As a Matter of fact he has improved very much. He has retained the major and the minor pentatonic scales. His articulation is getting better too. His fingers stumble a bit but that is due to how fast his mind is traveling 10 to the 10th and beyond and his fingers and hands can't keep up. I have to make him slow down and play slowly and he really sounds good when he does that.
Yesterday we played Beck's Bolero ( that lick he probably plays a million times and drives you crazy) He not only played it to the chords in time but remembered where everything fit just right. We were having too much fun, like that can happen. I also showed him a simple solo to play over three chords and I plan to build on that concept until he gets the idea and can create his own solos from the ideas he has. He even took the Bolero piece and used the chords in a different progression to make up a new song. We jammed on that for a while until it sounded pretty good.
I can't tell you how much I look forward to his session each week. He is a wonderful person and though he is learning I think he is teaching me more.
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