@MrGBob @jsg12 @Raqi2003 @eridun Hello everyone. I am still on Module 18 and have spent a lot of time planning my practice around the module organization of the lessons. So I was also concerned when I looked ahead and saw the disorganized lessons with mix of old and new course content in Grade 4. Justin says that he will eventually “clean up” the intermediate courses, but until then I know that I would have to do some planning ahead to be ready for when I start the Grade 4 practices.
Justin said “ It would be awesome if I could drop the whole course at once, but I still film and edit on my own. It’s going to take some time, but it’ll be great! So, for the time being, you can either follow along with the old Intermediate Foundation lessons or adapt and explore this routine and cook it up yourself.
Good luck! ”
So I decided to create my own modules using the practice organization philosophy that Justin teaches in Grade 3 and pull out lessons from the different topical modules so that there are different practice skill types represented that are appropriate for both electric and acoustic guitar. I plan on continuing with a 40 minute practice routine so I have to have a plan or I won’t get much accomplished. I also knew that I gave up a few years back when I just practiced the classic Grade 4 foundation 1 practice routine, since it was too boring.
Here is my first approximation of organized practice modules for Grade 4.
Grade 4 plan from SteveL Learning Log
I used the same number of modules as Grade 3. Since that is taking me about 1 year to finished at my slower pace, I am hoping I can finish Grade 4 in about 1 year.
This is just a first attempt to organize the Grade 4 lessons in a usable way. I know that I will be adjusting the order and will be including some outside material for acoustic and electric blues and rock. Also I will need to create practice routines based on the content and techniques covered in the videos in each module. The practice schedule for each module will follow my own practice philosophy - something old (review or revision), something new, something borrowed (because I’ll be supplementing with outside material) and especially something blue(s). But like Justin says, everyone will need to create and customize their own practice routine at this level using what you have learned in Grade 3.
What do you think of this so far?