterns that can be applied to songs.
-Developing a practice routine.
Lesson 4-10-Begin feeling more comfortable and confident on the instrument.
-Basic chords, scales, theory, and ear training.
-Understanding major and minor intervals, and how to determine the key of a song.
-Developing dexterity
Lesson 11+-Understanding song construction and theory to compose your own music.
-Beginning improvisation using basic scales and chord strumming.
Advanced training plan
Your first lessonAdvanced players would inform me of their goals on the instrument , what’s difficult, where they need to improve, etc.
-Devise a lesson plan to target weak areas and break down a practice routine into specific chunks. For example, improv over a jazz progression, 12 bar blues, or theory analysis of their favorite songs.
