Intermediate

Month 1 (Click to go straight there now)

• Strong understanding of rhythms (1/4 notes, 1/8 notes, triplets)

• Blues scale in 2nd position

• Ability to improvise using root notes over a 12 bar blues

• Understanding of octaves

Month 2 (Click to go straight there now)

• Comfortable with triplet timing

• Increase your speed

• More thoughts about improvisation around 12 bar blues chord changes

Month 3 (Click to go straight there now)

• Increased speed and accuracy

• Understanding how to play a one-chord blues

• Turning one lick into 6 licks

Month 4 (Click to go straight there now)

• How to transcribe by ear

• How to play and improvise around a (Hook-based) Blues

Month 5 (Click to go straight there now)

• More ear training

• Practicing the blues scale inside out

• Tongue blocked octaves

• 8 bar blues form

Month 6 (Click to go straight there now)

• Comfortable with inside out blues scale using 1/4 and 1/8 notes

• Happy playing with a singer

• Able to convert single note licks to octave licks

• Start working out the key of a song by ear

Month 7 (Click to go straight there now)

• Hand Wah

• Chord tones

• Thinking in numbers with bass lines

• Slow blues

• Targeting Chord Tones

Month 8 (Click to go straight there now)

• Refining the 3 draw whole step bend

• Learning the major pentatonic scale

• I’ve got some major blues’ 12 bar example

• Boogie Blues Bassline

• Improvising around a bassline

Month 9 (Click to go straight there now)

• Understanding and playing 1/16th notes

• Fast 1/16th note patterns

• Improved rhythmic awareness

• Rhumba Style bassline

• Finding space to improvise

• Maintaining repertoire

Month 10 (Click to go straight there now)

• How to use major and minor pentatonic scales over a 12 bar blues

• Building a master scale with chord tones and two pentatonic scales

• Learning an entire piece of music off by heart

Month 11 (Click to go straight there now)

• How to build up speed by playing lighter

• Repeating triplet patterns

• Blues Scale Patterns

Month 12 (Click to go straight there now)

• Test Piece