Hello Marcin. I’m a beginner with only a few months of practicing with the help of this website so I’m not an expert but I think I could at least share how I move forward with my practice routine. When I was able to do the beginner test with the swing rhythm shuffle left hand pattern I immediately started the Part 1 licks with that left hand pattern because by that time I also had the backbeat accents without having to think about it. I focused more on getting my two hands in rhythm with each other at first even if it meant that my left hand accents were becoming unsteady. I knew that once I got both hands working together (beyond the test and with the licks) I could then focus on correcting the motion of my left hand so that the accents (on beats 2 and 4 for example) would come back in without having to worry about the right hand. In other words, once I play that 12 bar blues with a particular left hand pattern and a lick with a steady timing and dynamic I then move on to the next Part 1 lick with the same left hand pattern.

When I first started utilizing this website it did not take long to notice that the swing shuffle left hand pattern (the one that Arthur uses in all the Part 1 example videos) is far easier to achieve a steady timing and dynamic than the first Albert Ammons left hand pattern in the “Monster Left Hand“ section. So I practiced this difficult left hand pattern by itself for 2 weeks before I even attempted to spend an inordinate amount of time to test it with the C6 in the right hand. When I did attempt to test the Ammons left hand I went super slow.

When I began attempting Lick #6 with the Ammons left hand I learned something. With the swing shuffle pattern you could very easily match note for note between the left and right hand to produce a clean steady melody and rhythm. Matching fingers per se. It is far more difficult to match fingers with the Ammons left hand and lick #6. This is when I started to train my right hand to be a slave of the rhythm in my left hand. Not based on fingering but what I’m hearing as I play it. This revelation changed the way I practice these licks. Once I see that I can do a 12 bar blues without paying attention to fingering (relying more on sound) than I move on to the next lick. I’m not running up and down higher octaves yet with my right hand but I think this is a good approach to getting ready for that.

Thank you so much. This really helps a lot. And after 3 days of using your exercises I have already made an enormous progress. I'll post some video soon :D

Thanks for quick answer. What if I can already play the test exercise? I mean this is quite slow so for next exercises, what tempo should I reach while playing smoothly to move to the next exercise? And how much time should I spend daily on each exercise?

This is a great question! You can move on to learn the next step whenever you feel comfortable to do so. Learn as much as you like at one time.

However, I would not consider you to be at a "performance level" until you can play what you have learned smoothly and without stopping (even when you make a mistake). Hope this helps!