Steve L’s Learning Log

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4Jan2025 - I am finished playing through the new (to me) blues specific videos this week from Grade 4 that I will be learning in the next few months:

5 Blues Licks from Pattern 1 - Essential Blues Lead Guitar section
Using Blues Licks Effectively - Essential Blues Lead Guitar section
Boom Bass with Licks - Solo Blues Guitar With MatchMySound
Steady Thumb Primer - Solo Blues Guitar With MatchMySound
Vari-Shuffle Climb - Blues Guitar Studies
Tore Up A Sidestep - Blues Guitar Studies

I had a post in someone else’s post about beginner/intermediate motivation and someone’s response about lack of rock in the intermediate grades. I decided that.I needed to line here since it has some learning log appropriate notes:

Late Beginners/Early Intermediates - How do you stay motivated?

@artax_2 Stacey, I’ve struggled with that the last 2 years that I have practiced in Grade 3. I finally decided to use the old Intermediate Method book (purchase from Amazon) and add the guitar elements that interested me. Notice that the Barre chords, Major Scale Maestro and Rhythm Maestro are not limited to blues. Also notice that there is no blues studies in grade 5, just the paid course on transcribing blues solos. So I am combining grades 4 and 5 in my plans. My motivation is to spend tim…

The last sentence in this post represents an update to my learning plans:
I just remembered that I am also reviewing grade 3, which in the classic song organization, is heavy on rock songs, so I’ll still be working on rock songs while learning blues in grade 4, particularly in the JG Rock Songbook.