Plan

One focus per week. Do not move on until you pass the test. Weeks can repeat.

Week 1

This week

Own the form

You never lose your place in the 12 bars while soloing

Week 2

One chorus with six phrases and clear gaps

Week 3

You hit each change by ear, without looking at the chart

Week 4

One chorus: major-ish over I, minor over IV, and it sounds deliberate

Week 5

A solo that moves through three positions without stopping

Week 6

You set up the top of the form with a turnaround every chorus

Week 7

You can quote five licks and bend them into your own

Week 8

Three choruses over each of your progressions, with the changes audible

After week 8, repeat the whole plan in E, then G. Blues in E uses open strings and feels different under the hand.