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Seminars.
Level 1: Can change chords without pausing on at least
3 or 4 chords. Can play an F chord with difficulty. Able to keep rhythm steady as long as
the song is familiar.
Level 1+: Plays more chords such as F & B7 May
know a few bass runs, has played with other musicians at times, learns chords to simple
new songs fairly quickly.
(middle level:) Level 2: Able to hear I, IV, & V
chords, able to hear chord changes in blues, fingerpicking -- able to play with
alternating bass, able to play a few chords above the 5th fret.
Level 3: Able to work out arrangements or complex
arrangement from recordings or tablature, plays skillfully with others, familiar with
chords all the way up the neck, has some familiarity with open tunings, able to play more
syncopated rhythm patterns, familiar with basic concepts of music theory.