After the initial freebie lesson I’ve now had my first hour session. I’m very comfortable with my teacher and happy to practice at home etc but I am still not sure if I am going to actually be any good at what I am learning.

The main comments and findings from today’s lesson are that I should try to slow down, slow and correct is better than being faster and wrong. I have problems changing chords which is to be expected, but by playing slower I should give myself more time to change and also I should be looking ahead at the music to see what chord is coming next - there is no need to look at my strumming hand or fret hand once I’m playing the chord.

Another biggie from today was hand positions of the fret hand, my fingers seem to bunch up towards the index finger when playing scales so I need to consciously make sure that I keep them spread between the four frets I am working on. It sounds simple but seems hard in practice and it does make the scales easier to play so I need to persist.

Practice for the coming week now includes:

12 bar blues rhythm.
The blues scale (first, second and third position).
Soul Asylum’s Runaway Train but with accents on certain down strokes.
The chords for Limp Bizkit’s Behind Blue Eyes.