Practice Routine & Songs Beginner Electric Level 6

Congrats on your progress for this level! 👏

Level 6 marks a significant step forward as we integrate serious scale practice and lead playing into our routine.

The foundation is two-octave E minor pentatonic (visualizing the G major chord shape) and A minor pentatonic shape one, both practiced to build speed from 80-120 BPM.

We're focusing on the B7 chord as the gateway to bar chords and drilling the essential G-to-B7 and E-to-B7 changes that appear in countless songs.

Break down of essential practice:

• Complete E minor pentatonic practice: two octaves, four cycles, building from 80-120 BPM

• A minor pentatonic shape one with both strict and practical blues fingering approaches

• B7 chord mastery with essential changes: G-to-B7 and E-to-B7 progressions

• 12-bar blues in E as the foundation: "Sweet Home Chicago," "Before You Accuse Me"

• Core song recommendations: "Hey Joe" (revisited with more detail), "Dock of the Bay," "Stand By Me"

• Building a six-song repertoire that you can play along to original recordings

• Understanding that the 12-bar blues form appears in unexpected songs like "I Want to Break Free"