Mornin' Erik!
here's what I suggest you do until next Thursday:
1) Pick up the circle of fifths - if you understand how it works, go straight to the point
- if you go through it clockwise, you'll notice that the notes go from 5th to 5th (C G D A E B ...)
- C major has no alterations, but they start appearing from G major onwards: G major has one #, D major has 2# and so on
- Apply the major scale formula starting from each root (w w h w w w h) and figure out ALL the major scales contained in the circle of fifths and their relative minors (inside the circle there are the relative minors for each major scale - you cna figure them out by re-arranging the notes in each major scale by simply starting the scale from the relative minor. i.e C major = C D E F G A B C/ it's relative minor Aminor= A B C D E F G A)
- use this lesson
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/ls/Triads..._Series_Part_1/ as an example of how you should harmonize ALL the scales above.
- that means you shall attach one chord to each step of a major scale after the following formula:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
M m m M M m diminished M
As for ear training try the following:
- play a C note and then each note in the C major scale in turn like this - play one note than
sing it than play the C note and so one
- play the C note and then
JUST SING - no guitar involved - each note like above and then the C note, then another note from the C major scale
i.e. play C - play D, sing D. Play C - Play E, sing E
play C - Sing D, Play C - sing E
get these through as well as you can and let me know if there are questions
Cosmin