Rhythm
- Basic strumming, singing while strumming, strumming select strings.
- Muting, left and right hand, for strumming and individual strings.
- Arpeggiating chords. Like, Nothing Else Matters or Fade To Black, and singing over arpeggios, although not entirely, as in Stairway To Heaven.
- Scales - all 5 pentatonic positions, although I haven't practiced them in a while. Major scale in 3 positions (Locrian, Ionian and Phrygian)
- Subdividing beats - I can subdivide beats into up to 6th note triplets at60 bpm playing the Locrian mode. That's 360 notes per minute.
- Solos - Nothing Else Matters complete. Beginnings of solos Fade To Black, Sweet Child O' Mine.
- Basic improvisation. I can stay in a scale. Doesn't necessarily sound good.
- Legato - My little finger is improving, although my thumb still plays a part when using it. I've been training my middle and ring fingers for tapping.
- Scales and diatonics - I just recently figured out about diatonic scales. Very cool stuff.
- Chords, of course - Making, naming, etc. chords.
- I can recognize very few intervals - perfect 5th, perfect 4th, tritone, unison (duh!), minor 2nd.
- I can transcribe simple, slow melodies. Did Silent Night, almost the whole of it.
- I now play with my thumb in the middle of the neck.
- Left hand fingers feel free, like, relaxed. Although not to the point where I can shred.
- My picking technique has improved, although I can't consistently change strings doing alternate picking, and string skipping is still a problem.
- My right hand fingers are also moving well for fingerstyle playing.
- I've been experimenting with slide guitar and overhand playing. Not very good at either.
- I can play for people now without messing up a lot.
I've got a lonnnnnnng way to go. Here's wot I plan to learn-
- Shredding
- Sweep picking
- String skipping
- Improvisation
- Transcribing
- Playing in odd time
- Sight reading
- Legato chops
- Harmonizing
