Chords (to be played with any root note)

� E Shape Grips: Major, Minor, 7, Minor 7.

� A Shape Grips: Major, Minor, 7, Minor 7.
� Triad Shapes, Major and Minor on strings 1/2/3

Scales (all played from memory and know the root notes!)
� Major Scale (Pattern 1)
� Blues Scale (Patterns 1)
� Hybrid Blues Scale (Pattern 1)
� Major Pentatonic (Pattern 5 and 1)

Rhythms (all to be used in a song)

� Play Straight 16th note pattern
� Play 16th note pattern using accents
� Play 16th note pattern using syncopation
� Play Spreads, Splangs, Chips
� Play Picked Fingerstyle

Knowledge
� Work out any note on the fingerboard (within a few seconds)
� Play a simple melody by reading notation
� Create Melodic Patterns and apply them to scales

Techniques
� Use The Minimum Movement Exercise
� Play Scales With A Metronome
� Control String Noise (string muting techniques)
� Bend A String

Improvising
� Improvise a solo using The Major Scale
� Improvise a solo using The Blues Scale or Blues Hybrid
� Improvise a solo using The Major Pentatonic Scale
� Use any finger on any note
� Play a Blues Bass Line

JUSTIN Method / Ear Training / Transcribing

� Distinguish Major, Minor, 7 and minor 7 chords.
� Transcribe easy melodies.
� Work out simple songs on your own.