Noted but Justin appears (to me) to be referring to resources in this particular lesson and not to others. No big deal really just thought that I had missed something.
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I spent a while consolidating from Grade 2 and was nervous about when to jump into Grade 3 (in case I needed more time) but I’m excited to get back to the scheduled lessons! Anyone on the fence, take your time at the end of Grade 2 but don’t hesitate to start if it helps keep you motivated to practice more.
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Hey there,
I am little bit late… Learning around 18 months and still dont have any strict routine. I am tried to make routine many times and now I am trying it again. Can anyone give me short look on my list? I am sure it will upgrade through first learning sessions. Till this point I was learning… Like a punk or how to say it and because I want to be really good in guitar… I heard from many guys doing this. Like Justin, Joe Robinson, Paul Davids… thanks for your time. 
By the way… I am not married, no kids, not two jobs, no animals or having to care about someone now. I can really put hours into guitar on daily basis but only if it makes sense.
Technique
- Joe Robinson Am, E, Am, E, Dm, C and E (thumb only, ad note, add notes, roll all) 5 minutes
- Bending B string with pinky (Windy and warm) 3 minutes
Knowledge
- C Major scale, Em scale (thumbpick) 5 minutes
- What is arpeggio? 5 minutes
- Learn 6th string notes, play them and name them 5 minutes
Repertoire
- Find names for Pauls song - blues and chill 3 minutes
- Freight Train look for spice it up - 5 minutes
- WIndy and Warm connect beginning and first verse 4 minutes
Ear training
- Figure out Happy birthday 5 minutes
- Later then dig more about this free time
Time / Groove
- Correct palm mute placement, not too much, not too low
- Tap foot and use metronome
- Play with dynamics, really silent and really loud, NO WONKY 5 minutes
Improvisation
- Learn basic chord progression, then apply simple fingerstyle pattern, first base only, then add notes 10 minutes
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Michal, it looks good to me if these are practice elements that are useful and interesting to you. I would probably add another song or two in the repertoire, but that is my preference. You will need to reevaluate every week and especially every month to see what needs to be changed.
@SteveL_G99 Hello Steve… yeah… it looks good on paper, but reality is same like my whole learning guitar. I dont follow it at all. I just do what I want.
My biggest problem is when I try to learn some strumming song where you change few chords… it sounds too repetitive and boring really soon. So I end by some fingerstyle again, because it pleases me more… also fingerstyle feels easier and more natural to me. Its strange.
Now I am working on D to Bm to G to A fingerstyle chord progression in 6/8. First run pure change chords. Then using some adds and then walking the base line… I really like sound of connecting chord over base line. After I get more comfortable I will try to add some phrase or melody on TOP of that and that is what fills me with joy.
I am sure it is not fastest progress, but it is way how it fulfill me.
Also I started to work on new song “Home Run” from one guy from Singapur and in this song I can see why I dont like and why I like strumming… I really need melody in chords. Then it satisfy me.
I am doing everything at once but just naturally… because when I walk that base line for example I am thinking about what the name of note is or what are same notes of chords and what is changing. Somehow it still works.
I left thumb pick for now… using bare fingers again feeling more comfy then ever, because thumb pick learned me how to palm mute and now I can apply it without it.
And palming base and letting melody pop up is really great for my ears.
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Michal, I would also suggest that you copy the link for your post on your practice elements and put in your Learning Log. I noticed that you hadn’t used your Learning Log since you started it. It might be a good place to organize all of your ideas about practice. A lot of people in the community also post videos in their learning log of practice items that are in progress to get feedback from the community.
If you don’t like this type of documenting practice and want to have an alternative to your practice list, I have seen a suggestion of writing practice items on the back of small cards or slips of paper and pulling out of a basket, for a more random practice session.
I am not really a good person to provide advice, since I was all over the place with guitar when I was your age. I didn’t get serious about organizing my practice until about 2 1/2 years ago and I am now 69 years old 
Hello Steve.
I am not sure if I understand right, but I got my own learning log, but I dont update it that much. I just updated it with latest info I shared with you.
Also I am somehow tracking my learning in YouTube videos, but it is not something really big. Its almost beginnings or when I got something in hands. Sometimes its good to look into it and motivate myself how far I get. But every coin has two sides… and I can also see how not much I can. 
Honestly… sometimes I think I am pretty annyoing by how many topics I open on community and asking things, but I can remember Justin saying in one video… “always ask” and I really like to know.
This sounds great! Well done dude 
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Michal, my apologies to you. I did not see the updates to your Learning Log that you put into your beginning post in your Learning Log. I usually put additional updates to my Learning Log by using the orange reply button at the bottom of the post and making a new post for my update. Then the update is announced to the community and I am able to get responses from others in the community. This does not happen if you just edited or update your first or beginning post in your Learning Log.
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