0:00:11.386,0:00:15.634 Hi, how ya doin'? Justin here. [br]Welcome to IM-159. 0:00:15.634,0:00:19.864 Which is the Practice Routine for Foundation 5. 0:00:19.864,0:00:23.678 What we've got here is 5 minutes of your Triad practice. 0:00:23.678,0:00:26.807 Which is making sure you memorize where the triads are, 0:00:26.807,0:00:30.848 where the root notes are, [br]and working out the string groupings 2,3,4 0:00:30.848,0:00:34.849 and the minors on 2,3,4 and then practicing them. 0:00:34.849,0:00:38.092 Then you've got 5 minutes on your triad chord changes 0:00:38.092,0:00:40.308 so bouncing around, up and down the neck, 0:00:40.308,0:00:42.991 trying to get those triad shapes as fast as you can, 0:00:42.991,0:00:45.920 making sure that you remember [br]what string the root note's on 0:00:45.920,0:00:51.172 and remembering to look at the root note [br]before you try and change to the chord. 0:00:51.172,0:00:55.220 That's the trick for being able to do these kind of [br]jumping all over the neck kind of changes. 0:00:55.220,0:00:59.502 We've then got 5 minutes of our usual Major Scale [br]with the metronome. 0:00:59.502,0:01:02.421 Hopefully you're getting the speed up [br]a little bit more now. 0:01:02.421,0:01:05.374 You should be feeling really confident [br]with your alternate picking, 0:01:05.374,0:01:08.190 and really, you know, [br]just working on the speed, that's it. 0:01:08.190,0:01:12.834 Remember the speed, the point of the speed rather, [br]is to synchronize the two hands, 0:01:12.834,0:01:15.380 that's the real reason that we're doing that stuff, 0:01:15.380,0:01:17.649 it's not really about you playing the scale fast. 0:01:17.649,0:01:20.163 It's about getting a good co-ordination [br]between the two hands. 0:01:20.163,0:01:23.947 We've then got 5 minutes of Major Scale improvising, 0:01:23.947,0:01:28.755 so I'm really hoping that you're letting your ear control [br]the way that you play now, 0:01:28.755,0:01:31.640 so not just relying on muscle memory,[br] 0:01:31.640,0:01:34.366 you're hopefully incorporating your one finger solos, 0:01:34.366,0:01:38.369 and a bit of that melodic patterns, [br]but still letting your ear be the boss. 0:01:38.369,0:01:43.687 Next up we got 10 minutes of the J.U.S.T.I.N. Training, 0:01:43.687,0:01:46.689 and/or transcribing songs on your own. 0:01:46.689,0:01:50.705 I'm really hoping at this stage,[br]that you're doing plenty of your own transcribing, 0:01:50.705,0:01:53.633 because that is the key [br]to becoming a good guitar player. 0:01:53.633,0:01:56.240 I can't emphasise it to you strongly enough. 0:01:56.240,0:02:00.569 Learning songs on your own [br]is the thing that will make you good. 0:02:00.569,0:02:02.133 And a failure to do that, 0:02:02.133,0:02:05.152 to ignore my advice and not do any transcribing, 0:02:05.152,0:02:09.617 means that you probably won't ever become [br]a really confident guitar player. 0:02:09.617,0:02:11.759 You might be able to kinda play the notes, 0:02:11.759,0:02:13.848 you'll be able to play some songs, 0:02:13.848,0:02:16.553 but there'll be always that thing missing. 0:02:16.553,0:02:18.558 Lotsa times I meet guitar players 0:02:18.558,0:02:19.973 and they come for a lesson, they go 0:02:19.973,0:02:22.634 well I can do this, and I can do this, [br]but there's something missing. 0:02:22.634,0:02:24.065 And nine times out of ten, 0:02:24.065,0:02:27.507 the something missing is that [br]they haven't been doing any transcribing. 0:02:28.169,0:02:30.273 The second half hour we've got, 0:02:30.273,0:02:33.599 we've got 5 minutes of picked fingerstyle practice. 0:02:33.599,0:02:36.679 So, either making up [br]your own pattern and practicing that. 0:02:36.679,0:02:39.467 Or, working on that set pattern that I showed you [br] 0:02:39.467,0:02:42.286 and/or trying to incorporate it into some tunes, 0:02:42.286,0:02:45.274 working on kind of making it a strumming pattern, [br] 0:02:45.274,0:02:47.688 but being able to pick out notes individually. 0:02:47.688,0:02:49.980 We've got 5 minutes of legato practice. 0:02:49.980,0:02:54.803 If you're new to legato, [br]that'll be doing hammer-ons and flickoffs individually. 0:02:54.803,0:02:56.730 If you're cool with that, then, 0:02:56.730,0:03:00.406 its incorporating it into the Minor Pentatonic [br]and the Major Scale, 0:03:00.406,0:03:03.605 using legato technique, [br]that is the hammer-ons and the flickoffs, 0:03:03.605,0:03:05.362 to play the scales up and down, 0:03:05.362,0:03:06.950 if you're confident with that, 0:03:06.950,0:03:09.564 you might want to start using some melodic patterns 0:03:09.564,0:03:12.762 and making sure you incorporate [br]the legato techniques into that. 0:03:12.762,0:03:15.235 Remember after the Foundation Stage 0:03:15.235,0:03:18.336 you probably want to start doing [br]the exercise called the Finger Gym 0:03:18.336,0:03:20.161 which is a real hardcore workout [br] 0:03:20.161,0:03:21.884 using hammer-ons and flickoffs. 0:03:21.884,0:03:24.468 We've then got your Rhythm Guitar, 0:03:24.468,0:03:26.273 so you're working on your chips, 0:03:26.273,0:03:29.479 spreads, splangs [br]and your muted strumming. 0:03:29.479,0:03:30.717 Really, really good fun. 0:03:30.717,0:03:33.404 A very important part of your [br]Rhythm Guitar development[br] 0:03:33.404,0:03:35.912 is incorporating that stuff into tunes. 0:03:35.912,0:03:37.990 So when it comes to practicing songs later, 0:03:37.990,0:03:41.596 don't forget to start using those things [br]in the real world. 0:03:41.596,0:03:45.417 We've also got now 5 minutes [br]on the Major Pentatonic. 0:03:45.417,0:03:48.196 Now, we're gonna be covering that more [br]in future lessons. 0:03:48.196,0:03:51.101 But for now, [br]just have a bit of a muck around, [br] 0:03:51.101,0:03:52.895 see if you can make sense of it, 0:03:52.895,0:03:54.565 get used to what it sounds like, 0:03:54.565,0:03:57.788 and do a little bit of improvising [br]using that scale, 0:03:57.788,0:04:00.451 because that's probably the best way [br]to get it into your system. 0:04:00.451,0:04:03.476 The last thing we've got is [br]10 minutes of repertoire. 0:04:03.476,0:04:05.410 So learning some new songs 0:04:05.410,0:04:07.994 that are incorporating the techniques [br]that we've been doing. 0:04:07.994,0:04:10.116 Maybe some stuff that uses the pick fingerstyle, 0:04:10.116,0:04:14.189 or that uses chips or splangs or spreads [br]or whatever you like. 0:04:14.189,0:04:17.945 But really making sure [br]that you learn new songs for every stage. 0:04:17.945,0:04:22.163 And that's it. [br]That's your practice routine for Foundation Five. 0:04:22.163,0:04:25.244 There's only one lesson left which is Consolidation, 0:04:25.244,0:04:29.346 but make sure you spend a bit of time [br]getting all of these new things under your fingers 0:04:29.346,0:04:31.560 before you work on your Consolidation. 0:04:31.560,0:04:34.060 Take care. See you for another lesson very soon. 0:04:34.060,0:04:38.060 Bye Bye.